Oliver Campbell, a man with severe learning difficulties who was jailed for life for the murder of a shopkeeper three decades ago after confessing in police interviews, has had his convictions quashed by the court of appeal. The judgment clearing Campbell, 54, of conspiracy to rob and murder ends what has been described as one […]
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The Ghana Police Service has arrested suspect Ibrahim Mohammed for threatening to shoot and harm some public officials. The suspect was arrested on Wednesday 11th September 2024. The suspect was declared wanted on 9th September, 2024 after the video in which he was seen issuing the threats went viral. He is currently in Police custody
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Legal practitioner, Efua Ghartey has been elected as the first female President of the Ghana Bar Association. This took place during the GBA election at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Efua Gartey garnered 1,208 while Kwadzo Dzakpasu secured 1,060 votes. Her two previous attempts to lead the
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The Public Defenders Division, one of the three functional divisions of the Legal Aid Commission, was able to resolve only 323 out of the 1,518 criminal cases it received between January 2023 and July this year. This is due to the shortage of lawyers (public defenders) available to support the work of the division charged
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The Police at Abor in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region have apprehended three suspects in connection with the death of Bessah Gadah, a 42-year-old man at Tsiame in the Volta Region. They allegedly beat, killed, and secretly buried the deceased. Kwabla Zate, the main suspect was arrested by the police together with two
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The notion of ownerless land in Ghana has long been dispelled. Therefore in present day Ghana, every land has an owner. The laws of Ghana give recognition to stool or skin, family or clan, the state, individuals or juristic persons as entities that can own land in Ghana. The manner of dealing with any land
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In a surprising development, the Member of Parliament for the Walewale Constituency, Hon. Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has officially withdrawn from the race for the 2024 parliamentary elections. Her decision follows the inconclusive re-run of the constituency’s parliamentary primaries yesterday, which ended without a declared result due to an unfortunate incident. In a statement issued from
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Two students have been charged in the Dansoman Circuit Court with robbery and conspiracy to rob. Joshua Kwabena Nyador and Wisdom Ayekple have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Two other accomplices whose names were given as Toussant Afadolo and one Stanley are at large. Nyador, Ayekple, and the other accomplices allegedly robbed the complainant,
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The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has called for a massive recruitment of state attorneys to enhance the effective functioning of the office of the Attorney General. According to him, the present number of 300 is woefully inadequate and thus accounts for the inordinate delays in the delivery of its functions. Addressing lawyers at the
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The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Yaw Acheampong Boafo has called on the government to prioritize investment in basic education over the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy. Delivering his address at the Ghana Bar Association’s annual conference in Kumasi on Monday, September 9, Mr. Boafo said eliminating schools under trees and
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