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Kogi State’s Big Legal Tangle Over N1.07 Billion Payment to Ex-Deputy Governor
The Kogi State Government has approached the Supreme Court seeking clarification on the true amount it is required to pay its former Deputy...
Tribunal Established by Appeal Court President for Katsina By-Elections
President of the Court of Appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, has set up a tribunal to hear petitions on Saturday’s by-elections in Katsina State. This...
Alleged Misconduct: Borno South Legal Battle Sparks Controversy as 6 Judges Dragged to NJC
Three Justices of the Court of Appeal and their counterparts at the Borno State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal have been dragged to...
Court of Appeal Denies Resignation Rumors, Calls It False and Misleading
The Court of Appeal has finally broken its silence on the reported resignation of a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC),...
Ontario appeal court dismisses Ford government’s appeal over controversial Student Choice Initiative
Ontario’s Court of Appeal has dismissed the Ford government’s bid to overturn an earlier decision that quashed its so-called Student Choice Initiative —...
First Nations coalition demands top Sask. judge resign over residential school file dispute
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents Saskatchewan’s First Nations, is demanding the resignation of one of the province’s top judges...
Residential school survivors demand Sask. court release Catholic compensation document
A Roman Catholic Church document claiming the church provided $25 million of “in-kind services” to residential school survivors is sitting inside a Regina courthouse, but officials are refusing...
Justice Mahmud Jamal is first person of colour nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated the Honourable Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court of Canada. “I know that...
Bilingualism requirement for SCC justices creates ‘needless barrier’ for Indigenous candidates, critics say
As the first Indigenous justice appointed to a Canadian Court of Appeal in 2004, Harry LaForme seemed like an excellent candidate for the...
Supreme Court carbon tax ruling: The last ride of the resistance?
This column is an opinion from Andrew Leach, an energy and environmental economist at the University of Alberta. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section,...
Jews in Russian city scarred by WWII massacre watch Canada’s decision on Nazi interpreter
As the evening light falls over the gentle slope of the ravine, Natalia Yefimushkina, her head tightly bound in a red scarf, stares...
Peter Nygard has phone in jail cell for constant contact with legal team, court documents reveal
Peter Nygard has been given what no other inmate at Manitoba’s Headingley Correctional Centre has access to: a phone in his cell that he...
Mental health charity reeling amid resignations over suspicions about leader’s alleged secret identity
An Ottawa charity focused on the well-being of Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ youth is in disarray after staff quit and speakers pulled out...
Canada’s pipeline regulator says it’s taking a stand against systemic racism
Rueben George says he’s not at all surprised that, in an era of racial reckoning, Canada’s top pipeline regulator is signalling it wants to...
Governor General announces 61 new Order of Canada appointments
A public health researcher, a disability sports advocate and several trailblazing women who achieved firsts in their fields are among the 61 people...
Case challenges ‘horrific’ prison surveillance some consider harsher than solitary confinement
Advocates for women in prison are heading to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Truro, N.S., on Monday, aiming to end a practice...
