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Courts
State drops forgery charges against Bishop Obinim
The Kaneshie District Court has discharged the founder of International God’s Way Church (IGWC), Bishop Daniel Obinim and one other who were facing charges of forgery.
DL News22 April 2021
US
George Floyd: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder
A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year.
DL News21 April 2021
US
US poised to impose sanctions on Russia for cyber-attacks
The US government is set to issue a wide range of sanctions against Russia, according to reports.
DL News15 April 2021
General
FDA deploys team to markets to prevent sale of fish washed ashore at Osu
Authorities of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have dispatched an inspection team to markets in parts of the capital, Accra following the washing ashore of some fish at the Osu Castle beach.
DL News6 April 2021
US
Trump Twitter Blocking Suit Deleted By Supreme Court
Now that Donald Trump is no longer in office (and has been banned from the social media site), the high court found the four-year-old dispute over the First Amendment implications of his blocking of political critics on Twitter to be moot.
DL News6 April 2021
Africa
Suez Canal: Egypt seeking $1bn compensation for ship blockage
About 15 percent of world shipping traffic transits the vital waterway, a critical source of foreign currency revenue for the country
DL News2 April 2021
Europe
Pastor Chris: UK sanction Chris Oyakhilome TV for ‘inaccurate and potentially harmful’ Coronavirus claim
UK broadcasting regulatory authority, don sama fine of £125,000 on Loveworld Television Network, one station owned by di church wey Chris Oyakhilome dey oversee.
DL News1 April 2021
Africa
Ivory Coast’s ex-President Gbagbo free to go home after ICC acquittal
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has upheld the acquittal of the Ivory Coast’s ex-President Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity.
DL News1 April 2021
Africa
Law firms expand in Africa
South African law firm Webber Wentzel has bagged a team of M&A lawyers from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, while Fluxmans Attorneys has hired a new director.
DL News30 March 2021
Courts
Court refuses businessman accused of killing his wife bail
The Madina District Court has refused an application to grant bail Prince Charles Dedjoe, a businessman accused of allegedly beating his wife Lilian Dedjoe severely, resulting in her death.
DL News22 March 2021
Africa
Federal appeals court rules elected officials cannot be penalized for unethical actions if voters chose them anyway
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday in favor of former Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan, finding that it cannot penalize him for his allegedly unethical behavior.
DL News10 March 2021
General
Chief Imam’s spokesperson commends Akufo-Addo for stance on same-sex marriage
The spokesperson of the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has commended President Akufo-Addo for his commitment not to legalise same-sex marriage.
DL News2 March 2021
Election Petition
Peace Council Calls For Calm Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling
Ahead of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the 2020 election petition, the National Peace Council (NPC) has called on former President John Dramani Mahama and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as well as the Electoral Commission, to strictl...
DL News1 March 2021
US
Jamal Khashoggi: US names Saudi crown prince in connection with murder
A US intelligence report has implicated Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
DL News27 February 2021
Europe
Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: Suspect pleads guilty
One of three men accused of assassinating investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty.
DL News24 February 2021
Election Petition
It’s ‘theoretically possible’ for Mahama to withdraw petition – Martin Kpebu
Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner has said that it is legally permissible for John Dramani Mahama, the petitioner in the 2020 election petitioner, to withdraw his case before the Supreme Court.
DL News20 February 2021
Crime
Coup Plot: ACP Agodzor, Mac-Palm, others’ treason trial adjourned
The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned the hearing to April 13, 2021, due to the upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the country.
DL News18 February 2021
General
I didn’t work to disenfranchise Hohoe residents – Godfred Dame
Attorney General and Justice Minister-designate, Godfred Yeboah Dame has distanced himself from the inability of some voters in Hohoe in the Volta Region to partake in the 2020 general elections.
DL News13 February 2021
Election Petition
What Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the Witness of the Petitioner, will be saying in court
The Petitioner has caused to be filed on his behalf two witness statements. The Witness Statement is basically the evidence in chief of a party once same is presented to on oath and admitted in evidence by the court.
DL News29 January 2021
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court okays Martin Amidu’s appointment as Special Prosecutor
Mr Martin A.B.K Amidu is eligible to be the Special Prosecutor, as his appointment did not contravene the 1992 Constitution, the Supreme Court has declared.
DL News18 November 2020