Assembling complete! Here are the keys, your Excellency The entire government machinery of the erstwhile administration ground to a halt. Ex-president, H. E John Mahama, met his waterloo over the failure on his part to convince the Ghanaian electors why they should keep the machinery running. He lost the election last year with his retinue … Read more
Thousands of gay and bisexual men found guilty of decades-old sexual offences in England and Wales have been posthumously pardoned. The enactment by the government of the so-called Alan Turing law means about 49,000 men will be cleared of crimes of which they would be innocent today. Wartime code-breaker Mr Turing was pardoned in 2013 … Read more
I have been reading in some news outlets that Johnson Kombian, the man who is on record to have broken Tamale prisons and escaped when he was serving a prison term there has made attempt to break the Nsawam medium prisons too. The state is just keeping this Kombian guy at the risk of these … Read more
Police Superintendent Isaac Amekudzi of Agona Odobeng in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central Region has revealed that persons who will refuse to vote in the forthcoming general elections may be arrested. According to him, it is a constitutional provision enshrined in the country’s law books and that persons who have their names … Read more
An ex-convict, Akwesi Frimpong Jnr, wants an unconditional exclusion of custodian sentences for all forms of misdemeanor in Ghana. In his estimation, no amount of capital investment in prisons would enable the facilities take care of the high numbers of inmates. He called for a review of Act 29 of the Criminal Code to prevent … Read more
An ex-convict, Akwesi Frimpong Jnr, wants an unconditional exclusion of custodian sentences for all forms of misdemeanor in Ghana. In his estimation, no amount of capital investment in prisons would enable the facilities take care of the high numbers of inmates. He called for a review of Act 29 of the Criminal Code to prevent … Read more
Ghana as a country is signatory to many conventions. But it does look like these only remain on paper. Even government’s own policies on addressing for instance the child’s right matter is more felt in political platform speeches than on the ground. The fourth Republican constitution enjoins our government to pursue free universal basic education … Read more
Maverick Lawyer Dr. Maurice Ampaw has revealed that he is yet to get out of the emotional pain inflicted on him by a former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Jake Obetsebi Lamptey. He accused the deceased NPP stalwart of engaging in an amorous sexual relationship with his mum which is why he … Read more