General
Muntaka retracts corruption allegation against Judiciary
The Minority Chief Whip has apologised for “scandalising the Judiciary in its entirety”.
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Results for "Bar Conference 2023"
1925 results.
Courts
Ato Essien seeks changes to appeal against 15-year jail term
The application, filed on October 5, 2026, seeks to revise some of the grounds upon which the former banking executive is challenging his conviction and sentence.
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Courts
GHS faces over GH¢400m medico-legal claims in three years
The claims are tied to 173 cases recorded between 2023 and 2025.
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Crime
Police arrest 23-year-old student for publishing obscene content online
Police say the content was traced to the handle @biggforddd123 and involved several women, with recordings said to span the period from 2023 to 26 January 2026.
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General
Parliament Passes 23 New Laws in 2025
Parliament has passed 23 new Acts in 2025, introducing key legal changes across sectors including tax, public finance, environment, and social protection. The new legislation includes repeals of major levies and updates to longstanding stat...
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Others
Defamation in the digital era: Social media and the emergence of cyber libel in Ghana
The paper assesses how Ghana’s traditional defamation law and constitutional free speech guarantees are being stress-tested by cyber-libel on social media platforms. It analyses recent high-profile cases to show how courts are operationalis...
Louis Dwomoh Obeng
Courts
Trader tells court she sold husband’s Budumburam property to accused in Cecilia Dapaah theft case
Appearing as the fifth prosecution witness, Gloria Abrafi Asiedu Asamoa-Baah said she transferred ownership of the property to Christiana Achab for GH¢800,000, with the entire transaction completed on the day they met.
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Courts
Police inspector jailed for life over girlfriend’s murder in Kumasi
Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, popularly known as “Tycoon”, was convicted by a seven-member jury in a 5-2 decision on Friday, 24 October 2025.
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Europe
Australian woman jailed for life over deadly mushroom lunch
The 50-year-old was convicted in July after an 11-week trial of murdering her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, by serving them beef Wellington pastries laced with poisonous fungi in July 20...
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Courts
Ken Attafuah's 2023 dismissal of NIA staff upheld by NLC
The ruling supports Attafuah’s 2023 decision to terminate Akowuah’s appointment over an unauthorized change to working hours at the NIA’s Madina district office.
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Africa
Mohbad’s childhood friend ‘Primeboy’ sues late singer’s mother for alleged defamation
Mohbad died on September 12, 2023, and was buried the following day.
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US
Georgia woman sues IVF clinic after giving birth to wrong baby
Krystena Murray underwent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) at Coastal Fertility Clinic in May 2023, believing she was carrying an embryo created from her own egg and a chosen sperm donor.
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Crime
Man gets 21 years for sexually assaulting minor
Ampomah had engaged in anal sex with a 15-year-old boy at Tabora, Accra, and subjected the minor to beatings when the boy declined to further have sex with him, even while the victim was unwell.
GNA
Courts
Three robbers suffer double agony before court
Isaac Amejor and Michael Baffour, aka Mike, ex-police and military officers, respectively together with Mutakilu Saddick, had 35 years imprisonment each for robbery after being slapped with a jail term of 30 years each by the same court for...
GNA
Courts
Dimissed soldier, Ex-COP and civilian jailed 30 years each for robbery
Judge Evelyn Asamoah, presiding over Circuit Court 10, in Accra, sentenced each of the convicts to 30 years for both conspiracy and robbery.
thechronicle
Business
Bank of Ghana Report reveals rise in Bank staff fraud activities
According to the 2023 Banks, SDIs, and PSPs Fraud Report, this is a worrying trend thus warranting a call by the Bank of Ghana for banks to strengthen their internal control mechanisms.
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Courts
Complainant weeps as court frees man on fraud charges
The court presided over by Sedinam Awo Kwadam, at the end of Mensah’s trial, acquitted him on two charges of defrauding by false pretences.
GNA
Crime
Woman jailed for six months for stealing phone valued at ¢1200
Ekudi who appeared before the Court on December 15, 2023, pleaded not guilty, was fully tried, found guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison.
GNA
Crime
Forty-year-old trader sentenced for stealing mobile phone
Ekudi who appeared before the Court on December 15, 2023, pleaded not guilty, was fully tried, found guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Barker-Vormawor attempt to get Kan Dapaah answer 17 questions fails at Supreme Court
The panel presided over by the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo was of the view that those questions posed to the minister were too broad and lacking in detail.
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