Tag Archives: court

You lack jurisdiction in Assin North 2020 Parliamentary polls – Tsatsu tells Supreme Court

Lawyers for the embattled Assin North Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, filed a supplement to their statement of the case in the Supreme Court following the order of the court on Tuesday. The Assin North MP had been given 14 days to file a …

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High Court dismisses Special Prosecutor’s request to keep Sir John’s assets frozen

  An Accra High Court has dismissed a request by the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng, to extend his power to freeze the assets of the late CEO of Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, also known as Sir John. The Special Prosecutor announced that the assets of the former Chief Executive of …

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Court quashes Asanko Gold’s application against Ghana Mine Workers Union

The Amasaman High Court has shot down applications filed by Asanko Gold Ghana Limited against members of Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) who were sacked without proper compensation. Asanko Gold Ghana Limited, the defendants, had sought the court to strike out the case, which according to them was premature. The …

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Court of Appeal quashes Bank of Ghana’s revocation of UniCredit’s license

A Court of Appeal in Accra has reversed the decision of the Bank of Ghana to revoke the operating license of UniCredit Ghana Limited as a saving and loans company in Ghana. According to GHOne TV, the court on July 7, 2022, declared the decision of the Bank of Ghana to revoke the license …

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‘Mahama coup plot’: Court strikes out charges against NPP’s Abronye

The Accra Circuit Court 8, on Thursday, July 7, 2022, struck out criminal charges pressed against the Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe alias Abronye. Abronye, in February this year, was arrested and charged by the police with two counts of publication of false news …

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The body of a woman mistakenly buried during a mass burial exhumed after a court order

Environmental officials in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region have exhumed the corpse of a woman they mistakenly buried during a mass burial exercise. The body was mistakenly buried along with some other bodies at the Nkawkaw-Trafford cemetery in January, this year. However, the family displeased by the …

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Court denies Nnamdi Kanu bail again

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) lost the move to regain freedom. Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court rejected Kanu’s application seeking to grant him bail. The IPOB leader sought the court’s permission to discharge the earlier order revoking his bail. Justice …

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Police run to court to stop Arise Ghana demo

The Ghana Police Service has run to the court to seek a determination into the time frame for the Arise Ghana demonstration after there was a disagreement between the organisers and the security service. The demonstrators want to start their first day march and picketing at 3pm and end at …

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Alleged female coup plotter’s vomit stalls court proceedings

The Treason trial involving ten accused persons was on Monday halted when Warrant Officer Class Two (WOII) Esther Saan, the only female among them, started throwing-up. She was rushed to the Court’s clinic to be attended to. The cause of the throwing-up was not immediately known but the High Court’s …

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‘My body, my choice’: Anger over US Supreme Court anti-abortion ruling

Hundreds of protesters descended on the United States Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v Wade precedent that recognised women’s constitutional right to abortion. The sweeping ruling by the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, was set to vastly change American life with …

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