Tag Archives: Court

Nigeria: N23b Pension Scam: The Judiciary Agian Betrays The Nation

January 30, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Justice Abubakar Talba, just recently handed Mr. John Yusuf only a two-year jail sentence for conniving with others to defraud the office and pensioners of N27.2bn. The Judge gave him an option of fine in the sum of N750,000 for … read more »

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Is this Justice – Nigeria

June 25, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Eze Tochukwu It all started like a joke. At the High Court of Abia state in Aba Judicial division, holden at Aba. I had gone there to watch Court proceedings. At 9.05am dot the Registrar of the Court shouted – … read more »

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Dewani placed in psychiatric care for his own protection

March 15, 2011 by benim

Four months on from murder of new bride in South Africa, dejected 31-year-old is sent to the Priory Four months after his wife was murdered on their honeymoon in South Africa, Shrien Dewani cuts a very different figure from the … read more »

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Anni Dewani parents plead with Shrien Dewani to return to South Africa

March 2, 2011 by benim

The parents of Anni Dewani, the British woman murdered on her honeymoon, have pleaded with their daughter’s husband Shrien Dewani to return to South Africa. Speaking as they made a pilgrimage to the township street near Cape Town where Anni … read more »

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Police trace ‘key witness’ in Dewani case

February 27, 2011 by benim

Police have obtained a statement from a Cape Grace hotel porter they have been searching for in connection with the murder of UK honeymooner Anni Dewani. A source says he could be the link between the taxi driver Xola Tongo … read more »

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New witnesses in Annie Dewani’s case

February 26, 2011 by benim

The lawyer for one of the men accused of murdering tourist Annie Dewani has argued that the evidence of the taxi driver convicted for the killing cannot be trusted. Zola Tongo is the only person to have been convicted for … read more »

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Shrien Dewani attempts suicide – report

February 22, 2011 by benim

London – Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani has been hospitalised in his hometown Bristol after an apparent suicide attempt. British tabloid The Daily Mirror reported on Tuesday that Dewani was taken to hospital after an overdose over the weekend. A … read more »

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Dewani ‘will get fair trial’

February 21, 2011 by benim

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe insisted on Sunday that Shrien Dewani, whose extradition from Britain is sought in connection with the murder of his wife, Anni, during their honeymoon in Cape Town, would receive a fair trial in South Africa. Radebe … read more »

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South African prosecutor says Shrien Dewani ‘committed heinous crime’

February 20, 2011 by benim

Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani appears to have been pre-judged by South Africa’s top prosecutor in an interview that could strengthen claims the British businessman will not receive a fair trial. Menzi Simelane, director of the national prosecuting authority (NPA), … read more »

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Ghanaian Pastor fingers women in the name of HEALING

February 20, 2011 by benim

RICHARD ADDO, the 29-year-old man who has been arrested by the Adenta police for inserting his fingers into the private parts of women, has told a court in Accra that God directed him to do so in order to heal … read more »

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Anni Dewani was sexually assaulted before her murder

February 19, 2011 by benim

It throws doubt on the official police claim that she was the victim of a clinical execution on the orders of her husband Shrien Dewani, who is facing extradition to South Africa over the honeymoon killing. A witness who saw … read more »

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Dewani ‘severely traumatised’

February 8, 2011 by benim

Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani’s legal team had to launch a second application at the Belmarsh Magistrate’s Court in Woolwich, London, to have him excused from the hearing. Shrien and Anni Dewani shortly before their ill-fated honeymoon trip to South … read more »

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Dewani ‘can’t be sick’

February 8, 2011 by benim

Murdered tourist Anni Dewani’s father has questioned whether her murder accused and husband, Shrien Dewani, was really sick enough to forgo a court appearance on Tuesday. The Star newspaper quoted Vinod Hindocha, Anni’s father, as saying: “When you can go … read more »

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‘Anni was not meant to die’

February 8, 2011 by benim

One of the gunmen accused of killing honeymoon bride Anni Dewani has cast doubt on police claims that her husband Shrien plotted the murder. Mziwamadoda Qwabe told police that, rather than being a planned hit, there was never any intention … read more »

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Dewani accused’s violent past

February 5, 2011 by benim

The “violent” past of one of the men accused of murdering tourist Anni Dewani could come back to haunt him. Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25, was arrested less than two years ago, apparently for shooting someone during a brawl at a shebeen … read more »

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Dewani suspect ‘outlines killing’

February 2, 2011 by benim

A suspect in the murder of Anni Dewani, killed on her honeymoon in South Africa, has outlined her final moments in a document that has been made public by police. The contents of Mziwamadoda Qwabe’s statement, which he claims was … read more »

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I’m legally illiterate, admits South African police chief who branded British bridegroom murder suspect a ‘monkey’

January 28, 2011 by benim

The South African police chief who labelled Shrien Dewani a ‘monkey’ has said that he is ‘legally illiterate’. General Bheki Cele attracted a storm of criticism when he claimed the British businessman arranged for his wife to be killed in … read more »

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