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Wontumi asks High Court to refer mining charges to Supreme Court
The request concerns legal provisions being relied on by the Attorney-General in the criminal case against Chairman Wontumi and his company.
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Hanan Abdul-Wahab’s lawyers threaten contempt action over airport arrest
His lawyers say they will file contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General, the Deputy Attorney-General and the Director of the Bureau of National Investigations over the arrest.
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Court rejects Oware-Mensah's bid to halt trial
The ruling means the criminal case against her will continue, despite a pending challenge to an earlier directive requiring her to disclose the names and addresses of intended witnesses before the prosecution closes its case.
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NPA case: 2 accused turn to prosecuting witnesses as OSP drops charges
The two are Albert Ankrah, described as a director at KEL Logistics Unit, and Isaac Mensah of King’s Energy Limited, who had been listed as the fourth and fifth accused persons in the case.
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2025 in focus: Top legal news items on DL news
In 2025, as in previous years, numerous legal stories dominated headlines across the country. However, based on editorial discretion, audience engagement metrics on our website, and sustained reader interest, we present the following storie...
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Tyler Perry hit with new sex assault lawsuit as lawyers dismiss “money grab” claim
Mario Rodriguez, a model who secured a minor part as “Frat Guy #10” in Perry’s 2016 film Boo! A Madea Halloween, has filed a civil suit seeking roughly $77m (£60m) in damages.
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EOCO apologises to court over delay in Buffer Stock case
At a sitting on Thursday, 18 December 2025, counsel for EOCO, led by Brew-Sam Esq., told the court that “administrative bottlenecks” within the office had delayed the filing of their response.
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Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament elected president of Africa’s Anti-Corruption Lawmakers’ Network
The election took place in Accra during APNAC’s 9th Biennial General Meeting, which brought together parliamentary leaders, governance experts, and anti-corruption advocates from across Africa.
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Wontumi’s galamsey trial takes new turn as state drops charges against Akonta Mining manager
This move, described by legal observers as a strategic recalibration, is aimed at strengthening the prosecution’s case against Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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Attorney General withdraws charges against third accused in NSB trial
A notice of discontinuance filed at the High Court in Accra on October 15, 2025, formally discharged Ms. Donkor under Section 59 of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30).
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Trump calls for jailing of Illinois, Chicago leaders
In a fiery social media post, the president alleged that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, both Democrats, “should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.”
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Foss v Harbottle revisited: Debunking the myth of member personal right as an exception
ABSTRACT This article puts the rule in Foss v Harbottle under microscopic scrutiny in light of the exceptions stated to the rule in Edwards v Halliwell. It concludes that one of the exceptions to the rule — “where the rights of members have...
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Africa
ICC convicts Sudanese militia leader for war crimes in Darfur conflict
Kushayb, a senior commander of the Janjaweed militia, was found guilty on 27 counts linked to attacks carried out between 2003 and 2004.
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Trump announces $15bn lawsuit against New York Times for defamation
In a post shared on Truth Social on Monday, Trump declared: “Today, I have the Great Honour of bringing a $15 billion and Libel Lawsuit against The New York Times.
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FixTheCountry pushes for chiefs, youth to spearhead anti-galamsey campaign
Posting a statement on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, September 15, the group argued that the time had come for the fight against galamsey to shift away from empty promises and toward solutions anchored in communities themselves.
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South Sudan vice-president faces murder, treason charges
Justice Minister Joseph Geng Akech announced on Thursday that the charges stem from a March assault on an army base in Nasir, carried out by the White Army militia—a group largely made up of fighters from Machar’s Nuer ethnic group.
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GJA threatens media blackout over police assaults on journalists, issues 7-day ultimatum
The warning follows a surge in violent attacks on members of the press, including the assault of JoyNews' Salomey Martey and a GHOne TV reporter during the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on July 17, and the brutalisation of JoyNews' Car...
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Full Text: Report on key legal matters by AG at Government’s Accountability Series
Dr. Ayine tackled some of the nation’s most closely watched legal developments including the controversial discontinuation of the criminal case against former Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, new revelations in the National Service Sch...
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Did Ghana abstain from LGBTQI vote at the UN?-Foreign Minister explains
Speaking at the official commissioning of Ghana’s new representative to UNESCO, the minister clarified that the UN vote on July 7, 2025, had nothing to do with legalizing or endorsing homosexuality.
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2nd accused in OSP, Bissue case settles for plea bargain
Presiding Judge, Justice Kwame Asante, granted the adjournment on Thursday following a request by state prosecutors who disclosed that plea discussions with Owusu’s lawyers were at an advanced stage.
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