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According to reports, the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected Apple’s patent appeal against Qualcomm. Apple was requesting that a judge rule that two of Qualcomm’s smartphone patents are invalid. The Supreme Court judge said that because the two companies have reached a settlement agreement, Apple is no longer eligible to sue …

Community leaders in Alexandra are appealing to the Home Affairs department to assist them in applying for identity documents as well as children’s birth certificates after more than 200 homes were gutted in a fire. One shack caught fire on Friday after electricity was restored in the area – a …

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has affirmed the conviction of a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, , for N25.7 billion fraud. The court also affirmed the conviction of Mr Atuche’s accomplice and co-convict, Ugo Anyanwu, who was the bank’s former Chief Financial Officer. It also …

American comedian and actor Bill Cosby will be appealing the verdict which ordered him to pay $500,00 a woman, who he allegedly sexually assaulted when she was a teen. On Tuesday, a California jury ruled that the actor was found guilty of sexually assaulting then 16-year-old Judy Huth at the …

For a second time this week, Busiswe Mkhwebane has been dealt a heavy blow. This time, it is the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) that comes bearing bad news. With that, a likely court date with President Cyril Ramaphosa over her suspension is far from being the only thing to gnaw at …

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has upheld, in part, an appeal against the decision by the same court dismissing an application by Thembinkosi Mekuto regarding his sentence for a spate of charges relating to an armed robbery at a bank in Hermanus 15 years ago. Mekuto was one of …

Against the rising wave of deaths during or after body enhancement procedures, some men in Lagos State have appealed to Nigerian women to love their bodies irrespective of society’s view. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports an uproar on social media on June 2, when a Port-Harcourt based lady, …

A lawyer, Shuaibu Labaran, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election appeal committee for Nasarawa-West Senatorial District to declare him the winner of its primary held on June 4. Mr Labaran, in a petition dated June 6, and addressed to the chairman of the appeal committee, alleged that …

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has dropped an appeal against a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail former France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, his lawyer said on Saturday. READ | SAFA BANS CLUBS FOR LIFE OVER 59-1 MATCH RESULT Benzema was sentenced in November …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, upheld Omoyele Sowore as the National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC). Mr Sowore, a pro-democracy activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, has been locked in a leadership dispute with some former members of the party. But in its judgement on …