Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his law professor wife Catherine Fisk hosted a dinner for graduating law students at their home this week and the rest of us were all unintentionally invited when a video went viral of Fisk trying to eject a protesting student, Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine leader Malak Afaneh, […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has revealed an ongoing investigation into the operations of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat since July 2023. Recent reports have subjected the Scholarship Secretariat to public scrutiny, particularly following an exposé by the Fourth Estate. The investigation has uncovered instances where scholarships were awarded to applicants from affluent families,
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A 28-year-old butcher, Amoah Ibrahim, has been granted bail in the sum of GH₵20,000 with two sureties by the Ashaiman Circuit Court for allegedly assaulting a military staff sergeant. The court, presided over by Mr. Derick Padden Eshun, granted Ibrahim bail to reappear in court on May 20, 2024, after pleading not guilty to two
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Three teachers held for alleged employment scam have been granted a GHC350,000.00 bail each by an Accra Circuit Court. Samuel Mensah Amelikpo, David Bacha Ntenyam and Daniel Ofori Boateng are to get two sureties each who from the Ghana Education Service (GES) teaching profession or family members. They are to report to the Police every
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Kwasi Badji, 47-year-old farmer at Okanta near Kadjebi in the Oti Region has allegedly stabbed his rival to death. An eyewitness, who wanted to remain anonymous, said Badji stabbed Kudzo Danyo, 52, a farmer, at a meeting held on Monday April 8, to address pertinent misunderstanding between the deceased and his wife, Madam Brinna. Badji,
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An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned to May 3, the case of two Prison Officers accused of aiding Wang Xiao, a Chinese convicted prisoner to escape from Nsawam Medium Security Prisons. The Officers Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu have denied the charges of conspiracy and aiding escape. The court presided over by Mrs
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Benso Oduro Boateng aka Funny Face, a comedian, who allegedly knocked down a woman and two children at Kakraba Junction on the Kasoa-Nyanyano road has been granted bail. Appearing before a District Court Kasoa Akweley, Funny Face was admitted to bail in the sum of GHC 120,000 with two sureties. Boateng is facing charges of
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Osman Abdulai Ayariga, the Deputy National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on the Special Prosecutor to probe all instances of suspected corruption and related offences revealed by The Fourth Estate’s recent investigation into the Scholarship Secretariat’s awarding of scholarships. The Fourth Estate’s investigation found that scholarships were granted to influential
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Democracy and Development Fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Professor Kwaku Asare, has suggested to Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to consider hearing cases without the physical presence of plaintiffs and respondents. According to him, this would allow room for the judiciary to render verdicts on cases efficiently and save them from spending
Consider using briefs to deliver verdicts of cases – Kwaku Asare tells CJ Read More »
The High Court in Accra has adjourned Rockson-Nelson Dafeamakpor’s application for Mandamus seeking to compel the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and President Akufo-Addo to act on the LGBTQ+ bill within 7 days. This adjournment was after the Court had granted the Applicant’s (Dafeamakpor’s) application for abridgment of time to hear the application today. Following
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