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Nigerian minister prescribes capital punishment for rape
She said only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the inhuman crime of rape would act as a deterrent to rape.
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She said only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the inhuman crime of rape would act as a deterrent to rape.
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The new investment comes two years after the company also secured $3 million from Cota Capital in a November 2020 Series A funding round
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This was after lawyers for the founder of the Bank, Ato Essien had earlier prayed the court to compel the Bank of Ghana to produce the said documents.
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Essien denied the assertion, stating that he only got GH¢27.5 million, which was legitimately paid to him by the Capital Bank for his role as a transaction advisor in securing the liquidity support from the BoG.
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Essien, who is standing trial with two others for the collapse of Capital Bank was opening his defence at the Accra High Court (November 4, 2021).
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The application, filed on October 5, 2026, seeks to revise some of the grounds upon which the former banking executive is challenging his conviction and sentence.
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Human rights organization Amnesty International commended the decision, calling it a "beacon of hope" for regional movements advocating against the death penalty. However, the group expressed concerns over a provision allowing the death pen...
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State Prosecutors have accused the Founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG)
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QNET’s entrance into Ghana is opening the space up for more entrepreneurial opportunities for the youth and Ghanaians in general”
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The move by Daniel Duku, a former Chief Executive of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) who is standing trial for causing financial loss to the state, to pay GH¢15 million as restitution to the state is in limbo.
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A Kenyan High Court in Nairobi, the country’s capital, has ruled that lawyers in the country be exempted from the curfew order imposed by the government to curtail the spread of COVID-19.
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Justice Kyei Baffour was also quick to add that If by that date, that money has been redeemed, the court may favorably consider the outstanding amount to be paid
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The case, filed under the International Chamber of Commerce, centres on River Park Estate, a large mixed-use development near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
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According to the SEC, the platforms have not been licensed under the Securities Industry Act, 2016, Act 929, as amended.
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The SEC says neither platform is licensed to provide investment or trading services in Ghana’s capital market.
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Mr Maraga was detained on Monday alongside nine other demonstrators while marching near the park, one of Kenya’s best-known conservation sites and a major tourist attraction within the capital.
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The announcement was made at the Ghana Presidential Investment Forum in Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-9).
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Dr. Ayine, speaking at a sectoral update on Monday, July 28, claimed that shortly after taking office, legal representatives of Beige Capital approached him with a GH¢10 million offer as part of a proposed settlement related to the financia...
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The judgment of the court follows Mr. Essien's inability to pay in full the restitution amount of GHC 90 million.
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In April 2021, The National Insurance Commission imposed supervisory restrictions on RegencyNem Insurance Ltd. following some regulatory breaches that the firm had not been able to resolve.
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