An Accra Circuit Court has admitted 13 persons to a GH₵50,000.00 bail each with one surety each for allegedly possessing a plant substance suspected to be narcotic drugs without lawful authority. All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges. They are Ethel Anaab, a 28-year-old trader, Daniel Tetteh Botchway, a 52-year-old farmer, Kofi […]
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A self-styled businessman has been brought before the High Court in Accra for allegedly orchestrating and committing the robbery of high-profile personalities and elites in their respective homes. In addition to robbing a 76-year-old woman in Ridge, Yahuza Osumanu is accused of robbing the wife of a former Vice President, Matilda Yaaba Amissah Arthur by
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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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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
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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Offenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice bill Creating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Under the legislation, anyone who creates such an image without consent will face a criminal record and
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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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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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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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Ex-president becomes first US leader to face a criminal trial, in this case, for paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal for a cover up Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial involving adult movie actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal is scheduled to start on this morning, with jury selection in Manhattan supreme court. The
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