Veteran Securities Litigator Joins DLA Piper
DLA Piper has recruited veteran securities litigator Christopher P. Hall from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Hall led the Morgan Lewis team that won dismissal in 2006 of claims against Wachovia over its alleged payment of kickbacks to broker-dealers who pushed its mutual funds. More »
Cohen Milstein Name Partner Gone From Firm After 22 Years
Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll name partner Michael Hausfeld will be striking out on his own. The reasons for his departure were unclear, but on Friday he sent a brief e-mail to attorneys he had been working with indicating that he had been "expelled" from the firm. "In the meantime, I will be launching a new firm, Hausfeld LLP," Hausfeld wrote in the e-mail. More »
Nigeria: EFCC Arraigns Indian Over N32 Billion Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned a Nigerian-based Indian businessman, Patrick Fernandez, before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, over alleged attempt to defraud some commercial banks and laundering about N32 billion. More »
Nigeria: I've Facts to Back My Allegations Against Reps
Festus Keyamo has an axe to grind with the House of Representatives over the purchase of 380 Peugeot cars with N3.2 billion. More »
Nigeria: Serap Commends ICPC's Decision to Probe N2.3 Billion Car Scam
Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP), has commended the decision by the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, to set up a panel, to investigate the purchase of vehicles at N2.3 billion by the House of Representatives, describing it as a significant development in the efforts to establish transparent and accountable government in the country. More »
West Africa: Drastic Measures Needed to Curb Drug Trend - Chambas
Your Excellency, The President of Burkina Faso and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, More »
Zimbabwe: 'Chinamasa Doctored Document'
Reports last week claimed Professor Welshman Ncube, the secretary-general of the MDC faction led by Arthur Mutambara, had "doctored" the power-sharing agreement document signed by President Mugabe and his opposition rivals on September 15. More »
Tanzania: Dar Arraigns 13 EPA Suspects Before Court
Suspects of a scandal involving the siphoning of US$133 million (Tsh 133 billion) from the External Payments Account (EPA) in the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) have finally been brought before a Dar es Salaam court to answer various charges in connection with their involvement in one of the worst scandals to hit Tanzania in recent years. More »
Liberia: Over-Spending, Illegal Payments At Nasscorp
Audit conducted by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) on the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP) covering the financial year 2005/6 and 20067 have revealed over spending and other illegal payments of honorarium and stipend to board members. More »
South Africa: It's Traumatic, Says Burger Dad
Schalk Burger senior, whose daughter Rene was raped in May, is to urgently meet police after rumours surfaced that no perpetrators will be prosecuted for the crime against her. More »
Nigeria: JTF Repels Attack on Chevron Facility
Militants in eight speed boats yesterday attacked a Chevron facility at Robert-Kiri in Rivers State, but were repelled by men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) who sank one of the boats carrying 12 militants while one naval personnel was killed. More »
Nigeria: Five Naval Ratings Killed in Bayelsa
Five naval ratings and 20 civilians were late on Thursday killed at Nembe Bassanbiri, Bayelsa State, as rival political youth groups engaged a naval contingent in a gun battle over local government election disagreement. More »
Botswana: Attorney Ordered Not to Mislead Court
The attorney for a Russian man accused of molesting a nine year old girl was yesterday warned not to mislead the court. More »
Botswana: Group Sex Victims Traumatised After Ordeal
Some victims of the November 2005 forced group sex in Ramotswa have complained of having traumatic flashes as a result of the incident. More »
Nigeria: Son Discovers Illegal Bread Bakers
The Borno/Yobe zonal office of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has expressed concern on what it called the proliferation of illegal bread bakeries in Maiduguri, the Borno state. More »
South Africa: Killer Wants Mental State Assessed
A Wellington bailiff, who has been found guilty of murdering his wife, plans to consult a psychiatrist for mitigation of his sentence. More »
Nigeria: N20 Million Fraud - Man Bags Seven-Year Jail Term
A man in Jalingo, Taraba State, Chibundu Achinihu, has bagged seven-year jail term for defrauding a pastor N20 million. More »
Nigeria: Bayero Calls for Drug Free Society, Marks 45 Years
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero (CFR), has given his royal blessings to the campaign against illicit drug cultivation, trafficking and abuse. More »
Malawi: Journalists Threatened With Arrest for Non-Cooperation With Anti-Corruption Body
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has warned that it will soon start arresting journalists who make corruption allegations but refuse to cooperate during investigations, on charges of obstructing justice and hiding evidence. More »
Uganda: Four Held Over Murdering Driver
FOUR employees of Relax Inn on Tuesday appeared at the Buganda Road Court over charges of murdering a driver. More »
Nigeria: Brutality - Navy Yet to Constitute Board of Inquiry
Contrary to wide spread media reports that the Navy high command has instituted a high powered investigative panel to look into the circumstances that led to the battering of a defenseless young lady, Miss Uzoma Okere, last Monday in high brow Victoria Island Lagos, the Western Naval command in which direct jurisdiction the ugly incident occurred said yesterday that it was yet to receive any official directive towards that effect. More »
Nigeria: Edo, Ondo Election Appeals - Anenih Warns Against Violence
Ahead of tomorrow's verdict of the Court of Appeal on the Edo State and today's hearing of Ondo State governorship election appeals, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Anenih, has appealed against the disruption of the proceedings of the court. More »