Twelve remand prisoners at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison reclaimed their liberty on Wednesday, July 24. This was after they were discharged by an ad hoc court in the penitentiary as part of the Justice for All programme. Additionally, one inmate was acquitted and discharged, while ten others were granted bail. Two inmates were denied […]
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President Nana Akufo-Addo has justified the appointment of more judges to the courts of Appeal, citing the challenge of an overburdened court system and increasing backlog of cases. The sixteen judges appointed to the Court of Appeal are Justices Charles Gyamfi Danquah, Gifty Dekyem, Kofi Akrowiah, Richard Mac Koggyapwah, Kwasi Boakye, Alexander Osei Tutu, France
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The Supreme Court says it is satisfied that the revocation of UniCredit Ghana Limited’s license was done in accordance with the stipulated law appearing on the face of the record. “We are satisfied that on the face of the record, that there was evidence of hearing between UniCredit and Bank of Ghana (BOG) prior to
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A journalist who works with Kumasi-based Zuria FM, Yussif Abdul Ganiu, popularly known as “Nshola”, has been found guilty by the Asokwa District Court in Kumasi over some inciteful comments he made which were likely to breach public peace. The District Magistrate Judge, Afia Densi Asare-Kyire, delivering the judgment against the accused person on a
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The High Court in Kumasi has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining a former solicitor of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Kwame Adofo the Holy Trinity Chambers at Adum–Kumasi, from revealing any confidential information about the hospital. The order, signed by Chief Registrar Ustarz Hamza, bars the lawyer from disclosing any information he obtained while
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The Nkawie Circuit Court has remanded 13 alleged illegal miners for unlawful entry and mining in the Jimmirah Forest Reserve at Amangoase in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The miners have been accused of mining in the forest reserve, which is currently undergoing afforestation. Compartment 18 of the Jimmirah Forest Reserve, according
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The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Law School will on Thursday honour one of the most outstanding and consequential statesmen to have ever served the country, Nana Dr SKB Asante. Known as the UPSA Lifetime Achievement in Law Award, the honour event has for the short period of its existence, become a prestigious recognition
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Lawyers of former Director General (DG) of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson, and four others who are standing trial over the SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) case want their clients discharged. According to them, upon the conclusion of the Prosecution’s evidence through their 10 Witnesses in support of the charges
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A Sunyani-based radio presenter who claimed to have had countless sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old primary six girl was on Monday granted bail by a Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality. For his bail condition, Bismarck Nana Poku Piesie, a radio presenter at Sompa FM was to provide four sureties, with two of
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Eight persons, who allegedly removed a joint billboard of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and Mrs Hannah Asamoah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Agona East, have been granted bail by the Agona Swedru Magistrate’s Court. The court, presided over by Mr Victor Kusi, granted six of them bail in the sum of GHC10,000.
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