Crime
Two Chinese nationals arrested in NAIMOS raid on galamsey site
The operation was carried out by the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat, NAIMOS, together with the Blue Water Guards on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
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Blanket criminalisation of consensual sex between minors unconstitutional-Kenya court
In a landmark decision in Constitutional Petition No. E490 of 2025, Justice Bahati Mwamuye declared that the blanket application of parts of the Sexual Offences Act to consensual adolescent relationships is unconstitutional.
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Crime
Labourer remanded over alleged handbag robbery at Cantonments
Kwaku Asamoah, who lives at Kasoa, has pleaded not guilty to the robbery charge.
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Courts
Abronye granted GH¢100,000 bail by High Court
Justice Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit also ordered him to report to the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters once every two weeks.
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Courts
Abronye DC bail application set for May 20 hearing
The NPP General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, May 18, after visiting Abronye at the Bureau of National Investigations.
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General
GBA rejects claims of NPP bias, condemns Afenyo-Markin’s attack on judge
The Association’s Public Relations Officer, Saviour Kudze, said attempts to brand the GBA as partisan whenever it comments on national issues undermine the legal profession and distract from more pressing national concerns.
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Courts
Driver remanded over alleged GH¢275,000 family fund misuse
The court, presided over by Robert Addo, heard that the complainant, Kofi Nyame, is the head of the Aduana family at Mpatuam in the Amansie West District.
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Crime
Driver fined GH¢1,800 for using phone behind wheel
Paul Owusu was convicted by the Toase District Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality after pleading guilty to two traffic offences.
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Crime
Mason jailed six months for stealing motorbike at Tweapiase
The convict, Emmanuel Appiah, pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea before the court presided over by Madam Dora Jackson.
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General
49 illegal miners arrested after NAIMOS team ambush in Western Region
The confrontation began on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, when operatives from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat, known as NAIMOS, were attacked inside the Ghana Rubber Estates Limited plantation.
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Courts
Man jailed seven years after admitting defilement of 12-year-old in Hohoe
Felix Agbodzi was convicted by the Hohoe Circuit Court after police said investigations showed he lured the girl to his residence and sexually abused her.
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Courts
Court of Appeal rejects Wontumi’s bid to halt mining trial
In a unanimous decision, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal dismissed the fresh application for a stay of proceedings, ruling that neither Wontumi nor Akonta Mining had shown the kind of exceptional circumstances required to justif...
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Crime
Man fined over WhatsApp post targeting Akim Oda MP
The convict, Emmanuel Oppong Krah, was also ordered to enter a three-year bond to keep the peace and maintain good behaviour. If he fails to pay the fine, he will serve a three-year prison term.
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Others
OSP law a fiasco ab initio-Thaddeaus Sory writes
It was clear from the law itself that the whole law was a fiasco ab initio. We just went round in circles and arrived at the same point.
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General
UPSA Law School honours Tsatsu Tsikata today
The ceremony is expected to spotlight a legal career that has spanned more than five decades and left a lasting imprint on Ghana’s legal, academic and public policy landscape.
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Courts
Toase court gives man 18 months for stealing engineer's laptop and phones
The convict, Yaw Mensah, pleaded guilty to stealing and was convicted on his own plea before the court presided over by Robert Addo.
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Crime
US court uphold extradition of former MASLOC boss to Ghana
The ruling means the United States court has accepted Ghana’s request at the judicial stage and found that the legal conditions for extradition have been met.
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Courts
Attorney-General backs court challenge to OSP’s independent powers
In an affidavit filed on 8 April 2026 in the case of Adamtey v Attorney-General, the state’s chief legal adviser argues that parts of the OSP Act, 2017 conflict with the 1992 Constitution because they allow the Special Prosecutor to begin c...
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Courts
Court remands pastor over alleged threats against Vice-President
The order was made on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, by Her Honour Angela Attachie, who directed that the accused remain in custody and return to court on 13 April.
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Courts
Toase court remands motorcyclist over crash that killed four-year-old girl
The accused, Kwame Ebenezer, is alleged to have knocked down four-year-old Richlove Adugyamfi at Manso-Tetrem, causing injuries from which she later died.
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