Tag Archives: DEFAMATION

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 …

Former Manso Nkwanta Member of Parliament Joseph Albert Qualm has sued former Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) Chairman Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng for defamation. The former legislator is suing the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation for GH¢2.5 million in damages. He is also requesting a restraining order to prevent …

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has instituted legal action against radio and TV show host Captain Smart for recent comments that the minister was a direct beneficiary of recently released bailout funds from a global lender. In a High Court writ dated Friday, June 2, 2023 and sighted by GhanaWeb, the minister’s lawyer …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has filed an appeal in a defamation suit he lost against Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako. The case which was instituted in 2018 ended in 2020 with the court ruling in favour of Baako and awarding him damages …

Veteran Ghanaian musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley has lost a defamatory lawsuit filed against him by colleague musician Okyeame Kwame, Ghana’s Hub For Pop Culture & Urban Entertainment News – www.nydjlive.com can confirm. Following an arbitration process which was subsequently adopted by the courts as a consent judgement on March 23, 2023, Gyedu Blay Ambolley …

Abena Serwaa Frimpong Manso, alias Shugatiti, a socialite and restaurant operator has dragged a pastor and two others to court for defamation. She is suing pastor Frank Gogo popularly referred to as Prophet Ekatso as well as Msomfo Efia Empress, a TV show host and Mama Radio GH, the channel …

Kwesi Nyantakyi, a former president of the Ghana Football Association is claiming vindication following a High Court ruling on the case of defamation between ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, and the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong. Kwesi Nyantakyi told Oman FM that the ruling by the court exonerates him and …

An Accra High Court, General Jurisdiction 12, has found the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi, guilty of defamation. The court presided over by Justice Charles Gyamfi Danquah, in a judgment delivered today, 13th October 2022, in the case of Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh v. …

The Comptroller General of the Ghana Immigration Service, Kwame Asuah Takyi has sued the managers of TV3, Media General over some alleged incidents of defamation. The suit which makes GH¢20 million demand in damages also named the host of the morning show on the television network, Johnnie Hughes as a …

Nicki Minaj is suing blogger Nosey Heaux for calling her a “cokehead.” According to court docs obtained by Page Six, the rapper, 39, claims that Nosey Heaux — born Marley Green — posted a video Monday that included allegations of drug use. “[Minaj is] shoving all this cocaine, shoving in …