The Electoral Commission (EC) has responded to Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People’s Party’s (PPP), application for a judicial review on his disqualification as a presidential candidate. In an affidavit in opposition, the EC prayed the High Court to dismiss Dr Nduom’s application. According to the EC, the PPP Flag bearer’s call on … Read more
The committal proceedings which will enable Lucas Agboyie, the man who has confessed to killing a seven-year-old girl, after which he had sex with the corpse, to stand trial at the High Court could not come off as expected yesterday. That was because the Attorney-General’s Department (A-G) requested for more time to enable it to … Read more
The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has designated 17 specialised courts to deal with electoral disputes that may arise before the December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. Seventeen High Court judges have been assigned to handle anticipated electoral disputes throughout the country. The appointed justices, according to the Judicial Secretary, Mr Justice … Read more
The King of Akyem Abuakwa, Amoatia Ofori Panyin II, has invited former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, to the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs to resolve a long-drawn-out chieftaincy dispute. Kofi Annan is said to be leading one of two royal families involved in the six-year-old wrestle for a chieftaincy title in the Akwamu Traditional … Read more
A Policy Advisor for the PPP, Kofi Siaw has said the PPP is willing to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the Electoral Commission (EC) if it will negotiate with the party. The PPP sued the Electoral Commission (EC), at the High Court over its decision to disqualify its presidential aspirant, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from … Read more
Lucas Agboyie, 22, the man who confessed to killing a seven-year-old girl, after which he had sex with the corpse, has asked God for forgiveness of his sins. Agboyie, a mason has been charged with murder and is currently going through committal proceedings at the magistrate court, a prelude to the actual trial at the … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has launched an online petition to collect one million signatures from Ghanaians to compel the Electoral Commission to reinstate the party’s Flagbearer, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom as one of the presidential candidates in the 2016 elections. The PPP Flagbearer was disqualified by the Electoral Commission last week after it noted … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has said it is prepared to drop the court application seeking to restrain the Electoral Commission (EC) from proceeding with balloting for positioning of presidential candidates for the December 7 elections. The PPP on Friday filed an application at the High Court to quash the EC’s decision to disqualify its … 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 parliamentary aspirant for the People’s National Convention (PNC) in the Sissala West Constituency in the Upper West Region, Haruna Bayiriga, has withdrawn from the race. A letter from the constituency secretariat of the party said Haruna Bayiriga had pulled out due to the cost of filing and the demand for declaration of assets of … Read more
“Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.” Herbert Spencer HERBERT SPENCER coined the phrase “survival of the fittest” which is defined as “the continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others”. It is a concept in line … Read more
I am again compelled to come out to issue a public fatherly advice to my son, the suspended NPP General Secretary Mr Kwabena Agyei Agyapong. He is my son for the simple fact that he is the son of the late High Court Justice Agyapong who was my fellow Agona clansman but murdered in cold-blood … Read more
Merged pictures of judges arrested so far in the DSS raid in Nigeria More allegations were made yesterday against some judges. One got a bribe in a department store. Another travelled to Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic to collect bribe, a security source alleged. It is all in a bid to explain the controversial … Read more
The opposition NPP, over the weekend, launched its manifesto ahead of the December 2016 elections. The event, which attracted the creme de la creme of the party, was held at the Trade Fair International Center Labadi. Highlife artiste Kwabena Kwabena led a team of stakeholders who have endorsed the NPP’s Flagbarer to the rally. Enewsgh.com … Read more
The Electoral Commission has called on the various Presidential and Parliamentary candidates contesting in the 2016 elections to submit their filing fees by 12:00 noon on Monday October 10, 2016. The move follows the dismissal of the PPP’s suit against the EC’s collection of the fees by the High court on Friday. The PPP argued … Read more
Sir Cliff Richard has begun legal action against the BBC and South Yorkshire Police after he was investigated over sex assault allegations. Live television pictures, including shots from a helicopter, showed police searching Sir Cliff’s Berkshire penthouse in August 2014 while he was on holiday. It led to him being publicly named, but he was … Read more
An aide to the New Patriotic Party presidential nominee has suggested the party will rope into its 2016 electioneering campaign, three of its national executives who were suspended for going against the party’s constitution. According to Pius Enam Hadzidze, the three –Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe- have some influence, which the party … Read more
An aide to the New Patriotic Party presidential nominee has suggested the party will rope into its 2016 electioneering campaign, three of its national executives who were suspended for going against the party’s constitution. According to Pius Enam Hadzidze, the three –Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe- have some influence, which the party … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party says they are not yet done with the EC in spite of the dismissal of their filling fee suit against the election management body by the High court. The Nkrumahist party sued the EC over what they said was the astronomical hike in the filing fee for candidates contesting in the … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has said it does not have enough money to pay the filing fees of its presidential and various parliamentary candidates across the country. On Friday morning, the PPP’s lawyer, told an Accra High Court the party did not have the required amount of money needed to pay for all of … Read more