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Africa
Sierra Leone president sacks justice minister
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has sacked the attorney general who is also the justice minister.
BBC19 January 2022
Others
Meghan to receive £1 in damages after privacy case
Last February, the High Court had ruled against the newspaper group on the issue of privacy and copyright – saying the issues in the case were so clear cut that there was no need for a full hearing.
BBC5 January 2022
General
Police says it is investigating alleged assault of journalist by its CID operative
The Police Officer is said to have “applied some minimum force” in arresting Solomon Amankwah, because he resisted arrest.
DENNISLAW NEWS4 January 2022
General
Captain Smart’s case adjourned to Dec 20
Captain Smart was arrested by the Nima Police Command for alleged “unsavoury pronouncements that hinge on peace and security.”
DENNISLAW NEWS8 December 2021
General
Captain Smart arrested for ‘unsavoury pronouncements’
The police say he has been cautioned on the offence of offensive conduct, conducive to breaches of the peace under section 207 of the Criminal Act, 1960 (Act 29).
DENNISLAW NEWS2 December 2021
Africa
TB Joshua’s widow and the battle for his Nigerian church
“TB Joshua was a prophet by birth, but his wife has become a prophet by inclination. Husband and wife have become one, so by that union he has extended the anointing to her,
DL News22 November 2021
General
Sunyani Technical University to resist encroachment of over 30-acre land
We would like to appeal to the government, state agencies, traditional authorities, the media, and other stakeholders, to join forces with the University to protect the University land for present and future generations,” Mr. Kyere-Duah sai...
DL News9 November 2021
Crime
Impose curfew on Prampram – Asafoatse begs Akufo-Addo, IGP
“We are not slaves or refugees as being peddled around by some individuals. We have a say when it comes to the history of founding Prampram,” Nii Obleh indicated.
DL News3 November 2021
General
Our memorandum is not to legalise same-sex marriage-Akoto Ampaw
Mr Ampaw and 17 others, including Professor Emeritus Takyiwa Manu, Professor Kwame Karikari, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, Dr. Kojo Asante, had submitted a memorandum to Parliament describing the anti-LGBTQI Bill laid before Parliament as “ins...
GNA28 October 2021
Africa
Samsung chief Jay Y Lee fined $60,000
A Seoul Central District Court spokesman confirmed the fine and 17 million won of additional forfeiture, following local media reports. During a hearing earlier this month, Lee admitted that he used propofol 41 times over a five-year span t...
ALJAZEERA NEWS28 October 2021
Courts
Bail conditions imposed by some judges are outrageous-Justice Kulendi
Speaking at the introduction of media ambassadors for a Ghana Case Tracking System(GCTS) on October 21, 2021 in Accra, Justice Kulendi further revealed that he had made a suggestion to the Judicial Service to cause the arrest of such judges...
DENNISLAW NEWS23 October 2021
Business
BOST detects adulterated fuel at its Kumasi depot
Mr. Edwin Provencal, the Managing Director of BOST told the media at a press conference in Kumasi that eight of the drivers had absconded but the trucks and their contents were intact.
DL News13 October 2021
Business
Bankers in talks with BoG over a bill on over-the-counter withdrawals
“We want people to withdraw a minimum. The ATM is for minor payment and the media must also educate the populace on that. We have several platforms to use for transactions”.
DL News11 October 2021
General
Anti-LGBTQI Bill: We’ve not been sponsored by any donor agency, says Audrey Gadzekpo
“The bill violates virtually all the key fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the constitution, namely the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to assemble, freedom of association and the right to organise, the right to fre...
DL News9 October 2021
Crime
C/R: Four children believed to have swum in sacred parts of the sea drown in Komenda
DCOP Kojo Tabi told the media that the children were aged 12, 13, 15 and 20.
DL News5 October 2021
General
2 million capsules of Tramadol, Tapentadol intercepted at Tema Port
In June 2018, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched an integrated strategy to support countries in addressing the on-going synthetic opioids crisis affecting mainly North America with fentanyl and its analogues, and...
DL News22 September 2021
General
Spousal killings: Watch out for these signs – Criminologist
Mr Opoku Ware’s comments come on the back of a number of cases of spousal killings that have been reported in the media since the beginning of the year.
DL News6 September 2021
Africa
Nigeria: Retired police officer, another arrested with 320 blocks of Indian Hemp
“This afternoon, our troops arrested two suspected drug dealers and recovered 320 blocks of Indian hemp worth N9.5 million concealed in a Toyota Camry car with registration number Abuja ABC 214 HV,
DL News5 September 2021
General
Google appeals France’s ‘disproportionate’ $591 million fine in copyright row
The French antitrust body imposed the sanction on Google for failing to comply with its orders on how to conduct the talks with publishers.
DL News1 September 2021
Africa
Angola ex-president’s daughter ordered to return $500 million in energy shares
The British-educated billionaire businesswoman has faced several allegations of plundering the public purse and funnelling the money abroad.
DL News2 August 2021