Sir, Go Ahead and Vote For Your Man
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Gawker Settling Litigation With Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan For $31 Million
Hulk Hogan and the remnants of Gawker Media have struck a confidential settlement agreement, rewarding the wrestler with millions of dollars. "After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire...
Ayariga Committed 30 Mistakes On Forms
It has emerged at an Accra High Court that Hassan Ayariga’s All People’s Congress (APC) made over 30 mistakes on its presidential nomination forms submitted to the Electoral Commission (EC). The...
Chaining 104 Deportees ‘like Animals’ Despicable
The chaining of 104 deportees from the US to Accra “like animals” is condemnable, human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has said. “You can’t treat human beings as animal. … It is...
Justice Beyond Judicial Review Is An Act Of Grandiosity
An Accra high court asked electoral commissioner (EC) of Ghana to rescind her decision to disqualify Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom from contesting in the 2016 presidential election. On Monday October 31, 2016,...
Zuma Backs Down On Bid To Block Corruption Report
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has abandoned his court bid to block the release of a report by former anti-corruption chief Thuli Madonsela. She investigated allegations that he let the wealthy...
Tyga Pays Over $100K To Celebrity Jeweler Over Ddebt
Almost three years after he was first ordered by a judge to cough up a payment, Tyga has finally handed over half of the $200,000 he owes to Jason Arasheben, a well-known celebrity jeweler based in...
Rape Videos For Sale In India
In this industrial northern state, you can buy footage of a woman being raped for the price of a cheap meal. Al Jazeera found several videos that appeared to depict rape for sale across the state....
EC Not Ready To Hold Elections On December 7
A member of the legal team of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), lawyer Garry Nimako Marfo has taken a swipe at the Electoral Commission (EC) over its decision to petition the Supreme Court to...
Ayariga Only Being Emotional – EC’s Lawyer
Counsel for the Electoral Commission Thaddeus Sory has asked the High Court to dismiss a suit seeking to overturn the commission’s decision to disqualify APC Presidential candidate Hassan Ayariga....
Don’t Contest the Polls If EC Is In Bed With NDC
A presidential staffer and parliamentary candidate for the Builsa South constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Clement Apaak has rubbished the commentary by lawyer...
EC Boss Plunging Ghana Into A Ditch – Prof Kwaku Asare
Stephen Kwaku Asare, a US-based Ghanaian lawyer has urged the court system to send a strong signal to the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission(EC) Charlotte Osei on her belligerent posture, saying...
EC Fined GHC 500 For Being Absent In Court
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Novisi Afua Anyene has fined the Electoral Commission GHC 500 for absenting itself when the disqualification case against People National Convention (PNC)...
EC Fined GHC500 For Being Absent In Court
An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Novisi Afua Anyene has fined the Electoral Commission GHC500 for absenting itself when the disqualification case against People National Convention (PNC)...
EC Bent On Disqualifying Nduom – PPP
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), says it is more convinced that the Electoral Commission is being used by some individuals within the political space to ensure that its flagbearer, Dr. Papa...
Charlotte Osei Is Being Belligerent
A Private Legal Practitioner Kwame Adofo has described the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) Mrs Charlotte Osei as belligerent over her posture in the case involving the...
Insist Finance Minister Must Resign
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court was on Monday, asked to issue an order of mandamus compelling President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi...
Installing Rawlings As ‘Peace Chief’ Is Ridiculous, Fraudulent
The leader and presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Dr. Henry Lartey has thrown salvos at the former President Rawlings over his installment as peace Chief at Anlo...
Judge Exceeded His Remit In PPP’s Case – NDC Lawyer
Private legal practitioner and a member of the National Democratic Congress's (NDCs) legal team, Lawyer David Annan said the High Court judge, Justice Eric Kyei Baffuor’s order to the Electoral...
Court Throws Out JOY’s Case
An Accra High Court has dismissed a case brought before it by independent presidential candidate for the 2016 elections, Jacob Osei Yeboah (JOY) against the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana over...