The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has donated some items seized from Nayele Ametefe, the Ghanaian/Austrian drug baron to three institutions – an orphanage and two rehabilitation centres in Ghana. The items including furniture were seized from Night Angels, a shop which belonged to Nayele. The items were on Wednesday morning presented to the three centres at Korle Bu, Ashaiman … Read more
An official of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has told the Accra High Court that a house which is the subject of a legal battle between the mother of convicted drug peddler Nayele Ametepe and the state is owned by Nayele. Nayele’s mother, Madam Akua Adubofo, claims the house, located at East Legon in Accra, … Read more
Policy think tank, Strategic Thinkers Network, (STRANEK) is urging the non-politicization of investigations into the alleged 500kg of cocaine missing from the Tema port. STRANEK, believes there is the need for thorough investigations into the incident by state agencies responsible. The Finder newspaper last week, reported that 10 bags of cocaine, hidden in a consignment … Read more
The state has withdrawn a subpoena directed at the Head of the Town and Country Planning Department of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to testify in the case in which it is seeking to confiscate assets purportedly belonging to Ruby Adu-Gyamfi aka Nayele Ametefe. According to the prosecution, there was a problem with the earlier … Read more
It is emerging that the two storey buildings situated at East Legon and Dzorwulu in Accra that Akua Adubofour, mother of Ruby Adu-Gyamfi aka Nayele Ametefe, is claiming ownership of, are not the only properties belonging to her daughter. According to Peter Dadzie, lawyer for Madam Adubofour, the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) had also pasted … Read more
The case in which the convicted Nayele’s Mother, Ms. Akua Adubofo has filed a suit at an Accra Financial High Court restraining the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) from confiscating two houses belonging to, her was heard on Friday. A prosecution witness (name withheld) told the court that NACOB’s investigations into the case, suggests that the … Read more
By: Gladys Frimpomaa For some time now, there has been public debate over decriminalising drug addiction and use in the country. While some people have argued that drug addiction and use are health conditions, and should be treated as such, others think that it is criminal, and should be treated as an offence under the … Read more
A bill that seeks to, among other things, decriminalise drug addiction and use is currently before Parliament for consideration and approval. he Narcotic Control Commission Bill, 2015, which went through the Second Reading in Parliament yesterday, has proposed the decriminalisation of drug use and addiction. As a result, drug use and addiction would no longer … Read more
The Brong-Ahafo Region recorded 919 adolescent pregnancies from January to June 2015, according to statistics from the Regional Health Directorate. The figure comprised 235 girls aged between 10 and 14 as well as 684 girls of the 15-19 years bracket, who visited the antenatal clinic within the six months period. Ms. Mary Gyimah, Sunyani Municipal … Read more