The Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has disclosed that government is actively pursuing the extradition of Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), who is currently residing in the United States. Ms Attionu, sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Accra High Court in […]
In a groundbreaking step towards modernization, efficiency, and inclusivity in Ghana’s rental housing sector, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, has officially launched the Rent Control Department’s Digital Platform. This new system is set to transform rent administration in the country by digitizing essential services and improving the overall experience for
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Oliver Campbell, a man with severe learning difficulties who was jailed for life for the murder of a shopkeeper three decades ago after confessing in police interviews, has had his convictions quashed by the court of appeal. The judgment clearing Campbell, 54, of conspiracy to rob and murder ends what has been described as one
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Legal practitioner, Efua Ghartey has been elected as the first female President of the Ghana Bar Association. This took place during the GBA election at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Efua Gartey garnered 1,208 while Kwadzo Dzakpasu secured 1,060 votes. Her two previous attempts to lead the
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Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has affirmed that the judiciary in Ghana has consistently played a crucial role in managing the electoral process, particularly in handling disputes related to voter registration, parliamentary, and presidential elections. Speaking at the Annual Ghana Bar Association Conference in Kumasi on September 9, Justice Torkornoo noted that the judiciary has put
The Police on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, arrested one person in connection with a shooting incident at Bereku in the Central Region which left one injured. The suspect, Nai Akwasi Lartey, who was wielding a pump action gun, shot and injured one person during the Awubia Festival. In a press release issued by the Police
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A murder suspect, Etse Justice Amuzu, the 37-year-old farmer, who allegedly shot his biological brother to death at Olombobi, has been remanded into custody to reappear on September 13, 2024. When the case was called on Tuesday, September 3, Inspector Emmanuel Agbewoley, the Kadjebi Station Officer holding brief for Inspector Jacob Vormekpe, the Prosecutor, said
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The High Court in Wenchi has directed the state to pay GHc45,000 each as damages to six persons who suffered varying degrees of injuries during the shooting incident at the Techiman South collation centre in the 2020 polls. In the aftermath of the 2020 parliamentary election, disturbances erupted at the collation centre ahead of the
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Two out of six individuals have appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly stealing 279 cartons of Analgin injections valued at GH¢223,200. The accused, Stanley Smith Mensah, also known as Moni, and Daniel Nyarko, also known as Benzima, both electricians, have been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and two counts of stealing.
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The Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region has sentenced Evans Aryee, a 19-year-old small-scale miner, to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl. Aryee, who is popularly known as Kojo Junior, admitted that he had sex with the victim but denied the pregnancy. The presiding judge, Mrs Hathia
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