•Vietnamese soft drink boss Tran Qui Thanh (C) being led into a court in Ho Chi Minh City today Vietnam’s top soft drinks tycoon was jailed for eight years today in a $40 million fraud case — the latest high-profile business figure snared in the country’s sweeping crackdown on corruption. The communist nation’s wide-ranging campaign […]...
•Russian President Vladimir Putin A Russian court today sentenced a Saint Petersburg woman to eight days in jail for writing “no to war” on a ballot paper during the country’s presidential election in protest at President Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine campaign. The three-day vote over the weekend saw Putin running unchallenged for a fifth Kremlin t...
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Wahab Hammed, a ward Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state, to a one-year jail term or in the alternative a fine of N1m. Justice Ismail Ijelu sentenced the defendant after convicting him on a two-count charge […]
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