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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »Supreme Court has made terrible decisions – Biden
At an event to sign the bipartisan gun control bill into law, President Joe Biden makes further remarks on the Supreme Court’s seismic abortion ruling. “I know how painful and devastating the decision is for so many Americans,” he says. Asked whether the court is a broken institution, Biden replies: …
Read More »Abortion clinics start to close after Supreme Court ruling
Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling on Friday removed American women’s constitutional right to abortion. About half of states are expected to introduce new restrictions or bans after the court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision. Of these 13 have outlawed abortion …
Read More »Ngleshie Amanfro kingmakers to drag Shatta Wale’s father to court for posing as chief
The Kingmakers of Ngleshie Amanfro Traditional Area in the Greater Accra Region have threatened to sue Charles Nii Akrama Mensah, the father of dancehall musician, Shatta Wale for wrongfully holding himself as a Divisional Chief in the area. The accused also known as ‘Shatta Capo’, claimed to be a chief at Ngleshie …
Read More »Nigerian lawyer dresses like ‘Juju Priest’ to court in reaction to hijab ruling
Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo on Thursday caused a stir at the Supreme Court in Abuja as he was dressed like a Juju priest. Malcom attended the proceedings dressed in an attire believed to be worn by adherents of ‘Olokun’, the ruler of all bodies of water and other …
Read More »National Cathedral: How Court of Appeal Judge resigned over the demolition of his residence
The National Cathedral is in fulfilment of a pledge by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to God before winning the 2016 elections. As a national monument, the Cathedral would house chapels and baptistery, 5,000 capacity seater main auditorium, expandable to 20,000 people for national events and celebrations. Government properties housed …
Read More »Alex Mould, Gavivina Tamakloe to face Court over ‘missing’ ex-MASLOC boss
The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Alex Mould and one Gavivina Tamakloe are expected to appear before the High Court in Accra on July 5 over the ‘missing’ Ex-MASLOC boss. Tamakloe, formerly with National Theatre and Alex Mould are the two persons who executed …
Read More »Court throws out NPP’s petition against 2020 Krachi West election results
The Hohoe High Court, after almost two years, has dismissed a petition by the New Patriotic Party challenging the election of Helen Adwoa Ntoso as the Member of Parliament for Krachi West. The NPP after the 2020 elections, filed a suit challenging the declaration of the National Democratic Congress candidate as the …
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