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An ODU report says federal officials never alerted the university that a returning student had been convicted of supporting ISIS before the deadly ROTC classroom shooting.
The Magistrate Court in Buipe, in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region, has remanded all 44 accused persons to police custody. The suspects are expected to reappear in
A Pakistani care worker on a student visa, Fazli Qadeer, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a UK court for raping a bedbound woman in Bristol.
Lawyers for senior nursing officer Salomey Awiti Bafoh have filed a bail application at the High Court, challenging her continued detention following her arrest over her alleged li
Lawyer and Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has cautioned the public against surrendering access to their mobile phones to the police without a court order.
Constitutional Rights and Policy Strategy Adviser at Democracy Hub, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has urged Ghanaian courts to exercise greater vigilance in protecting constitutional rig
Private legal practitioner and JoyNews's Newsfile host Samson Lardy Anyenini has raised concerns over an alleged plan to demolish the Polo Beach Club at La Beachfront, urging the g
The Bayelsa State Police Command has charged eight suspects to court over the disappearance of a one-year-old girl, Amarachi Ogbonna, from a church.
An Anambra State High Court has sentenced a popular native doctor, Ekene Igboekweze, to six years’ imprisonment for advertising charms for wealth.
Niger State Governor reveals 37 of 67 detained miners died in an NSCDC cell. President Tinubu has ordered a full investigation and prosecution of officials
The Savannah Regional Police Command has arraigned 43 suspects before the Buipe Magistrate Court in connection with the killing of General Constable Redeemer Owusu at Gindabour.
A court in Lahore, Pakistan has blocked an order by the country's medical board to expel dozens of Afghan medical students from colleges and universities.
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full investigation and the prosecution of officials linked to the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in NSCDC custod
Judge William Sullivan, who declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, also presided over the Latarsha Sanders trial now vacated by the court.
Legal luminary Prof Kwaku Asare has raised a series of legal questions over the prosecution’s case against senior nursing officer Salomey Awiti Baffoe, who has been remanded for tw
Nigeria's state security service on Thursday opened the trial of five suspected members of the Islamist group Ansaru over the abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in sou
Elizabeth Siders cradled her stomach in an orange jumpsuit while pleading not guilty to child sexual abuse and child endangerment charges in Ohio.
The Kwabenya Circuit Court in Accra has denied bail to six persons accused of being connected to the alleged export of nearly four tonnes of suspected cocaine f
The Kwabenya Circuit Court in Accra has denied bail to six persons accused of being connected to the export of nearly four tonnes of suspected cocaine from Ghana to France. The six
The Assin Fosu District Court Judge, His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu, has recounted how suspected MoMo fraudsters attempted to defraud him moments after he had sentenced an accused
Four Ghanaians arrested in connection with the exportation of about four tonnes of cocaine from Ghana to France have been charged and remanded in custody.
Newly-crowned US Open champion Alexander Zverev makes a quick return to action this weekend as he bids to help Germany reach the Davis Cup Finals, while American Ben Shelton hopes
The Supreme Court denied Trump's emergency request, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh's concurrence signals the USPS rule may survive for 2028.
Ghana’s new Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519), prescribe fines and, in some cases, imprisonment for a range of road traffic offences, including illegal racing, jumping red
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Atiku Abubakar's request to serve court processes on President Bola Tinubu in a suit seeking his disqualification
The four Ghanaians arrested by the Narcotics Control Commission in Ghana for allegedly conspiring to export about four tonnes of cocaine from Ghana to France, said to be worth € 22
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has urged journalists to use their platforms to pressure member state governments to comply with its judgments.
In a statement dated September 15, the Authority maintains that the Tax Refund Account is statutorily protected under the Revenue Administration Act, 2016, and
Mohammed Sharifullah admitted to surveilling a route for the Abbey Gate suicide bomber during the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal period.
The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Mubarick Masawudu, has given three media houses seven days to retract a publication which linked him to the alleg
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday.
The Kennedy Center board has voted to close the performing arts centre for two years, just as a US judge blocked it from adding President Donald Trump's name back to the building.
General Corporal Robert Katey Koranteng of the Ghana Police Service has been arraigned before the Adabraka District Court in Accra and charged with murder in co
Lindsay Clancy's defense team adds Martin Weinberg, the attorney who fought Karen Read's retrial, to argue double jeopardy bars a second trial.
The Adabraka District Court has remanded a police officer, Robert K. Koranteng, over the alleged murder of a 20-year-old law student on the Tema Motorway.
General Corporal Robert Katey Koranteng of the Ghana Police Service has been arraigned at the Adabraka District Court in Accra and charged with murder over the death of 20-year-old
Trump called Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas "legends" for dissenting and listed Supreme Court rulings that have gone against him.
An Oyo State High Court has restrained the state government from nominating and installing a parallel Aresaadu of Iresaadu while Oba Abraham Oyerinde remai
A 19-year-old unemployed man, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the Asante Abuakwa circuit E court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for causing harm at Nket
Three men who ambushed and robbed a gold buyer at Adansi Akwaaku, near New Edubiase, in the Ashanti Region, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 to 22 years by the B
The US Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's plan to restrict voting by mail before November's midterm elections, in a setback for the White House.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned a suit seeking to stop the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress until September 28.
A lower court's nationwide block on U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rules remains after the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Biden-appointed judges are "almost impossible" to work with as immigration enforcement battles intensify.
A Lindsay Clancy trial juror pushes back on bias allegations, saying the jury saw holes in the prosecution's case involving postpartum psychosis.
Bruce Davis, a convicted Charles Manson family member tied to the murders of Donald Shea and Gary Hinman, has died at 83 in California prison.
The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Council has been urged to bring chiefs into the formal dispute-resolution process as part of efforts to prevent Ghana’s already burdened co
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed a request by Major Hamza Al-Mustapha for an extension of time to appeal a judgment over a property in Asokoro.
A Lindsay Clancy juror says the panel saw the case as a chance to help other women, a stance one trial attorney calls problematic for deliberations.
A 19–year–old unemployed man has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for causing harm at Nketia
The Adabraka District Court has remanded a security guard over the alleged murder of a medical doctor and his wife at Asylum Down, Accra.
A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 21-year-old ex-convict, Kingsford Quarshie alias Cash money, to eight years' imprisonment in hard labour for causing unlawful damage, unlawfu
Two persons accused of stealing GH¢127 million from a company through unauthorised access to its computer systems have been remanded by the Accra Circuit Court.
The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's new congressional map, forcing the state to use 2022 boundaries that favor Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district.
The Madina Divisional Police Command has convicted a driver after his concrete mixer truck discharged a sizeable quantity of concrete onto the Madina-Adenta Highway, posing a dange
The Adabraka District Court has remanded a 32-year-old security guard, Abraham Newton Awundok, into custody over the murder of an elderly couple at Asylum Down in Accra, following
The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission has suspended the 2027 local government election process, including party primaries, due to a court case
A GH¢1,500 payment dispute allegedly led a security guard to kill Dr Jesse Amuah and his wife, hide their bodies in a septic tank, and flee to Dubai.
Nigerian political parties have begun courting over 3.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) ahead of the 2027 elections amid security concerns.
Security video shows Matthew Exton thrusting a handgun at point-blank range near his ex-wife's head inside a Toledo restaurant before a waiter acted.