Akufo-Addo’s Condemnation Too Late – Nketia
President Akufo-Addo’s condemnation of acts of lawlessness involving persons believed to be affiliated to his governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the wake of the party’s victory in the...
Tag: Law_Crime
Israeli Soldier Gets 18 Months For Killing Wounded Palestinian Attacker
The court dismissed Azaria's claim that he thought the wounded victim presented a threat An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian attacker in a high-profile case that split opinion across...
Murder Trial Over ‘Novotel Captives’ Opens In I. Coast
The trial opened Tuesday in Ivory Coast of 10 men, mainly soldiers, accused of kidnapping and killing four men from the Novotel hotel in Abidjan in April 2011. "All the defendants are present," the...
I Condemn All Lawlessness of Political Party Supporters – Akufo Addo
President Akufo-Addo has condemned all acts of lawlessness by political party supporters which occurred during the transition period. Some persons affiliated to the New Patriotic Party took over the...
Libya Trial of Kadhafi Cadres ‘seriously’ Flawed
A trial of dozens of aides to ousted Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi is failing to uphold international rights norms in its treatment of defendants, a United Nations report said Tuesday. Libya has...
I Condemn All Lawlessness of Political Party Supporters
President Akufo-Addo has condemned all acts of lawlessness by political party supporters which occurred during the transition period. Some persons affiliated to the New Patriotic Party took over the...
Governor, 2 Other Bank of Ghana Officials Cited For Contempt
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku and two other officials of the Bank have been cited in a contempt of court case for failing to execute a court order. The other two are...
Prosecutors Want Briton, Australian Jailed For 8 Years Over Cop Death
An Australian woman and her British boyfriend accused of beating to death a policeman on Indonesia's resort island of Bali are facing a jail term of eight years each in line with prosecutor requests...
Akufo-Addo Condemns Invincible Forces Thuggery
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has condemned post electoral violence across the country describing such acts as unlawful. Persons suspected to be supporters of the governing New Patriotic...
William Atuguba Is Acting Chief Justice
Justice William Atuguba, a member of Ghana’s Supreme Court, is the acting Chief Justice in the absence of Justice Georgina Theodora Woode, who has taken her leave prior to her retirement. The...
Israel Soldier Sentenced To 18 Months For Killing Palestinian
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead an injured Palestinian assailant. Judge Maya Heller handed down the sentence a month after Elor...
Atuguba Is ‘Chief Justice’
Supreme Court judge Justice William Atuguba acted in the stead of Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood on Tuesday at the maiden State of the Nation address by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo....
Inserting Legs and Fingers In ‘thief’s’ Genital Is Barbaric – Otiko Boils
Gender Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba says she is appalled by the acts of violence meted out against a 27-year-old lady for allegedly stealing in Kumasi. The lady, accused of allegedly stealing...
‘Mob Action Is Criminal!’
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, has described as “criminal” the recent mob action by some residents of Kumasi against a woman alleged to...
Neymar To Face Trial After Losing Appeal
Neymar will have to stand trial after he lost an appeal against corruption charges relating to his transfer from Santos to Barcelona, a criminal court in Spain has ruled. The Brazilian’s move to La...
12-Year-Old Nigerian Housemaid Disappears With Ghanaian Family’s Daughter
A 12-year-old housemaid, identified only as Mary, has disappeared with her boss daughter, Faith Ayeh, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State. Nairaland learnt that Mary had been employed by the family...
Uber Hires Holder To Probe Sexual Harassment Claims
Uber has hired former attorney general Eric Holder to review workplace conditions after a ex-employee alleged sexual harassment and sexism at the firm. Susan Fowler, an engineer who worked at the...
Kim Dotcom Legal Saga Far From Over, Lawyer Says
Kim Dotcom's marathon extradition battle will run for at least another year, despite a New Zealand court ruling that he can be sent to the United States, the Megaupload founder's lawyer said Tuesday....
S.Korean Woman Gets 6 Years Over Exorcism Death In Germany
A German court sentenced a South Korean woman to six years in jail for the death of her cousin who was beaten and suffocated during an attempted exorcism in a Frankfurt hotel room. Four other family...
Neymar To Face Trial After Losing Appeal Over Corruption Charges
Neymar will have to stand trial after he lost an appeal against corruption charges relating to his transfer from Santos to Barcelona, a criminal court in Spain has ruled. The Brazilian's move to La...