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Ghana’s outdated map partly to blame for Land problems-James Dadson
Ghana's 1974 map does not have every record sitting on it thus translating into incurrent land records.
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Supreme Court News
Attempted suicide: lawyer seeks decriminalization at SC
Christian Malm-Hesse wants the Supreme Court to declare that there is no “mens rea” formed with respect to the committal of the inchoate offence of “attempt to commit suicide”
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Courts
Court strikes out TDC’s case in Nii Tetteh Santeo family land dispute
The case arises from a suit brought by representatives of the Nii Tetteh Santeo family over a 361-acre parcel of land.
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Crime
Court bails fake soldier GH¢192,000 over security scam
Mahama Sani Razak, who is also referred to in court as “Major Zack Gariba Tanko”, is alleged to have promised to deploy junior military personnel to protect land at Kwabenya from land guards.
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Courts
OSP says it is holding and administering major assets tied to NPA extortion case
The update is contained in the 2025 Half-Yearly Report, signed by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, which describes the assets as exhibits in The Republic v. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid & Nine Others (CR/0603/2025) pending before the Criminal Hig...
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Crime
Businessman, farmer granted bail over GH¢120,000 land fraud case
Nii Korley Sai Boni IV, 53, and Kingsley Oblitey Quansah Commey, 44, were each granted bail set at GH¢150,000 with two sureties.
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Courts
Driver granted GH¢50,000 bail over alleged land fraud
Frederick Nii Boye Mettle is alleged to have taken GH¢25,000 from Madam Sarah Opare under the false pretense of securing a plot of land for her. He, however, denied the charges.
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Business
Ghana’s real estate industry, national development-Tsikata billed for CIR Lecture
The lectures are scheduled for June 18th, 20th, 25th, and 27th, 2024, and will take place at the Africa Trade House auditorium in Ridge, Accra.
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Supreme Court News
Madina, Adenta, Oyarifa, Ayi Mensa and over 70,000 acre lands don't belong to Numo Nmashie Family - Supreme Court
The court, therefore, directed the Lands Commission to expunge all registration and certificates issued to the Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie, and the Tetteh Olewolon Family, in respect of the 72,000 acres.
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Courts
Check out the dedicated email addresses for Ghanaian courts
A publication sighted by DL News shows the various courts across the country with specially assigned emails to aid correspondence and communication with the various registries.
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General
Retired Justice, Kwasi Anto Ofori Atta appointed Sole Inquirer over Bulgarian Embassy building situation
Justice Ofori Atta, also a former chairman of the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission is to make among other things, appropriate recommendations relating to the land being used at the Bulgarian embassy.
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General
Pass Surveying Council Bill to improve standards: Surveyors appeal to govt
At a news briefing and launch of the institution’s 17th annual Surveyors’ Week celebration and the opening of its 53rd Annual General Meeting in Accra last Monday, the President of the institution, Dr John Amaglo, said regulation would help...
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Courts
Akwerh family Welcomes New Court Ruling Over Hwakpo Land
George A. Akwerh said the journey from 2014 has not been easy and that he gives Glory to God and the entire family for standing behind him in the pursuit for justice.
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Crime
Businessman remanded over impersonation
Sowah Anang has denied the offences and he will make his next appearance on July 5, 2021.
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Courts
Land owners file for stay of deportation order against four Chinese Galamsey operators
The four had been involved in illegal mining operations on a 40-acre land of the Seidu Fanzia School, based in Obuasi, before their arrest
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Courts
Judge warns against multiple land sales as farmer faces court
Justice Jephthah Appau said the courts would apply the full force of the law to offenders as a deterrent to others. He noted that such acts not only breached the Lands Act, 2020 (Act 1036) but also created unnecessary disputes and tarnished...
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General
Find ways to deal with landowners threatening to sell state lands – Minister to U/W Region Lands Commission
They were sworn into office by the supervising Wa High Court judge, Justice Yussif Assibey.
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General
Selective criminalisation of breach of fiduciary duties in new Lands Act discriminatory, unconstitutional – OccupyGhana
The group makes the case that while Act 1036 falls short of specifically criminalising the same breach by managers of Public Lands, Article 36(8) of the Constitution imposes the same duties on all ‘managers of public, stool, skin, and famil...
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Supreme Court News
Section 57 and mens rea : What is constitutional about it? – Supreme Court Justice quizzes counsel
“Have you run any research? Has it been published? You want us to form a decision based on that?”
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Opinion
Revalidating Customary Law: The New Era of Good Title In Ghana’s Land Act
The article asserts that Ghana's Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) reinstates customary law acquisitions as valid sources of "good title" to land, correcting prior statutory exclusions. This shift legitimizes oral land grants and strengthens the le...
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