General
GBA to champion National Policy Initiative for ‘ A skill for a prisoner’
According to the Association, this is one of the surest ways to deal with and reduce the rate of recidivism in the country’s prisons
DL News
Results for "One-year anniversary"
5809 results.
General
US Senate confirms Ghanaian-American Nancy Abudu to Federal Court of Appeal
Ms. Abudu was nominated more than a year ago by President Biden and will make history as the first African-American female judge to sit on the Atlanta-based appeals court (Eleventh Circuit).
DL News
Africa
Hushpuppi's accomplice pleads guilty to internet fraud; agrees to pay $8 million to victims
Mr Woodberry was arrested in Dubai on June 10, 2020, alongside Ramon Hushpuppi Abbas, currently serving an 11-year sentence for a similar fraud charge.
Peoples Gazette
US
Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old files $40m lawsuit
Abigail "Abby" Zwerner, 25, was shot on 6 January in the hand and upper chest and spent two weeks in hospital.
BBC
Others
Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
They were reportedly convicted for promoting corruption, prostitution, and propaganda.
BBC
US
Unpaid $77 Trash Bill: Police arrest elderly Alabama woman
Martha Louis Menefield said she was confused as officers handcuffed her and arrested her on Sunday.
BBC
Courts
Lawyer, proprietress jailed 6 years over child adoption
The lawyer, David Opare Asiedu, and the proprietress, Elizabeth Arthur Adjei, alias Maa Lizy, were ordered by the court on Wednesday to pay GH¢12,000 and GH¢6,000 respectively as fines.
Ghanaian Times
Others
Turkey introduces jail terms for 'disinformation'
Turkey's parliament has adopted a media law introducing jail terms for spreading "disinformation." It also requires social networks and internet sites to hand over personal details of users.
DW
Courts
Data Analyst jailed two years for fraud
Anthony Dunyo is said to have presented himself to the complainant as a close Associate of Mr Francis Asenso -Boakye, Minister of Works and Housing and Member of Parliament of Bantama.
GNA
Crime
Interdicted Immigration officer arrested for allegedly defrauding two
The 54-year-old Assistant Inspector of Immigration was said to have escaped after taking money from his victims who are workers at a private health facility in Ho where he was receiving treatment for stroke.
GRAPHIC ONLINE
Africa
Moroccans accuse French tycoon Jacques Bouthier of sexual harassment
The women said they had been sacked after refusing to give in to harassment and intimidation.
BBC
Courts
Opuni trial:I broke 2015/2016 harvest year record with Lithovit- 3rd witness tells court
At the last sitting of the court, the presiding judge, Clemence Honyenuga JSC ordered the former CEO of the COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni to call his next witness as the 2nd witness recuperates.
DL News
US
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
BBC
Africa
Nigerians sharing ‘school sex tape’ face 14 years
According to Lagos state laws, it is illegal for minors to engage in sex. Any image showing sexually explicit conduct involving a child - including "producing, distributing, receiving or possessing" one - was an offence liable to a sentence...
BBC
Courts
South Africa's $1m shopping-spree student jailed
Sibongile Mani received 14m rand instead of her monthly student grant of 1,400 rand in June 2017 and started spending it immediately, the court heard during her trial.
BBC
Africa
U.S. sanctions one of Africa’s biggest gold refiners for allegedly contributing to conflict in DRC
Belgian gold trader Alain Goetz and his Ugandan-based African Gold Refinery Ltd, are said to be key players in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s illicit gold trade.
Bloomberg
Africa
How Nigeria succeeded in clipping Twitter’s wings
Twitter has agreed to a raft of conditions to end a seven-month ban in Nigeria, in what feels like a big win for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in its efforts to regulate the internet, some analysts say.
BBC
General
Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to four years jail
Ms Suu Kyi faces 11 charges in total, which have been widely condemned as unjust. She has denied all charges.
DENNISLAW NEWS
Courts
Man jailed, caned for raping, trying to impregnate ex-girlfriend so she would marry him
“I believe that it is not too late for you to change, become a better man and lead a meaningful life.”
DL News
Asia
Amnesty to close Hong Kong offices over National Security Law
Amnesty has had a presence in Hong Kong for more than 40 years, and now runs two offices there – one focused on the city and another on the wider region.
BBC