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Around the world uncounted numbers of people are detained in public and private hospitals for non-payment of hospital bills, despite the fact that hospital detention is seen as both a human rights violation and inconsistent with efforts towards universal health coverage. Now, let’s narrow this to our own country- Ghana …

Dela Coffie, a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, has been detained by the Special Prosecutor. Coffie’s detention was announced on the official Facebook timeline of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The Special Prosecutor arrested Coffie after he reported to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on Monday, …

Nigeria’s embattled Accountant-General has been suspended indefinitely amid a corruption allegation leveled against him by the country’s anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ahmed Idris’s suspension according to government was to allow for proper investigation of the claims. He was arrested after being linked to fraud, money …

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sylvester Asare has explained to the Ashaiman District Court circumstances leading to the police detaining Lawyer Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormarwor for more than 48 hours. The accused, according to DSP Asare, has been detained for 52 hours beyond the “within 48 hours” allowed by the law. …

Popular host of Onua TV Morning Show, Blessed Godsbrain Smart (Captain Smart), has together with another staff of Onua TV, been detained at the National Security office. This follows a hearing at the Circuit Court in Accra today Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Captain Smart and Eric Daniels Dadzie Copperfield (DJ …

A Ho District Magistrate Court has remanded into Police custody a 21-year-old footballer, Fenuku Frank Junior, the prime suspect in the Police recruitment fraud case. His plea was not taken. Police Inspector, Oscar Ayayi, prosecuting, narrated to the court presided over by Mr Akosa Amoanpong Yaw Agyare that the suspect …

The Takoradi Divisional Police Command in the Western Region has arrested and detained Josephine Panyin Mensah Simons for allegedly faking her kidnapping and pregnancy. She was discharged from the Effia-Nkwanta hospital Friday evening after she confessed to a team of medical and investigating officers that she lied about her kidnapping …

Two Police Inspectors stationed at the Jasikan Police District of the Oti Region have been arrested with two others in connection with the Western Togoland case. The two Inspectors Billy Akuaku and Gabriel Dorduno were on Tuesday arraigned before the Kaneshie District Court presided over by Her Worship Ama Adomako …