Crime
26-year-old JHS dropout sentenced to 15 years for robbery
Judge Festus Fovi Nukunu delivered the sentence, in accordance with Section 149 of the Criminal and Other Offenses Act (Act 29) of 190.
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Judgment debt: KMA Office Complex to be sold by FREDCO FD Company Limited
As at 31st December, 2016, KMA’s financial liabilities stood at GH¢119,213,333.22 as captured in the sessional address on 11th and 12th May, 2017 by the then Mayor, Osei-Assibey Antwi.
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Crime
Ghana police vow to crush car-jacking gangs after ‘Duku’ arrests
Speaking in Kumasi after a major operation by the Ashanti Regional Police Command, the Inspector General of Police said sustained surveillance, technical intelligence and targeted raids would be used to break up car-jacking syndicates
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Courts
JFAP holds pre-trial sitting at Kumasi Prison, discharges 4 remand prisoners
Over the course of the sitting, the court took up 41 pre-trial matters, including cases of murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to commit robbery, stealing and other serious offences.
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Business
How the 10 institutions accredited to offer legal education in Ghana have been assessed
The General Legal Council (GLC) in collaboration with the National Accreditation Board (NAB) has published a report on tertiary institutions that are accredited to offer legal education at the faculty level for LLB degrees.
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Crime
63 prison graduates unable to do national service over inability to acquire Ghana card
The revelation was made during a visit by Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights to the prison on Monday, where one of the 63 affected inmates, incarcerated for 13 years, appealed to the committee for urgent intervention.
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Africa
Rwanda ex-prison director jailed for stealing
The court acquitted an IT specialist inmate who used his skills to hack the victim’s Visa card after telling the court that he was forced by the prison director to do so.
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General
Prioritize non-custodial sentences-CDD roundtable participants to government
Non-Custodial Sentence or Alternative Sentence is punishment given by a court of law that does not involve a prison term.
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Courts
4 Chinese Illegal miners to be deported
The four are to be deported for illegally residing in Ghana
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Courts
Two sentenced to 15 years for armed robbery in Kumasi
Abass Kasim, 26, and Daniel Morro, known as “China,” 25, faced charges including conspiracy to commit robbery, unlawful entry, abetment, and illegal possession of firearms, all of which they initially denied.
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Kumasi Mayor orders closure of chop bar over sanitary concerns
Richard Ofori Agyemang-Boadi, the Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), directed that Alpha and Omega Chop Bar at Krobo-Odumase, within the Central Business District, stop operating with immediate effect, citing major sanitation...
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Opinion
Invoking the Supervisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The Case of a Meddlesome Interloper (Busybody)
The Ghanaian courts have allowed the efflorescence of legal doctrines as necessary nutrients for the enjoyment and development of rights and obligations under the law within the Ghanaian jurisdiction. One such procedural doctrine is LOCUS S...
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Police Chief Inspector investigated over alleged renting of illegal shacks to sex workers
The matter came to light after a special task force from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly moved into the area to demolish illegal structures along the Subin stream, behind the COCOBOD building in Adum.
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Table salt banned in Greater Kumasi restaurants, eateries, chop bars
Authorities say the ban is part of a broader effort to reduce excessive salt consumption and tackle the growing burden of hypertension in the metropolis.
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Courts
Lawyers to file both hardcopies, E-versions of all submissions-Northern Sector Court of Appeal
The directive, issued from Kumasi and signed by Justice Eric Baah, President of the Court of Appeal (Kumasi), will take effect from 1st March 2026.
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222 students inducted into Kumasi Campus of Ghana School of Law
This followed a similar ceremony held on January 17 for students in Accra at the Makola main campus, where a total of 1212 were inducted.
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Crime
Jirapa Dubai CEO: Trial of prime murder suspect resumes at Wa High Court
This was after the court announced in May that it could not proceed with the case due to a claim by lawyers of the accused that the Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Torkornoo, had directed that the case be transferred to Kumasi.
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Business
Genser Energy secures USD425m for mainstream projects; Trafigura as investor, offtaker
Genser Energy was advised in this transaction by Northcott Capital Limited as financial advisers and Clifford Chance LLP as legal advisers
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General
No way, you can’t leave Ghana!
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Kumasi on July 26, 2021 granted an application of stay of execution of an order of a Kumasi High Court.
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