The debt of a woman married under the Customary Law Marriage is the responsibility of her husband, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has said. He said contrary to the popular perception that Customary Law Marriage did not protect women, it offered better protection to women compared […]
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The Registrar of Companies, Madam Jemima Oware has revealed that most marriages in Ghana are null and void owing to their non-compliance with the legal requirements. According to her, most marriages are not registered with the Registrar General’s Department. Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show, Madam Oware explained that churches are supposed to complete a
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By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, May 14, GNA – Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, a former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, has sued her ex-husband Mr Tony Lithur, for libel over their divorce petition filed on May 2, 2018. The two were customarily married on April 14, 1991, and the marriage was converted into ordinance
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This is a period for all sorts of people and organisations to make themselves relevant because what we are seeing now is that persons natural and artificial are issuing statements left and right daily with some societies and organisations coming out publicly for the first time concerning the issue of Betrothal. Though I have decided
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The GaDangme Council has clarified that the relationship between a traditional ga priest and the 12-year-old girl is just a betrothal and not a marriage. Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII, the 63-year-old Gborbu Wulomo, received criticism when a video surfaced online showing him in a marriage ceremony with a 12-year-old girl, Naa Okromo. The traditional ceremony,
