Bill Cosby’s wife, Camille, made her first appearance at her husband’s sexual assault trial on Monday, taking a seat in the courtroom as the defense rested its case after calling a single witness. Both sides are expected to give closing arguments Monday afternoon, and the jury could begin deliberations later in the day or on … Read more
A member of the Minority says the state cannot be fishing for evidence in the infamous Delta Force 8 scandal when a Circuit Court judge is a material witness. Rockson Dafiamekpor Member of Parliament for South Dayi and a lawyer said there can be no better evidence in court than the testimony of an eye … Read more
The eight Delta Force members who were freed could be re-arrested if there is enough evidence to establish their guilty, a former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has said. “If there is due evidence to link them with the offence, they can be re-arrested because they … Read more
The eight Delta Force members who were freed could be re-arrested if there is enough evidence to establish their guilty, a former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has said. “If there is due evidence to link them with the offence, they can be re-arrested because they … Read more
Evidence (even false evidence) beats truth if truth has no evidence And so I am probably going to disappoint myself and several other people with what I am going to write about the Kumasi Delta discharge. But my head must speak on this matter, and not my heart. I can remember the several times that … Read more
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team, Abraham Amaliba, has accused former Attorney General, Martin A. B. K. Amidu of playing politics with the Delta Force case. Mr. Amidu, in expressing his legal opinion on the discontinuation of the case against the eight Delta Force members by the State Attorney for lack … Read more
Respected lawyer Ace Anan Ankomah has waded into the controversy surrounding the discharge of the eight Delta Force members, saying there is nothing the attorney general can do in the matter under the circumstances. According to him, until the Police is able to find evidence of guilt against any of the suspects, the AG cannot … Read more
The National Chairman of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has expressed dissatisfaction over the release of eight Delta Force members by a Kumasi Circuit Court, saying the ruling was imprudent. Speaking with Atinka News Thursday, he said it was sad day for the rule of law in Ghana, adding that the NPP government … Read more
A Member of the NDC Legal Team, Abraham Amaliba has described as unreasonable, the basis for which eight members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force were released. Speaking to Citi News’ Duke Mensah Opoku, Mr. Amaliba maintained that the argument of evidence proffered by the prosecution and the Attorney General is unfortunate … Read more
A Member of the NDC Legal Team, Abraham Amaliba has described as unreasonable, the basis for which eight members of pro New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force were released. Speaking to Citi News’ Duke Mensah Opoku, Mr. Amaliba maintained that the argument of evidence proffered by the prosecution and the Attorney General is … Read more
Golf’s governing bodies on Tuesday announced sweeping rule changes to the use of video evidence in the wake of the furore that erupted after Lexi Thompson was deprived of an almost-certain victory at the ANA Inspiration earlier this month. Thompson was hit with a four-stroke penalty with six holes left to play in the final … Read more
The Abeka district court presided over by Victoria Ghansah has dismissed the oral application of lawyers of Jihad Chabaan, seeking an out of court settlement in the Mawarko abuse case. The court Monday said in light of the fact that Police prosecutors have already began the prosecution process and have actually called three witnesses, who … Read more
A request by North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to appear before the committee probing bribery allegations against the leadership of Parliament’s Appointment Committee has been granted. Mr Ablakwa was not originally scheduled to be heard by the committee, but an official request he made to the Joe Ghartey-led committee — through his lawyers — … Read more
At the resumed hearing of the on-going trial of Nigeria’s former Head of Service, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye before Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, Wednesday, counsels to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the defendant had a heated argument over the admissibility of documents presented by the EFCC. … Read more
The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Barima Dr. Ofori Ameyaw I, has blamed the association’s inability to deal with the takeover of the retail business by foreigners, on administrative constraints at some state institutions. He argued that several attempts to get the issue resolved, have been met with numerous demands for … Read more
“Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool…Yes, you have got the wrong interpretation, mixed up with vain imagination” (Bob Marley… “Stiff-Necked Fools”). THE POTENTIAL THREAT OF POLITICAL CASUISTS TO SOUND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES Even Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, that spent horse, has a divisive snout which helps him make a remarkable presence and partisan political susurrus … Read more
What should one expect? From crazy-baldhead adult master politician Prof. Oquaye, a spent horse in the comedy club of Ghanaian paedarchy! From a trained lawyer who is yet to cover the fullest extent of his emotional ablactation! As if he is carrying a borrowed head that only survives on a stale diet of anemocracy! This … Read more
The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Saanie Daara, has dared anyone who has evidence of match-fixing in the ongoing Ghana Premier League (GPL) to come forward or remain silent on the matter. The GPL over the years has been hit with match-fixing allegations, but officials of clubs have consistently failed to tender … Read more
A pregnant British woman with no history of drug abuse died of acute heroin poisoning in a hotel room in Ghana, an inquest heard today. Charmaine Adusah, 41, from Arbroath, Angus, was discovered in the bath by staff at Mac Dic Royal Plaza Hotel in Koforidua, where she had been staying with her Ghanaian husband, … Read more
Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Koku Anyidoho, has said some members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are begging him to abort plans to sue the vice-presidential nominee of the NPP, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, over the “fake” Togolese register of voters he used as evidence to support his … Read more