MADURO, CELIA FLORES ALLOWED TO USE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR ATTORNEYS, ENDING LEGAL STANDOFF. (PHOTO).

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 Maduro, Celia Flores allowed to use Venezuelan government funds for attorneys, ending legal standoff Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Flores will be allowed to use funds from the Venezuelan government to pay their attorneys, resolving a monthlong dispute over legal financing under U.S. sanctions. In a joint filing submitted Friday night, federal prosecutors and defense attorneys informed the court that the Department of the Treasury would amend a sanctions license to permit payments to the couple’s lawyers without violating existing restrictions. The arrangement includes strict conditions, including that any funds used must have become available after March 5, 2026, and cannot come from restricted foreign government deposit accounts. Prosecutors said the updated authorization resolves the funding dispute that had prompted the defense to seek dismissal of the case, and the defense has since withdrawn those motions without prejudice. The legal battle ste...

MOHAMMED ABACHA,TO BE ON TRAIL FOR THEFT.

                        Former military head of state late General Sani Abacha's son,Mohamed Abacha,today was unanimously agreed by the supreme court that he will to be tried for theft.He will return to Abuja High court and face his trail on a 123 court criminal charge brought against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria where in he was alleged to be in possession of stolen properties belonging to the Federal Government.The theft was allegedly committed during his late fathers tenure as a military President of Nigeria.Mohammed Abacha argued that the immunity enjoyed by his father while in office extended to him and that having forfeited some of the family's properties confisticated by the government,he should be exempted from prosecution in line with the provisions of Decree 53 of 1999 constitution.The apex court held that immunity does not extend beyond the tenure of office and that even if the late head of state were alive,he can be prosecuted for a criminal offence not to talk of his son who was never an occupant of the office of the head of state.The court affirmed the decision of the court of appeal which held that the late head of state's immunity does not extend to his son and ordered mohammed to go and face his trail at the Abuja court.

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