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Zonta Club challenges government and others to help end child marriage

Ghana News Agency - Mar 11, 2020 0

The Zonta Club of Accra, a charitable and service group has marked its 50th anniversary celebration focusing on raising funds to advocate against child...

Rwanda launches campaign to fight corruption in judiciary

xinhuanet.com - Feb 11, 2020 0

Rwanda on Monday launched a week-long campaign aimed at getting rid of corruption in the country's judiciary. Fighting corruption is a collective...

Kenyan official calls for more budgetary allocation to judiciary to boost service delivery

xinhuanet.com - Dec 3, 2019 0

A Kenyan official on Thursday called for an increase in budgetary allocation to the judiciary in order to boost access to justice and enhance...

Court users have confidence in the discharge of justice by the judiciary.

Ghana News Agency - Nov 2, 2019 0

A study conducted by the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) to assess the perception of court users in the delivery of justice by...

Chinese Judiciary Enhances Stability and development

xinhuanet.com - Mar 15, 2019 0

Chinese judicial and procuratorial organs have maintained high pressure on law violations, including graft, local mafia and "Peppa Pig" copyright infringement, to safeguard justice,...

CJ courtesy call on Nana Kobina Nketsia v

Nana Kobina Nketsiah V Tasks Ghana’s Judiciary to Defend Truth

Ghana News Agency - Jan 16, 2019 0

Nana Kobina Nketsiah V, Omanhene of the Essikado Traditional Area has called for a transformation of the justice systems to reflect the Ghanaian heritage. He...

Chief Justice says Judiciary Needs Financial Independence

Ghana News Agency - Jan 16, 2019 0

Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo says the Judiciary lacks financial independence as it is not being adequately funded. She said the full budgetary support for the...

MTN, e-Crime Bureau School Judges on Mobile Money Fraud & Prosecution

Ike Dzokpo - Oct 7, 2018 0

In order to ensure a speedy and effective prosecution of criminals who engage in cyber fraud, Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) has taken another judicious...

Ghanaians Urged to Give Respect to the Judiciary

Ghana News Agency - May 30, 2018 0

The Judiciary must be accorded respect, resources and strengthened to enable it perform its functions, former Chief Justice Mrs Georgina Wood, has stated. Justice Mrs...

NGO to implement Violence Against Women watchers group

ABK - Nov 27, 2017 0

The Hope For Future Generations (HFFG), a Non-governmental Organisation will implement a "Violence Against Women (VAW) watchers group" programme in selected mining communities in...

Zanzibar pledges to improve judiciary, administration of justice

News Ghana - Sep 29, 2017 0

Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein said on Wednesday the government will continue improving the judiciary towards administration of justice. Closing the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges...

Veteran Justice Obaseki dies at 93

News Ghana - Jul 19, 2017 0

Justice Obaseki, The first ever Supreme court from Edo State, Justice Andrew Obaseki, has died at the age of 93. The late Justice Andrew Obaseki...

Spotlight: A critical review of Ghana’s bogus political system

News Ghana - Jul 10, 2017 0

The country has a ‘bogus’ political system (imperfect system) bequeathed to us by our colonial master-Britain- where someone sits somewhere and call the shots. After...

Akufo-Addo asks Ghana’s new CJ to redeem judiciary image

News Ghana - Jun 20, 2017 0

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday inducted into office Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo as the new Chief Justice, calling on her to...

Delta force probe is an attack on Ghana’s Judiciary

News Ghana - May 18, 2017 0

Kumasi based private legal practitioner Lawyer Kwame Adofo has described as worrisome the position taken by government against the principal state prosecutor in Wednesday’s...

China Takes Steps to advance human rights through its judiciary

News Ghana - Mar 16, 2017 0

As the last line of safeguarding social fairness and justice, judiciary is an important aspect of human rights protection. In recent years, China has...

Full Text Of The President’s Maiden State Of The Nation Address

ABK - Feb 21, 2017 0

We hereby submit the full text of the President’s maiden State of the Nation Address to Parliament MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION BY...

CJ Says Anas Expose Really Destroyed Judiciary Image of Ghana

News Ghana - Dec 22, 2016 0

Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood has stated that the judicial bribery and corruption scandal that hit the judiciary in 2015 is the darkest spot...

PCG Sends Goodwill Message To Nana Addo

ABK - Dec 19, 2016 0

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) Accra, and the Global Evangelical Church (GEC) have congratulated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President-elect, and his vice,...

Justice for All Programme Sustained By Donor Funding

ABK - Dec 14, 2016 0

The Chief Justice, Mrs Theodora Georgina Wood, has called on the media to verify legal stories before publication in order not to undermine the...

Chief Justice Assures Of Protection Of Electoral Rights

News Ghana - Oct 25, 2016 0

She has therefore called for stakeholder collaboration and cooperation to ensure that electoral disputes were dealt with smoothly, timely and successively. ...

Craving Your Indulgence, EC And Judiciary

News Ghana - Oct 24, 2016 0

The NPP has harnessed this craze and turned it into a mega political communication tool such that to a large extent Kalypo is NPP...

Let’s flash out corruption from judiciary-Atuguba

News Ghana - Sep 30, 2016 0

Mr Justice William Atuguba, who made the call, also urged the Bench to guard against “goro” boys from within or without their profession. Mr...

Ghana’s Judiciary Dedicated to a violence free general election

News Ghana - Sep 9, 2016 0

He said some preparations have been made by the Judicial Service to reduce or curb violence associated with the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections; such...

GJA denounces threats against Ghana’s Judges

News Ghana - Jul 8, 2016 0

A statement issued by the GJA and signed by its President, Affail Monney, in Accra, said: “We find such intimidation of the judiciary who...

Nana Oye Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Workshop Ends

News Ghana - Jun 17, 2016 0

The two-year project on SGBV focused on directly engaging community leaders through extensive education, to change negative traditional practices that perpetuate violence against the...

Indian President Cautions Against Judicial Activism

News Ghana - Apr 16, 2016 0

"Each organ of our democracy must function within its own sphere and must not take over what is assigned to the others," President Mukherjee...

Ghanaian Judges To Train On New Legislation Passed By Parliament

News Ghana - Apr 9, 2016 0

Mr Victor Jones Mawulorm Dotse, a Justice of the Supreme Court, explained that the training programme was to make the judges fully aware of...

19 workers of Ghana’s Judiciary sacked

News Ghana - Mar 19, 2016 0

A statement released Thursday and signed by Justice Alex Opoku B. Acheampong, Judicial Secretary, said the court registrars, interpreters and a watchman were...

Judiciary confirms the death sentence of business mogul

News Ghana - Mar 6, 2016 0

The preliminary court has issued the verdict for Zanjani and two other defendants, Mohseni-Ejei was quoted as saying by Press TV. ...

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