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General
Even though there existed a few instances where plea bargaining existed for very few offenses like Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 239 of Act 30 and others, the majority of offenses under Ghana’s criminal jurisdiction are generally exclu...
DL News
Africa
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
Courts
Mr. Sarfo-Kantanka has been charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) with 26 counts of corruption.
DL News
Crime
The Office of the Special Prosecutor began investigating Mr. Sarfo-Kantanka after a video emerged in November 2021, showing the Juabeng MCE nominee accusing assembly members of failing to confirm his nomination as MCE after he allegedly pai...
DL News
Tech
Even as far back as 2013, bitcoin was worth almost as much as gold. And, at the end of 2016, the total value of bitcoins in circulation was US$14bn. Is it time for banks to consider creating theirs?
The Conversation | Nafis Alam & Graham Kendall
US
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
BBC
General
Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, a Togolese national, takes over from United Kingdom's Guy Ryder, who has held the position since 2012.
DL News
Courts
He was thus charged for stealing contrary to section 124 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960(Act 29) which states in part that; “ Whoever steals shall be guilty of a second-degree felony."
DL News
Supreme Court News
Hon. Quayson argues that the Court of Appeal acted arbitrarily by striking out appeal processes before it because his lawyers had prompted the court of a pending motion.
DL News
Others
“In this period we are going to see what is really going to remain in the proposed constitution,” said constituent assembly President Maria Elisa Quinteros, noting that the text would face a nationwide referendum planned for September.
Aljazeera
US
She would replace the liberal justice, Stephen Breyer, who is expected to retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term in June.
BBC
Africa
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
Africa
The “Black Axe” gang has been operating for decades in Nigeria and is among the country’s most-feared organised crime syndicates. Membership of these syndicates, known as “cults” or “fraternities”, is outlawed in Nigeria.
DENNISLAW NEWS
General
In our own opinion, everyone knows social media companies collect personal data from users anyway.
DENNISLAW LEXTECH TEAM
General
The MP subsequently filed a motion for stay of execution pending appeal at the Court of Appeal but was unanimously dismissed on July 26, 2021.
DENNISLAW NEWS
Africa
Some 250 Gambians and foreign nationals died because of human rights violations under Mr Jammeh’s rule.
DL News
General
Mr. Alex Sarfo Kantanka was granted bail today by the Police after he was arrested over an alleged bribery situation.
DL News
General
With very compelling events of history, from Ghana and America, it tells a story about two-generation of sisters; Effia and Esi
DL News
General
The bill, popularly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill has garnered support from large sections of the population including leading religious groupings in the country.
DL News
Africa
In 2019, two Gambian soldiers working for a hit squad allegedly controlled by former President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, admitted to participating in the 2005 execution of 56 West African migrants,
DL News
