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Courts
3 jailed four years for circulating lady’s nude photos
Reacting to the development, both the prosecutor, ASP Simon Sule, and the complainant, said they were satisfied with the judgement.
DL News22 September 2021
General
Take swift action against Owusu Bempah’s men for attacking Journalists-GJA demands
On Friday, March 15, 2019, Owusu Bempah stormed the premises of Radio XYZ in the company of four gun wielding thugs in search of a radio presenter at the station.
DL News14 September 2021
General
City Guards are to enforce Assembly’s road safety bye-laws
The GNA-Tema and MTTD Road Safety Campaign seeks to actively create consistent and systematic weekly awareness advocacy on the need for road users to be cautious on the road and contribute their quota to road safety to curb the increase in...
DL News8 September 2021
General
Strictly enforce all traffic regulations – Security Council urges Police
The Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) estimates that of every four cases of accidents reported at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit, three involved either a tricycle or motorbike.
DL News1 September 2021
General
Help to detect criminal activities of secessionists and vigilante groups – Public urged
vigilantism and other forms of crime threatens the security of every society and needed to be reported to the police for prompt attention.
DL News25 August 2021
General
PAC Chair asks for more power to punish indicted persons in A-G reports
The chairman, Hon. James Klutse Avedzi noted that it is necessary to attach stiffer punishments to persons who are fallible in these regards in order to deter others from perpetuating same.
DL News24 August 2021
General
Report vigilantism, security threats to security agencies-Public urged
Major (rtd.) Agyemang implored leadership of churches to make it part of their daily activities to create awareness by sensitising their congregations on security issues
DL News20 August 2021
General
Draft anti-LGBT Bill to be laid before Parliament [PDF]
The bill, properly titled the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021” intends to “provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values
DL News23 July 2021
General
Gov’t targets online child predators with new Cyber Security Act
The Act aims at protecting children and young people from the wrongful and non-consensual exposure of their intimate images in cyberspaces
DL News29 June 2021
Courts
Landlords fined for no household toilets
Four landlords have been convicted by the La Magistrate Court over their refusal to construct household toilets.
DL News8 June 2021
Africa
Nigeria’s Attorney General to prosecute persons who flout Twitter ban
Nigeria’s Attorney General, Abubakar Malami has said the country will prosecute those who flout the government order to deactivate operations of twitter in the West African nation.
DL News5 June 2021
Crime
Two friends before court for stealing
Two friends have been remanded into police custody by the District Magistrate court at Enchi in the Western North Region for allegedly stealing a motorbike valued at GH₵4,200
DL News17 May 2021
General
Teachers told to be wary of law on defilement
The Somanya District Commander of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Andrews Anyani, has cautioned teachers to be weary of the law on defilement, rape, abduction and other sexually related offences as they go about their duties.
DL News4 May 2021
Africa
Copyright protection in the digital age
Year 2020 forced changes in the way we do things in the world, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still on rampage. Several countries went into series of lockdowns and ordered its citizens to stay at home.
DL News4 May 2021
General
Data Commission advocates specialised courts
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has made a strong case for a fast track court to facilitate speedy prosecution of persons and institutions that misappropriate the personal and private information of others.
DL News4 May 2021
Business
The role of the judiciary in revenue mobilization
The establishment of a tax court The Chief Justice of Ghana in a letter dated 16th April, 2021 and addressed to the President of the Ghana Bar Association gave notice of the Judiciary’s intention to establish a Tax Court to deal with prosec...
DL News23 April 2021
Crime
Nana Agradaa: Owner of Thunder TV arrested for illegal transmission
The owner of satellite television channel Thunder TV, Patience Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa has been arrested after the station was found to be operating illegally.
DL News22 April 2021
General
Domelevo’s ‘constructive dismissal’ started last year – Kwaku Azar
A US-based lawyer, Professor Kwaku Asare, has suggested that events surrounding the removal of the Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo show that the government’s ultimate plan has always been to have him removed from office.
DL News4 March 2021
Opinion
Conviction and Sentence in Absentia; Effective Date Of Sentence, Settling The Uncertainty; The Case Of Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, Former Masloc CEO
The article examines whether a sentence imposed in absentia begins from the date it is pronounced or from when the convicted person is brought into custody. Using the Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu case, the author argues that a purposive reading...
Frederick Gurah Sampson30 June 2026
Opinion
Trial In Absentia And Legal Implications Of Sentences Imposed On Absconding Offenders Under Ghanaian Law
"If Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu is able to escape for the next ten years, her sentence would elapse and she cannot be punished again to serve another jail term for the same offence." Find out why!
Daniel Korang21 April 2024