US
Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot
In a landmark decision that upends the White House race, the court ruled 4-3 that Mr Trump is not an eligible candidate because of section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
BBC
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Africa
Sierra Leone ex-president a suspect in coup attempt - police
Mr Koroma, who was granted bail on Saturday, has been under house arrest.
BBC
Courts
Kikibee CEO’s Murder: Court grants Police green light to access mobile phones of 3 persons
The Police are to access the phone of Mr Adomah, the deceased, Mam Yandey Joof, the deceased alleged girlfriend and one Roy Addy Lamptey to ascertain the call logs on those phones.
GNA
Africa
Scores of Zambian opposition MPs suspended amid row
The lawmakers defied orders to leave the plenary after they accused the Speaker of denying them an opportunity to speak.
BBC
Others
Mexican law firm launches AI-powered chatbot
The firm plans to use the chatbot as an in-house legal assistant that can field questions and summarize content.
LAW.COM
Crime
Musician remanded for kicking girlfriend’s genitals over phone messages, pictures
Benjamin Kobla Doamekpor allegedly fought his 23-year-old girlfriend over phone chats and pictures.
GNA
Courts
Househelp remanded over theft
Thomas Yokpo, the accused person, also allegedly absconded with his boss’s Apsonic motorbike valued at GHC8,000.00.
GNA
General
Full Speech by The Attorney-General of Ghana at the 2023 Ghana Bar Conference
When I look back at certain cases whose outcomes I consider undesirable, regardless of my own views on the questions being judged in them, I come to the conclusion that, we have in this country a fiercely independent Judiciary in which all...
DL News
US
Historic Trump mugshot released after arrest in Atlanta, Georgia
Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first ever mugshot of a former US president.
BBC
US
US woman accused of trying to kill husband by lacing coffee with bleach
An Arizona woman tried to kill her husband – a US military member – by poisoning his coffee with bleach daily since March before her arrest, authorities allege
The Guardian
Crime
Three staff of Bolgatanga hospital arrested over medicine theft
The suspects, Raymond Asoke, a driver at the Regional hospital, Noeyelle Bridget, the Assistant Dispensary Officer at the hospital's pharmacy, and Raheem Fasilat, the Regional storekeeper at the hospital, were arrested on August 4, 2023.
DL News
US
Trump accused of asking employee to delete footage in classified documents case
Prosecutors accuse Mr Trump of scheming with his valet and a Mar-a-Lago manager to conceal the footage from investigators.
Sky News
Africa
Uganda to impose tax on Facebook, Twitter and Netflix
The Parliament of Uganda has passed a proposed new law that imposes a 5 percent tax on the income earned in the country by foreign digital companies such as Facebook and Twitter.
The EastAfrican
General
Parliament passes NACOC Amendment Act for medicinal, industrial cannabis cultivation
The minister is thus per the amendment empowered ‘to grant a license for the cultivation of cannabis which has not more than 0.3 THC content
DL News
General
Struck Section 43 of Act 1019: Government introduces new Bill for amendment
The said section was struck out in July Last year by the Supreme Court as having been passed by Parliament in excess of its jurisdiction
DL News
Africa
Liberia: Court orders release of former Chief Justice from police detention
Her release from police custody comes amid reports that she and three other members of her household have been charged with murder, criminal conspiracy, and making false statements to law enforcement officers.
Front Page Africa
Europe
British solicitor who defrauded clients of £1.7M jailed
Bilmes pleaded guilty to seven charges of fraud. Between November 2014 and October 2017 he dishonestly appropriated £1,767,322 from the client account of his firm.
Law Society Gazette
Crime
Attempted suicide no longer crime as parliament amends Criminal Offences Act
Prior to this amendment, attempted suicide was punishable under Section 57 of Act 29 as a misdemeanor
DL News
Courts
Court adjourns Canadian murder case to February 28 as police awaits AG’s advice
Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student, and Michael Fiifi Ampofo Arku are being held over the murder of one Frank Kofi Osei, a Ghana-domiciled Canadian, who had come to Ghana for vacation
GNA
Africa
Rwanda's ex-minister jailed for corruption
The original sentence, which came last year, against Edouard Bamporiki was a rare case of a top official convicted over corruption in the country.
BBC