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The Judicial Service of Ghana, through its lawyers Sory@Law, has written to media houses that have published “hateful, spiteful, vengeful and incendiary” comments about the Justices of the Supreme Court hearing the election petition of former President John Mahama, to “pull or cause to be pulled down and cleared from …

The Zimbabwean Judicial Services Commission has announced that it is now investigating Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Thompson Mabhikwa, after his nudes,  bedroom photos, as well as raunchy WhatsApp messages were leaked on social media. The nude photos and WhatsApp messages are suspected to have been leaked by an irate lover when she …

The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition trial says a run-off is required since no candidate in the December 7 polls obtained 50 per cent valid votes cast. The case of the Petitioner is simply that, in addition to fundamental constitutional infractions committed by the Electoral Commission chairperson, who was the returning officer of …

Dorcas Dzam, an employee of the Volta Forest Products Limited in Hohoe who lost four fingers in an accident on the job half a decade ago is finally to receive GHS 100,000 in general compensation from the firm. This was after the Legal Aid Commission (LAC) took the case on …

The Organization of Social Democracy and Development Dialogue Forum – Africa (SDDDF-Africa) has petitioned the International Community about the ongoing 2021 Supreme Court (SC) petition. The International Organizations/Missions include the United Nations (UN), ECOWAS Commission, European Union, the office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa …

The Supreme Court of Ghana has rejected a challenge to the validity of the 2020 polls that saw Nana Addo elected as president. The opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC] had sought to annul the election on grounds of the elected president Not getting the 50+1 votes. Although the NDC claimed …

Hundreds of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) members have taken to social media to demand their party accounts for its own collated results in the just-ended election instead of deceiving them with the court case, MyNewsGh.com has filed. The footsoldiers of the party say it appears the NDC led by John Dramani …

A Kaneshie District Court has threatened to discharge Daniel Obinim, founder of International God’s Way Church (IGWC) and one other person if the police fail to commence the prosecution of the two at the next court date. This was after the prosecution led by Detective Sergeant Richard Amoah told the …

The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned the hearing to April 13, 2021, due to the upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the country. Justice Samuel K. Asiedu, an Appeal Court Judge with additional responsibility …

The seven-member Supreme Court of Ghana panel hearing the 2020 presidential Election Petition has ruled against the petitioner’s application to reopen his case. The decision by the court essentially indicates the highly held expectation that the Electoral Commissioner of Ghana, Madam Jean Mensa would be allowed to mount the witness box will not materialize. The petitioner …