Tag Archives: ATTORNEY

  A Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has given the assurance that the Conduct of Public Officers Bill would be enacted into law under the tenure of the current Parliament. Speaking on JoyNews’ The Probe, the Deputy Attorney General described the Bill as a “sunshine Bill” …

  Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has asked Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame to admit that he erred in his opinion on the former Environment Minister, Prof Frimpong Boateng’s report on illegal mining. Speaking in an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story on Wednesday, October 11, Mr Kpebu reiterated that a thorough …

A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has described Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame’s opinion on former Environment Minister, Dr Kwabena Frimpong Boateng’s report on illegal mining as a whitewash and incomplete. According to Kpebu, the AG’s opinion should not be accepted. He thinks the AG must reverse his opinion on …

The former Chief Executive Officer for MenzGold, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), has finally been charged by the Office of the Attorney General after three years and more than 35 adjournments of his trial. Court documents sighted by GhanaWeb indicate that the Office of the Attorney has slapped NAM1 with 39 charges. The charges include …

The Attorney General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, has taken significant steps to address the case of 25-year-old Joshua Amankwa, who was arrested by police officers in Kasoa Walantu for insulting them following a routine search. The AG has successfully secured bail for Joshua Amankwa, who had been arrested after verbally …

Minutes after securing a favourable judgement from the Court of Appeal in the Opuni and Agongo cases, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice announced he is heading to Parliament soon with a new Bill for Ghanaian judges to adopt proceedings in criminal trials in the event that another judge is unable …

Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has stated that the Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, is likely to face a prison time of 10 years in the ongoing criminal trial. Tuah-Yeboah, who is the lead prosecutor in the case against Quayson, however, indicated that he is not certain whether …

The Republic, through the Attorney-General, has stated that the State has succeeded in establishing a case against all the accused persons including former Deputy Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, in the criminal trial involving the supply to the State of vehicles unworthy to be used as ambulances in 2015. …

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has advised the Auditor-General’s office to withdraw the recently published audit report on government’s COVID-19 expenditure. In a letter addressed to Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, Mr Dame raised issues of constitutionality about the processes leading to the publication of the report which …

The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has in a legal opinion indicated that a mandatory Debt Exchange programme would be illegal. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday announced domestic bondholders with the exception of Treasury bill holders will be affected by the debt exchange program. Per the arrangement, bondholders will get 0% interest …