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Twitter Legal Dispute Elon Musk Summons Jack Dorsey

Twitter Legal Dispute: Elon Musk Summons Jack Dorsey

August 23, 2022 6:05 am
In connection with his legal dispute with the technology company, Twitter, Elon Musk on Monday issued a subpoena to Jack Dorsey.
Mr. Musk is aiming to withdraw his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter after complaining that the company didn’t give him sufficient information about fake account information.
However, the social media platform is pursuing the world’s richest man with a court case trying to persuade him into acquiring it.
If neither party opts to negotiate outside of court before then, the dispute will be adjudicated in Delaware, US, in October.
Twitter is hoping that a judge will direct Mr. Musk
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Court Invalidates Adawawa APC Reps Candidate’s Exclusion

Court Invalidates Adawawa APC Reps Candidate’s Exclusion

August 20, 2022 3:17 am
A candidate for the House of Representatives, Fufore/Song Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, whose name was given as Boya Wakili has had his disqualification from the 2023 elections overturned by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday.
Africa Daily New York gathered that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s disqualification of the candidate was overturned due to its illegitimacy, unfairness, and violation of the politician’s fundamental rights.
In a ruling, Justice Obiora Egwuatu directed INEC to immediately restore the candidate’s name to its website after determining that it had been wrongfully taken off the list of victorious candidates
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Wrestler Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Adamawa

Wrestler Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Adamawa

August 18, 2022 5:43 am
Mr. Thank-You Grim who is a wrestler from the Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been given a death sentence as he is to die by hanging for the murder of his wife Kwalla Grim. 
Africa Daily News, New York reports that after being found guilty of murder by the court, the wrestler, Thank-You Grim, who was being prosecuted by Justice Nathan Musa, Chief Judge of Adamawa State—was condemned to death.
Justice Musa said the following while delivering his ruling yesterday said:, ‘The prosecution was able to prove with cogent evidence that the convict actually killed the deceased.
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Judge Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Egypt

Judge Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife In Egypt

August 17, 2022 5:49 am

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced a judge to death for murdering his wife, the judiciary stated, in the third high-profile femicide case in the country in two months.

The criminal court decided ‘to refer the judge who killed TV presenter Shaimaa Gamal, and his accomplice, to the Grand Mufti of Egypt’ — a formality in death penalty cases.

The public prosecutor’s office said last month that the judicial official concerned, Ayman Haggag, had been charged over the ‘premeditated murder’ of his wife, along with the accomplice, businessman Hussein al-Gharabli.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that nearly three weeks after …

Kenya Odinga Vows To Challenge Ruto's Victory In Court

Kenya: Odinga Vows To Challenge Ruto’s Victory In Court

August 17, 2022 5:38 am

Kenya’s defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga vowed Tuesday to pursue ‘all constitutional and legal options’ after rejecting the outcome of elections that awarded victory to his rival William Ruto.

The 77-year-old veteran politician branded the result of the August 9 race a ‘travesty’ but stopped short of explicitly announcing that he would mount a challenge at the Supreme Court.

‘What we saw yesterday (Monday) was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the consitution and the laws of Kenya,” he told a press conference in Nairobi, blaming the head of the commission that oversaw the poll.

‘I do not want …

Certificate Court Fixes Date To Hear Suit Against Tinubu

Certificate: Court Fixes Date To Hear Suit Against Tinubu

August 9, 2022 4:50 am

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed September 7 for the hearing of a suit seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu from contesting in the 2023 elections.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the plaintiffs who are four APC leaders are praying the court to determine that Tinubu is unqualified to represent the party in the 2023 presidential election because he allegedly provided false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

In a 33-paragraph affidavit filled in support of the suit deposed to by one Ibiang Miko …

2023 PDP Drags Obi, Tinubu To Court, Seek Disqualification

2023: PDP Drags Obi, Tinubu To Court, Seek Disqualification

July 15, 2022 4:26 am

Stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.

The PDP is also praying the court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates – Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe respectively.

In the originating summons with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, the PDP is seeking an order barring the Independent National Electoral Commission from …

Twitter Moves To Sue Musk For Terminating Proposed Takeover

Twitter Moves To Sue Musk For Terminating Proposed Takeover

July 12, 2022 5:31 am

Twitter on Monday demanded that Elon Musk goes back to complete a proposed $44 billion takeover of the social media company, lambasting the Tesla chief’s withdrawal of his offer as ‘invalid and wrongful.’

Twitter’s preparation to sue Musk was predicated on his move to terminate his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.

According to reports from Financial Times, the San Francisco company is preparing to file its lawsuit with the Delaware Court of Chancery against Musk early this week.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Musk had on Friday that he intended to end his initial deal …

Court Jails Fugitive Rebel Leader For Life In Senegal

Court Jails Fugitive Rebel Leader For Life In Senegal

June 14, 2022 6:39 am

A court in Senegal has sentenced a fugitive rebel leader and two other men to life in prison for murder and armed insurrection over a massacre that claimed 14 lives.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Cesar Atoute Badiate, head of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), a rebel group fighting for autonomy in the southern Senegalese region, was sentenced in his absence for the killings.

Omar Ampoi Bodian, another member of the group, and journalist Rene Capain Bassene, received the same sentence, their lawyer Cire Cledor Ly told reporters.

The court in Ziguinchor, the main city …

Court Sentences Killers Of Olufunke Fasoranti To Death

Court Sentences Killers Of Olufunke Fasoranti To Death

June 11, 2022 4:45 am

The Ondo State High Court, Akure, yesterday sentenced three persons to death for killing Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the deceased was murdered by the convicts along Benin-Ore-Sagamu Expressway in the Ore Odigbo Local Government Area of the state in June 2019, on her way to Lagos State.

Apart from Olakunri, the convicts were also found guilty of killing one Mathew Ogunbiyi, who they killed in the bush.

Initially, four persons – Muhammed Usman, Mazaje Lawal, Adamu Adamu and Awalu Abubakar were arrested by the men …

‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero’s Family Drag Govt To Court, Demands $400m

‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero’s Family Drags Govt To Court Over Torture

May 1, 2022 1:02 am

The family of Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroism which he displayed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was depicted in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, have filed a $400m lawsuit in the US over his alleged abduction and torture by the government of Rwanda.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the lawsuit named the government of Rwanda, President Paul Kagame, as well as other senior officials including the former justice minister and intelligence chief as co-defendants.

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‘The complaint alleges that the Government of Rwanda and high-ranking Rwandan officials conspired to …

NBA Lambastes Umahi Over Response To Court Ruling

NBA Lambastes Umahi Over Response To Court Ruling

March 9, 2022 10:28 am

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Wednesday slammed Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi over his comments and his blunt refusal to obey a court order which has asked him to vacate office as governor of the State.

In a statement by NBA President, Olumide Akpata which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York described Umahi’s response as ‘impunity of the highest order and executive rascality taken too far.’

Mr Akpata stressed that the NBA has absolutely no interest in the outcome of the case in question and will continue to stay away from partisan politics.

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