Trump Travel Ban Back In Court
A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target Muslims, in the latest twist in a months-long legal battle that has dogged the new US...
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US Appeals Court Weighs Legality of Trump Travel Ban
A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target Muslims, as a panel of federal judges weighed the legality of the order. The latest...
Pakistan Opens Spot-Fixing Trial Against Five Cricketers
A Pakistan tribunal Monday started hearings into spot-fixing charges against five cricketers who could face life bans if found guilty. The tribunal convened by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is...
NPP Creates; Akufo-Addo Shares With His Family
Supreme Court Judge and a blood relation of President Akufo-Addo, was last Friday confirmed as Ghana’s next Chief Justice. President Akufo-Addo, ignored several dissenting opinion and told the...
Lawyer Writes To Attorney General, Demands ‘authentic’ Details of $2.25bn Bond
A private legal practitioner has written to the government requesting for more information on the controversial $2.25 billion domestic bond which was issued in April 2017. According to the lawyer,...
Lawyer Writes To AG, Demands ‘authentic’ Details of $2.25bn Bond
A private legal practitioner has written to the government requesting for more information on the controversial $2.25 billion domestic bond which was issued in April 2017. According to the lawyer,...
Ibrahim Mahama Pays SSNIT In Excess
An Accra District Court, has struck out the case of Engineers and Planners (E&P) for their failure to pay the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributions of workers....
Chelsea Manning Will Continue To Receive Army Benefits After Release
Chelsea Manning will continue to receive health care and other benefits given to active duty soldiers after she is released from prison on Wednesday, it was reported on Monday. The transgender army...
Praise Me For Under Spending Rattray Park Budget-Kojo Bonsu
The former Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly ( KMA) Hon. Kojo Bonsu has rejected claims that his office inflated costs of the historic recreational facility, the Rattary Park his...
A President’s Love For Mothers
“If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try, again.” Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s reference to the above over-stated quotation contained in his tribute to his mother Mrs. Adeline...
Chinese Woman Dares Kweku Baako
A Chinese woman by name Monica Wei has challenged the managing editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, to come clear of his allegation that she (Monica) is involved...
SSNIT Frees Ibrahim Mahama
An Accra district court has struck out the suit brought against construction firm, Engineers & Planners and its chief executive, Ibrahim Mahama, over non-payment of Social Security contributions of...
Attorney General Must Stop Using Police As Prosecutors
The Government has been asked to stop using police officers as prosecutors in court because it is asking them to do too much. Public Interest lawyer Martin Kpebu has argued, police prosecutors cannot...
Appointment of Sophia Akuffo Not Based On Sentiments
Former Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has observed that the appointment of Justice Sophia Akuffo as Chief Justice is an...
Appointment of New Chief Justice Could Influence Justice Delivery
The appointment of Justice Sophia A. B. Akufo as incoming Chief Justice (CJ) and her earlier working relationship with the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo could influence her role in the...
Philippine Lawmakers Reject Duterte’s Impeachment
Philippine lawmakers on Monday rejected an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte that accused him of a crime against humanity over the deaths of thousands of people killed in his...
Customers of ASN Financial Services Threaten Legal Action Over Unpaid Cash
Disgruntled customers of ASN financial services limited have begun counting their losses after attempts to retrieve their monies appear to have yielded little results. The woes of the customers are...
Akufo-Addo Swerves Justice Dotse
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, May 12, 2017 surprised many people when at the eleventh hour he chose Justice Sophia Akuffo over Justice Jones Dotse as the new Chief Justice. Sources...
Hong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Face Deportation
A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city's authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said Monday....
Chief Justice Akuffo Must Modernise the Courts
Less than Twenty-four hours after President Akufo-Addo informed us of who our next CJ is, I have an experience in a courtroom that reinforces my view that CJ Akuffo must modernise the courts. The...