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Court Sanction CBN For Delaying Case Of 62 Sacked Workers
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has fined the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for stalling the hearing of lawsuits brought by 62 disengaged staff members. Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae issued the order after counsel for the former employees, Ola Olanipekun (SAN), complained that the apex bank’s late filing of a fresh application had forced an unnecessary adjournment in a matter scheduled for hearing. The 62 former staff, who filed separate suits now pending before the court, are urging the NICN to nullify their termination letters dated May 23, 2024, which were issued under the heading “Re-Organization”. They contend that...
Guinea Bissau Ousted President Flees To Senegal As Military Takes Over Country
Guinea Bissau’s ousted president, Umaro Sissico Embalo, has arrived safely in Senegal after an unexpected military takeover that halted the release of election results and plunged the small West African nation into fresh uncertainty. Senegal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Thursday that Embalo had landed in Dakar aboard a plane chartered by the Senegalese government. Officials said Senegalese authorities had been in contact “with actors in Guinea Bissau to try to secure his release” before arranging his evacuation. In a statement, Senegal said it “stands ready to work with ECOWAS, the African Union and all partners to support dialogue, stability...
Italy Now Recognizes The Crime Of Femicide And Punishes It With Life In Prison
Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women, a day designated by the U.N. General Assembly. The law won bipartisan support from the center-right majority and the center-left opposition in the final vote in the Lower Chamber, passing with 237 votes in favor. The law, backed by the conservative government of Premier Giorgia Meloni, comes in response to a series of killings and other violence targeting women in Italy. It includes stronger measures against gender-based...
Mexican Attorney General Gertz Manero Resigns To Become Ambassador
Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, a veteran politician who has faced accusations that he used his position for personal and political gain, resigned on Thursday to become an ambassador. In a Senate session, presiding officers read a letter by Gertz Manero requesting that his resignation be accepted after President Claudia Sheinbaum nominated him as “Mexico’s ambassador to a friendly country,” without name the country. The 86-year-old, who preferred to stay out of the spotlight, had held public security positions since the 1970s and been Mexico’s attorney general for the almost seven years. In January 2019, he became the country’s first attorney general who...
Activist Report The Abduction Of Two Palm Wine Tappers In Edo State, One Killed As Ransom Failed To Meet Kidnappers’ Demand
Two palm wine tappers were reportedly abducted from their farm in Emuhu near Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. One died when his relatives could only gather 10,000 naira, which the gunmen rejected. Human rights activist Harrison Gwamnishu led a multi-group rescue operation spanning Delta and Edo states, involving soldiers, vigilantes, and police, freeing the second man in Urhonigbe. According to the activist on Friday morning: “Yesterday, I led Security Agencies in search of two Palm Wine tappers kidnapped in their farm at Emuhu, near Agbor Delta State. “Security agencies responded swiftly. The Military from the 63 Brigade, the Emuhu Vigilante Group,...
Kenyan Court Declares Law Banning Seed Sharing Unconstitutional
A high court in Kenya on Thursday declared unconstitutional sections of a seed law that prevented farmers from sharing and selling indigenous seeds in what food campaigners have called a landmark win for food security. Farmers in Kenya could face up to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 1 million Kenya shillings ($7,700) for sharing seeds through their community seed banks, according to a seed law signed in 2012. Justice Rhoda Rutto on Thursday said sections of the seed law that gave government officials powers to raid seed banks and seize seeds were also unconstitutional. The law was introduced as a...
Court’s Ruling Against Same-Sex Marriage Sets Up A Japan Supreme Court Decision
A court found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional Friday in the last of six cases that are expected to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final and definitive ruling, possibly next year. The Tokyo High Court said marriage under the law is largely expected to be a union between men and women in a decision that reversed a lower court ruling last year and was the first loss at high courts in the six cases brought by those seeking equal marriage rights. Judge Ayumi Higashi said a legal definition of a family as a unit...
Hong Kong Fire Death Toll Rises To 128, With 200 Still Missing
The deadly inferno that tore through a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong has killed at least 128 people, authorities said Friday, with some 200 people still missing. Firefighters combing each apartment in the charred tower complex had found dozens more bodies, officials said at a news conference, raising the death toll as smoke still drifted into the air of the Chinese territory some 48 hours after its deadliest blaze in decades. The city’s Secretary for Security, Chris Tang, told reporters that 89 bodies could not yet be identified, while there were also 79 people injured. Preliminary findings revealed that the fire...