A 56-year-old driver who admitted in court to defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old house help has made a shocking U-turn in the case. Kwasi Akuffo had on October 11, 2017pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge of defilement before the court presided by Mr Aboagye Tandoh who was then a relieving judge. However when Akuffo … Read more
The Achimota student, who was jailed three years by a Juvenile Court for shooting his friend Lily Asibete to death at Tema, has appealed against his sentence. The student, according to court processes, held that the sentence of the Juvenile Court was harsh hence the appeal. When the matter was called at an Accra High … Read more
Melcom suit – There is finally a closure on the case of breach of contract involving popular Ghanaian musician TIc Tac and Melcom retail shops. Court has ordered Melcom to pay Tic Tac compensation of GH₵300,000 for illegally using the image of the musician for promotion when there was no contract. The court also ordered Melcom to … Read more
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has no justification to reject government’s proposal to reduce electricity tariff, a Technical Economic Advisor at the Vice President’s Secretariat asserts. This is because all the mechanisms that are factored into pricing have been addressed for consumers to enjoy low electricity tariff, Dr. Mutaka Alolo maintained. “We have taken … Read more
Two students of the Tamale Technical University in the Northern Region, suspected to have killed a pastor on Friday, have been remanded. On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, the court presided over by Anthony Assah remanded Kwame Dogyi, 28, and Obio Akwasi, 21, both third year Electrical Engineering students of the school to reappear next two … Read more
A pathologist has ‘refused’ an order of an Accra Magistrate to release a post-mortem report on the former member of parliament for Abuakwa North, J. B. Danquah-Adu, who was murdered last year at his residence. Dr Lawrence Adusei of the Pathologist Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra was ordered to make available the … Read more
An Accra District Court has ordered a pathologist at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to appear before it and explain why the full autopsy report of the late Abuakwa North MP J. B. Danquah is not ready. This was after an earlier order on October 10 for the release of the report was defied. The … Read more
Essential documents at the centre of investigations into the alleged financial malfeasance and procurement irregularities against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke and five others, have allegedly been stolen. According to the new Governing Council of the University, the documents were allegedly removed from files at some offices … Read more
A footballer who robbed members of the Tabernacle of Hope Church International of monies, mobile phones and laptop during an all night service has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by a circuit court in Accra. This was after the court presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh ad found Misbau Afolabi guilty on the charges … Read more
The Pathologist who carried out the autopsy on the lynched soldier, Maxwell Adam Mahama says he was not able to trace parts of the deceased’s body during the process. Dr Lawrence Adusei could not tell who had taken missing body parts of the slain army officer and for what purpose. The soldier was lynched by a mob in the … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has renewed calls for government to make the French Language compulsory in the country in the wake of Ghana’s strengthening of ties with Cote d’Ivoire. Bilateral relationships between the two countries have in the last year moved a notch higher and Presidents of Ghana and … Read more
The hyping Otumfuo’s money laundering story has so far received has left almost everyone confused over what actually transpired. Since Tuesday, October 11, the media has been buzzing with headlines and stories of the Ashanti Kingdom ruler, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II being named in a money laundering suit in the United Kingdom. See: How Otumfuo … Read more
A Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Dr. Ahmed Jinapor, has described the change of charges against the thirteen Delta Force members as a “charade”. The educationist said “this charge is a charade and it is an indictment on the Ghana Police Service in general”. Dr. Jinapor was contributing to discussions on TV3’s … Read more
Accident scene theft is one of those crimes that always leave people wondering if humans have got any sense of sympathy for their fellow human beings. You would not believe that in the midst of the deadly chaos caused by the Atomic Junction explosions and fire, some persons were busy looting items abandoned by those … Read more
Charlotte Osei’s suit -The lawyer for the petitioners seeking the impeachment of the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Charlotte Osei from office, has withdrawn his application over the legitimacy of lawyer Thaddeus Sory to represent both the EC and Mrs. Osei as a person. See Also: All About Charlotte Osei’s Move to Sue EC Workers for Defamation The … Read more
FC Como’s financial woes have deepened to the extent that it has been declared bankrupt, thus standing the risk of losing it’s place in the Italian Football Federation. Akosua Puni, wife of retired Ghanaian international footballer and former Chelsea star, Michael Essien, has been going through tough times since she became owner of Italian football … Read more
Dr. Kofi Mbiah, has praised Ghana’s decision to resolve its maritime dispute with Ivory Coast at the court amidst fears by some that it may hurt the relationship between the two countries. The immediate past Chairman of the International Maritime Organization’s Legal Committee, was emphatic that the outcome “will not tear [the two] countries apart”. … Read more
Lawerence Abrokwa, the embattled husband of Ghanaian actress, broadcaster and comedienne, Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa aka Afia Schwarzenegger has been granted bail to the sum of Gh¢20,000 with three sureties, by an Accra circuit court. This is after he pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence, threat of harm, publication of obscene material and … Read more
Mr Sivaram was deported by the Ghana Immigration Service per a deportation order by the Ministry of Interior after it was discovered that he forged a marriage certificate to support his application to have Ghanaian citizenship. That order was later revoked by the Court. The Indian businessman, who has been in Ghana for almost a … Read more
Kenyan election will take place on August 8, 2017. Plenty of international observers have already arrived at the country. All of them are worried if the polls are fair. There are also many other reasons why the world worries about upcoming presidential elections in Kenya. Kenya is still troubled by the post-election fighting, which happened … Read more