Magistrate Court in Elmina in the Central Region has fined 14 people for openly defecating in an area which is a tourist attraction. The first set of people, numbering eight, was sent to court on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 The other six culprits were sent on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Each person was fined Ghc400.00 … Read more
The Half-Assini District Magistrate Court in the Western Region has sentenced Emmanuel Ackah alias ‘Diokpah’ to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing 100 coconut fruits belonging to one Andwi Essien. The 29-years old unemployed convict pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea. Prosecuting, Police Detective Corporal Richard Amoah, told the Court … Read more
A known NPP activist and Assemblyman for Dumasua Electoral Area, Mark Tetteh, who was arrested for masterminding the burning of a tollbooth at Fiapre, near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, has been granted bail by the court. He is being accused of leading a group of NPP supporters last Friday to burn the tollbooth … Read more
The father of a 10-year-old school girl, who was allegedly hit in the head by a stray bullet in a police gun battle with armed robbers a few months ago, has sued the state for an amount of GHC2,000,000 as compensation for the permanent disability suffered by his daughter as a result. In a suit … Read more
Woyome’s contempt case against NPP’s Anthony Karbo and three other media outlets has been dismissed by the Appeal Court! The application made by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome against NPP’s Anthony Karbo and three other media outlets over alleged defamation bothering around the ongoing GHC51 million judgement debt case has been thrown out by the Appeal Court … Read more
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) has commended West African States for demonstrating commitment to promote human rights in the sub-region. ‘As at October 2016, only seven of the thirty States Parties to the Protocol had made the declaration recognizing the competence of the Court to receive cases from NGOs and individuals. … Read more
A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has issued the arrest warrant Sunday for 22 opposition men including several leaders in a case filed for creating subversive activities in Dhaka in February last year. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court issued the arrest warrant against Barkatullah Bulu, vice-chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), … Read more
Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chair of the Electoral Commission, is a “disgrace to womanhood”, disqualified flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has said. An obviously angry Mr Ayariga also described Mrs Osei as a “tyrant,” who “must be jailed” for flouting directives of the Supreme Court as far as allowing him … Read more
Mrs Charlotte Osei, Chair of the Electoral Commission, is a “disgrace to womanhood”, disqualified flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has said. An obviously angry Mr Ayariga also described Mrs Osei as a “tyrant,” who “must be jailed” for flouting directives of the Supreme Court as far as allowing him … Read more
Flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has said the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei must be jailed for disobeying the Supreme Court by not allowing him to run in the 7 December polls. He has also described Mrs Osei as a “tyrant” and a “disgrace to womanhood”. … Read more
Brexit case ‘attempt to block will of people’ says Sajid Javid A High Court case that could delay the Brexit process is “a clear attempt to frustrate the will of the British people”, says a cabinet minister. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid told BBC One’s Question Time the referendum result had been “very, very clear” and … Read more
Nayele Ametefe, the Ghanaian lady who was sentenced in the UK for drug trafficking, has written to the Ghanaian government to renounce her citizenship, StarrFMonline.com has learnt. In a letter addressed to the Interior Ministry some weeks a ago, Ametefe who holds both Ghanaian and Austrian passports is asking the Ghanaian authorities to spike her … Read more
Nayele Ametefe, the Ghanaian lady who was sentenced in the UK for drug trafficking, has written to the Ghanaian government to renounce her citizenship, StarrFMonline.com has learnt. In a letter addressed to the Interior Ministry some weeks a ago, Ametefe who holds both Ghanaian and Austrian passports is asking the Ghanaian authorities to spike her … Read more
Sexual harassment, rape, defilement and incest have been on the ascendancy in recent times. Hardly a day passes without some of these heinous crimes being reported in the print media. They are all forms of sexual aggression and violate the rights of the victims affected. Here are a few examples to illustrate the point: • … Read more
A 22-year-old man yesterday confessed to the Accra Central District Magistrate Court to killing a seven-year-old girl at Ashaiman, near Tema, after which he had sex with the corpse. A 22-year-old man yesterday confessed to the Accra Central District Magistrate Court to killing a seven-year-old girl at Ashaiman, near Tema, after which he had sex … Read more
A 22-year-old man yesterday confessed to the Accra Central District Magistrate Court to killing a seven-year-old girl at Ashaiman, near Tema, after which he had sex with the corpse. Lucas Agboyie, alias “Sympathy”, told the court that he strangled his victim after she had refused his advances and even begged him not to have sex … Read more
One of Adom FM’s Central Region correspondents has been assaulted by thugs said to be members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to Seth Kofi Adjei, the incident happened at Awutu Senya East district Magistrate Court while reporting on a case. Narrating his ordeal on Adom News, he said, he had gone to … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has urged citizens to uphold the peace of this country as we gradually inch to the 2016 general elections. The President who was addressing Muslims at the Independence Square during the Eid-al Adha prayers said, the peace that has characterize our elections, defines as a people hence, the need to ensure … Read more
Investigations into the case of two policemen and a driver who allegedly attempted to rob a bullion van and ended up killing the driver near Maame Krobo in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region is almost over. The docket of the case is therefore expected to be submitted to the Attorney-General’s … Read more
To start with, how is the membership of the Council of State selected? Who are the current members? When and how often do they sit to counsel the President, if they do it at all? On what issues do they advise the President? One may say why do you bother us with these questions which … Read more