Courts
Court dismisses injunction motion against KNUST VC reappointment
Clement Kofi Ohene Asare sought an interlocutory injunction to prevent Prof. Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson from starting her second term on August 1, 2024.
DL News
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Crime
Court remands alleged baby thieves in police custody
Magdalene Nana Adwoa Boafo, 28; Faustina Binney, 32; and Eunice Koomson, 36, pleaded not guilty to the charges of conspiracy to steal a child and stealing.
GNA
Europe
Man Jailed for Over Four Years for Condom Removal During Sex
A man in London has been sentenced to over four years in prison for "stealthing," secretly removing a condom during sex. The case hinged on the legal principle of conditional consent and reaffirmed that non-consensual condom removal is cons...
DL News
Others
Chinese woman leaves $2.8m to pets in will, claiming kids never visited when sick
The woman, surnamed Liu, from Shanghai, made an initial will some years ago in which she left her three children money and property. However, she has changed her mind about the inheritance because her offspring did not visit or care for her...
South China Morning Post
Tech
Apple watch: US upholds ban on sale over patent dispute
The tech giant was earlier allowed to sell its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches while proceedings were ongoing - but a US appeals court has since reversed that decision.
BBC
US
US YouTuber gets 6 months in federal prison for staging small plane crash
Trevor Daniel Jacob admitted to intentionally crashing his plane, which was equipped with multiple cameras to capture its demise on video, in November 2021
CNN
General
Reduce president’s powers of appointing Special Assistants-Justice Dotse
He observed that the current state of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463) gives the president too much laxity to do whatever he wants and wondered why no government since 2001 has questioned the constitutionality of the law.
DL News
Supreme Court News
What constitutes "active party politics" by chiefs? : Check out Supreme Court reasoning
The plaintiff further sought a declaration that the endorsement of politicians by some chiefs during and in the round up to the 2020 General election amounted to their engagement in ‘active party politics’ and thus a breach of Article 276(1...
DL News
Africa
Britain clashes with European judges over plan to send boat migrants to Rwanda
Last June, judges at the European Court of Human Rights, imposed a last-minute injunction preventing the first flight of asylum seekers arriving on small boats to be immediately sent to Rwanda
VOA
Courts
Halt processes, passage of LGBTQI+ Bill until compliance with Act 921-Farmer sues Speaker
He avers per the suit that the Speaker has failed to perform his lawful duty to ensure compliance with Section 100(1) of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016(Act 921)
DL News
General
Constitutionalism, democracy go beyond human rights – Justice Mensa-Bonsu
Some of these duties, she said, included the profession of religiosity and faith which she said most Ghanaians failed to exhibit the practical tenets thereof
GNA
Africa
Uganda's anti-corruption agency gives 24,000 leaders 30 days to declare wealth or face sanctions
Declaring of wealth in this regard is meant for elected leaders from Local Councils upwards to the President. At least 24,000 leaders fall under this category.
Nile Post
General
Former Commonwealth Hall JCR Executives handed 3 years suspension each
According to a notice dated January 8, 2023, these Executives are said to have organized or allowed the organization of the Junior Common Room(JCR) of Commonwealth Hall on August 18 and 19, 2022.
DL News
General
Unilaterally introducing CACs into bond agreements unlawful – AG’s Legal opinion
In the 9-page response, the AG further noted that Executive actions like E.I. and emergency powers may not be lawfully employed to impose CACs on bondholders
DL News
Courts
STMA's suit to get Ghana Water Company to pay Property rates dismissed by court
"From the foregoing, it is not controversial to suggest that the combined effect of section 16 of Act 310 and section 2 (1) of Act 651 show that the Defendant is still exempted from payment of taxes."
DL News
Courts
‘We were unemployed, hungry’: Court rejects plea of 2 Nigerian illegal miners, jails them 20 years
The two, Ayodele Jackson and Benjamin Obin pleaded guilty to their charges but explained that they were unemployed and hungry and thus the illegal venture was their only option for survival.
DL News
Business
Altar bread, Communion wafer, Tasbi, Sajjada, others exempted from customs duties, taxes: Did you know?
An exemption is a waiver or variation of a tax, levy, rate, duty, fee, or charge provided for under an enactment
DL News
Africa
Nigeria Owo church attack: Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in Ondo
The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo during a Sunday service. They fired into the congregation and then kidnapped a priest as well as some other church-goers, witnesses said.
BBC
General
Ghana Bar Association commiserates with deceased lawyer’s Chambers, family
The delegation included the National Public Relations Officer, Savior Kludze, the Greater Accra Regional President, Agbesi Dzakpasu, Secretary of the Greater Accra Bar, Aurelius Awuku, and member of the Social Media Committee, Kobby Amoah.
DL News
Crime
KTU dismisses two staff, eight suspended for embezzlement
The audit report which was released on 6th August, 2020 disclosed financial infringement carried out by some individuals in the institution.
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