Courts
Obrafour sues Drake for copyright infringement, seeks $10m in damages
Obrafour says an agent of Drake had previously sought permission to use the copyrighted work, which he never granted, and then released the track days later anyway.
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Courts
Lawyer Kpebu not sole owner of “Annotated Evidence Law of Ghana” but jointly owned-Court says
In the court’s judgment by Justice Kweku T. Ackaah-Boafo J.A., it was established per the Author Collaboration Agreement(ACA) that the words used in the agreement are clear and unequivocal that the parties intended to have work done in both...
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Africa
SA wants Twitter to delete alleged hateful video
The opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is organising nationwide marches to protest against the country's power crisis and has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign.
BBC
Courts
Court directs Rev. Kusi Boateng’s lawyers to properly serve Ablakwa on contempt application
The MP has been cited for contempt by Rev Kusi Boateng for allegedly throwing and kicking a court process at the premises of Metro TV after the latter sued and secured an injunction against him.
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Courts
Rev Kusi Boateng's ‘purported’ process servers not from Judicial Service- Ablakwa on contempt application
He notes that his search has revealed that the process servers who purportedly served him, do not belong to the Judicial Service.
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Tech
For first time, Colombia judge authorizes hearing of court case in the Metaverse
“The eyeglasses will make you think that one is inside it [the courtroom], interacting with all its elements,” Judge Quiñones Triana is quoted to have said.
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Crime
Police arrest another suspect in Kasoa mobile money robbery incident
The suspect, Ahmed, (alias ARRESTED), was arrested on 2nd January 2023 at Nyanyano near Kasoa in the Central Region.
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Africa
South Africa: Activist challenges law that bars naming accused in rape cases
Caroline Peters wants a section of the Criminal Procedure Act declared unconstitutional and invalid
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General
EC cancels registration of 17 political parties
According to the Commission, it came to its notice after a nationwide exercise that the 17 political parties had no national and regional offices as required by section 15 (1) of Act 574.
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Courts
Wrongful termination: Former Manager drags Accra Brewery to court
The plaintiff, therefore, wants the court to order ABL to pay her damages for the termination of her employment or alternatively, a redundancy package in line with the collective bargaining agreement.
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Africa
Nigerian government asks Facebook, Instagram parent company to pay $70m over Ads
The agency argued that Meta's ongoing broadcast of unscreened advertisements has cost the federal government money.
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Tech
Ghana recorded 431 Cyber Security incidents third quarter of this year –CSA Director General
He explained however that over 5000 of the incidents which could have also led to various consequences were prevented.
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Courts
GIBA wins court case, blocks NCA’s Conditional Access System for free-to-air-TVs
The Court, presided over by Justice Eric Baah, in its August 16 judgment, upheld GIBA’s position that the policy will affect the services of its FTA broadcasting members.
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Tech
Flutterwave’s accounts in Kenya have been frozen over fresh money laundering allegations
A recurring theme in the allegations laid against Flutterwave is the company’s involvement in card fraud and money laundering.
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Business
2,584 dormant companies to be delisted for failing to file Annual Returns, Financial Statements- ORC
The exercise, which is the second phase of its clean-up, started this year and is expected to continue till the end of the year.
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Business
OSP’s Report at variance with our submissions made to the office- La Bianca Company
According to the Company, the OSP’s report findings are at variance with their recollection of events and submission made to the office.
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Tech
New EU ruling could possibly change standards on sharing sensitive data, specifically involving data indirectly revealing one’s sexual orientation
Before this ruling, other data protection authorities such as the Spanish Data Protection Authority had divergent views stating that it did not find Grindr to have processed any special category of personal data
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Africa
Kenya audit finds 250,000 dead people on voters' roll
Nearly half a million more voters were found to have duplicate records and more than 226,000 people were registered using documents that do not belong to them.
BBC
General
Odupong Agyapong Atta-Agyapong is Ghana School of Law SRC President-elect
He won against five(5) other contenders with Six hundred and thirty-six 636 votes out of the total valid votes cast, representing 33.54%.
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General
These MMDA’s in Greater Accra Region have no by-laws
In the Greater Accra Region, there are a total of 29 MMDAs. Out of this number, 15 have no by-laws.
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