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ICJ orders Israel to ensure acts of genocide are not committed in Gaza

The UN’s international court of justice has ordered Israel to ensure its forces do not commit acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in a historic decision. In an interim judgment delivered on Friday, the president of the court, Joan Donoghue, said Israel must “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts that fall within the […]

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Forgery: Accountant granted GHC2 million bail

Michael Sumnaya Adedina, an accountant with Medeena Consult Limited accused of forging Ghana Revenue Authority receipts to evade tax of GHC2,495,778 has been granted bail. Adedina was granted GHC2 million cedis bail with three sureties to be justified by an Accra Circuit Court when he made his third appearance. “I have read through the motion

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Court jails dispatch rider for motorbike theft

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A dispatch rider who absconded with a Singa motorbike belonging to his boss has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Kaneshie District Court. The Court presided over by Nana Abena Aso Owusu-Omenya considered the fact that Abdul Rasid Iddrisu, an ex-convict, had also been in custody for seven months. Iddrisu, who was employed

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Soldiers who brutalised Ashaiman residents must be punished – Parliamentary committee

Leave a Comment / Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Interior which was tasked to probe the mayhem unleashed on residents of Ashaiman has submitted its report and, among other things, recommended that the military personnel responsible for the May 7, 2023, dawn raid be sanctioned. The committee, in its report, indicated that the actions of the military contravene

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Cecilia Dapaah’s Case Handed Over To EOCO

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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has officially referred the investigation into the financial affairs and assets of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, and her associates, to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). In a statement released on Thursday, the OSP clarified that, despite nearly seven months of

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Kenneth Eugene Smith: US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals

Leave a Comment / Foreign News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The Supreme Court has refused to grant a last-minute reprieve to an Alabama death row inmate facing the first ever US execution by nitrogen inhalation. The justices have twice declined, along with a federal appeals court, to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith’s lawyers call a “cruel and unusual” punishment. Opponents say using nitrogen gas could

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Spain: FA Boss May stand trial for kissing player

Leave a Comment / Foreign News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

A Spanish High Court judge proposed on Thursday that former football federation chief Luis Rubiales stand trial for kissing player Jenni Hermoso’s lips after Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup. The court said in a statement that the judge, Francisco de Jorge, also sought a trial for former women’s team coach Jorge Vilda, as

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Prison inmates to attend Senior High School

Leave a Comment / Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

All 51 prison inmates who sat the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have gained admission to various pre-tertiary institutions in the country. They obtained between aggregates 16 and 31 in the examination, guaranteeing them passage to the next level of the academic ladder. They comprise 26 juveniles from the Senior Correctional Centre in Accra,

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Michgan: Court Clerk Steals from Judge

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A former court clerk in Wayne County, Michigan, has been charged with embezzling more than $60,000 from the judge for whom he worked. Steven Allen, 42, of Detroit was accused of illegally obtaining the judge’s ATM card to make withdrawals and purchases, according to a Jan. 23 press release by the Michigan Department of Attorney General. Allen

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Six coup plotters sentenced to death; ACP Agordzo, two others acquitted

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The High Court has convicted six of the alleged coup plotters for counts of conspiracy to commit high treason and committing high treason. The Court has, however, acquitted Assistant Commissioner of Police Benjamin Agordzo, Colonel Samuel Kodzo Gameli and one other junior military officer, Corporal Seidu Abubakar. The six convicted for plotting a coup have

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