The controversial trial (Ambulance Trial) of businessman Richard Jakpa and minority leader Cassiel Ato Forson for allegedly causing financial loss to the State was quashed by a 2:1 majority Court of Appeal decision. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame recently served notice that he will appeal. In …
Read More »Court of Appeal acquits and discharges Ato Forson, Richard Jakpa in Ambulance case
Richard Jakpa, a disturbed businessman and the third defendant in the €2.37 million ambulance case, thinks Ghana still has judges that uphold integrity and morality in the course of their work. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, following his and former Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Ato Forson’s …
Read More »Liberia’s IGP praises Ghana’s IGP Dampare
At the National Police Headquarters in Accra on Monday, July 29, 2024, members of the Police Management Board (POMAB) and Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of the Liberia National Police, received a courtesy call from Gregory O. W. Coleman, the IGP of the officer corps. With …
Read More »Addressing Judicial Backlog: The strategic expansion of Ghana’s Court of Appeal
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the appointment of sixteen new Justices to the Court of Appeal, a significant step toward addressing the backlog of cases that is overwhelming Ghana’s legal system. This enormous extension is intended to improve the judiciary’s efficacy and efficiency while guaranteeing prompt delivery of …
Read More »The road to congress, the story so far – Osei Kofi Acquah of CPP writes
Good morning comrades yesterday the Convention Peoples Party ( Our Party) made the move we have all being impatiently waiting for which is giving us clear directions for the forward of our party. BACKGROUND Following the litigations and the long standing feuds in the party which led NEC to set …
Read More »National Food Suppliers vows to stage a picket at the Ministry of Education
The National Food Suppliers Association has said that it will picket at the Ministry of Education’s building in protest of its unpaid debt that has lasted for seven months. The food suppliers claim that the government has not paid them the approximately seven months’ worth of arrears. The National Food …
Read More »“My boss, President John Evans Atta Mills, was a selfless leader” – Mahama
The late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills was devoted to uplifting the less fortunate, according to National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Mahama. In a Facebook post, the former president revealed that, while in office, his late boss also provided funding for social welfare initiatives. “My boss, President John Evans …
Read More »NDC suspends former Afram Plains North PC lawyer Kpeli Worlase
Lawyer Kpeli Worlase, a member of the Eastern Region’s Afram Plains North Constituency, has been suspended by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) due to accusations of misbehavior. The party claimed to have received complaints of Mr. Worlase’s purported anti-party actions, including his campaigning against the party’s Parliamentary candidate in the …
Read More »Court of Appeal gets 16 new Judges; 5 provident panel locations established
Sixteen additional Justices of the Court of Appeal have been appointed by President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in response to the backlog of cases clogging the courts. This will help to guarantee that matters are resolved diligently and quickly. Additionally, he revealed that the Judicial Council had …
Read More »Supreme Court rules that a law that forbids anal intercourse is constitutional
The rule that forbids unnatural carnal knowledge, such as anal intercourse, has been deemed constitutional by a seven-member Supreme Court panel led by Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. A petition contesting the validity of Section 104 (1) (b) of the Criminal Offenses Act, 1960 (Act 29) was unanimously dismissed by the panel. …
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