Election Petition
Reliefs challenging Amewu’s election are wrong – Supreme Court to Tsatsu
The Supreme Court of Ghana has quashed the interim restraining orders placed on the Member of Parliament- Elect for Hohoe.
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Election Petition
Supreme Court overrules Tsatsu Tsikata’s objection, sets date for ruling
The Apex Court of Ghana has set January 5, 2021 to decide the fate of embattled Member of Parliament-Elect for Hohoe, John Peter Amewu.
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US
What’s happening with the latest Trump appeals to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will enter a new year Friday but there’s still election drama from 2020 on its plate. The Trump campaign this week twice asked the court to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin.
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Courts
Court of Appeal affirms NCA’s power to order reduction in coverage radii for Joy, Asempa FM
The court, presided over by Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa granted an injunction against the NCA’s threat.
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General
International Justice Mission equips journalists on human trafficking
The journalists were trained on the tenets of investigative journalism, using social media for advocacy, creative writing, and ethics on human trafficking reportage, among others
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General
Gender Ministry condemns ‘barbaric’ sodomising of 19 schoolboys by teacher October 12, 2021 11 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp
“As a Ministry, we are liaising with the Guidance and Counselling Unit of the Ghana Education Service, the District Social Welfare Offices and the Ghana Police Service to provide counselling services to the affected pupils during all the pr...
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Africa
Kenya and Somalia await key sea border ruling
Kenya filed an objection to the court case, arguing that the memorandum of understanding was binding.
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Europe
Poland top court ruling challenges EU laws October 8, 2021 12
Negotiations are ongoing and the European Commission has said this legal challenge was delaying approval of the plan.
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Courts
Top International Engineering wins $8 million arbitration award
On October 2017, the High Court stayed proceedings and ordered the case sent to an arbitration panel of the Ghana Institution of Engineering for determination.
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Africa
High Court in Kenya declares being housewife a full-time payable job
Justice Matheka made the statements as she read her ruling in a case where a divorced lady sought to have their family property sold and the money shared equally between her and her ex-husband.
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Courts
NCA accorded Alpha Lotto Ltd fair hearing in code non-renewal decision – Electronic Communications Tribunal
Alpha Lotto Limited was issued a license by the National Lottery Authority (NLA) on July 1, 2020, to sell lotto products or games through Point of Sale Terminals (POST) and on the Internet on the World Wide Web via Unstructured Supplementar...
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General
New office of SP to have a holding cell, forensic lab-Kissi Agyebeng
Agyebeng on Tuesday 31 August 2021 paid a working visit to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame.
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Africa
Child bride who was convicted of killing her husband pardoned
Justice Sadik ordered that she be “detained at the pleasure of the governor of the state,” because she was forcefully married and committed the offence at the age of 16.
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Crime
Govt entreated to support poor, vulnerable facing prosecutions
Vagrancy laws criminalise the status of the poor and homeless, and not necessarily what they have done. These include loitering and hawking,”
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General
FIFA to receive over $201 million in compensation from corruption probe
“Kickbacks and bribes have a way of spreading like a disease through corrupt groups
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Courts
Court awards damages against School for sharing photo’s of arrested teacher on WhatsApp without her consent
The court presided by His Lordship Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson on the 21st of July, 2021 awarded Compensatory damages GHȻ 75,000 to the plaintiff for breach of the plaintiff’s right to privacy
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General
Ex-IGP secures order for substituted service of Net-2 TV Presenter
Mr. Kweku Annan is alleged to have stated on the June 16, 2021, edition of his show that, the former IGP is a defense for legendary Ghanaian and Nigerian criminals and shelters them.
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General
No way, you can’t leave Ghana!
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Kumasi on July 26, 2021 granted an application of stay of execution of an order of a Kumasi High Court.
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Courts
Court of Appeal dismisses Sankofa Oil Field application
The plaintiff further wants the court to order the payments of all revenue it deserves from the Sankofa Field.
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Asia
Chinese captains abusing Ghanaians on fishing vessels – EJF’s report
The Coordinating Secretary of National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG), Mr Daniel Yaw Owusu, also expressed lack of involvement in the report by the Environmental Justice Foundation,
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