Tag Archives: JAIL

A Chinese national serving a one-year jail term for theft at the Nsawam Prison has reportedly escaped while receiving medical care at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, according to a graphiconline.com report. Wang Xiao is reported to have purportedly feigned illness, prompting prison authorities to transport him to the …

Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, the deputy attorney general has clarified circumstances that led to the prison term and fine imposed on Chinese galamsey queen En Huang, aka Aisha Huang. The high court in Accra on Monday convicted, fined, and sentenced Aisha Huang, to four years in prison for undertaking mining operations without …

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ordered Tanzania to remove corporal punishment from its laws to bring them in line with the Charter establishing the court. In its September 5 ruling on an appeal by Yassin Rashid Maige against his 30-year sentence for armed robbery, the court …

The Executive Director of the Good Governance Advocacy Group Ghana (GGAGG), Listowel Nana Kusi-Poku, has said that he can help the state recover $100 million from three appointees of the current. Speaking in an interview on Accra FM on Monday, September 4, 2023, Kusi-Poku challenged the Office of the Special …

James Gyakye Quayson, the Assin North Member of Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress, has stated that he does not fear going to jail if found guilty in an ongoing criminal trial at the Accra High Court. Quayson, however, stressed that he had unwavering confidence in Ghana’s …

James Gyakye Quayson, Member of Parliament for Assin North wants his colleague MP for Adansi Asokwa jailed for contempt of court over comments to the effect that Quayson will be jailed in an ongoing criminal trial. Gyakye Quayson filed a contempt application dated July 7, 2023 in an Accra High …

It was an interesting spectacle in court on Thursday, July 6, 2023, when veteran lawyer and counsel for Assin North MP, Tsatsu Tsikata moved his application for a stay of proceedings of the ongoing criminal trial of the MP (Gyakye Quayson). Tsatsu Tsikata in his affidavit in support of his application, had stated …

Former Barcelona forward and current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o, has a legal battle on his hands after he allegedly failing to pay his daughter, Erika de Rosario Nieves monthly allowance for the past five years. A Madrid court recognized Eto’o as the biological father last year …

The Parliament of Nigeria has passed a bill that outlaws sexual harassment in universities. The bill, which was proposed in 2019, will criminalise sexual relationships between lecturers and students when signed into law. Lecturers who engage in such relationships with their students could be jailed for up to 14 years. …

A man found guilty of stealing by the Adidome Circuit Court has been given an additional two-year jail term in addition to his initial five-year sentence due to his reaction to the verdict. Bawa Yussif, who operates fast food joints in Adidome and Aveyime, claimed that he purchased some bags …