An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a self-proclaimed religious leader to police custody for allegedly threatening to kill his wife. Imam Mohammed Lanson Abubakar, 44, also known as Andre, pleaded not guilty to the offence, but was detained by the Court after the prosecution said he jumped an earlier police inquiry bail. Chief Inspector Jonas […]
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Sixteen drivers who allegedly undertook sand winning operations at Agbazu, near Amasaman without license, have been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. They are Gariba Ali, Ekow Quansah aka Big Joe, Christopher Semebia, Ahmed Abdul Asit, Ahmed Abdul Basit, Sampson Asum, Kwame Appiah, Samuel Gaisie, Stephen Owusu Sekyere, Adam Issah. Kwaku Afful, Eric Fiagbedzi, Mohammed
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A shipping agent is before the Accra Circuit Court Nine for allegedly forging Food and Drugs Authority’s Bill of payment receipt to defraud a trader of GHC80,000.00. He did so under the pretext of clearing his three forty-footer containers from the Tema Harbour. Richard Nana Amoako, 43, the shipping agent or freight forwarder, pleaded not
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Two friends were shot and killed by armed robbers who attacked and robbed a mobile money vendor at Welembelle in the Sissala East Municipality. Mr Jonas Dimah, the Assembly member of the Welembelle Electoral area, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that at about 1900 hours on Saturday, four armed men stormed a mobile money
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The Accra Circuit Court Nine has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a mechanical engineer who allegedly took GHC99,810.00 from a farmer under the pretext of securing her two auctioneer tractors. Justice Kwame Amenya was warned by the Police to attend Court but he failed to turn up when the case was presented
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Evidence Act, 1975 Published by Government Gazette on 22 April 1975 Assented to on 18 April 1975 Commenced on 22 April 1975 AN ACT to provide for the general rules of evidence and for other matters relating to the giving of evidence in Courts of competent jurisdiction. Part 1 – General Rules 1. Questions of
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Ghanaian rapper Maradona Adjei Yeboah, popularly known as Guru, has been disqualified by the University of Ghana’s Students’ Representative Council (SRC) to contest the student body’s election to become its president. According to a communique issued by the SRC, Guru does not satisfy the conditions that qualify him to contest the position. In a vetting
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A Detroit judge has been temporarily taken off the bench after he forced a 15-year-old girl to wear handcuffs and a jail uniform because she appeared to fall asleep during a field trip to his court. District Court Judge Kenneth King said he did not like Eva Goodman’s “attitude” and said he wanted to show
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The Ghana Police Service has interdicted two police officers, Lance Corporal Philimon Agbevem and Lance Corporal Peter Gbadagbo, following allegations of extortion from a motor pillion rider in Accra. The incident, which reportedly took place on 22 July 2024, came to light after a video detailing the alleged misconduct circulated widely on social media. In
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The Deputy Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah says the nomination of a dual citizen as a Supreme Court judge does not violate the laws of Ghana. According to him, the Supreme Court has ruled against sections of the Citizenship Act, allowing dual citizens to hold key positions. Speaking to JoyNews on Wednesday,
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