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Africa
Nigerian Lawmakers Propose To Jail Unlawful Protesters For Five Years
A bill proposing a five-year jail term for unlawful protesters in the country has scaled through first reading at the House of Representatives.
DL News6 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
SSNIT prosecutes 5,344 defaulting employers
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has prosecuted 5,344 defaulting employers in 2021 alone.
DL News17 June 2021
General
Top musicians, Music producers and Film makers risk going to jail for non registration with the Creative Arts Agency
Musicians, Film makers and other players in the Creative Arts industry may face jail time if they fail to register with the Creative Arts Agency before they commence operations.
DL News2 June 2021
Business
The role of the judiciary in revenue mobilization
The establishment of a tax court The Chief Justice of Ghana in a letter dated 16th April, 2021 and addressed to the President of the Ghana Bar Association gave notice of the Judiciary’s intention to establish a Tax Court to deal with prosec...
DL News23 April 2021
Crime
Two arrested after viral video shows assault on 11-year-old girl
A police brief named the suspects as 75-year-old Grace Mensah, the child’s grandmother, and 25-year-old Godfred Osei Akoto. They were picked up at Agona Jamasi in the Ashanti Region.
DL News18 December 2025
Courts
Three friends jailed nine years each over GH¢40k phone shop raid
Blessed Manu, alias Bullet, a 27-year-old trader, 19-year-old unemployed Akwasi Antwi, known as Malonzy, and 25-year-old electrician Nicholas Addai, alias Banko, all pleaded guilty to a single count of stealing and were convicted on their o...
DL News17 December 2025
Courts
Three jailed 50 years over attempted robbery in Assin North
The three—Francis Baidoo, a 30-year-old driver; Wisdom Aleki, a 24-year-old tricycle rider; and Mohammed Baba, a 38-year-old Nigerian beautician—pleaded not guilty but were convicted at the end of their trial.
DL News20 February 2025
Courts
15-year old in Kasoa ritual murder trial sentenced 12 months
Before receiving his sentence, the remorseful juvenile pleaded for leniency, expressing deep regret for his actions.
DL News22 January 2025
Crime
Kasoa ritual murder case: 18 year accused to be kept at Nsawam Prison
The Presiding judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo made this order after a request from the state in that regard.
DL News25 June 2024
Courts
Kasoa murder trial: Court adjourns over absence of juror
Charged with conspiracy and murder, the two boys (a now 16-year-old minor and a 19-year-old young teenager) are being tried for killing 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdallah in April 2021.
DL News9 March 2023
Courts
Drummer jailed for defiling minor in church office
Nathaniel Ayiku was found to have defiled the girl on the church premises after a wedding ceremony in October last year.
GRAPHIC ONLINE1 March 2022
Courts
Headteacher in court for allegedly defiling 15 year old pupil
on September 17, this year, the complainant reported the incident to the Domestic Violence and Victim’s Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service at Dansoman and Agyekum was arrested.
DL News9 November 2021
Courts
Five Konongo SHS students to appear in court over the stabbing of first-year colleague
The first year student that was stabbed is said to have sustained knife wounds at the lower left ribs and died at the Konongo Government Hospital.
DL News8 November 2021
General
16 Cape Coast Technical University students place an injunction on end of semester examination
The students were dismissed without any basis, and again the said punishments were based on non-existing laws.
DL News6 September 2021
Courts
We killed 10-year-old boy, and a pregnant woman – Juvenile murder suspect
They are to be arraigned at the High Court on September 20, this year.
DL News16 August 2021
General
2026 Ghana Bar Conference set for Ada from September 13
This year’s event will be held on the theme "150 Years of Ghana’s Legal Evolution: Transforming the Profession and Driving Its Future with Industry.”
DL News11 March 2026
Courts
Wrongfully jailed for 23 years, innocent mechanic finally walks free
In a landmark ruling delivered on June 5, 2025, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned Agyekum’s 2002 conviction, citing a lack of credible evidence linking him to the notorious crimes of convicted armed robber A...
DL News9 June 2025
Courts
Trial of alleged robber of Ex-second lady to begin next legal year
This follows the completion of the Case Management Conference (CMC) on June 20, 2024.
DL News21 June 2024
General
US Senate confirms Ghanaian-American Nancy Abudu to Federal Court of Appeal
Ms. Abudu was nominated more than a year ago by President Biden and will make history as the first African-American female judge to sit on the Atlanta-based appeals court (Eleventh Circuit).
DL News19 May 2023