An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has condemned the ‘inhuman treatment’ meted out to a University of Ghana student for allegedly being gay. In a widely circulated video, the student in question was forcibly undressed, subjected to physical assault, and compelled to walk around the campus. Eduwatch in a statement issued on January 16, […]
Lawyers have been tasked to use their expertise to advocate for a robust legal framework to hold healthcare providers accountable and ensure equitable access to health care. Mr Yaw Acheampong Boafo, President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), said it was the unique responsibility of lawyers to champion healthcare justice. “Through strategic actions, we can
The Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced Joseph Gyadu, aka Cudjoe to eight years imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl at New Amanfrom, Accra. The 25-year-old labourer, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty. The court presided over by Dora Eshun Inkumsah convicted Gyadu on his plea. Chief inspector Opoku Aniagyei, who held the brief of Detective Chief
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A 47-year-old driver who had sex with his 13-year-old stepdaughter at Tetegu in Accra, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Gender-Based Court at the Police Headquarters. Joseph Yankson is said to have taken advantage of the absence of the victim’s mother and defiled the 13-year-old twice. He repeated the act after promising
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Carruthers Tetteh: Visually-impaired lawyer appointed UCC lecturer Mr. Tetteh in 2022, was among the 844 lawyers who were called to the Bar in November of that year. Visually-impaired lawyer, Carruthers Tetteh has been appointed a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast Faculty of Law – making it the faculty’s first historic appointment of
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A justice at the Court of Appeal, Justice Samuel Obeng Diawuo is imploring lawyers not to get caught up in the craze of social and traditional media advertising. Rules governing the professional conduct and etiquette of lawyers in Ghana forbid the direct and indirect advertising of services. In some instances, the General Legal Council has
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A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 25- year-old unemployed, Adjei Sowah, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing electrical cables worth GH₵10,600. Sowah denied causing unlawful damage, unlawful entry and stealing but at the end of the trial he was found guilty of the offence. Police Chief Inspector Joseph Lartey, who led
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Renowned Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has called for a shift in perspective regarding the controversies surrounding the late T.B. Joshua. He argues that while religious matters are important, the human rights abuse committed by the late pastor should not be overlooked. He made this comment after the BBC released a documentary highlighting the abuse
Two brothers have been arrested following an assassination attempt on the newly installed chief of Gomoa Amoanda, Nana Osuapem Kwabudu III and seven elders. The suspects have been identified as Kwame Baah and Kojo Ewudzi, members of the Gomoa Amoanda Royal Family. Reports suggest their two nephews; Safohene Joe and Akwelabi who are accomplices are
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Dear Mr. President, Happy New Year to you. I wish you the very best this year, which is your last year in power. It is my prayer that in this last year of your leadership, you will offer Ghana the kind of leadership that will let Ghanaians remember you positively and favourably when you leave
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