Courts
Court grants OSP bid for secret testimony in Charles Bissue galamsey trial
Sitting at the Criminal Division, Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay on Tuesday upheld an application for the OSP’s key witness to give evidence in camera.
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Lawyers for Wontumi should have sought bail variation in court-Augustine Obuor
Mr. Obour, who is a former state prosecutor, argued in an interview on Joy FM’s News Night that instead of resorting to political pressure and public demonstrations, Wontumi’s lawyers and their political allies, including minority members o...
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Cecilia Dapaah testifies in court; recounts how her $53,000 worth jewellery was stolen
On Tuesday, March 11, Mrs. Dapaah testified for the first time in the ongoing trial, revealing that her stolen jewelry alone was worth $53,000.
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Crime
Electrician convicted for defiling JHS pupil
Desmond Kwofie aged 24, was said to have committed the offence when his wife was pregnant and pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement.
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Courts
Former CEO of Beige Bank granted GH¢200m bail over money laundering, theft charges
Mr. Michael Nyinaku has been charged with 44 counts of money laundering, fraudulent breach of trust, and stealing depositors’ money, following a suit filed by the Attorney General’s Office on November 2, 2022.
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Hairdresser in court over Bigamy
According to prosecution, the complainant had also rented an apartment where the accused and her siblings lived.
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Customs Officer Jailed For Selling Official Land Cruiser To A Pastor For Ghc20,000
A driver of the Ghana Revenue Authority of Customs Division, Wonder Ahiadzro who stole and sold a Toyota Land Cruiser at the cost of GH₵20,000.00, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the Kaneshie District Court.
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Supreme Court News
Full Judgment: Supreme Court's full reasoning on OSP's prosecutorial powers
In its full judgment delivered on July 29, 2026, the court held that although the Attorney-General remains the sole constitutional repository of Ghana’s prosecutorial authority, Article 88(4) of the 1992 Constitution permits other persons o...
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General
Retired Justice Julius Ansah passes on
Justice Julius Ansah began working at the Attorney-General’s Department in Koforidua as a National Service Person after he was called to the Bar.
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Supreme Court News
OSP goes to SC; seeks quashing of HC ruling to hear motion earlier
The High Court, presided over by Justice Eric Twum granted a motion for abridgment of time filed by Madam Cecilia Dapaah subsequent to the OSP’s filing of a second motion for confirmation of seizure.
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High Court's full legal reasoning for rejecting Wontumi's adjournment, referral motions
In reaching her decision, Justice Kocuvie-Tay relied on the Supreme Court’s decision in Republic v High Court (Fast Track Division), Accra; Ex parte Sian Goldfields Limited, where the court stated that adjournments are subject to the conven...
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Crime
Open defecation: AMA Sanitation court remands seven to prison custody
The court fined each offender 50 penalty units (GH¢600). An eighth person, Raphael Adjetey, paid and avoided jail, officials said.
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Europe
Romanian court jails Wiz Khalifa in absentia over on-stage cannabis use
The artist, whose real name is Thomaz Cameron Jibril, admitted to lighting a joint while performing at the Beach, Please! festival in Costinești in July 2024.
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Hajia Zuwera secures injunction against NPP Walewale Parliamentary results
The Electoral Commission declared Dr. Kabiru Tia Mahama the winner of Saturday’s election, having garnered 345 votes against Hajia’s 338 votes.
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Lawyer Fugar sues former UG VC for ‘defamatory’ content of book
According to the plaintiff, some words published by the defendant in certain portions of the book are defamatory of him.
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Courts
President swears-in two newly appointed High Court justices
The new judges are Justices Dorothy Ayodele Kingsley-Nyinah and Ama Sefenya Ayittey, both private legal practitioners before their elevation to the bench.
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Kasoa ritual murder trial: Court to empanel new set of jury
Charged with conspiracy and murder, the two boys (a 15-year-old minor and an 18-year-old young teenager) are being tried for killing 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdallah in April 2021.
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Crime
Carpenter gets 10 years for defiling 13-year old girl
Christopher Kavi, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty.
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General
OSP concludes investigations against Bissue, Adu Boahen, two others
These were contained in its Half-Yearly Report released today July 4, 2023.
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Courts
Former Mentor TV reality show contestant receives life sentence for manslaughter conviction
The charges against him included murder and the use of an offensive weapon, resulting in the death of Razak Mohammed at Nungua Coco-Beach on September 26, 2016.
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