Courts
Hajia Zuwera secures injunction against NPP Walewale Parliamentary results
The Electoral Commission declared Dr. Kabiru Tia Mahama the winner of Saturday’s election, having garnered 345 votes against Hajia’s 338 votes.
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Supreme Court News
Madina, Adenta, Oyarifa, Ayi Mensa and over 70,000 acre lands don't belong to Numo Nmashie Family - Supreme Court
The court, therefore, directed the Lands Commission to expunge all registration and certificates issued to the Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie, and the Tetteh Olewolon Family, in respect of the 72,000 acres.
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See 12 TV stations issued with NMC final warning for showing money rituals, p0rn0, occultism
The 12 stations are Asomafo TV, Adwenpa TV, Diamond TV, X TV, Funny TV, Big TV, Passion TV, Elephant TV, Best TV, Energy TV, Nkabom TV and Seekers TV.
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Crime
CHRAJ pushes for quick resolution of stalled anti-witchcraft bill
He explains that this urgency is due to the hardships faced by women labelled as witches, who cannot endure the associated assault and stigma.
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court strikes out NDC, 4 others injunction application against EC
The NDC and four other political parties filed a suit on September 7, seeking an injunction to stop the Electoral Commission from going ahead with the recently ended limited Voter Registration Exercise.
DL News
General
#Fixthecountry group withdraws petition for removal of EC Chair and deputies
The group submitted the 24-page petition on January 10, 2022, invoking the constitutional processes per Article 146 for the removal of the Chair and Deputies of the Electoral Commission
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OSP concludes investigations against Bissue, Adu Boahen, two others
These were contained in its Half-Yearly Report released today July 4, 2023.
DL News
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Resolution of cross-border boundary dispute: Ghana ratifies ‘Niamey Convention’
Ghana is among the nine out of fifty-five (55) AU Member states that have ratified the Convention on Cross-border Co-operation known as the ‘Niamey Convention.”
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Europe
Ivan Toney: Banned footballer bet on own team to lose, says FA
The England international admitted 232 breaches of betting rules between February 2017 and January 2021 and was banned last week from all football activity until 17 January.
Sky News
Africa
Zimbabwe court blocks release of electronic voters' roll
This follows a court case filed by opposition MP Allan Makharm after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) refused to give him a copy that he requested in October last year.
BBC
US
Mormon Church fined over claim it hid $32bn of investments
The Church and its investment firm, Ensign Peak Advisers, used "shell" companies to hide a $32bn stock portfolio, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said.
BBC
Courts
Trial of missing Lands Commission staff adjourned to March 14
Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey is facing charges following the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a Senior Lands Administrative Officer at the Lands Commission.
DL News
Courts
Savelugu, Zabzugu Parliamentary election petitions dismissed by court
On the Savelugu petition filed by the New Patriotic Party(NPP) 2020 Parliamentary Candidate, Muhamed Abdul-Samed Gunu, the Court presided over by Justice Daniel Obeng, held that there were solely administrative errors that did not go to the...
DL News
Europe
EU proposes special court to probe Russian actions in Ukraine
The aim would be to address crimes that wouldn’t fit under the mandate of the International Criminal Court.
Bloomberg
Courts
High Court dismisses Techiman-South election petition
The NDC candidate for the Techiman South constituency, Christopher Beyere Baasongti sued the Electoral Commission and the MP for the area, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah in the aftermath of the election.
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Africa
Kenya’s supreme court upholds William Ruto’s win in presidential election
Ruto was announced winner on 15 August amid a divide within the electoral commission over the declared outcome, which showed that the vice-president had gained 50.5% of the vote, beating the longtime opposition leader, Raila Odinga, and nar...
The Guardian
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Prevalence of bribery highest among police officers – Report
The report titled, ‘Corruption in Ghana: Peoples experiences and views’ launched yesterday, July 20, 2022, was co-produced by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), the Ghana Statistical Service, and with support...
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Council of State not robust; We can’t continue spending on them – Martin Kpebu
“So for me, this Council of State, generally, is not robust and it's because of the composition. These are friends. It is very odd to bring in an opposition member. E.T Mensah’s own is an exception.”
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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
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Deem any ownership of lands at Achimota Forest, Sakumono Ramsar site by Sir John as void – Minister directs Lands, Forestry C’ssions
“Further checks at the Lands and Forestry Commission, the repositories of the records of the lands in question, show no record of ownership of Lands at, the Achimota Forest or the Sakumono Ramsar Site, by the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie.”
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