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General
Don’t approve new fuel levies – COPEC to MPs
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has asked that Members of Parliament throw out the new levies on petroleum products.
DL News16 March 2021
Crime
Student Dies After Alleged Assault By Boyfriend
Friends and family of a level 300 student of the Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC), Ho, Elizabeth Akpalu Yesutor, have been thrown into a state of shock and morning after her demise last Monday, march 8 2021.
DL News11 March 2021
General
I did 5 years in primary school instead of 6, wrote common entrance exam at 8 – Tsatsu Tsikata
The Tsatsu Tsikata story, told many times yet so refreshing whenever you hear him say it.
DL News7 March 2021
Courts
Ebony’s driver remanded into prison custody
The driver in-charge of the vehicle that caused the death of the hiplife artiste, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, alias ‘Ebony’, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court.
DL News4 March 2021
General
You’re retired; thanks for your service – Akufo-Addo to Domelevo
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo says his office believes that the embattled Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo is retired hence cannot remain in office.
DL News3 March 2021
Supreme Court News
I came to support my best friend – Amenuvor explains his presence at Ayine’s contempt hearing
There was drama and light heart moment humour during Thursday’s hearing of the former Attorney General’s contempt case at the Supreme Court.
DL News2 March 2021
Election Petition
Ghanaians deserve to know whether EC Chair is credible – Sammy Gyamfi
The National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says Ghanaians deserve to know whether the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson is credible following the 2020 election petition.
DL News13 February 2021
Crime
Suspected armed robber shot dead by police at Prampram after he attempted to escape
A suspected armed robber at Prampram has been shot dead by the police after an attempt to escape lawful custody. The suspect, Joseph Mensah, alias Sharp, was arrested on February 10, in connection with a robbery on a Spintex mini bus with r...
DL News13 February 2021
Election Petition
Election Petition: Jean Mensa may not be cross-examined
The Electoral Commission has indicated its disinterest to allow its chairperson to mount the witness box to testify in the ongoing 2020 Presidential Election Petition.
DL News8 February 2021
Election Petition
We won’t present any witnesses – EC, Akufo-Addo’s lawyers tell Supreme Court
Lawyers for the President, Nana Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission (EC) have indicated that they will not present any witnesses in the case ongoing election petition case.
DL News8 February 2021
Election Petition
Mahama’s request to inspect EC’s documents failed to meet legal standards – Oppong Nkrumah
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, one of the spokespersons for President Akufo-Addo, 2nd Respondent, in the ongoing election petition hearing has explained that the request by the petitioner, John Mahama, to inspect documents of the Electoral Commission...
DL News4 February 2021
Election Petition
Mahama’s request to inspect EC’s document turned down
The Supreme Court has ruled against a request by the 2020 Presidential Election Petitioner to inspect some documents of the Electoral Commissioner relied upon to declare the 7th December Presidential Elections.
DL News3 February 2021
Opinion
The rise and fall of fintech startup companies in Africa: Why Africa needs to protect her own
"Why are we so quick to sell off or give away our unique, cutting-edge, made-by-Africans-for Africans, technologically innovative fintech start-ups to so-called investors from outside the African continent," the author asks. Read more in th...
Francisca Serwaa Boateng19 January 2022
Opinion
The Unambiguous Constitutional Answers to the Question of Citizenship by Birth
The author raises critical questions on the question of citizenship by birth and the ambiguous position of identification by a birth certificate
Richard Nunekpeku20 January 2022
Opinion
Accumulated leave in Ghana - Does the law frown on it?
Matters of accumulated leave is a major concern of employers and employees. The author discusses the position of Ghana's law on employee leave benefits and whether an employee can accumulate extended periods of leave. The article discusses...
Ernest Osei-Afful20 March 2022
Opinion
A still borne piece of law, and rightly so declared in the case of Origin 8
Last week, we published an article written by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour titled "An examination of the case of Origin 8 and C.I. 132: A still born Piece of Law or an Austere Interpretation by the Supreme Court" in which the learned Court of...
Thaddeus Sory13 March 2022
Opinion
Sealing of probate and Letters of administration obtained from countries outside Ghana
The author offers recommendations that would ensure that certainty is brought to the process of re-sealing in Ghana and would make the process simpler and straightforward
Reginald Nii Odoi27 January 2022
Opinion
Can Concubinage relationship be equated to a valid customary marriage; the decision in Mintah v Ampenyin in retrospect
The author analyses some cases where concubinage has been equated to a valid customary marriage and those that never qualified to be a valid customary marriage. He estimates further that concubinage should lead to a valid customary marriage...
Derick Adu-Gyamfi19 January 2022
Opinion
Diversification – The Anticipations of Ghana’s Companies Act, 2019
The author discuss the concept of diversification and how Ghana’s Companies Act anticipates its practice
Richard Nunekpeku27 January 2022
Business
ORS dissolves 323 companies, moves to strike off 453 others
In a statement issued on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the ORC explained that the two groups of companies were at different stages of the statutory strike-off process.
DL NEWS5 November 2026