Courts
Philippines ex-President arrested amid ICC arrest warrant
Duterte, 79, was detained upon landing at Manila’s international airport after returning from a campaign visit to Hong Kong on Tuesday.
DL News
Results for "His Lordship Kwasi Anin Yeboah"
5673 results.
Africa
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after killing girlfriend
Officials confirmed Pistorius was "at home" on Friday morning, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence.
BBC
US
George Santos: US Congressman charged with fraud, money laundering
Prosecutors claim he used election campaign donations to buy designer clothes, lied about being a millionaire, and collected unemployment benefits.
Sky News
Africa
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero to be freed after 25-year terrorism sentence commuted
Rusesabagina, an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, is best known for saving hundreds of Rwandans during the country’s genocide by sheltering them in the hotel he managed.
CNN
US
Ex-United Nations employee sentenced for multiple rapes
The sentencing of a former United Nations communications specialist was punctuated by the tears and eloquence of some of his 13 sexual assault victims who said being drugged and raped by a man who had befriended them left them shattered.
ABC News
US
Capitol riot: Trump ignored pleas to condemn attack, hearing told
The inquiry has alleged that Mr. Trump did not make a single call to law enforcement or national security staff because of "his selfish desire to stay in power"
BBC
General
To assent or not to assent, the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill
The question finds its voice in the famous phrase of Hamlet: ‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE, AND THAT IS THE QUESTION. This time, it is: ‘TO ASSENT OR NOT TO ASSENT’.
DL News
Africa
Drama as Sogakope assassination suspect fails to appear in court
ogbe said when the police arrived on the scene he led them to the house where the man was hiding.
DL News
Crime
Ghanaian man escapes jail time for role in $4.7m email scam in Australia
Maxwell Kyere was sentenced to a 19-month intensive corrections order and 200 hours of community service at the Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday, after last year pleading guilty to knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.
DL News
Courts
Ato Essien seeks changes to appeal against 15-year jail term
The application, filed on October 5, 2026, seeks to revise some of the grounds upon which the former banking executive is challenging his conviction and sentence.
DL News
US
Tupac Shakur murder: Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years in prison
Davis, 63, received the sentence on Tuesday after being convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Late Bantamahene’s Mbrom property belongs to maternal family, not wife and children – Supreme Court
In a judgment delivered on July 29, 2026, the five-member panel of the Supreme Court allowed an appeal brought by Albert Owusu Baah, representing the maternal family, against Mrs. Agnes Owusu Asare, Alex Owusu Asare and two others.
DL News
General
Suspended Catholic priest found at Police Training Centre in Koforidua
The Diocese disclosed his location in a statement issued on August 27, 2026, following public concern over his whereabouts and welfare.
DL News
Courts
Wontumi names Atta Akyea as new lead counsel in Akonta Mining case
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, whose official name is Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, announced the change after his former lawyer, Andy Appiah-Kubi, indicated his intention to withdraw from the matter.
DL News
Courts
EOCO apologises to court over delay in Buffer Stock case
At a sitting on Thursday, 18 December 2025, counsel for EOCO, led by Brew-Sam Esq., told the court that “administrative bottlenecks” within the office had delayed the filing of their response.
DL News
Crime
Surgeon who amputated own legs jailed for fraud and pornography offences
Neil Hopper, 49, from Truro in Cornwall, had carried out hundreds of amputations before undergoing the procedure himself in 2019.
DL news
Europe
Lawyer fined £31,000 for offensive nicknames and language
Benedict Foster, the former head of legal for BNP Paribas London’s debt and equity team, was investigated by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over his use of "inappropriate, unprofessional, and/or offensive" nicknames.
Lawyer Monthly
Courts
Court sentences mason, co-conspirator at large
His co-conspirator, Samanu alias landguard, is currently at large.
GNA
Courts
GHC 10 m Defamation suit; Vormawor insists that Kan Dapaah made monetary, other offers to him
In his Statement of Case signed by Justice Srem-Sai of the Praetorium Solicitors, Oliver is thus praying the Honourable Court to make a declaration in that regard and offer him damages, costs, and any other orders it may deem fit.
DL News
Africa
Zambian ex-president stripped of retirement benefits
Mr Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde Hichilema in 2021, after which he announced his retirement.
BBC