A private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong, has urged the presidency to officially respond to the bribery allegations leveled against President John Mahama by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, it will be foolhardy for the presidency to simply dismiss the allegations as irrelevant because “these are serious claims against the president of the … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, may not get the opportunity to orally examine Alfred Agbesi Woyome in the GHc 51 million judgement debt saga today [Thursday] according to a private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong. Martin Amidu, was scheduled to interrogate the embattled businessman over how he intends to pay back the GHc 51 million judgment … Read more
Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, says he will not apologise for accusing the supreme court justices of persecution following the recent development in the GHc51 million judgement debt saga. Speaking on The Big Issue, Mr. Woyome said he was well within his right to express his reservations with the Supreme Court’s handling of the case. … Read more
Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, says he will not apologise for accusing the supreme court justices of persecution following the recent development in the GHc 51 million judgement debt saga. Speaking on The Big Issue, Mr. Woyome said he was well within his right to express his reservations with the Supreme Court’s handling of the case. … Read more
A law lecturer has lauded the decision by an Accra High Court to strike out a suit in which the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings was challenging her disqualification by the EC. Yaw Oppong told Raymond Acquah, host of Joy FM’s Top Story programme Thursday that the NDP leader might have … Read more
A legal practitioner and law lecturer has faulted the procedure adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate allegations of corruption, bribery and conflict of interest against President John Mahama. Yaw Oppong says the investigation processes was not thorough and suppressed the opportunity of both petitioners and the accused (the … Read more
A law lecturer at the Central University Law School has questioned the legality of Electoral Commission (EC)’s power to demand filing fees from presidential and parliamentary candidates. Yaw Oppong says as far as he is concerned every public institution that wants to charge a fee from the public has to seek a prior approval from … Read more
A Law Lecturer at the Central University, Lawyer Yaw Oppong has described President John Mahama’s action of giving out money to a young girl during his campaign tour of the Greater Accra as endorsing child labour. The President was captured in a video giving out what looked like money to someone in the crowd, whereas … Read more
Members and sympathisers of the two main political parties in Ghana have extolled the achievements of Dr Mrs Mary Grant, a former member of the Council of State, who passed last week. The stalwart of erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) passed away last Sunday at the 37 Military Hospital after a short illness. Dr … Read more
A lawyer for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Ato Dadzie, has backed a recent decision by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to withdraw his men from a town where residents had vandalized police post and other properties. In a rare show of support since IGP John Kudalor’s decision, Nana Ato Dadzie said … Read more