The Supreme Court has dismissed Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s motion for National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, to respond to 17 questions of fact in the GH¢10 million defamation case. The panel of five, presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, said there was no reference to identifiable documents, whether “official or unofficial,” in the request […]
The case of the former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwasi Nyantakyi, has been adjourned for three months, extending to the new legal year of 2024/2025. The current legal year ends on July 31, and the case is scheduled to be called again on October 16, 2024, which falls on the second weekend
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The High Court in Accra has rescheduled the ruling on whether the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM1, has a case to answer or not to Thursday, July 11. The Court had originally fixed Wednesday, July 10, to deliver its ruling. However, it has been rescheduled to Thursday, July
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John Dramani Mahama, the flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says if he is elected as president again, his administration will resurrect the constitutional review process on the capping the number of justices on the Supreme Court bench. The 1992 Constitution only talks about a minimum of nine justices on the Supreme
The Director of Research of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr John Kwakye, has proposed an amendment to the terms and conditions of the service of Board of Directors of the Bank of Ghana so that their allowances will be determined by Parliament to insulate the bank from Executive control. He said allowing the
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Parliament has passed a bill establishing the National Roads Authority, 2024. The primary objective of the bill is to establish the National Road Authority as an autonomous s body responsible for planning, developing, maintaining and managing the country’s national road network. The passage of the bill came after the Minister of Roads and Highways, Francis
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Manasseh Azure, an investigative journalist, received a barrage of queries in court regarding his journalism training, his legal knowledge and multiple allegations he made against Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) in a series of articles titled “Darkness in a Lighthouse.” The LCI sued Azure, the Media Foundation for West Africa, its director Sulemana Braimah and Edwin
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Three friends who allegedly robbed an illegal miner and raped his fiancée have been remanded into police custody by the Enchi District Magistrate Court. They are Alex Obeng alias Power Money, 24, illegal miner; Ransford Osei Coffie alias King/Anointing, 29, driver; and Johnson Adu alias Black Nana, 24, gold buyer. Obeng, Coffie and Adu are
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Lawyers and government agents from five English-speaking countries have converged in Accra to undergo training on how to use the Electronic Case Management System (ECMS) of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ). Specifically, the representatives from Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria will be trained on how to file and serve documents electronically
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The Gbetsile Circuit Court, has sentenced 23-year-old Courage Akadro, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a Toyota Camry car. The court presided over by Ms Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway, sentenced Akadro based on his own plea of guilty to two charges of unlawful entry and stealing. The convict was sentenced to three
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