An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged Samuel Offei Kweku Gyan, a 25-year-old student who was accused of sodomising a co-tenant’s 11-year-old son. Gyan was freed after the court had tried him on the charge of Defilement of a child under 16 years. The court presided over by Mrs …
Read More »Aggrieved Menzgold customers drag govt to court
Some aggrieved customers of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, have dragged four state agencies to court over their locked up funds. The customers, numbering about 30, have accused the agencies of negligence in their duty of care concerning the operations of the firm and Brew Marketing Consult. They include the Securities and …
Read More »Court Restrained Self-Style Mankralo Of Prampram
An Apex High Court in Tema metropolis presided over by Justice Ankamah has ruled to annul the installation of one Ebenezer Mensah as the Mankralo of Prampram. The court also prohibited the said Ebenezer Mensah from holding himself as the Mankralo of Prampram. Even before details of the ruling …
Read More »Supreme Court sets Dec 3 to rule on Domelevo’s GH¢184m surcharge of Zoomlion
The Supreme Court has set December 3, 2020, to rule on the constitutionality of a GH¢184 million surcharge slapped on Zoomlion Ghana Limited by the Auditor-General’s Department. According to a report by the Daily Graphic, a seven-member panel of the apex court will give an interpretation of the constitutional provision …
Read More »Election 2020: Supreme Court sets target for election petition
The Supreme Court is set to deal with any election petition that will arise out of the 2020 elections in 42 days maximum. Justice Jones Dotse, the Chairperson of the Election Manual Review Committee, any suit challenging a presidential election will only be allowed from contestants in the election and …
Read More »Sacked PPA boss to challenge five-year ban in court
Former Chief Executive Officer for the Public Procurement Authority(PPA), Agyenim Boateng Adjei, has threatened a legal battle with the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to him, the work done by the two bodies on the “contract for sale” scandal …
Read More »2 Nigerians accused of killing 4 Takoradi girls engage in blame game
Prosecutors on Monday at the Sekondi High Court One, showed a video of two Nigerians, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, and John Oji, engaging in a blame game on their roles in the kidnapping and death of four Takoradi girls, two years ago. This ensued when Detective Chief Inspector Dorcas Asare, led …
Read More »Court remands Pastor, 75, who butchered wife at Twifu Ayebiawhe
The 75-year-old Pastor, Kofi Prempeh who butchered his wife at Twifi Ayebiahwe in the Twifu Heman Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region has been remanded by a court into police custody for two weeks. His Honour Mr. Fovi Nukunu the District Court Judge remanded him to re-appear in court …
Read More »Kevin Taylor suit: Court awards GH¢1million damages in favour of Gabby
An Accra High Court (Commercial Court 10), presided over by Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie, has awarded damages of one million cedis against controversial social media commentator, Kelvin Taylor, for defamatory statements he made against the Senior Partner of Accra-based corporate law firm, Africa Legal Associates (ALA) and public figure Gabby …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Lagos High Court set ablaze
Reports of vandalism and destruction continue to flood in. The high court in Lagos Island, the city’s oldest neighbourhood, was set ablaze. Residents said the building was looted by vandals who took away goods that had been confiscated by the court, and that the fire lasted long into the night. …
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