Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has announced the reopening of the Court of Appeal across the country to boost access to justice delivery. She said persons resident outside Accra cannot be given justice if appeals are heard only in the capital city. In view of this Chief Justice Torkornoo said the Court of Appeal will be […]
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Francis Cudjoe, a 19-year-old carpenter, has been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for defiling a Primary Two pupil. He pleaded guilty with an explanation, but the court overruled it. Although, Cudjoe was charged with defilement on count one and two, and was sentenced to 25 years each which run consecutively,
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Gabriel Dzimekpui, a septuagenarian farmer, has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing 325 teak trees valued at GH¢34,000. Dzimekpui was put before the Hohoe Circuit Court on December 14, 2023, for the offence, where he pleaded guilty with explanation. His explanation could not exonerate him hence was granted bail and sentencing deferred
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The Ghana Police Service Central East Command Kasoa arrested two more people who claim their genitals had vanished. They are Mahamudu Yahaya, a 40-year-old businessman and Osman Abdul Razak, a 21-year-old student. The two suspects have been put before the Awutu Breku District Court on charges of publication of false news and deceit of public
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Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo has defended the decision to swiftly address an injunction application filed by MP Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, aimed at freezing parliament’s confirmation of newly nominated ministers by President Akufo-Addo. She clarified that the case was deemed ready for hearing as all the necessary procedures had been completed. Speaking to reporters in Accra
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The Ashiman Circuit Court has sentenced two siblings, Safianu Osumanu and Aishatu Osumanu, respectively, to a fine of Gh₵ 720 and Gh₵ 600 for verbally assaulting four public officers. The two would serve a three-month prison term if they defaulted on paying the fine. The court, presided over by Mr. Simon Gaga, sentenced them after
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Mr Dawda M. Hafisdeen, former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the defunct Beige Bank, says the Universal bank invested in rebranding but its receiver failed to capture it in his report. The rebranding was necessitated when the Bank of Ghana (BoG) upgraded it from a Savings and Loans to a bank status, the first defence
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An electrician and a mason wept uncontrollably as an Accra Circuit Court fined them for posing as Electricity Company of Ghana staff and taking money from some customers over illegal connections. Nana Adu Gyamfi, a 33-year-old electrician, and Derrick Ntow Adumah, a 22-year-old mason, collected between GHC20 and GHC50 from ECG customers whom they claimed
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The Ashaiman Circuit Court has remanded Stephen Nartey a 39-year-old mason, into police custody for stabbing his pregnant fiancée, Miss Charity Osoom, in the abdomen, right hand, and right breast with a knife. The court presided over by Mr. Simon Gaga remanded Nartey, whose plea was not taken for the charge of causing harm. Police
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The trial of Sergeant Emmanuel Duah, now 47, only began in 2023, two years after he lured a 14-year-old girl into a newly built police post and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her. The incident happened at Ave-Xevi in the Akatsi North District in September, 2021. The convict is a police officer who was on
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