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Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen’s murder: Case adjourned to May 9

The case of Mark Forson, the houseboy accused of murdering Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen, the son of the late Professor Albert Adu Boahen, has been adjourned to May 9, 2024. A Kaneshie District hearing the matter did not sit, hence the adjournment. Forson, who has been provisionally charged with murder, had his plea preserved by […]

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MASLOC case: An educated thief is capable of causing more havoc than robber with AK47 gun – Judge

A Justice of the Court Appeal, Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe has expressed concerns about how the educated elites have rather become more “harmful” than a robber with an AK47 gun. According to her, throughout her years of practice, she has not heard of an armed robber who had broken into someone’s premises and bolted with

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Three EC staff, student remanded over stolen EC biometric devices, laptops

Three staff of the Electoral Commission of Ghana and a student have been remanded for two weeks by the Circuit Court at Dansoman for allegedly stealing Laptops and biometric devices belonging to the commission. The three staff – Philip Tetteh, a labourer, Benjamin Fienyi, a security man and Joseph Blackson Adamadze, a database administrator have

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Another man jailed eight months over false claims of missing genitals

The Awutu Breku District Court has sentenced Emmanuel Agbeshie to eight months imprisonment for hitting the upper face and lips of a teacher whom he claimed had caused his penis to disappear. Agbeshie, a 22-year-old apprentice, claimed the teacher’s touch made his penis disappear. Agbeshie, who was charged with assault, causing harm, publication of false

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MASLOC case: Ex-CEO Sedinam Tamakloe, Daniel Axim face judgement today

The Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra is expected to deliver judgment in the case in which “absconded” former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu and interdicted Head of Operations, Daniel Axim are standing trial. The two were charged for among

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PURC fines ECG board members GH¢5.8m over ‘dumsor’

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has imposed a heavy fine of Five Million, Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS 5,868,000.00) on members of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) board who served from January 1 to March 18, 2024. This action was taken due to their violation of Regulation 39 of L.I.

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Kasoa Shrinking Penis: One jailed, others fined, bonded as court orders compensation for victim

A man who conspired with two others to beat up a student wrongly accused of causing a tricycle rider’s penis to shrink has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by Awutu Breku District Court. The court ordered Zakaria Zulkani to pay a fine of GHC2,400 in default, serve six months on the charge of publication

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Beige Bank case: I provided to Receiver all information on financial position of bank – 1st Defence Witness

A Chartered Accountant who is testifying as the First Defence Witness for the founder of the defunct Beige Bank, Michael Nyinaku, has told the High Court in Accra that he has provided “all the information about the financial position of the bank” to the Receiver of Beige Bank. Dawda M. Hafisdeen, also a lawyer, told

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LCI Defamation Suit: Manasseh, others have no evidence to support publications-Witness tells Court

A witness has told an Accra High Court that Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, and four others have no evidence to support their publications against Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) and its founder. In a defamation suit against Awuni, the Media Foundation for West Africa, its Director, Sulemana Braimah and Edwin Appiah, a co-editor (defendants),

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Housekeeper sentenced for preparing to commit robbery

The Accra Circuit Court Six has sentenced a 27-year-old housekeeper to ten years in jail with hard labour for attempting to rob his employer of two cars. Elijah Nagbo pleaded guilty with an explanation to prepare for robbery and was convicted and sentenced accordingly. His alleged accomplice, Joel, is on the run. Deputy Superintendent of

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