A Law lecturer at the Ghana Law School, Moses Foh Amoaning, believes the Supreme Court’s decision barring the General Legal Council (GLC) from asking applicants to the Ghana Law School to undertake examination and interviews before admission, could have serious implications for students. He explained on Eyewitness News that, the certificates already awarded students upon … Read more
Chief Justice nominee Sophia Akuffo has kicked against suggestions that the Ghana School of Law should be scrapped. “I am not one of those who subscribe to the Ghana School of Law being scrapped,” she told parliament’s Appointments Committee on Friday, June 16, during her vetting. Many law luminaries have suggested in the past that … Read more
Since the NPP won elections in December 2016, and even before Nana Addo was sworn in to take office as the sixth President under the 4th Republic, Delta Force, a known NPP political vigilante group, the party of the sitting president, had been on rampage. Forcefully seizing toll booths and forcing out lawfully appointed officers … Read more
Government has reiterated its decision to amend sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 to make corruption and other related offences felonies instead of misdemeanours under the current statutes. It said the decision was to deter public servants from illegally enriching themselves with state funds. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reiterated his government’s position in … Read more
Co-host of Starr drive, Anita Erskine has been unveiled as the face of the 2017 edition of the Starr Woman Project which comes off on Friday, March 31, 2017 in Kumasi at the Law Faculty of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The “Starr Woman Project” is an extension of ‘The Zone’ which … Read more
The Acting Director of Amnesty International, Mr. Frank Doyi is advocating for the death penalty to be scrapped from the constitution because it is a human rights violation. According to him, Ghanaians have demonstrated time and again that the death penalty is not something that they want it in the constitution and it is reasonable … Read more
A lecturer at the Law Faculty of the Central University College, Yaw Oppong, has maintained that Commissioner of Police (COP), David Asante Apeatu, cannot hold himself up as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Ghana. He can best be described as a caretaker of the IGP position, the lecturer pointed out, adding he … Read more
Professor Stephen Adei, a Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has proposed that persons with unbridled libido should not be allowed leadership roles in the country. In his view, such persons are a high risk to society considering how morally bankrupt they are insisting that they can be a … Read more
Prof Kwamena Ahwoi has urged Ghanaians to be careful not to vote for a candidate with the personality of US President-elect Donald Trump. He said if that happened, Ghanaians would be mortgaging their future. “I am urging you to make a decision that will secure your future. Two days ago, a thermonuclear bomb hit the … Read more
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Folks, the US-based Ghanaian academic, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has written an opinion piece that cried loud that Akufo-Addo has no law degree. He went on to explain why, framing his thoughts in a historical context to create the impression that it is nothing strange if Akufo-Addo has no law … Read more
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 Folks, the US-based Ghanaian academic, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has written an opinion piece that cried loud that Akufo-Addo has no law degree. He went on to explain why, framing his thoughts in a historical context to create the impression that it is nothing strange if … Read more
The professional qualification of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the NPP’s Presidential Candidate, has once again surfaced even after a case challenging his status as a lawyer was dismissed by the court. Below is a what Prof. Kwaku Asare, a US-based Ghanaian professor writes about the matter: What Joseph Kwesi Armah Agyekum sent me: “Can someone … Read more
Prof Kwaku Asare explains why Akufo-Addo has no law degree By Prof. Kwaku Asare What Joseph Kwesi Armah Agyekum sent me: “Can someone be a lawyer without attending law school?” Me: The short answer is yes. But let me state that the question itself is not properly formulated. This is because there are no universally … Read more
Why Akufo-Addo has no law degree – Kwaku Asare explains Kwaku Asare explains why Akufo Addo has no law degree U. S.-based Ghanaian academic, Professor Kwaku Asare, has explained why three-time flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo is a lawyer but has no law degree. Read his full explanation … Read more
Ayariga was born in Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana. He was educated in Ghana and Nigeria and the United States of America. He attended the Barewa College in Zaira in Kaduna State, Nigeria. He holds a Master of Law (LLM) degree from the Harvard Law School in the United States of America … Read more
Unsuccessful asylum seekers in Germany are returning home voluntarily, but only because the government is paying them. According to Magazine Focus, Germany took in 15,300 asylum seekers between January and July, which was nearly 2,000 more than the entirety of 2014 – and that was before the mass influx even gathered pace. The Federal Government … Read more