Africa
Burkina Faso suspended from Ecowas – sources
The 15-member bloc held an online meeting to discuss how to respond to the ousting of President Roch Kaboré.
BBC
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Business
E-Levy: Minority throws out proposal to reduce tax from 1.75% to 1.5%
Government had hoped to get the buy-in of the NDC MPs to get the bill passed.
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Courts
Ongoing strike: NLC drags UTAG to court
The National Labour Commission(NLC) has dragged the University Teachers Association(UTAG) to the High Court(Labour Division) seeking an interlocutory injunction to compel the latter to comply with its January 13, 2022 decision.
DLN
Crime
Another suspect arrested over Nima-Mamobi violence
Farouk admitted his involvement in the incident during interrogation, the police said on Facebook.
DL News
General
All 15 branches of UTAG continue strike indefinitely
The Universities Teachers Association Ghana (UTAG), says all 15 branches of the association have unanimously decided to continue with its strike until further notice.
Crime
Laboratory worker remanded for administering abortion drugs to minor
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a female laboratory worker into police custody for allegedly administering abortion drugs to a 17-year-old girl.
US
US black man mistaken for older white suspect – lawsuit
Shane Lee Brown, 25, was arrested in January 2020 in a traffic stop after he failed to show his licence. Las Vegas police found a warrant in his name. But that warrant was actually for Shane Neal Brown, a middle-aged white man with a beard,...
BBC
Africa
Burkina Faso president reportedly detained by military
President Kaboré was detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, foreign media reports say
BBC
Europe
Nusrat Ghani: PM orders Cabinet Office to investigate ‘Muslimness’ claim
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a Cabinet Office inquiry into claims made by a Muslim MP who says her faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020.
BBC
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
T’di Fake kidnapping, pregnancy: Husband says he saw wife’s pregnant belly
Josephine’s relatives and neighbours however disagreed with the report of the Ghana Police Service.
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US
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes convicted of fraud
Prosecutors said Holmes knowingly lied about technology she said could detect diseases with a few drops of blood.
BBC
Crime
80-year-old ex-soldier arrested for attempted murder
The suspect allegedly fired a gun at Kusi for allegedly hitting him (Boafo) during a misunderstanding.
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General
I need funds, materials to practicalize my good intentions- Kissi Adjebeng
He notes that without this, the OSP will only have good intentions but nothing to show.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
Chaos in Parliament: Minority to push for probing of First Deputy Speaker
This comes after calls by the First Deputy Speaker for disciplinary sanctions against Minority MPs captured in a viral video causing chaos in the House.
DENNISLAW NEWS
Business
Uber to pay $9m in sex-assault report settlement
The settlement between Uber, CPUC, and the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (Rainn) brings to an end a dispute lasting almost two years, over whether Uber should hand over records about reported incidents involving its drivers.
BBC
General
2022 Budget approval unconstitutional- Minority in Parliament
According to them, the move contravenes Article 104(3) of the Constitution, 1992, and Parliament’s standing order 109.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
Parliament approves 2022 Budget despite Minority Caucus boycott
The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu also counted himself as an MP, hence, giving the Majority Caucus 138 members to pass the votes.
DL News
Business
Set E-levy at 0.5% – ISSER tells government
The proposed rate announced by the Ministry of Finance is 1.75 per cent, effective 2022, as part of government’s efforts to significantly increase its revenue.
DL News
General
AG dismisses reports of presenting new Legal Professions Bill to Parliament
With the current tussle with legal education in Ghana, some Members of Parliament have presented private members bills, seeking to address challenges associated with legal education in Ghana.
DL News