Editorial: Barefaced hypocrisy Adams Oshiomhole Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Osun state does not need a governor who would turn the government house to a disco place. Oshiomhole said this during the APC governorship rally in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday. Ademola Adeleke, senator representing Osun west and …
Mr. Cruvellier, a journalist and author, has covered international criminal justice for more than 20 years. John Bolton speaking at the Federalist Society on September 10.Al Drago for The New York Times In 2002, John R. Bolton, then an under secretary of state, went after the International Criminal Court. The tribunal had recently been created …
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The Court of Appeal recently rejected a legal challenge brought on human rights grounds over a gang injunction obtained by Birmingham City Council. Jonathan Manning and Ayesha Omar explain why. Summary The Court of Appeal has held that proceedings for a gang injunction under Part 4, Policing and Crime Act 2009 (the “2009 Act”) and …
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Zimbabwe introduced bond notes in November 2016 in a bid to ease acute shortages of cash. Photo: Shutterstock. HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s new Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube may scrap the quasi currency bond note and liberalise exchange controls as part of reforms he plans to implement by end of this year, a state-owned weekly newspaper …
When Babalola Foluke enters her classroom at Ibadan Municipal Government primary school in southwestern Nigeria each morning she faces a demoralizing scene: shortages of books, chalk and desks for her 41 students. Often, she hasn’t been paid for several months. Foluke, 44, is one of tens of thousands of teachers struggling to train the next …
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