The Supreme Court of Ghana on Tuesday October 15, 2024, dismissed a certiorari application brought by one Kwame Adofo, the immediate past lawyer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. The Court also ordered him to pay a cost of GHc20,000.00 for wasting the court’s time with such a frivolous application. While still […]
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The Twifo Praso District Police on Wednesday, arrested a man who allegedly beat his 20-year-old daughter, Ms Esther Amoah Blankson, after she returned home late from work. Chief Superintendent Charles Addae Boateng stated that although no formal complaint was filed by the victim, the police acted upon hearing of the incident. The assault occurred on
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BY: HER HONOUR JUDGE SEDINAM AWO KWADAM (MRS.), CIRCUIT COURT 2, ADENTAN, ACCRA. AND EMMANUEL BABUBOA ESQ., PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTITIONER. INSPIRED BY JOHN BAPTIST AYEDZE ESQ.,PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTITIONER, LECTURER, UPSA LAW SCHOOL, ACCRA, GHANA. DATE: 16TH OCTOBER, 2024. ABSTRACT The right to a fair trial is enshrined in
Government is to present a new Legislative Instrument (LI) to Parliament aimed at revoking previous regulations that permitted mining activities in these sensitive areas. The Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Revocation Instrument, 2024 seeks to overturn LI 2462, which had previously allowed mining in certain forest reserves, signalling government’s intensified commitment to conserving the
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Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convenor of the anti-galamsey protest organised by the Democracy Hub, has been granted bail in the sum of ¢20,000 on Wednesday, October 16, after three unsuccessful attempts. His previous bail applications had been denied by both the Accra High Court and the Circuit Court. Mr Barker-Vormawor was arrested during a demonstration against illegal
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An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a hairstylist, Adwoa Nyarko, to five years in prison for a GHC139,000 recruitment scam. She was found guilty on four counts of conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretenses. Her accomplices, Nana Osei and Charles Kwame Damoah, remain at large. ASP Raymond Ackon, the prosecutor, informed
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The Ghana Police Service says it has arrested suspects, Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako and Mouha Amoako, parents of the suspect driver involved in the fatal accident that claimed two lives at East Legon on Saturday, October 12, 2024. The parents of the 16-year-old suspect driver Elrad Salifu Amoako are currently in custody assisting the investigation.
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The stone blasting incident at Gomoa Buduburam by the contractor working on the Kasoa to Winneba highway that resulted in the death of three people with injuries to 39 others on Monday afternoon was accidental, according to preliminary information gathered by the Ministry of Roads and Highways. The three deceased persons died on the spot
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Abdulai Halidu, a 32-year-old auto mechanic, has been granted bail of one million Ghana cedis by an Accra Circuit Court over fraud. He is accused of defrauding two individuals by taking GH₵66,000 and $10,200 to secure them a Mercedes Benz vehicle. Halidu faces charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretenses,
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The Volta Regional House of Chiefs under the auspices of the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has inaugurated six new traditional councils in its jurisdiction. The inauguration of the Agotime, Ave-Dakpa, Sokpoe, Agave, Anfoeta, and Klefe traditional councils is aimed at deepening decentralisation and streamlining the administrative powers of traditional authorities. It marks a
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