An Accra High Court has granted Mr Adjenim Boateng Adjei, a former Public Procurement Authority Chief Executive Officer, a GH₵4million bail. He is to produce two sureties both of whom are to be justified with landed properties. Mr Adjei pleaded not guilty to all eight fresh counts of using public office for profit and directly […]
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Four more persons have been picked up by the police for their alleged roles in last week’s train accident at Abortia in the Volta Region. They are Kokou Koudjo, a 34-year-old gas welder, Patrick Kwaku Sosu, a 52-year-old labourer, Alaza Prosper, a 28-year-old labourer and Fiadugbe Emmnauel, a 31-year-old labourer. The four accused persons have
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The Ashaiman District Court has granted bail in the sum of GH₵ 6,000.00 with one surety to Bernard Awaga, a 32-year-old mason, for assaulting a driver at a betting centre at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region. The court, presided over by Mr Derick Pardden Eshun, granted him bail after entering guilty for him, following
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Two teachers accused of illegally possessing Basic Education Certificate (BECE) Information Communication and French Language examination papers on their phones have been put before an Accra Circuit Court. The offence allegedly occurred on September 16, 2020 at Evangelical Presbyterian School at Mamprobi, Accra. The teachers, Jephtern Kwame Nkrumah and James Kodia, have been charged with
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Two siblings have been put before the Awutu Breku District Court on charges of two counts of conspiracy to commit crime, publication of false news and assaulting Sampson Nii Annan Oku, an artist over claims that he caused the disappearance of someone’s penis. They are Ugochukwu Chilota a 20-year-old trader and Favour Chilota, a 24-year-old
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The Awutu Breku District Court has fined and jailed a 27-year-old vulcanizer for claiming falsely that someone had caused his penis to shrink. This was after Mohammed Abdul Fatao, the vulcanizer, charged with publication of false news and deceit of public officer, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. The court presided over by
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Board Members of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) indicted by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for failing to provide a consistent load-management schedule have rejected a hefty fine imposed on them. PURC on Tuesday, April 16, slapped a GH¢5.8 million fine on ECG board members who served from January 1 to March 18,
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Abel Dzidotor, the driver allegedly responsible for the train accident, has been sentenced to a six-month jail term. According to Citi News’ Benjamin Aklama, Dzidotor admitted guilt to three out of the four charges levelled against him. These charges include inconsiderate driving and causing unlawful damage. The first charge was for careless and inconsiderate driving,
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The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands, has ruled that the laws of Ghana shall apply to an international arbitration instituted by Australian mining company, Cassius Mining company, against the government of Ghana (GoG). Cassius is seeking about $300 million in damages with a claim that the GoG breached its contractual obligations
The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 56-year-old farmer to 24 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old pupil. The convict, Kwaku Sarfo, who is popularly known as Kantanka was convicted on his own plea when he appeared before the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu. Although, Sarfo pleaded for mercy,
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