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Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi is a name that reverberates in Ghana’s judicial system. The person behind the name is a Supreme Court justice who was sworn in by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a member of Ghana’s apex court. From his poor village of Issa in the Upper West Region, Justice Kulendi beat a …

President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo a member of the supreme court as the new Chief Justice to replace Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah who retires from the bench next month Justice Mrs Torkornoo if confirmed by parliament will become the third female Chief Justice …

The search for the next Chief Justice (CJ) to replace Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah is becoming topsy-turvy as an emerging report suggests Akufo-Addo’s former legal partner, Justice Yonny Kulendi, could be the next CJ instead of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Earlier this week, graphic.com.gh reported that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reportedly pencilled in Supreme Court Judge Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as the next Chief Justice of Ghana. Justice Gertrude Torkornoo will replace Chief Justice Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, who is expected to retire on May 24, 2023, when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 years for justices …

A member of parliament from the minority side has alleged that some of his colleague parliamentarians sold out the minority caucus during the vote to approve ministerial and judicial appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to the member of parliament (MP) for Cape Coast South, Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan, some …

A man accused of attempting to murder his wife has been found guilty for shooting the pregnant woman in her sleep. The verdict comes after a seven-member jury made up of six men and a woman found Effort Dankwa guilty of attempted murder. In 2015, the victim, Benita Dankwa, was …

Father of 22-year-old, Evans Wireku who was stoned to death over a robbery incident at Denkyira Fobinso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region wants the police to speed up action to arrest the killers of his son. Peter Wireko believes a reprisal attack is imminent and …

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has described as refreshing a decision by a High Court to dismiss a suit challenging the election of Jomoro Member of Parliament, Dorcas Affo-Toffey. According to him, the decision by the court among other things is a clear indication of the …

Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, the judge at the trial of former COCOBOD Chief Executive, Dr Stephen Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo, was once removed from the case after being found to have exhibited bias tendency towards the first accused. “There is a real likelihood of bias on the part of …

Nogokpo, ordinarily is just another village located in the Volta Region of Ghana, specifically in the Ketu South Municipal Assembly. It has, however, become known more for a spiritual significance relative to the presence of a no-nonsense deity that is quick at retribution for aggrieved parties. That view is an …