Former President Jerry John Rawlings has sued publishers of Africawatch magazine for defamation and is claiming “aggravated and exemplary damages” among others, for claims he has Parkinson’s disease. The suit at the High Court in Accra lists six respondents, including General Media Strategies Inc, (the Publisher); Liberty Media Concepts, (the Ghana office of the US-based … Read more
For falsely accusing him of having a hand in the sudden disappearance of his estranged wife, Charity Aiyedogbon, David Aiyedogbon, the ex-husband of the missing woman has instituted a defamation of character suit of Ten Billion Naira (N10b) against Lagos Lawyer, Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye. The Suit, with number CV/2750/16, between David Aiyedogbon (Plaintiff) and Emeka … Read more
A group of journalists are suing the Electoral Commission of Ghana over its decision to charge for the cost of accreditation tags for journalists wishing to cover the December 7 general elections. The Commission in a statement dated October 31 gave media managers up to November 7 to forward details of their journalists who will … Read more
The anti- corruption crusader, Mr Martin Amidu, yesterday slugged it out with lawyers for the state and businessman Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome at the Supreme Court in Accra over the oral examination of Mr Woyome on his assets. It all began when the Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, and the lawyer … Read more
The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that the flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom should be given a chance to correct errors on his nomination forms. Below is the full ruling: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA – A. D. 2016 CIVIL MOTION … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered the EC to take steps to allow 12 disqualified candidates to correct errors on their nomination forms that constituted the basis for their disqualification. The highest court of the land made the pronouncement on Monday morning after the Electoral Commission deferred to it to contest a high court ruling ordering … Read more
Today, spurred on by agitations from the public who are protesting against the lack of probity, accountability and transparency on the part of the Government in purporting to discontinue the Government’s application and consequential order granted by the Supreme Court on 19th October 2016 (ordering Alfred Agbesi Woyome to appear before the Court on Thursday … Read more
The Accra High Court hearing the case involving, Gregory Afoko, who is alleged to have murdered Mr Adams Mahama, the former New Patriotic Party Chairman of the Upper East Region, on Tuesday ordered for a medical report of Mr Afoko. The court ordered the medical director of the Prisons Service to furnish the court with … Read more
Justice Dennis Adjei, an Appeals Court Judge, has encouraged Ghanaians to ensure that complaints against members of the judiciary were made to the Public Complaints Unit of the Judicial Service. This, he advised, should not be in the media and said doing that, would not be helpful to the nation’s justice delivery system. Addressing a … Read more
The Coalition of Domestic election Observers (CODEO) has expressed satisfaction with the latest Supreme Court ruling ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to create a portion on the collation forms for all parties and including returning officers to append their signatures after results are collated. In an interview with Citi News, the National Coordinator of CODEO, … Read more
An Appeal Court judge, Justice Barbara Ackah-Yensu, has dismissed an application on behalf of Jubilee MV 21, the subsidiary of MODEC which constructed and installed the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, and Mr. Hideo Miyashita, an employee of MODEC, to stay proceedings in an action brought against them by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata. The application was heard on … Read more
The Court of Appeal yesterday set November 24, 2016 to deliver its judgement in the contempt of court application brought against Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr., Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper and three others by NDC businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome. The court, presided over by Justice S. E. Kanyoke, set the date after … Read more
Florence Osei, also known as Afua Birago, the girlfriend of deceased Kumasi-based journalist Confidence Eric Kwadwo Baah, has been granted bail by the police after being held for close to 24 hours following her boyfriend’s death. No charges have been preferred against her. Florence allegedly spent most of Saturday with Confidence before he was found … Read more
The argument that arose during the Montie 3 trial and that of the Election Petition Case as to whether the Supreme Court had the power to punish for contempt or not has been dissected by Justice William Atuguba, with the learned Judge going for the affirmative. Justice Atuguba delivering the keynote address at the commemoration … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has explained that it disqualified Mr Hassan Ayariga of the All People Congress (APC) as a presidential candidate because he made false declarations in his nomination forms. According to the EC, Mr Ayariga would subsequently be referred to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney General for investigations and prosecution on … Read more
Gershon Rawlings, a 33-year-old Ghanaian born soldier, has brought a legal suit against the British Defence Ministry for neglecting him at a training camp in Wales. Mr Rawlings has filed a writ at the High Court in London demanding £200,000 from the ministry claiming he was forced to remain out in ‘very cold and wet’ … Read more
When I arrived at Harvard in 2013 for my Master of Laws Degree (LL. M.), I took the further step of applying for the Corporate Law, Finance & Governance Concentration. Together with ten others, I got in. I was bent on making the best of my time at this hallowed institution. I cross-registered at the … Read more
Two political commentators who allegedly threatened the lives of justices of the superior court are expected to appear before the Supreme Court today to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court. Alistair Tairo Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn were ordered by the court to appear before it at 9:30 a.m … Read more