Monalisa Abigail Semeha, aka Mona Gucci, who was accused of defrauding a trader of GH¢103,400 has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit Court. Monalisa, a Travel/ Event Consultant, is said to have collected the amount to secure American visas for clients of Comfort Obiri, the complainant in February 2019 but failed. Charged with […]
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The Supreme Court of Ghana on December 18, 2024 dismissed two suits challenging the constitutionality of the process used by Parliament in passing the Human Sexual Rights and Family Bill – popularly called the “anti-gay” bill. In a unanimous decision, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court held that the two suits failed to properly
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A 56-year-old nautical engineer has been sentenced to 60 days imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for fraud. Richie Susu Awu was sentenced after he was found guilty on three counts of defrauding by false pretences at the end of the trial. The court sentenced Awu to 60 days on each count. Sentences are to
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Two unidentified young men believed to be of Fulani extraction have been found dead at Klokpui, a farming community near Wute in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region. The deceased were found in a bush between Klokpui and Wute, just about a kilometre from the main road linking Akatsi and Wute. A Police
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An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the police to determine the gender of an accused person to decide whether to place them in a male or female cell. The order came after Christabel Suphiar Sarkodie Tuffour, who faced five counts of defrauding by false pretenses, appeared in court. She allegedly collected a total of €42,889,
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Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako’s son who caused an accident at East Legon, leading to loss of two lives, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment. The 16-year-old juvenile offender was sentenced by the Juvenile Court in Accra after he pleaded guilty to eight counts of manslaughter, negligently causing harm, dangerous driving and driving without licence.
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By Goodnuff Appiah Larbi[2] (BL (Candidate) & Legal Researcher) (aappiahlarbi@gmail.com) “This argument … raises the issue of how to distinguish between a non-compliance which can be saved by the invocation of Order 81 and a non-compliance which cannot. Clearly, the language of Order 81, r.1 is intended to prevent non-compliance with the
The Upper Bobikuma Police are hunting for a 48-year-old famer who allegedly killed his wife and daughter at Esaase, a village near Upper Bobikuma in the Agona West District of the Central Region. A police source told the Ghana News Agency that the suspect, Stephen Alartey, was said to have used cement block to hit
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Actress Martha Ankomah has dismissed Kumawood actor Lil Win’s public apology, deeming it insufficient in resolving the GH₵5 million defamation suit she filed against him. According to a court report, Ankomah expressed that Lil Win’s apology lacked the essential elements of retraction and remorse. The defamation suit, filed on February 14, 2024, stems from allegedly
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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 45-year-old woman, Faustina Foli, who allegedly defrauded an insurance officer of GH₵265,000. Foli, who is unemployed, is accused of deceiving the complainant by promising to secure a United States visa and three Canadian visas but failed to deliver. She has been charged with defrauding by
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