Supreme Court News
Orders of the Supreme Court in Michael Ankomah Nimfah and James Gyakye Quayson
The apex court has endorsed the judgment of the Cape Coast High Court which restrained the MP from holding himself as a legislator.
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Results for “election petition”
915 results.
Courts
Chief Justice’s integrity unquestionable – JUSAC President declares
Mr Nartey asserted that the Office of the Chief Justice was a constitutionally created and secure office and so the Constitution enjoined anybody who sought to call on the President to impeach the Chief Justice to follow the laid down proce...
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Courts
Chief Justice’s integrity unquestionable – JUSAC President declares
The Chief Justice, the JUSAG President admitted, was not immune from questions of alleged misconduct
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General
#Fixthecountry group withdraws petition for removal of EC Chair and deputies
The group submitted the 24-page petition on January 10, 2022, invoking the constitutional processes per Article 146 for the removal of the Chair and Deputies of the Electoral Commission
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Election Petition
Election Petition: Summaries of proceedings Jan. 26 to 29
The Supreme Court’s hearing in the presidential election petition filed by John Dramani Mahama on the 30th of December 2020 is ongoing.
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Election Petition
Read John Mahama’s amended Petition and Akufo-Addo’s response
Following the ruling of the Supreme Court for Applicant in the ongoing Election Petition to amend his petition, John Mahama and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Petitioner and 2nd respondent respectively have responded accordingly.
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Election Petition
Ho High Court dismisses petition challenging Amewu's election as MP
This petition followed concerns expressed by over 17,000 voters from the Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) enclave, covering 13 communities that did not participate in the 2020 parliamentary elections.
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General
CJ’s complaint against Dominic Ayine proper – Ndebugre
“I think that there is no problem about the Chief Justice laying the complaint.”
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Crime
Assin North: CID invites former MP, Joe Gyakye Quayson for interrogation
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, prayed to the Clerk of Parliament to allow Quayson to participate in the election of the Speaker and “let him bear the consequences” thereafter.
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Supreme Court News
Kpandai election dispute heads to Supreme Court as Nyindam challenges High Court annulment
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislator is challenging a November 24, 2025 judgment from the Tamale High Court, Commercial Division, which declared the constituency’s parliamentary results invalid and ordered a fresh election within 30 day...
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Courts
C/R: Police secures court order to stop Effutu NDC from protesting over election results
The Central Region Police Command through the High Court in Cape Coast has secured a prohibition order to bar the Effutu branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from embarking on a demonstration on Tuesday, January 5, 2020.
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Election Petition
Mahama’s request to inspect EC’s document turned down
The Supreme Court has ruled against a request by the 2020 Presidential Election Petitioner to inspect some documents of the Electoral Commissioner relied upon to declare the 7th December Presidential Elections.
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Others
Uganda’s 2026 Internet Shutdown: Election Integrity Or Human Rights Violation?
This article argues that Uganda’s 2026 internet shutdown, justified as a security measure, was a disproportionate restriction that undermined electoral transparency and violated international human rights standards on legality, necessity, a...
Benedicta Okyere
Africa
Kenya’s supreme court upholds William Ruto’s win in presidential election
Ruto was announced winner on 15 August amid a divide within the electoral commission over the declared outcome, which showed that the vice-president had gained 50.5% of the vote, beating the longtime opposition leader, Raila Odinga, and nar...
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US
How Fox News Will Fight a $2.7 Billion Suit About the 2020 Election
The Rupert Murdoch-owned news network has filed a motion to dismiss Smartmatic’s blockbuster libel action. Now and down the road, the defendant will attempt to pin ultimate responsibility for wild tales of election fraud on Donald Trump and...
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General
Asamankese Royal Clan petitions Gov’t over decade-long chieftaincy dispute
In a petition signed by Abusuapanin Kwesi Asare, the family said successive rulings by the Koforidua High Court, the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, and the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council’s Judicial Committee had all affirmed their rig...
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General
It’s unfair for people to bad-mouth the Chief Justice, says Frank Davies
Davies has described these comments as “intellectual dishonesty.”
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Supreme Court News
Election petition: Mahama files closing address
Lawyers of former President John Mahama have filed their closing addresses in the election petition as was ordered by the Supreme Court on Monday.
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Election Petition
Election Petition: Jean Mensa may not be cross-examined
The Electoral Commission has indicated its disinterest to allow its chairperson to mount the witness box to testify in the ongoing 2020 Presidential Election Petition.
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Election Petition
Election petition: NDC’s claim that Supreme Court panel is unfair bogus – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
A member of President Akufo-Addo’s legal team, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has described as ‘bogus’, a claim by John Mahama’s legal team that the Supreme Court panel hearing the 2020 election petition is unfair and unbalanced.
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