Let me begin by stating upfront that I am not a lawyer or a law student. I have never accepted a goat, hug, or cow to twist the neck of the law either. Don't ask me why, because I have no intention of ...

The entering of a nolle prosequi by the Director of Public Prosecutions means that he is not pursuing the prosecution at this stage. Theoretically he may pursue the prosecution at a later stage, but ...

UNDER the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and states’ Attorneys-General are regarded as the number one law officers of ...

Nolle Prosequi or nolle pros. as it is typically said is notice that a prosecution is abandoned. This is accomplished by an announcement from the prosecutor that the state no longer intends to move ...

Diyarbakır Prosecutor’s Office issued a “nolle prosequi” ruling on the complaints of 1500 applicants related to torture allegations in Diyarbakır Prison No. 5 during Turkey’s 1980 military coup.

The exercise of the power to enter nolle prosequi by an A.G. is subjective and not objective; The State vs Ilori supra as follows: “The test to be adopted under sub-section (3) of section 191 of the ...

There are no apologies to the wrongly accused in Massachusetts — at best, they’re given a quick lesson in Latin, which typically leaves your everyday ?litigant scratching his head. “Nolle prosequi,” ...

The call for the release of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu has grown strident, with Southeast leaders meeting with the Attorney-General of the Federation to present a formal ...

Nairobi — The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has no power to sign a nolle prosequi (no prosecution notice to terminate a case), a Constitutional Court has ruled. Consequently, three High Court ...

A MAN previously accused of the 2021 fatal shooting of a 20-year-old in Montell Heights was informed last week that his trial had been discontinued. Anthony Enelus, 26, was told by a Supreme Court ...