Legal and Judicial Affairs

[Capital FM]Nairobi -Seventeen protestors who staged the 'Occupy Parliament' demonstration using 31 live pigs last Tuesday have been charged with cruelty to animals. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times]As Nigerian troops intensify their search for criminals and members of the Boko Haram in Maiduguri, the Joint Task Force on Saturday imposed a 24 hours curfew in places identified as hot spots of Maiduguri,the Borno State capital. (AllAfrica)

[SAPA]Nelson Mandela's daughters are suing him for the rights to his artworks and control of his millions, The Star reported on Monday. (AllAfrica)

[Aswat Masriya]Egypt's security forces have not received any orders to initiate an armed operation to free the security personnel kidnapped in Sinai, a senior security source told the state-run news agency. (AllAfrica)

[IPS]Johannesburg -In this column, Mandeep Tiwana, policy and advocacy manager of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, writes that civil society organisations around the globe face grave threats to their efficacy and existence. (AllAfrica)

[Council on Foreign Relations]Having cut short a trip to South Africa and annulled a planned state visit to Namibia, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria declared a "state of emergency" in three northeast states on May 14. (AllAfrica)

[allAfrica]Cape Town -Zambia police have reportedly freed the university students detained on the president's orders after they protested against the government's decision to drop the maize and petrol subsidies. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Maiduguri and Abuja -Thousands of people including women and children have fled the border towns of Borno and Yobe states into Niger Republic to avoid being caught up in the military operation aimed at rooting out insurgents from the areas, reports said yesterday. (AllAfrica)

[SAPA]Cape Town -The police and NPA were responsible for deciding whether the Gupta family would be prosecuted for the irregular landing of their plane at Waterkloof Air Base, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Yola -Nigeria's borders with Cameroon Republic, Niger and Chad have been closed as part of the implementation of the emergency rule imposed by President Goodluck Jonathan, authorities said yesterday. (AllAfrica)

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -The National Youth Organiser of the People's National Convention (PNC) and leading member of the Alliance For Accountable Government (AFAG), Abu Ramadan, has challenged a remark made by His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, that sought to suggest that the Supreme Court was being given the opportunity to hear the electoral petition currently before it. (AllAfrica)

[New Vision]A 60-year old pastor of Lukango Church of God in Kammengo, Mpigi district is in police custody over defilement. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]As the troops deployed to enforce the emergency rule declared in some states in the North-east pounded Boko Haram strongholds, the Defence Headquarters said last night that the insurgents were in complete disarray and on the run. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura has given insights into the relatively known cult, Ombatse, which recently killed several security operatives deployed in Alakkio community, saying the activities of the group became known to his government only six months ago. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Maiduguri -The Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State, yesterday imposed a 24-hour curfew on parts of Maiduguri metropolis, saying it is part of the efforts to sustain the ongoing special operation against Boko Haram insurgents. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]The political confusion deliberately foisted on Rivers State in the last few weeks is far from abating. A state that has been basking in peace, unity and developmental progress has suddenly been thrust into an ugly division between those who support Governor Rotimi Amaechi and those opposed to him, a clear two years ahead of the 2015 succession. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]Abuja -There are strong indications that senators elected under the platform of Actrion Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and some within Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, may disregard the earlier directives of their respective parties not to support the imposition of a state of emergency on three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, as the debate comes up tomorrow. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]President Uhuru Kenyatta now wants his case on alleged crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court to start in January next year. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian]POLICE Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga has admitted that it has become “too easy to own” a firearm in the country and that there is an urgent need to amend the Arms and Ammunition Act of 1996 in order to address its shortcomings. (AllAfrica)

[Leadership]Respite is yet to come the way of the wives of police officers killed on May 7 at Alakyo. Nasarawa State governor Tanko Al-Makura donated N1million to each of the widows, but the money is now causing a rift between some slain officers' wives and their husbands' relatives. LEADERSHIP findings reveal that some relations have been on the women's necks. They are closely monitored. Some have instructed the widows to collect the money and come to family meetings for discussions on how to share it. (AllAfrica)

[Leadership]The United Kingdom and the United States have indicated interest to assist Nigeria curb the menace of crude oil theft which President Goodluck Jonathan has described as "blood oil". (AllAfrica)

[Leadership]In February, this year, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) enunciated a policy which empowers government security agencies to tap citizens' phone calls, short message services (SMS) and chat messages.The NCC, in the draft regulation, said that it would allow unhindered access to communications. "These regulations shall provide the legal and regulatory framework for the lawful interception of communications in Nigeria and to put into effect the provisions of sections 146 and 147 of the Act (the Ni (AllAfrica)

[Radio Dabanga]Kadugli -Three of the 18 women who embarked on a hunger strike on 13 May are sustaining their protest to draw attention to their situation. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times]residents lamented the collapse of telecommunications services in Maiduguri. (AllAfrica)

[Leadership]In the past couple of weeks, security operatives have come under series of brutal, calculated attacks, which have claimed almost 150 lives in different parts of the country, with the worst case being in Nasarawa State last week. As bitter reactions still trail the killings, DONATUS NADI spoke with some widows, who gathered in protest of alleged neglect by the police and the delay in releasing their husbands' corpses. At the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Nasarawa State, families gathered to ident (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]In 2011, Rivers State delivered one of the nation's most stunning victories to Goodluck Jonathan in that year's presidential election. The electorates apparently overdid themselves, casting more votes for Jonathan than there were registers voters. Even the president acknowledged the effort of the man who made that landslide over other presidential candidates possible, Rivers State governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times]Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. He was responding to the incessant terrorist attacks and other security challenges that have recently plagued Nigeria, The declaration is in accordance with the provisions of section 305(3 (c) (d) (f) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald]STAR FM DJ Munyaradzi Mlimo - popularly known as DJ Munya a- has been arrested on allegations of kidnapping and killing a man he suspected of engaging in an extra-marital affair with his wife. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]As the military continues its onslaught against Boko Haram in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked Nigerians for their support for the emergency rule declared in the three states, assuring them that the effort of the armed forces has already started yielding positive results. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]The state of emergency declared in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States by President Goodluck Jonathan has expectedly heightened the debate on how to tackle insecurity in the country. Olawale Olaleye, Ademola Adeyemo and Shola Oyeyipo write (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM]Nairobi -A police officer was shot dead and several others wounded in an attack at a police station in Mandera, hours after the government deployed the military to disarm militia in the restive border town. (AllAfrica)