By Cameron Duodu Perhaps I should not have been surprised when I heard that the Speaker of the National Assembly, The Right Honourable Doe Adjaho, had disallowed the Motion the Minority wanted to present to the House, asking it to investigate reports that President John Mahama had received a Chevrolet car as a “gift” from … Read more
Nigeria’s military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country’s fight against the Islamic extremists continues despite government efforts to halt graft. The admission comes three weeks after the Nigerian army said a military tribunal is trying 16 officers and troops accused of offenses related to … Read more
On an election results declaration day, a preacher man asked the party disputing the declared vote allocation at that point to go to court. This was a moment the aggrieved was hoping for some rational compassionate intervention from God’s own man. In the end, the court was no court because justice was not done, and … Read more
A leader and major financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh has been executed for war crimes in 1971, officials say. Media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali, 63, of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was sentenced to death two years ago. He had been convicted of offences including murder and torture committed during the war with … Read more
Perhaps I should not have been surprised when I heard that the Speaker of the National Assembly, The Right Honourable Doe Adjaho, had disallowed the Motion the Minority wanted to present to the House, asking it to investigate reports that President John Mahama had received a Chevrolet car as a “gift” from a Burkinabe contractor. … Read more
Perhaps I should not have been surprised when I heard that the Speaker of the National Assembly, The Right Honourable Doe Adjaho, had disallowed the Motion the Minority wanted to present to the House, asking it to investigate reports that President John Mahama had received a Chevrolet car as a “gift” from a Burkinabe contractor. … Read more
Misunderstandings between the two families – patrilineal and matrilineal – of the late Daasebre Dwamena has resulted in a court injunction being placed on the burial of the late musician. The matrilineal family members of the musician argue that, per the norms of the people of Anomabo in the Central region, where Daasebre’s mum hails … Read more
A student at a top US university whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015 was widely criticised for being too lenient has been released from prison. Brock Turner, 21, who was a swimming champion, assaulted the woman outside a Stanford University fraternity house. He was freed from the Santa Clara … Read more
Father side of the late Daasebre Gyamenah has finally received writ of summons from the members from Daasebre’s mother’s family to appear before the Koforidua High Court on September 24. The report had it that members of Daasebre’s mother’s family in Anomabo have placed a court injunction on the funeral arrangement because his father’s family … Read more
At least 12 people were killed and 40 wounded when two bomb blasts went off at a district court in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. A suicide bomber threw a hand grenade at police guards before storming into the compound and blowing himself up in the court in Mardan town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. “So far we … Read more
A dark day in Ghana’s History that hit the judiciary so hard is June 30, 1982. On this day three high court judges and a retired army officer were abducted from their homes by some group of unknown persons to somewhere unknown. The following morning news of the abduction and consequent pledge by government to … Read more
Australia is suing the local arm of Volkswagen for allegedly misleading customers by selling modified vehicles that covered up emissions fraud. Its consumer watchdog claims Volkswagen intentionally sold more than 57,000 such vehicles over a five-year period. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking a public declaration of misconduct, financial penalties and corrective … Read more
There is a looming confusion over the funeral of late Highlife Singer Daasebre Gyamena, as members of his mother and father’s families are fighting over who has the right to bury him. Members of Daasebre’s mother’s family in Anomabo have placed a court injunction on the funeral arrangement because his father’s family in Koforidua have … Read more
In order to achieve Justice, countries worldwide institute a legal system of some sort. Legal and political theorists have argued with the problem of whether Justice is a part of law or simply a moral judgment about law. An example of the latter is when we speak of an ‘unjust law’. Justice is however an … Read more
The trial of the two policemen involved in the robbery attack on a bullion van near Mame Krobo in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region for escaping from lawful custody has begun. Mr Akwasi Kankam Boadu, the Donkorkrom Divisional Police Commander, in his evidence, told the court that the two accused … Read more
Indeed, Monday, August 22, which happens to be the day the said purported pardon was granted, will surely be remembered as arguably, the darkest day in the annals of history relative to our democratization regime. And ultimately, President Mahama would forever be remembered as the president that has sacrificed the supreme interest of the nation … Read more
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has vowed not to quash the award given to investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas as Overall Best Journalist of the Year 2015 in the just ended GJA awards. Lawyer for Justice Paul Dery, one of the High Court Judges who were caught allegedly taking bribes in Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ corruption … Read more
The Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists (GAMBLS) has called off its one week old strike following what it described as fruitful consultation with stakeholders within the sector. The group was on strike demanding the immediate implementation of a national health laboratory policy by government before they return to work. “The national executive committee met … Read more
The three contemnors enjoying the air of freedom following a presidential intervention may be heading back to prison if a case challenging the president’s power of remission is upheld. A private legal practitioner Mr. Alfred Tuah Yeboah told Joy News he is not only seeking an interpretation of Article 72 which formed the basis of … Read more
A Sunyani-based lawyer has filed a fresh suit in court challenging the powers of the president under Article 72, with the ultimate aim of reversing the remission of three persons jailed for contempt. Article 72 of the 1992 Constitution gives the president the power to grant pardon or remit sentences of persons serving various jail … Read more