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Having listened to the argument from counsels for the three parties on Monday, February 15, 2020, the Supreme Court is set to rule on an application by John Dramani Mahama to reopen his case. Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata, the lead counsel for John Mahama intimated during Monday’s sitting said that it will be a …

Mbarara second division Court Martial has sentenced two civilians to 100 years in prison for the murder of a police officer and running away with his gun in Kabale District. The duo; Mukwenda Mugisha, 19, aka young, a resident of Gatete village in Mukabaya parish, Kisoro District, and Paul Dusingizimana, …

Third witness for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, told the Supreme Court on Monday, February 8 that former Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, gave representatives of the various presidential candidates in an election in the strong room opportunities to correct some …

A Tema High Court has issued an order for substituted service on Dzifa Gunu, the member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who allegedly claimed that Koku Anyidoho, a former deputy general secretary of the party and Founder of Atta-Mills Institute killed his 8-year-old daughter for ritual purposes. The court upon reading the …

The Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mubarak Muntaka, has issued a formal written retraction and apology to the Supreme Court for alleged bribery comments made against an unnamed member of the bench. The legislator and Chief Whip of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament had earlier accused a Supreme Court judge of …

Many people, continue to express dismay and disappointment in the Supreme Court for dismissing the application from the petitioner to have access to the original documents from the Electoral Commission (EC) which declared incumbent President, Nana Akufo-Addo, as the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election. One such individual, Marricke Kofi …

The Supreme Court will return on February 1, 2021, to continue the hearing of the Election Petition case. This follows a hearing by the 7-member panel today, to cross-examine statements presented by the first witness of the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama. The witness, Johnson Asiedu Nketia had earlier accused the Electoral Commissioner, …

A nine-member review panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Anin Yeboah has dismissed the review application filed by former President John Dramani Mahama. Mr Mahama’s application for review was premised on the court earlier dismissal of a request to have the Electoral Commission served to respond to …

Former president John Dramani Mahama has until Wednesday 27 January 2021 to file his witness statements else his 2020 election petition will be struct out, the Supreme Court has warned. Mahama’s lawyers failed to comply with the apex court’s orders to file the statements by 21 January and instead filed an application …

Solomon Antwi Agyei, a trader, who allegedly sprayed pepper into a mechanic’s eyes before robbing him of a Honda Civic Accord vehicle, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Agyei 35, and Yaw Osei, his accomplice now at large, had told the complainant, a 55-year-old auto mechanic, that they wanted …