Africa
Nigeria court remands Chinese man over girlfriend's killing
The suspect, Geng Quanrong, allegedly forced himself into the young woman’s family house, attacked her, and slit her throat with a knife last weekend.
BBC
Results for "Kaneshie District court"
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General
ICC President to speak at second public lecture on International Criminal Justice at GIMPA Faculty of Law
The lecture, an initiative of the African Centre of International Criminal Justice (ACICJ) seeks to review trends, emerging developments, and challenges confronting the law in specific fields.
DL News
General
Deal with seeming factionalism within the legal profession- Supreme Court Justice tells GBA
“All is definitely not well with the Association. This is because we have started to see signs of factionalism in the profession."
DL News
General
Full Speech: Bar president, Yaw Acheampong Boafo at 2022 annual Bar Conference
This year’s event which is underway in Ho in the Volta Region has been theme “Ghana's Democracy under the Fourth Republic: Gains, Challenges and Prospects.”
DL News
Africa
Liberia gets third female chief justice
She replaces Francis Saye Korkpor who retires this month after reaching the constitutional limit of 70 years.
BBC
Courts
Ashantigold SC secures injunction against the start of 2022/2023 GPL
The Football Club was demoted from the Premier League to the third Divison after the Disciplinary Committee of the FA found them guilty of match manipulation in July this year.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria: 26-year-old lawyer gets five years for drug trafficking
She was said to have been attempting to export the banned substance.
The Nation
Courts
Asenso Boakye files GHC 10 million defamation suit against Captain Smart, Media General
According to the suit filed at the High Court in Accra, the plaintiff notes that the first Defendant, Captain Smart made a false statement about him on August 23, 2022
DL News
Others
Wife of ex-Malaysian PM gets 10 years jail for bribery
Rosmah Mansor was found guilty on three charges of soliciting and receiving bribes to help a company win a 1.25bn ringgit project ($279m, £240m).
The Star
General
Bantamahene calls for restoration of chiefs ‘Power of Summons’
According to him, chiefs wield much power especially in the local area thus need such power to liaise easily with the police to bring offenders to book and to deal with pertinent matters.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria: AG to prosecute Law Lecturer and student over alleged malpractice at Bar final exams
Suspended law lecturer at the University of Calabar, Pascal Aboh was arrested for allegedly impersonating and re-sitting an exam for a student at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja.
The Nigeria Lawyer
Others
CAS lifts GFA suspension of 21 Inter Allies, Ashantigold SC players
"The decision rendered by the Ghana Football Association Association's Appeals Committee on July 1, 2022, is stayed," the ruling says in part.
DL News
General
Employ Research Officers to read all judgments of Superior Courts- SC Justice charges Law Reform Commission
“We urge all other sectors especially the Law Reform Commission to employ research officers to read all the judgments of the Superior courts"
DL News
Courts
20 Ghanaian fishermen sentenced for trafficking marijuana to Nigeria
They were arrested on January 14, 2022, with 13.670kg of marijuana, aka cannabis Sativa, and arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
DL News
Europe
U.S. basketball star Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years
Griner’s detention was made public only after Russian troops moved into Ukraine, as relations between Russia and the United States hit new lows after Washington led the West in bringing sanctions against Moscow.
AP News
Crime
Ghana Police arrests Japanese upon Interpol request
According to a press release dated August 2, 2022, the suspect’s passport was revoked by his home country, and is awaiting removal after appearing before a court in Ghana.
DL News
US
Democrats arrested at abortion rights protest
The protest follows a Supreme Court ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion.
BBC
Africa
Mozambique jails woman for ransom kidnap of children
The court heard that the woman kidnapped a 14-year-old child in October last year demanding a ransom of about $313.
BBC Africa
Courts
Ex-convict sentenced 14 years to prison for stealing
Paterson, also an apprentice mason, pleaded not guilty and was consequently convicted on all four charges by the Court.
GNA
Europe
FIFA trial: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of corruption
Prosecutors acquitted Blatter on charges of unlawfully funneling 2 million Swiss francs ($2.06 million) of FIFA funds to Platini, a former France national team captain and manager in 2011.
DW