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Akufo-Addo makes new appointment at Ghana Prisons Service

President Akufo-Addo has appointed four senior officers of the Ghana Prisons Service to the position of Deputy Directors General. Among them are Dr. Francis Omane-Addo, who previously served as the Director of Prisons in charge of Technical, Mrs. Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, formerly the Director of Prisons in charge of Services, Mr. Robin Asamoah Fenning, previously the […]

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James Gyakye Quayson Returns, Trial Resumes

The trial of Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, resumed before a High Court in Accra yesterday with the Office of the Attorney General calling its third witness. The last time the case was called was on November 22, 2023, partly because of the absence of the MP who had been

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Trader remanded over alleged GHC270,000 fraudulent land transaction

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The Accra Circuit Court has remanded a trader in police custody for allegedly selling a two-and-a-half plot of land without title situated at Kwabenya, Accra, to a farmer for GHC270,000. The court did not take the plea of Mohammed Awal Munkaila, who was charged with fraudulent land transaction. Munkaila will appear again on February 21,

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Farmer granted GH¢10k bail for offensive statement

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

A 35-year-old farmer standing trial at the Enchi District Magistrate Court for allegedly making an offensive statement about Nana Kojo Meah III, Chief of Boinso, in the Aowin Municipality, Western North Region, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢10,000 with two sureties. Aside the bail, the court ordered that the accused person, Kojo

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Tarkwa based contractor fined for issuing a dud cheque

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has fined Joseph Owusu, 51, a contractor, GH¢3,600 or in default five years imprisonment for issuing five dud cheques. This was after the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu, found Owusu guilty on five counts of issuing false cheques. Owusu was ordered by the court to refund the complainant’s

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MASLOC Boss pocketed staff allowances – Former Operations Head testifies

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

Daniel Axim, second accused (A2) and a former Head of Operations at Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has narrated how fugitive Christina Sedina Tamakloe Attionu pocked travelling allowances of staff. He said the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MASLOC, Sedina’s Secretariat, kept part of staff travelling allowances. Axim cited countless occasions where Sedina

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No error in High Court orders on Quayson’s trial- Judge

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The Presiding Judge in the trial of Mr. James Gyakye Quayson, Member of Parliament for Assin North, has stated that the High Court’s order dated November 3, 2023, was error-free. The Court stated in the ruling that if the accused and his legal team failed to appear at the next hearing, the case would be

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Father Jailed 20Years For Impregnating Daughter

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The Aflao Circuit Court in the Volta Region, presided over by Joseph Ofosu Behome has sentenced a 39-year-old man, Klutsey Korledzo to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for having sexual intercourse with his daughter and getting her pregnant. The accused was convicted on the charge of incest under section 105 of the Criminal Offences

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Driver on bail for allegedly knocking pedestrian dead

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The Kaneshie District Court has granted a GHC50,000.00 bail with two sureties to a female driver who allegedly knocked down a pedestrian who later lost her life at a hospital. The plea of the driver was not taken, and she is to make her next appearance on March 7, 2024. Police Chief Inspector Issifu Abudu

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Amasaman accident: Truck driver arrested

Local News, News / Yaw Nkansah Abankroh

The driver of the truck involved in a crash yesterday with a mini bus around the China Mall stretch of the Amasaman-Nsawam road, has been arrested by the police. The driver’s mate, who sustained injuries and was referred to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, for medical attention, did not go to the Hospital. On

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