The Ministry of Youth and Sports has clarified that President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his promise to Ghana’s Olympic Bronze medalist, Samuel Takyi after his heroics in 2020. Ahead of the qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games, Samuel Takyi is quoted to have disclosed that he wants an amount of US$20,000 which …
Read More »Lecturer challenges GBA to lead constitutional and judicial reforms
A Senior Lecturer at the Planning Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology KNUST Dr Stephen Takyi has challenged the Ghana Bar Association GBA to lead overwhelming calls for constitutional review of the 1992 constriction as well as judicial reform. He has therefore, urged the GBA to …
Read More »GBA to provide legal aid to flogged victims of leaked sex tape
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says it has taken over the incident involving the flogging of two persons alleged to have had a sexual encounter, recorded and leaked the video on social media. The Association’s Women and Minors Rights Committee has been tasked to “closely monitor and offer the necessary …
Read More »You’re biased, failure to Ghana’s democracy – Sosu replies GBA
The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier Sosu has hit back at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) describing the association of lawyers as failure to Ghana’s democracy. GBA has rebuked Francis Xavier Sosu for allegedly verbally attacking judges during the demonstration against the E-Levy on Thursday, February 10. The …
Read More »GBA slams “ignorant, reckless” Francis Sosu over attack on Judges
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has slammed the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier Sosu, for verbally attacking judges during the demonstration against the E-Levy on Thursday, February 10. Mr Sosu suggested in an interview during the Yentua demo that certain judges will be dealt with politically if the …
Read More »NYA blasts police for brutalizing protesting law students
The National Youth Authority (NYA) has condemned the rough treatment the police meted out to some law students who demonstrated on Monday. The law students and their hundreds of sympathizers intended to march to the presidency in a peaceful protest dubbed ‘#OpenUpLegalEducation’ to push for reforms to open up legal …
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