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Man batters girlfriend

Godwin Torvudzo (1st Accused), a 24- year old carpenter and his brother Gabriel Amewusika (2nd Accused), a 35- year old driver who reside in...

NDC regional chairman files libel suit

Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, a well-known politician of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a libel suit against Bismark Tawiah Boateng, Eastern Regional...

No penetration in defilement of 3-year-old – Police

There is a new twist to the alleged defilement of a 3-year-old girl at Akufo Krodua in the Central region as medical examination has...

Security Man charged with rape

Carlos Armah, a 24-year old security man at the Soul Restaurant in Osu Ringway Estates, has been charged with rape. According to the prosecutor, Simon Tokpor,...

Driver pleads guilty for forgery of bank statement

An Accra District Court presided over by Justice Ebenezer Kwaku Ansah, has sentenced Emmanuel Kweku Asare, a driver residing at Mamprobi, to pay a...

Civil Engineers in bribery scandal

Two Civil Engineers, Benjamin Bampoh and Francis Torsoo of Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Tema Metro and New Juaben Assembly respectively, have...

Football coach assaults 11-year old girl

Henry Allotey, a 56-year old football coach, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for indecently assaulting an 11 year-old. The Complainant is the...

Digitization of judicial service to erode corruption

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Sophia Akuffo has stated that the judiciary is digitizing its systems at the courts to fast-track the adjudication of...

VCRAC Crabbe urges use of technology in court processes

Former Chief Justice and legal luminary, VCRAC Crabbe, has suggested that Ghana adopts modern technology in its court processes in addition to the manual work...

Sue AKY Mining Services – AG tells victims of Peabo explosion

The Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice, has advised that victims of the Peabo explosion and fire outbreak may take civil action against AKY Mining...

Councils for Colleges of Education to be inaugurated in November

The Ministry of Education says plans are underway to inaugurate all 43 Councils for Colleges of Education by the end of November, 2017. This was...

60- year old mason sentenced to 8 years for defiling two...

An Accra Circuit Court presided over by His Honour, Mr. Aboagye Tandoh, has sentenced a 60- year old man, Daniel Tetteh Cudjoe, to 8...

Father of 8, sentenced to 10 years

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour, Mr. Aboagye Tandoh, has sentenced a widower and father of eight children, to ten years...

I can’t sleep – Alleged murderer tells court

Mr. Thomas Kofi Owusu, a 56 year-old block factory owner who has been charged with two counts of murder of his wife and son...

Court dismisses injunction application on ECG privatisation

An Accra High Court has dismissed an injunction application filed by some workers of the Electricity  Company of Ghana (ECG),  to put on hold...

Chief remanded for fraudulent land transaction

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Nii Kotey Susubribi I, also known as Kotey Nii Quaye, who claims to be the chief of Abehenease,...

Woyome case adjourned again

Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who has been in court in respect of a judgment-debt in excess of GHS50 million has failed to turn up...

Inadequate information delays Major Mahama’s autopsy report

Dr. Lawrence Adusei, the pathologist who conducted a post-mortem on the body of Major Mahama has said that he has not been able to...

Alleged fraudsters arraigned before court for defrauding Indian Businessman

Thompson Opoku- Agyemang (first Accused), Maxwell Cobbinah (second Accused), and Musah Nabie (third Accused), have, among others, been chargedwith defrauding by false pretence. The Complainant...

Man pleads guilty to possession of narcotics

Festus Agbenyo, a 26- year old trader, has pleaded guilty in an Accra Circuit Court  to an offence of possessing narcotic drugs.. Brief Facts The Complainant...

‘Washerman’ stabs ex-lover

Daniel Nunoo, a 38- year old ‘washerman' who lives at La, has been arraigned before an Accra District Court on the count of ‘attempt...

iPhone tracks armed robbers

Three suspected armed robbers, James Tetteh, Emmanuel Kelly and Joseph Kpakpo Allotey, were nabbed by the police at Madina Zongo, after an iPhone which...

Akosua Adjepong pleads ‘not guilty’ to fraud

Ace musician, Akosua Adjepong, has pleaded not guilty, in an Accra Circuit Court, to the counts of conspiracy to commit crime and fraudulent transaction...

Hohoe fake doctor jailed 17 years

A fake doctor, who plies his trade at Hohoe in the Volta Region, has been jailed 17 years by the Hohoe Circuit Court for...

Two teenage robbers jailed 30 years

But the court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, held that the prosecution was able to prove beyond reasonable doubt the charges levelled against...

Arnold Asante arraigned before court again for fraud

Mr. Arnold Asante who has been accused for defrauding, Mr. Kofi Adams, NDC National Youth Organizer, has been arraigned again before an Accra circuit...

Errand boy gets 13 years for Defilement

Accra, Oct. 19, GNA - Ishmael Oblitey, a Canopy Erector, who defiled a ten year old girl at Korle Gonno in Accra was on...

Supreme Court dismisses contempt appeal by Ogyeahoho

Accra, Oct. 18, GNA – The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho...

Chief arraigned before court for fraud and threat

Nii Kotey Susubribi I alias Kotey Nii Quaye has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court on the counts of threat of death and...

Pressure gov’t to pass Right to Information Bill – Justice Akoto-Bamfo

A Judge of the Supreme Court is asking the National Media Commission to pile pressure on government and parliament to pass the Broadcasting Law...

Court of Appeal dismisses Assibit’s appeal

Accra, Oct. 16, GNA – A three-member jury of the Court of Appeal on Monday dismissed an application filed by Mr Philip Akpeena Assibit,...

Take a course on legal writing skills – Lawyer tells Journalists

A private legal practitioner, Mrs. Eudora Koranteng, has urged journalists and media practitioners, to take a course on legal writing skills, to enable them...

Five alleged robbers plead not guilty to robbery

Five men have been arraigned before an Accra circuit court for allegedly committing armed robbery crimes from January, 2017, to September, 2017, in Accra. The...

DJ arraigned before court for possessing narcotics

Ramsey Mensah Nmai, alias DJ Wasty has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for possessing boiled and dried leaves, suspected to be narcotic...

ICC is our court – Deputy Minister

The Deputy Minister for Information, Hon. Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, has tasked journalists and media practitioners, to publicise the good works of the International...

Over 347 illegal miners arraigned in court – Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu, has revealed that over 347 persons involved in illegal mining have been arrested...

Judicial decisions should be subjected to Academic Scrutiny- Chief Justice

Her Ladyship, Justice Sophia Akufo has called for decisions of the judiciary to be subjected to academic scrutiny to ensure soundness and efficiency. She...

3 armed robbers handed 75 years jail sentence

An Accra Circuit court presided over by His Honour, Mr. Aboagye Tandoh has sentenced 3 armed robbers to 25 years each for conspiracy to...

Akosua Adjepong arraigned before court for fraud

Ace musician Akosua Adjepong, together with one Frank Agyeman Badu, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit court for defrauding a trader. The prosecuting officer,...

Judges face financial challenges

Justice Victor Ofoe, President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges, Ghana (AMJG), has expressed displeasure at the unfulfilled financial obligations of successive government...

Deliver quality justice – Chief Justice

Her Ladyship, Justice Sophia A.B Akuffo, Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana has urged members of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of...

Don’t repeat the mistakes of the past – Chief Justice tells...

Ghana's Chief Justice, Her Ladyship, Sophia A.B. Akuffo, has reminded Judges not to repeat the mistakes of the past, and instead commit to doing...

ALLEGED FRAUDSTER GRANTED GHC900,000.00 BAIL

Mr. Arnold Asante who has been accused of defrauding Mr. Kofi Adams, NDC National Organiser, has been granted bail in the sum of GHC900,000.00. The...

Ghana Bar Association worried about missing Dockets at the Courts

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed serious concern about the rampant incidents of missing dockets at the various courts in the country. These...

JUSAG threatens strike

The judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has threatened to embark on a strike if their outstanding rent allowance from January 2017 to...

African Centre of International Criminal Justice at GIMPA to organise Law...

The African Centre of International Criminal Justice (ACICJ) will organise a two-day training programme for African journalists at the Ghana Institute of Management and...

Two Men jailed 18 years each for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Two Men to 18 years each in prison for robbery. The Convicts, Abdul Majeed Ibrahim and Fatawo Kwadwo...

Afia Schwarzenegger’s Husband charged with Assault and Publication of Obscene Material

The husband of Valentine Nana Agyeiwa (a.k.a. Afia Schwarzenegger), Lawrence Abrokwah, has been charged with multiple offences. He was charged with threat of harm, publication...

Court remands Three Men for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Three Men for conspiracy and robbery. The Accused persons are Tahiru Suleman, Randy Arthur and Adamu Fuseini. They allegedly...

Driver’s Mate jailed 10 years for attempted robbery

A 19-year old Bus Conductor (driver’s mate) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted robbery. The Convict, Mawuli Viagbor, who pleaded guilty...

I.T. Specialist remanded for attempted robbery

An Information Technology (I.T.) Specialist has been remanded by a Circuit Court in Accra for attempted robbery. The accused, Richard Sackey was alleged to have conspired...

Driver remanded for causing unlawful damage and possessing guns

A Driver has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for causing unlawful damage and possessing firearms. The accused, Alhassan Mohammed, was alleged to have...

Mason remanded for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a Mason for robbery. The accused, Patrick Bediako Kwaku Atta and his accomplices, who are on the run, were...

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