Africa
Nigeria's highest court hears presidential poll challenge
The poll was won by Bola Tinubu but his main opponents - Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi - want the country's highest court to overturn the judgement
BBC
Results for "Presidential spousal case"
4360 results.
Africa
Senegal Dissolves Party of Opposition Leader Sonko Ahead of 2024 Polls
The interior ministry of Senegal has disbanded Ousmane Sonko's political party for inciting disorder among his supporters during last month's violent protests, which resulted in clashes between protesters and police in the country's capital...
All Africa
Crime
OSP declares Charles Bissue wanted
This notice comes days after the OSP secured a court warrant for the arrest of the former presidential staffer and Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining(IMCIM)
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court to give judgment on Dafeamekpor, 2 others suit on Presidential Spouse Salaries today
They are therefore seeking among others a declaration that the recommendation for the payment of the salaries to the presidential spouses is null and void.
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Election Petition
Errors in Mahama’s election petition unpardonable – Legal Practitioner
Private Legal Practitioner in Ghana and Member of the British Bar, Ralph Poku-Adusei, says the errors associated with the election petition filed by lawyers of the defected flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani...
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Africa
Sierra Leone parliament passes bill to abolish death penalty
The bill now awaits presidential assent from President Julius Maada Bio.
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Europe
Turkey’s withdrawal from women violence treaty goes to court
Istanbul, Turkey – With a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on March 20, Turkey’s exit from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence was sudden but not u...
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Election Petition
Election Petition: Ato Dadzie, Thaddius Sory lock horns over Judicial Service caution to media
A Judicial Service letter cautioning sections of the media to be circumspect in their reportage of the ongoing Presidential Election Petition has become a source of banter between a former Chief of staff and lawyer for the Service
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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.
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Election Petition
Akoto Ampaw exposed inconsistencies in Mahama’s petition through Asiedu Nketia – Oppong Nkrumah
Akoto Ampaw has been able to expose what he claimed are inconsistencies in the election petition filed by John Mahama, the 2020 presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court strikes down delegate system for party primaries as unconstitutional
In a majority decision delivered on Wednesday, the court held that all registered members of a political party must be allowed to vote in the selection of candidates for general elections.
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Others
J.B. Afrifa re-enters YLF presidential race with renewed vision and resolve
Mr. Afrifa, who has over the years distinguished himself as a consistent advocate for the welfare and professional advancement of young lawyers first declared his presidential ambition on 29th September 2024.
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Business
GRA to roll out revamped 20% VAT regime from January
The rollout follows parliamentary approval and presidential assent to the VAT Bill, 2025, which introduces sweeping changes aimed at simplifying the tax regime
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General
Full Report of the H.Kwasi Prempeh-led Constitution Review Committee
Re-architecting Ghana’s governance model to sharpen accountability and performance. Extending the policy runway with a five-year presidential term while preserving the two-term guardrail. De-politicising institutions and local governance to...
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General
CRC proposes five-year presidential term for Ghana
Presenting the Committee’s report to President John Mahama on Monday, 22 December, Chair Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh stressed that the proposal does not reopen the door to a third term for any president.
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General
Formally share prophecies of national importance with gov't-Religious leaders urged
In a statement on Sunday, August 10, Presidential Envoy Elvis Afriyie Ankra, speaking on behalf of President John Mahama, expressed gratitude to churches and faith-based organisations for their “unwavering spiritual support” in promoting pe...
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US
Federal judge declares Trump-era Executive order targeting law firm unconstitutional
Judge Howell found that the executive order—known as EO 1423—breached the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Describing the directive as an “unjustified assertion of presidential power,” she noted that it amounted to improper governmental...
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General
Members of statutory boards, corporations, commissions under Akufo-Addo lose jobs
This clarification was outlined in a press release from the Presidency dated Monday, January 13, 2025, in accordance with the Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845).
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General
Persons who shall lose their positions as a new Ghanaian President assumes office
As a result, there are certain key persons or appointees of the former government whose official duties automatically came to an end from that very day.
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General
Judiciary fully prepared to handle election-related disputes-Chief Justice
During the signing of the 2024 Presidential Elections Peace Pact, she assured all stakeholders, including the international community, that the judiciary would handle election-related issues with fairness and efficiency.
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