Africa
Amnesty urges Algeria to free detained journalist
The prominent journalist is accused of illegally receiving money from people and organisations “in exchange for carrying out activities that could harm state security".
BBC
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Europe
UK: Junior solicitor sues former firm for hacking ‘intimate’ WhatsApp messages
The unnamed solicitor had lost an employment tribunal claim for sexual harassment and unfair dismissal after making 79 allegations against her former employer
Law Society Gazette
Crime
Self-employed on ₵30k bail after swindling Police Inspector
Wisdom Waklatsi allegedly collected GHȼ17,500 from Police Inspector George Kwakye the complainant, under the pretext of buying him a V–boot diesel automatic Mercedes Benz car but he failed.
myjoyonline
Crime
UK says there will be justice over Kenyan woman's death
The body of Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in a septic tank at a hotel in central Kenya in 2012, nearly three months after she had spent an evening partying with soldiers.
BBC
Courts
Capital Bank case: No statement imputing misconduct by state officials was made by court – Judicial Secretary
State Prosecutors have accused the Founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG)
DL News
Courts
Capital Bank case: High Court rejects settlement between Ato Essien and State
State Prosecutors have accused the Founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
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Africa
Nigeria: Court remands student to prison over tweet trolling wife of Nigerian President
Mr Adamu, a final year student, tweeted a photo of Mrs Buhari with a caption in Hausa which translates to: "Mama is feeding fat on poor people's money."
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Supreme Court News
SC gives AG, CJ seven days to file Statements of Case in suit against EC Chair, deputies
This follows an application filed by the Attorney General, praying to the court in that regard.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Brogya Genfi’s case against election of Tolon MP adjourned sine die
This according to the court presided over by Lovelace-Johnson(JSC), is to enable the 1st defendant in the matter thus the Member of Parliament to be served with the court processes.
DL News
Africa
Hushpuppi files notice to appeal 11 years’ sentencing for Internet fraud
Mr Abbas was sentenced to 11 years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims.
Peoples Gazette
Africa
Nigeria: Civil servant seeks divorce on grounds of ritual accusations
In his divorce petition in the Jikwoyi Customary Court, in Abuja, Mr Onu said, ”I don’t know why she is accusing me of this kind of thing. This shows there is no more trust between us.”
Peoples Gazette
Africa
Nigeria: Unemployed man ordered to sweep court premises for stealing perfume
The complainant claimed the convict entered the store and stole three perfumes worth N4,000 ($9.00).
Peoples Gazette
General
Applying letters of law must end in what is just, fair, and conscionable – Justice Kulendi
He made those remarks on Thursday, at an interactive session with students at the GIMPA Faculty of Law.
DL News
Africa
U.S. court releases certified true copies of Nigeria presidential aspirant’s drug dealing, money laundering case
Nigerians have long insisted that the presidential candidate should come clean on his involvement in the case, which saw him forfeit up to $460,000 to American authorities in 1993.
Peoples Gazette
Courts
Ex- military officer in court over recruitment scam
The accused, Rahman claimed he collected the money and gave same to an “NPP man” by name Abass, who had slots for protocol enlistments into GIS.
GNA
US
Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Musk without enough notice
The lawsuit comes as the new boss plans to eliminate half of the workforce. Musk called a similar, earlier suit by Tesla workers ‘trivial’.
Bloomberg
Europe
Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears
Third-party agents used Glencore’s money to bribe officials in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan, causing harms worth $128m, a sentencing hearing at Southwark crown court heard.
The Guardian
Africa
Lesotho: Death penalty for HIV rapists unconstitutional, top court rules
In particular, the court held that stipulating the death penalty for a convicted rapist, held to have known he was HIV positive at the time of the crime, infringed the constitutional right to freedom from discrimination and to a right to eq...
AllAfrica
General
After 10 years, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Ghana branch officially launched
Members in Ghana by an application dated June 4, 2021, again expressed their interest in the formation of the Ghana branch, which was subsequently approved on September 24, 2021, by the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitr...
DL News
General
Licensed surveyors can help create a digitized land-litigated database – Chief Justice
“I know you have begun some engagements and I urge you to design capacity-building workshops to train judges on the rudiments of your practice and the changing phase you so espouse"
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