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  A major legal argument emerging from Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's appeal is fueling intense debate over the powers and limits of Nigeria's appellate courts. Legal commentator Zekeri Idris was quoted as emphasizing a long-established judicial principle: "A judge who has delivered a final judgment cannot simply reopen a concluded case." The doctrine of functus officio generally provides that once a court has delivered its final judgment, its role in that particular case is concluded, except in limited circumstances recognized by law. The principle exists to protect the finality of judgments, legal certainty, and public confidence in the justice system. Supporters of Nnamdi Kanu argue that this principle lies at the heart of one of the issues raised in his appeal. They contend that after the Court of Appeal's decision of 13 October 2022, subsequent judicial actions deserve close legal examination and have questioned the legal basis on which later proceedings continue...

According to the Images shared by the office of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, what appeared to be the Gumusay .357 Magnum, a rare six-shooter produced by Turkish arms maker MKE in the 1990s was shared to the President's NATO member nation's at the end of the July meeting in Turkey. After NATO leaders gathered for Wednesday’s fractious summit in Ankara, their host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip  Erdogan , handed each an unusual parting gift: a vintage revolver, along with live ammunition indicating it was not just for show. Erdogan wanted to showcase Turkey’s defence industry, which has become a key export and foreign policy tool. It was set in a wooden display box featuring Turkey’s flag and the  NATO  logo as well as a placard inscribed “Gumusay, the first revolver-type handgun produced in our country” in Turkish and English. The surprise shown by Belgium’s prime minister on landing back home from Wednesday’s  NATO summit  in Turkey to find that he had...

Tennessee, was sentenced on 17 June 2026 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. According to the plea agreement, Anyamba pleaded guilty to one count of acting as an agent of the Republic of South Africa without notifying the US Attorney General, which is in violation of federal law. Anyamba also pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements on a US government security clearance application. In addition to her six-month prison sentence, the court ordered that she serve two years of supervised release and pay a fine of $9,500 (R155,000). According to the United States Attorney’s Office, the case stems from Anyamba’s work in 2023 and 2024 as a Program Management Operational Specialist in the National Security Program Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. ORNL is one of the United States Department of Energy’s most important scientific research facilities. Originally established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, it now conduc...

  The Iran War remains in a state of uncertainty after  President Donald Trump announced this week that the ceasefire was 'over.' So far, no new details have been provided about the status of negotiations. Trump spent Thursday at the White House after returning from a meeting of NATO leaders in Ankara early in the morning. He did not appear for any public events or post messages online. "We've already won militarily. They have very little left, and they want to make a deal so badly. They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly. I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem,"  Trump said Wednesday  on his return flight. The two sides were expected to resume talks to end the war following the funeral of Iran's late supreme leader, which concluded on Thursday. This comes as tensions escalated earlier this week when  Iran attacked three commercial...

IDF strikes in the southern Gaza Strip, killing Yahya Saeed Mohammed Hamdan, a commander of the Nukhba cell in Hamas' military wing. July 9, 2026. According to a statement released on Friday, the IDF carried out a strike in the southern Gaza Strip, killing Yahya Saeed Mohammed Hamdan, a commander of the Nukhba cell in Hamas' military wing, on Thursday.    Hamdan was involved in the infiltration of the Re'im military base during the massacre on October 7th.  In recent months, he had reportedly increased attacks against IDF troops and aimed to restore the operational capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization.   The IDF also stated that before the strike, measures were taken to minimize harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance.

French Air and Space Force Rafale jet pilot sits in a Rafale jet plane at the Air Base 115 in Orange, in southeastern France, on April 28, 2026. (photo credit: Sylvain THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images) Israel is willing to join the United States in striking Iran should US President  Donald Trump  request it, sources in Jerusalem told the  New York Post  on Thursday. “We’re willing to do it again, if needed,” one source said. “We’ve proved that we stand with the US. I’m not sure it will be of interest to the US that Israel will join on this - but, you know, we realize that we need to stretch our muscles.”