Norma McCorvey, whose test case made abortions legal in the United States, has died aged 69. She was represented under a pseudonym in the Roe v Wade case, in what ended up being a landmark and...
Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the case that led to the Supreme Court's controversial Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion in the United States in 1973, died Saturday. She was 69. She died of...
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has said it will take a back seat on investigations into the bribery allegations against some Members of Parliament’s Appointments...
Legal luminary Sam Okudzeto says he would vigorously fight for more powers for the Council of State insisting the institution was abused under former President John Mahama. He says he would champion...
The Montie 3: Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Maase (Mugabe) are "rascals", recently-appointed Council of State member Sam Okudzeto has said. The former president of the Ghana Bar...
THE Seventh Parliament of Ghana has been hit by some controversies of late. From alleged bribery to approval of ministerial nominees who are not qualified to hold public office. The law-making House...
By Alhassan Marshall The chieftaincy crisis in Nanung, is above all else, a crisis of unmanaged traditional governance structure and functions and not an individual-driven crisis. The transition to a...
Venezuela's Supreme Court has upheld the 14-year jail sentence of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, a day after Donald Trump called for his release. Mr Lopez was found guilty of inciting violence...
Australian-US media outlet Yahoo7 was Friday found in contempt and fined over an online story that saw a murder trial aborted, with a judge slamming the website for prioritising profit above...
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he has nominated Alexander Acosta to be the US secretary of labor, the first Hispanic American chosen for his cabinet. Acosta is a former federal prosecutor...
The confirmation hearing for US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been set to begin on March 20, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Thursday. The hearing is...
The Bureau for Internal Affairs (BIA), said it is premature to blame the police for the death of two persons at Miotso in the Greater Accra Region since the issue was purely a land dispute. The BIA,...
Half a million Indians have set a new world record by performing a mass rendition of their national anthem, as patriotic sentiment rises under a nationalist government. The "Jana Gana Mana" anthem...
In the coming days pressure group OccupyGhana will be hitting hard at some government agencies over some corrupt acts those agencies are engaged in, Nana Sarpong Agyeman Badu, a member of the group,...
A proposal which would force women to get permission from their sexual partner to allow them to have an abortion has passed the first hurdle in Oklahoma. The bill would mean women needed written...
A US district judge in Virginia has ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry from seven countries is unconstitutional. Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction,...
OccupyGhana has announced that it has received a copy of the High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules, 2016 (CI 102), which regulates appeals to the High Court from the...
The Supreme Court has ordered plaintiffs Nana Asante Bediatuo, Elekplelim Agbameva and Alfred Tuah-Yeboah to consolidate their statement of case and file their Memorandum of Issues on their suit...
OccupyGhana has announced that it has received a copy of the High Court (Civil Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules, 2016 (CI 102), which regulates appeals to the High Court from the...
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has lost a long fight to reclaim jewels confiscated when her dictator husband was ousted, with the Supreme Court ruling she acquired them illegally. The...
