First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joesph Osei-Owusu has expressed a contrary view over the prosecution of the culprit involved in the Adisadel College assault. The Deputy Speaker who was speaking at the 10th-anniversary celebration of Fettehman Senior High School suggests the matter could have been handled by the school’s authorities …
Read More »Ofori-Atta defamation suit: Court awards GH¢5,000 cost against Captain Smart for delay in filing defence
An Accra High Court has slapped a cost fine of GH¢ 5,000 on Blessed Godsbrain Smart (aka Captain Smart), the host of Maakye on Onua TV and Onua FM, for failing to timely file a defense in the defamation case brought by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, against him. According to …
Read More »UK court orders ex-Nigeria governor’s lawyer to pay $36 million
A London court has issued a judgment compelling the lawyer of a former Nigerian governor to pay approximately $36 million (£28 million) for his role in aiding the concealment of illicit funds. Back in 2010, Bhadresh Gohil was found guilty of money laundering, linked to his assistance to the former …
Read More »Court orders Asante Kotoko to settle debt of GH₵69,000 to Noks hotel
A court ruling ordered Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko to settle their debt of GH₵69,000 Noks Hotel in Kumasi, according to Kessben FM’s Frank Naro, on Friday, July 21. The Porcupine Warriors had some club officials and players stayed at the Kumasi-based hotel between 2018 and 2020 which has …
Read More »Sexual Harassment: Court slaps ‘side chick’ NSS personnel with GH¢6,000 cost
An Accra High Court has imposed a cost of GH¢6,000 on Deborah Sayram Adablah, a former National Service person, after striking out the name of First Atlantic Bank from her case. Ms. Adablah had taken Ernest Kwasi Nimako, a former Chief Finance Officer at First Atlantic Bank, to court, alleging …
Read More »US$1m, €300k stolen from Cecilia Dapaah’s home at Abelemkpe – Court told
Two house helps, 18-year-old Patience Botwe and 30-year-old Sarah Agyei, are currently facing charges before an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the theft of significant sums of money and personal belongings belonging to Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources and her husband, Daniel Osei …
Read More »Ablakwa vrs Kusi Boateng: Court confirms list of companies registered under Kusi Boateng and Adu Gyamfi
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in his quest to prove that secretary to the board of trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng, is operating a dual identity for criminal purposes, released some documents that showed the entities the pastor was involved …
Read More »Court blocks Mugabe ally from Zimbabwe polls
A Zimbabwean court has disqualified a former minister from challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the August 23 election because he lives in exile. High Court judge David Mangota ruled on Wednesday that Saviour Kasukuwere, who has been living in South Africa since the 2017 coup that toppled former ruler Robert …
Read More »ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Agyapa Royalties deal
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has dismissed the suit against the Agyapa Royalties deal filed by the Ghana Integrity Initiative and Transparency International Ghana. This means that the court would not be ordering the government of Ghana to stop the sale of the country’s …
Read More »Jail KT Hammond if he is found guilty of contempt – Quayson’s lawyer begs court
James Gyakye Quayson, Member of Parliament for Assin North wants his colleague MP for Adansi Asokwa jailed for contempt of court over comments to the effect that Quayson will be jailed in an ongoing criminal trial. Gyakye Quayson filed a contempt application dated July 7, 2023 in an Accra High …
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