Former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe and two others have been sentenced by the Federal High Court Jos Division to three-month imprisonment. The two others have been identified as Raymond Dabo and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung. The trio had been standing trial for four years on charges bordering on …
Read More »Husband of missing Land Commission staff rearrested after discharge by court
Dr. Wilberforce Nkrumah Aggrey, a KNUST lecturer, has been rearrested after he was discharged by the Asokwa District Court. The lecturer is standing trial for the alleged kidnap of his wife; a staff of the Lands Commission. He has been in police custody since October 6, 2021, for playing a …
Read More »Court orders Police to protect Osu Dzase to perform final funeral rites of late chief
The Accra High Court has ordered the Police to protect and assist the Osu Kinka We Dzasetse and Elders and Councilors of the Osu Stool to perform the final funeral rites of the late Chief of Osu, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI. The Order from the court dated 18th February, 2022 …
Read More »Two Ghanaian ‘money mules’ in $42 million romance fraud found guilty by US court
The scandalous trade they were engaged in earned them the names, ‘money mules’ but what makes the news of Linda Mbimadong and Richard Broni an ironic one is that they were not the main guys in the fraud case they have been found guilty in. Call them the middlemen and …
Read More »Tema High Court dismisses Barker-Vormawor’s ‘habeas corpus’ application
The Tema High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus application by Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor who has been charged with treason felony and is currently in police custody. He is expected to reappear at the Ashaiman District Court on February 28, 2022. A habeas corpus is a writ issued by a …
Read More »I have no evidence – Investigator in Ofosu Ampofo case tells court
Chief Inspector Bernard Berko, the investigator in the case in which the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kweku Boahen are standing trial over a leaked audiotape has said he has no evidence that the two accused persons hatched a plan before the said meeting. He also …
Read More »We’re studying the court order to advise accordingly – UTAG lawyers
Lawyers for the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have said they are studying a court order that granted the National Labour Commission (NLC) an application against the strike, to advise their client accordingly on the next line of action. The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has granted …
Read More »Court orders UTAG to call off strike
The Accra High Court Labour Court 1, has ordered the University Teachers Association to call off its ongoing strike which has entered its 5th week. The court’s ruling follows a suit filed by the National Labour Commission asking for the enforcement of an earlier order it issued calling on UTAG …
Read More »Man in court for concealing ‘wee’ in ceiling, fridge
Samuel Quarcoo, aka “God is Good” who was found in possession of 16 and a half compressed slabs of cannabis at Avenor, Accra, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. The cannabis was not only found hidden in the ceiling of his bathroom but some were retrieved from his tabletop …
Read More »UTAG, NLC back in court Tuesday
The University Teachers Association (UTAG) and National Labour Commission are expected in court Tuesday 15th February 2022 over the industrial strike by the UTAG. “The matter was adjourned today for the legal argument to be heard, but the judge today decided to give us a little time to engage with …
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