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Crime
Robbers who engaged in gun battle with police have been on the radar for long – ACP Kwesi Ofori
the Police Officer, who sustained gunshot wounds in the right leg, is in stable condition and receiving medical attention.
DL News19 August 2021
General
‘Churches demand for HIV status from potential couples illegal’
Dr Ayisi Addo said; “if there is someone who is negative, but still wants to marry a partner who is positive, you must not prevent them in anyway; it is their responsibility to own their results and not forced to disclose it to anyone”.
DL News3 August 2021
General
Speaker of Parliament admits to having no right to amend GIPC Act– GUTA
Leadership of GUTA expressed gratitude to the Speaker of Parliament for granting them an audience to re-emphasize their position that the GIPC Act, is all that holds the brakes to insecurity and unfair trade practices in Ghana’s retail spac...
DL News2 August 2021
Courts
BOST, Hask Oil in talks over judgment debt
A Ghana News Agency (GNA) report said an Accra High Court ordered BOST to pay a total of GH¢9,962,118.84 to Hask Oil Company Limited, being the interest accrued on a bank facility they took while their products were in the custody of BOST (...
DL News30 July 2021
General
Our people are being humiliated, ‘insulted’, marginalized, deprived of their lands- Ga-Dangme petition Akufo-Addo
Ga-Dangme Lands Administration (GDLA) is an autonomous and a self–governing organization.
DL News27 July 2021
General
Galamsey fight: Government to challenge $15m judgement debt – Dame
His comments come on the back of criticisms from some sections of the public over the appropriateness of the government’s current strategy in its fight against illegal mining
DL News24 June 2021
General
“James Town Bullion Van driver responding to treatment,” – Surgeon
The driver of the bullion van which was attacked by robbers last Monday, June 14, 2021, is responding to treatment, according to a surgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
DL News16 June 2021
Business
BoG is a constitutional creation: It cannot decline parliamentary investigations
The central bank declined Parliament's invitation, bringing up instead, a response on its mandate and statutory powers to undertake the banking sector clean-up exercise.
DL News15 June 2021
Supreme Court News
Attempted suicide: lawyer seeks decriminalization at SC
Christian Malm-Hesse wants the Supreme Court to declare that there is no “mens rea” formed with respect to the committal of the inchoate offence of “attempt to commit suicide”
DL News14 June 2021
General
MTTD directs assemblies to report areas with illegal speed ramps
The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has directed all Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies to report the construction of illegal speed ramps in their areas to its outfit.
DL News11 June 2021
Business
BoG declines Parliamentary summons over UT Bank, Unibank closure
The Bank of Ghana has said that the petitioners should use the right channels to ensure their grievances are resolved
DL News10 June 2021
General
Domestic violence: Do not refuse your spouse’s meal
It is an offence to refuse to eat your wife's food, the Coordinating Director of DOVVSU has said
DL News7 June 2021
Courts
Court to give judgment on Achimota-Rasta students’ case today
The Human Rights Division of the High Court is today, Monday, May 31, 2021, expected to give judgment in the case of two Rastafarian boys who were denied admission into Achimota School based on their dreadlocks.
DL News31 May 2021
Africa
AfCFTA sets up dispute settlement body to inspire confidence in trade deal
Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Wamkele Mene, has said that businesses should feel confident and safe about leveraging opportunities created by the continental trade deal, as a Dispute Settlement Bo...
DL News27 May 2021
Africa
Nigeria Law teachers raise concerns over ‘half-baked’ lawyers:Call for Reformation in the Nigerian legal education system
Speaking in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Wednesday, the teachers said the reform was necessary in order to preserve the sanctity of the legal profession.
DL News13 May 2021
Africa
Copyright protection in the digital age
Year 2020 forced changes in the way we do things in the world, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still on rampage. Several countries went into series of lockdowns and ordered its citizens to stay at home.
DL News4 May 2021
US
George Floyd: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder
A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year.
DL News21 April 2021
Africa
Suez Canal: Egypt seeking $1bn compensation for ship blockage
About 15 percent of world shipping traffic transits the vital waterway, a critical source of foreign currency revenue for the country
DL News2 April 2021
General
MFWA calls on duty bearers to ensure justice for victimised journalists
The Media Foundation for West Africa has entreated duty bearers to ensure justice for journalists who have been abused or victimised in the line of duty.
DL News2 April 2021
US
How Fox News Will Fight a $2.7 Billion Suit About the 2020 Election
The Rupert Murdoch-owned news network has filed a motion to dismiss Smartmatic’s blockbuster libel action. Now and down the road, the defendant will attempt to pin ultimate responsibility for wild tales of election fraud on Donald Trump and...
DL News30 March 2021