Tag Archives: court

SC merges cases against EC’s voters’ registration exercise

  The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision merged the two cases against the EC’s voters’ registration exercise. The Court has also indefinitely adjourned its judgement in the case filed by the NDC which was slated for June 23. Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in an application urged …

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Woman charged for allegedly stabbing cheating husband to death

A 42-year-old woman has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing her husband to death after catching him with another woman. According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Suzan Barbara Maetja from Ga-Kuranta Village, Limpopo, allegedly came home earlier than expected on Monday, and found her husband …

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Driver in court over GH¢39,000,000.00 theft

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢40,000.00 bail with two sureties to a driver for allegedly forging the signature of his employer to steal GH¢39,000.00 from his bank account. The Court ordered that one of the sureties should be a public servant. Joshua Essiabra has denied the 18 counts …

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Man in court for threatening to kill neighbour over woman

A 30-year old man, Kobina Aggrey, who threatened to cut his neighbour into pieces for allegedly snatching his girlfriend, has been granted GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties by a circuit court in Cape Coast. Aggrey pleaded not guilty to threat of death and the court, presided over by Mrs Abena …

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Court Orders Ghana Armed Forces To Pay GH¢229,000 To Accident Victim

An Accra High Court has ordered the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the government to pay GH¢229, 000 in damages to a trader whose leg was amputated following injuries she sustained in an accident caused by a soldier who was driving a military vehicle while on official duty. The said …

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Court sentences Pastor to death by hanging

An Ondo State High Court has sentenced a pastor identified as Kolawole Samson to death by hanging for killing one Ayo Olaniyi at a village near Okeigbo area of the state. The deceased, Olaniyi reportedly went to a fish pond owned by Pastor Kolawole alongside three others to hunt frogs …

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EI 63 Saga: High Court sets June 23 for ruling on injunction case

The High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Stephen Oppong, has fixed June 23, 2020 to rule on an interlocutory injunction suit challenging the directives of the President over Executive Instrument (EI) 63, which seeks the Establishment of Emergency Communications System-Instrument, 2020. In court on Wednesday, when the case …

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Unemployed granted bail over stealing

The Nkawie Circuit Court has granted a 38-year-old unemployed man a GH¢ 10,000.00 bail with two sureties for unlawful entry and stealing. Bright Mensah, is said to have broken the window of the house of the complainant at Nyankyerenease, near Asuoyeboa, in the Kwadaso Municipality, and made away with several …

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SC throws out Brogya Genfi’s suit against Ghana-US Cooperation deal

The Supreme Court of Ghana has dismissed a suit filed by a private citizen that asked the court to set aside the agreement ratified by Parliament between Ghana and the United States over a military cooperation deal. The apex court took a unanimous decision in dismissing the case on the …

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Covid-19: Court fines stubborn Nkwakaw pastor GHC1,200

The Nkawkaw District Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Albert Kwasi Owusu has convicted Pastor of Kingdom of God Church who was arrested for holding Church Service Sunday despite the ban on public gathering to a fine of Ghc1,200 in default serves eighteen(18) months imprisonment in hard labour. The …

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