Anil Kumble’s term as India coach looks set to be extended until the end of the West Indies tour next month, a top official said on Monday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) advertised for a head coach in May with Kumble’s one-year deal due to expire at the end of the … Read more
Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli — accused by his country of corruption and spying on political opponents — was arrested at his residence near Miami late on Monday, local media reported. Martinelli, detained at his home in Coral Gables south of Miami, is being held in federal prison and faces extradition to Panama, the Miami … Read more
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has been arrested in Florida, the US Marshals Service says. It says Mr Martinelli, aged 65, was taken into federal custody near his home in Coral Gables. Last year, Panama made an extradition request for Mr Martinelli, who is accused of corruption and spying on political opponents. Mr Martinelli, who … Read more
The Chief Justice nominee Justice Sophia Akuffo will face an expanded Appointments Committee of Parliament during her vetting on June 19, 2017. The 26-member Committee has extended invitations to other select committee chairpersons overseeing constitutional or legal matters to beef up the team. President Akufo-Addo appointed Justice Akuffo to replace chief justice Georgina Theodora Wood … Read more
A US appeals court on Monday left in place a block on President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting citizens from six Muslim majority nations — the latest in a string of judicial blows for the controversial measure. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit largely upheld an injunction on the ban issued by … Read more
The Centre for Victims of Injustice (CenVI) has petitioned the General Legal Council (GLC) to withdraw the three-year suspension slapped on private lawyer Fancis-Xavier Sosu. The GLS suspended Mr Sosu for what it described as violation of advertisement and for charging excessive legal fees. CenVI said in a statement that it does “not support any … Read more
Pakistan’s prime minister will appear before an anti-corruption investigation commission over allegations against his family, a government minister said Sunday. Nawaz Sharif and his children are accused of graft in an ongoing case which has gripped Pakistan and threatened to topple the prime minister after the Panama Papers leak last year linked the family to … Read more
It has emerged that the immediate past Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood turned down an offer from former President John Agyekum Kufuor to become a Supreme Court Judge in order to be part of a review panel in the infamous trial of Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata. “In that crises situation where we did not have panel … Read more
Brazil’s top electoral court voted to acquit President Michel Temer and former President Dilma Rousseff following an investigation of allegations they received illegal campaign funds in the 2014 elections. The 4-3 decision gives Temer some breathing room, but he still faces a corruption investigation and street protests that threaten to force him from office before … Read more
The High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to produce evidence of concrete steps it is taking to implement the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA), Justice Anthony Yeboah gave the order after the EC stated in its defence in a case before the court that it was already in the process of … Read more
Mrs Georgina Wood, who retired today as Ghana’s longest serving Chief Justice, has attributed her outstanding stewardship to the power of prayer, and thus urged the leaders of the nation to draw from that divine power to succeed. Addressing a service to mark her 70th Birthday at the Assemblies of God Ringway Gospel Centre in … Read more
Mrs Justice Georgina Wood, has bowed out of office as Chief Justice after 47 years in public office, with a call on Ghanaians to eschew acts of mob justice. Mrs Justice Wood, whose term in office ended on June 7, 2017, celebrated her 70th birthday last Wednesday with thanksgiving at the Ringway Assemblies of God … Read more
The Justices of the Supreme Court, honouring Chief Justice Georgina Wood on her 70th birthday commended her for sterling leadership spanning a decade, and described her achievements as “unprecedented”. The Justices, who visited the CJ, who retired today, at her residence, presented her with a set of jewelry and a birthday card, for which she … Read more
Justices of Ghana’s Supreme Court have commended Chief Justice Georgina Wood for her sterling leadership spanning a decade, and described her achievements as “unprecedented”. The Justices, who visited the CJ, who retired today on her 70th birthday, at her residence, presented her with a set of jewellery and a birthday card, for which she expressed … Read more
Arrivals in the United States from the six mostly Muslim countries in President Donald Trump’s travel ban have plunged despite a legal freeze on the ban’s implementation. Government data received Thursday showed that arrivals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were down by nearly half in March and April from a year ago … Read more
Arrivals in the United States from the six mostly Muslim countries in President Donald Trump’s travel ban have plunged despite a legal freeze on the ban’s implementation. Government data received Thursday showed that arrivals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were down by nearly half in March and April from a year ago … Read more
A former commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has exalted the performance of Ghana’s outgoing Chief Justice Georgina Wood. Mrs. Wood retired from public service Wednesday June 7 having reached the mandatory retiring age of 70 after heading Ghana’s judiciary for 10 years. She will be replaced … Read more
Former Chief Justice Theodora Georgina Wood has been appointed unto the Council of State by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Her appointment, announced by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye on Thursday, is in accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(i) which mandates the President to nominate a former Chief Justice as a member of the advisory … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed former Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood unto the Council of State. This follows her retirement by close of Thursday, June 8, 2017. Her appointment was announced in Parliament on Thursday by the Speaker, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye. President Akufo-Addo had earlier sworn-in 24 members of the Council … Read more
Information reaching Today newspaper points to a looming chieftaincy clashes in Ga Mashie in the Greater Accra Region today Thursday, June 8, 2017. This development follows the diabolical move by embattled Thomas Okine aka Nii Ayi Bonte and his cohorts to perform the Odadao traditional customary rites to mark the lifting of the one month … Read more