An Accra High Court hearing the case involving Dr Ato Forson and two others, will on Thursday 13, 2024, determine whether an audio conversation between Richard Jakpa and Godfred Dame Yeboah, the Attorney-General, is admissible in the trial. The Court presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare-Botwe adjourned the matter to Thursday to deliver full […]
Three suspects involved in disturbances at the offices of the Electoral Commission at Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East constituency of the Central region have been granted bail. They were arrested when a Pump Action gun with four rounds of ammunition was found in their vehicle. A news brief from the Police said the suspects
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The government has officially commissioned The Law House, a ten-storey edifice in Accra, to serve as the new office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice. The building, adjacent to the High Court complex, was commissioned on Monday, June 10, 2024. The Law House project, which began in 2001, was initially expected to be
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Residents of Jirapa in the Upper West Region have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Wa High Court’s decision to halt proceedings in the murder trial of the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, Mr. Eric Johnson. The court announced that it could not proceed with the case due to a claim by
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The Greater Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has filed an injunction at an Accra High Court seeking to prohibit organizers of the ‘#DumsorMustStop’ demonstration from taking place. The action filed on May 20, comes after the Accra Region Police Command had urged the organisers to consider relocating the planned protest venue. As
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A 32-year-old Nigerian National, Pascal Okafor Ezugwu, has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term by the High Court in after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 90 thumb-sized cocaine pellets which weighed 1.54 kg. On Friday 3rd May 2024, Mr. Okafor Ezugwu was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in hard labour
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A 56-year-old professional nurse, Clara Yanyi-Ampah, who worked as a Caregiver at Happy Bloomers School in Agbogba has been jailed for five years over the death of an 11-month-old baby. This was after the Caregiver, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he entered into plea bargaining negotiations with the office of the Attorney-General. Per the agreement,
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Agama Prosper, a 41-year-old shoemaker, has been sentenced to a 12-month imprisonment by the Hohoe Circuit Court for ‘fingering’ a minor. Agama, who was accused of inserting his finger into the vagina of a six-year class one pupil, pleaded guilty with explanation on April 22 when he appeared before the court. His explanation, however, could
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16th May, 2024 A: Introduction & background facts “[I]f we were so unfortunate as to get for our Chief Justice a cynical, mischievous and obstinate individual who also had the ear of the President, at least, a sizeable section of the Judiciary could be subjected to mayhem, with a not too remote consequence of
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Parliament last Friday approved the President’s nominees for ministerial and deputy ministerial positions in spite of a walkout staged by the Minority. The caucus staged the walkout to register their protest against what they described as bloated size of the government and the financial consequences it would impose on the taxpayer. However, the action by
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