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US president-elect, Donald Trump sentenced in hush money criminal trial

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

United States president-elect, Donald Trump has been sentenced to unconditional discharge for his conviction last year on 34 charges of business fraud related to hush money payment to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Unconditional discharge means Trump will not be imprisoned, fined or face probation, but his conviction still stands, and he will enter office as a convicted […]

Justice Nyako steps down from Nnamdi Kanu’s criminal trial

September 24, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Nigeria’s Federal High Court Judge, Justice Binta Nyako has indicated stepping down from presiding over the criminal trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The judge made this known today at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, at the resumed hearing in the trial of Kanu. Justice Nyako’s […]

Trump faces first criminal trial in alleged hush money, first 7 jurors selected

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Donald Trump becomes the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial – a case involving alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels that carries major political and legal ramifications as he runs to regain the White House. The trial began in Manhattan on April 15. It is the first of four potential […]