A private legal practitioner, Nii Kpakpo Samoah Addo has called for the removal of legal fees associated with lawsuits seeking an interpretation of the Constitution. He argues that the high cost of litigation, particularly involving cases at the Supreme Court discourage people from testing acts of public officers against the provisions of the constitution. The Rules of Court Committee in ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, faces sentences on seven verdicts of misusing billions of dollars in government funds while in office, the public prosecutor at Iran’s Supreme Audit Court said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. In one case, dating back to Ahmadinejad’s second term in office between 2009 and 2013, the misused funds amounted to ...

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan found the back of the net again for his side Kayserispor FK to rescue them from the claws of defeat at the hand of Al Duhail Lekhiwaya in a pre-season game. The goal which was Gyan’s third, came in his second game for the side, hence scoring three goals in two matches for Kaysirespor FK. ...

Arsenal on Sunday lifted the much coveted Emirates Cup in spite of a 1-2 loss to Spanish side, Sevilla, in their final game at the Emirates Stadium in London. Arsenal came into the final game leading the group on eight points, ahead of German side, RB Leipzig, on five points, which had earlier in the day defeated Benfica 2-0. Sevilla ...

Harare (AFP) – Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, declaring “I am not dying,” sought Saturday to brush aside growing concerns about his health after his wife urged him to name a successor. Mugabe’s medical trips to Singapore have become frequent in recent years, fuelling questions about his health. His last visit was early this month for what was described as ...

Hearts of Oak needed a second half penalty goal from defender Vincent Atingah to earn their place in the semi-final of the MTN FA Cup against Danbort FC Sunday. Phobians defeated their regional rivals to keep their hopes of landing a major trophy since 2009 alive. Elsewhere, Medeama are on track to claim a third FA Cup trophy this season ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are aiming to wrap up transfer deals ahead of the new Premier League season and Express Sport is here to take you through all the updates and gossip. Dendoncker available for £20m 08:00: Anderlecht will sell Leander Dendoncker if a £20million offer is submitted, according to sporting director Herman Van Holsbeeck. The Belgium international has been linked with ...

AshantiGold moved out of relegation zone with a 2-0 victory against title hopeful WAFA in an outstanding Ghana Premier League match played on Sunday at the Len clay stadium. The match day 21 fixture was rescheduled because as many as seven WAFA players were on national duty with the CHAN Black Stars in the friendly victory against Togo. The Miners ...

The former president of the Ghana Institute of Engineers (GIE), Dr. Kwame Boakye has called on Ghanaians to embrace Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation (STEI) saying it is key to the country’s socioeconomic development. According to him, the government can formulate all manner of policies and programmes but without systematic effort to harness opportunities available in STEI, “Ghana is going ...

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) cannot assuage the plight of thousands of flood victims in the Northern Region due to accumulated indebtedness. Sources within NADMO have revealed that the past administration piled a huge debt compelling local suppliers to renege their contract with the government. This explains NADMO’s inability to support victims of last Tuesday’s floods which affected thousands ...