The Ghana Police Service has launched an investigation into an alleged attack on the convoy of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The incident is reported to have occurred on December 2 in Techiman, located in the Bono East Region. According to a statement issued by the Police, preliminary findings indicate that the attack took […]
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A Sowutuom Branch Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, who threatened to kill citizens during the December 7 general election, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Mohammed Ibrahim was found guilty by an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Evelyn Asamoah, at the end of the trial. Ibrahim was charged with publication of false
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Admission Of Candidates To The Bachelor Of Laws (LLB) Degree Programme For The 2024/2025 Academic Year The University for Development Studies hereby announces for the information of the general public and prospective applicants that the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has granted the University accreditation to run BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) Programme. The programme is
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Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo (right) addressing participants in the ceremony The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has bemoaned the incessant challenges associated with land acquisition and administration, describing them as disincentives to investment and ultimately affecting economic growth. Such challenges, she said, were often characterised by laborious land litigations, which unnecessarily prolonged business
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A renowned lawyer and statesman, Tsatsu Tsikata, has dragged the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, to court for defamation. The defamatory suit is in connection with Mr Akpaloo’s comments he made on Accra-based GHOne TV in which he said that the reason Mr Tsikata said things were better under
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The Kwabenya Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Nowell Gavu, the man accused of destroying six effigies at the Airport Roundabout, to December 17. Gavu, a 37-year-old CCTV installer, appeared calm when presented before the court. The hearing was conducted in chambers, and the court is awaiting the explanation of a comprehensive medical report
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Former Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu and ex-Chief Executive of the National Youth Authority, Abdulai Mohammed Mubarak alias Ras Mubarak, has filed a lawsuit against leading telecommunications company MTN Ghana (Scancom PLC) at the High Court in Accra. Mubarak is seeking $5 million in damages for what he describes as the telecommunications giant’s failure
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It is provided in the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29 as follows: 50. Manslaughter A person who commits manslaughter commits a first degree felony. 51. Definition of manslaughter A person who causes the death of another person by an unlawful harm commits manslaughter, but if the harm causing the death is caused by negligence
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It is provided in the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29 as follows: 149. Robbery: A person who commits robbery commits a first degree felony. 150. Definition of robbery: A person who steals a thing commits robbery (a) if in, and for the purpose of stealing the thing, that person uses force or causes harm
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A trader who concealed methamphetamine, a narcotic drug, inside two picture frames without lawful authority has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the High Court in Accra. Daniel Agbeko, also known as Abraham Fosu, was found guilty of attempting to export the drug-laden picture frames from Ghana to Australia. The frames had been
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