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Oliver Barker files bail application at High Court

Lawyers for embattled #FixTheCountry convener Oliver Mawusi Barker Vormawor have filed an application for his release on bail at the Tema High Court in Accra. The hearing for the bail application has been fixed for Thursday, March 10, 2022. In a statement by #FixTheCountry, the group accused the police of …

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Sunyani High Court jails Nsoatre rival chief

Foster Kwadwo Agyei Korang, a 45-year old Health Systems Manager of Happy Hospital in Berekum has been sentenced to 20 days in prison with hard labour by the Sunyani High Court for contempt of court in a disputed Nsoatre Chieftaincy case. Also sentenced for the same offence are the Nifahene of Nsoatre …

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Ellembelle MP, 4 others face court for various traffic offences

Ellembelle Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, and four other motorists have been arrested by the Airport Divisional Police Command for road traffic offences. They were arrested near the Aviation Social Centre for “careless and inconsiderate driving, including driving in the middle of the road facing oncoming vehicles.” …

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Court summons BoG to produce Capital Bank accounts statement

The High Court in Accra has ordered a subpoena to be served on the Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Ernest Addison to appear or instruct its official to appear before it on March 10, 2022. The court said the Governor or his office is to appear to produce statements …

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Supreme Court throws out suit filed by Oliver Barker’s

A writ by #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vomawor challenging the jurisdiction of the Ashaiman District Court to try him has been thrown out by the Supreme Court. The apex court on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, rejected the application on grounds that lawyers for the embattled social activist failed to properly invoke …

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KwaZulu-Natal High Court rules that Prince Misuzulu’s coronation must go ahead

KwaZulu-Natal High Court Judge Isaac Madondo has ordered that the coronation of Prince Misuzulu KaZwelithini, the Zulu king in waiting, can go ahead. The ruling came after Zulu princesses Ntandoyenkosi Zulu and Ntombizosuthu Zulu-Duma applied for an interdict to stop the coronation process of Prince Misuzulu. They claimed that the …

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Court discharges freelance journalist who allegedly filmed proceedings

The criminal division 5 of the Accra High Court has discharged a freelance journalist, Sacut Amenga-Etegu, who was arrested for allegedly filming court proceedings. The court discharged the journalist, on Tuesday, 1 March 2022. Earlier, before detaining the journalist, the court presided over by Her Ladyship, Lydia Osei Marfo had …

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‘Insulting a Magistrate in her own court?’ – Presidential aide chides Barker-Vormawor

An aide to the President, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, has expressed dismay at events in the Ashaiman District Court on Monday, February 28, 2022, after it emerged that an accused person acted so rudely that he was thrown out of the court. The accused is Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lead convener …

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Judge sacks #Fixthecountry convenor from court

The #Fixthecountry Convener Oliver Barker Vormawor has clashed with the sitting judge at the Ashaiman District Court and has been sacked from proceedings. This was after the accused described the court as a “Kangaroo Court” leaving the sitting judge Her Honour Eleanor Kakra Barnes Botwe fuming. After engaging the judge …

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Court ordered arrest of freelance journalist – Nat’l Security

The Ministry of National Security has refuted claims that, its operatives have unduly arrested and detained a freelance journalist, Sacut Amenga-Etegu. This follows a reports on social media that the freelance journalist has been unduly arrested at a court premises. According to the reports, the journalist was arrested after he …

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