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Why Special Prosecutor Declares Dela Coffie Wanted
Information available to mintah.net indicates that Dela Coffie, a staunch member of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) was declared wanted by Office of the Special Prosecutor as a result of a petition sent to the OSP about an alleged housing contract signed by Samuel Atta Akyea.
Per report, a Ghanaian, Daniel Kwasi Amponiy…
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Man arrested for attempting to use daughter for rituals
A 42-year-old man has been arrested for attempting to use his 11-year-old daughter for rituals at Oyibi in the…
I’m right here; I will submit myself – Dela Coffie to Special Prosecutor
NDC activist Dela Coffie has described the Office of Special Prosecutor’s notice declaring him wanted as…
Special Prosecutor declares NDC’s Dela Coffie wanted
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has declared one of the outspoken NDC activists on Social Media Dela Coffie wanted.
The Special Prosecutor mentioned, corruption, forgery among others as reasons for his action. The OSP has published a statement containing the image of of Mr Coffie on its social media handles.
Below is the wanted notice…
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Wontumi TV and radio caught for GH¢300,000 power theft
Some businesses in Kumasi including the Radio and TV stations of the Ashanti regional Chairman of the NPP Bernard…
Assin North case: Court dismisses MP’s motion to strike out 3 charges
The High Court in Accra has dismissed an application from the embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin…
Ato Forson’s case: Procured ambulances didn’t meet basic standards – Witness tells court
The first prosecution witness in the Cassiel Ato Forson case has told the High Court in Accra that the ambulances imported in 2015/2016 did not meet basic standards and specifications of an ambulance.
Acting Director of Operations at the National Ambulance Service (NAS), Dr. Forster Ansong-Bridjan, told Her Ladyship Afia Serwaa Asare-Botwe’s…
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Gyakye Quayson’s cases at Supreme Court suffer 3rd adjournment
The cases involving the suspended Assin North Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson have suffered a 3rd…
Eastern Region: 2 killed in robbery at gold shop at Asamang Tamfoe
The Eastern Regional Police Command is pursuing six armed robbers who attacked a shop that deals in gold at…
Electrician Fined Gh 3,000 for Stealing Meters, Power Theft In Tamale
Tamale Circuit Court presided by Alexander Oworae, has sentenced Lukman Razak , 37, electrician to a fine of 250 penalty units equivalent to Gh 3,000 or in default serve two years in prison.
The convict was charged with causing loss or damage to state property , defrauding and stealing and pleaded guilty to all the three charges.
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Nigerian In Court For Murder
A Nigerian national accused of murder has been arraigned before the Kaneshie Magistrate Court in Accra.
The…
2 more suspects charged in bullion van case
Two more persons have been charged in connection with the recent bullion van robberies in Accra.
The two,…
One dead as Nkoranza youth clash with Police
At least one person had died with five others on admission following a clash between youth of Nkoranza and Police on Tuesday.
The youth who were protesting the death of 28-year-old trader, Alber Akwasi Donkor reportedly attacked some officers before setting inmates free.
A police statement said the Police responded to the attack with the…
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Nkoranza youth attack Police station; free suspects in custody
Some irate youth in Nkoranza in the Bono East region have attacked the Police station in the area freeing at…
Opuni trial: Lithovit Liquid Fertilizer was farmers’ ‘messiah’ – Farmer tells…
A cocoa farmer has told the Accra High Court that the fertiliser at the centre of the trial of a former Chief…
Sacked KATH accountant’s case against hospital management dismissed
The Kumasi High Court has dismissed the case brought before it by a former employee of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) challenging his dismissal.
Delivering its judgement on the case, the court presided over by Justice Ali Baba ruled that the decision for the hospital to sack the plaintiff was right since the hospital followed due…
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C/R: Boyfriend slashes girlfriend, 56, with machete for denying him sex
A 56-year-old woman, Akua Baduwa, has allegedly been slashed with machete multiple times by her boyfriend, Bob,…
Boyfriend of murdered CCTU student arrested
The boyfriend of the level 300 Cape Coast Technical University student who was murdered over the weekend at Ola,…
MP demands justice in the alleged murder of Albert Donkor
Member of Parliament for Nkoranza South, Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum and the youth of Nkoranza are demanding justice for Albert Donkor a native who is alleged to have been killed by the Police.
The people are calling on the President of Ghana, Ministers of State, Parliament, human right organisations and the clergy to add their voices to the…
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SAD:Cape Coast Technical University Student Killed
A level 300 Marketing student of the Cape Coast Technical University, Nana Ama Clark has allegedly been murdered.…
National Security warns churches over possible terrorist attacks
Following the activities of terrorist groups in neighbouring West African countries, Ghana’s National Security…
Opuni Witness Testifies Monday
The former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, who is standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss to the state, is set to call his second witness on Monday, May 16, 2022.
The witness, Samuel Torbi, a cocoa famer from Assin Fosu in the Central Region, is expected to testify about his experience…
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C/R: Female student murdered; body parts removed
A woman believed to be in her twenties has allegedly been murdered and her body parts removed at Cape Coast in…
KNUST Lecturer tried to influence my statement on wife’s disappearance’ – Witness
A former teaching assistant to the embattled KNUST Senior Lecturer, Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey, has told the Kumasi…
Farmer remanded for pouring acid on girlfriend
A 25-year-old farmer, who allegedly poured acid on his girlfriend, has been remanded into police custody by District Court, at Juabuso, in the Western North Region
Francis Aning, boyfriend to Mary Owusu, 18, was expected to reappear before the Court, on May 25,2022.
The Director of Police Public Affairs,Superintendent (Supt) of…
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Fetish priest shoots himself after killing wife, son
A 40-year-old fetish priest, Kwasi Tandoh, has shot himself, his wife and son dead at Enyan Abowinum in the…
Bawku: Three allegedly shot dead in renewed clashes
Three persons have been reportedly shot dead in what appears to be renewed clashes between some Kusasis and…
11 illegal miners in Atewa Forest jailed
Eleven persons who were involved in illegal mining in the Atewa Forest in the Eastern Region are currently serving prison sentences of between five and 15 years.
The Koforidua Circuit Court B sentenced them after they were found guilty of engaging in the dig and wash model of illegal mining in the Atewa Forest Reserve, contrary to the…
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64yr-old man arrested for allegedly threatening Supreme Court judge
A 64-year-old retired quantity surveyor with the State Housing Corporation, Livingston Bosso, was last Friday,…
MASLOC trial: I’II not consider trial in Absentia until sureties appear in court –…
The High Court in Accra presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe has said it will not hear…
Supreme Court Chases NDC MPs – Over Double Salary
THE SUPREME Court has ordered that all double salary Members of Parliament (MPs) and ministers should be served by way of substituted service after swerving service of the writ of summons issued against them.
Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, filed a suit against the former…
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VIDEO: Nigerian woman arrested over attempted murder of Ghanaian taxi driver
A Nigerian lady is in the grips of the Ghana Police Service for attempting to kill a Taxi Driver she hired his…
Court adjourns suspected kidnapping case involving KNUST lecturer
The Kumasi High Court has adjourned the case involving Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey, a KNUST senior lecturer who is…
Man, 40, dies in hotel after alleged ‘aphrodisiac’ enhanced intercourse
A 40-year-old man identified as Alfred Agbormavi has died in a hotel room after allegedly using an aphrodisiac to enhance his sexual intercourse with a lady.
The deceased, who is hypertensive, according to family source, checked into the Climax Hotel in Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region with a young lady at about 5:00pm on May 4,2022.…
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Commercial driver jailed 10 years for acid attack on lover
A commercial driver, Bright Boso, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing harm to his girlfriend,…
T’di: Farmer jailed 10yrs for attempting to sacrifice son for Sakawa
A 38-year-old farmer and resident of Ayisakro, a community near Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the…
Brothers granted ¢400,0000 cedis bail each over bank theft
An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢400,000.00 bail with two sureties each to two brothers over an alleged GH¢476,450.00 bank theft.
The Court ordered that the two sureties should be justified with a landed property.
Kwadwo Berko Antwi and Kwabena Appiah Mensah Antwi have denied conspiring to steal the money from a customer’s Fidelity…
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Oliver Barker-Vormawor issues fresh threats to stage coup in Ghana
The social media activist and Convenor of the #FixTheCountry pressure group Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, who…
NPP polls: Two voters arrested for dressing in Police colours
Two individuals who dressed like police officers and voted in the ongoing NPP Constituency Executive elections…
Two Robbers at Denu Jailed for 40 Years
Atitso Korshie (Black and white vest) and Wisdom Dzeke, (Multicoloured T-shirt)
Two armed robbers, Atitso Korshie, age 23 and Wisdom Dzeke, age 25 have been sentenced to 20years imprisonment for robbing some merchants at Kpogedi Zongo near Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region.
After trial, the Aflao Circuit Court…
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Failed NPP PC charged for defrauding fails to meet GHc700k bail
A failed New Patriotic Party(NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region and…
D-Black’s Night Club disconnected by ECG for power theft
Oasis Pool and Shisha Lounge in Accra has been cut off from the national grid for power theft.
The night club,…
One suspect arrested over killing of 8 herdsmen in Zacholi
One suspect arrested over killing of 8 herdsmen in Zacholi
The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested one suspect in relation to the attack on some herdsmen at Zacholi in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region through an intelligence-led operation.
The suspect, Danko Delabra, according to a police statement dated April…
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Lotto Writer Jailed 20 Years for Defilement
A Lotto writer who defiled two teenagers, contrary to Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and the Criminal Code…
KNUST student killed by friend over ¢100 debt
The police in Ashanti have arrested a tailor’s apprentice who allegedly killed a friend at Sewua on Friday in an…
Level 200 KNUST student murdered for demanding monies owed him by a friend
Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a suspect Emmanuel Boateng who has confessed to the killing of his friend Nana Gyamfi aged 22, a level-200 student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST.
According to the Police on "Friday, April 22 at about 0525hrs, Feyiase Police had information that an unknown male adult was…
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C/R: Basic four pupil falls to death from coconut tree
A nine-year-old Basic Four pupil of the Enyan Abaasa D/A Basic School in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of…
Lebanese arrested with fake $10k at KIA, pleads guilty
A 25-year-old Lebanese Al-Zoubayr Chaaban has been convicted by Circuit Court 1 in Accra after pleading guilty to…
Seven Zakoli Cattle thieves fined ¢4,200 each by court
The seven suspects arrested for allegedly stealing cattle from the Zacholi community following the killing of some persons in that community last week, have been found guilty of the offence and consequently fined GHS 4,200 each.
They risk serving nine months in jail in default.
At the first court sitting on the matter, all seven suspects…
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Police at Asesewa destroys 5 acres of marijuana farms
Police at Asesewa in the Eastern region have destroyed about five acres of marijuana farms.
The farm, located in a…
6 suspects arrested over series of robberies in Greater Accra, Central Regions
The Police, through a targeted inteligence-led operation between April 15 and April 17, 2022, have arrested six…
Man convicted for smashing his girlfriend’s iPhone 12 ProMax 128
The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has convicted a marble layer who smashed his girlfriend’s iPhone 12 ProMax 128 cellular phone valued at GH₵8,000.00.
Mr. Douglas Nana Yeboah, 32, pleaded guilty to causing unlawful damage and he was convicted on his own plea but his sentence was deferred to April 21, 2022.
Police Chief Inspector Christian O.…
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3 brothers drown at Ode river at Barekese in the Ashanti Region
3 brothers drown at Ode river at Barekese in the Ashanti Region
Three brothers have drowned at the Ode river at…
Pentecost Elder Defiles And Impregnates 14-Year-Old Wife’s Sister
A 14-year-old girl who was defiled and impregnated by her sister’s husband, Elder Emma, is currently battling for…
Boutique girl granted GH₵30,000 bail for stealing
An Accra Circuit Court on Monday has granted a salesgirl of a boutique, 20-year-old Regina Amegbe bail in the sum of Thirty Thousand Ghana cedis (GH₵30,000.00) with two sureties for allegedly stealing.
She had been charged with stealing, which, she has denied.
Mrs. Susana Eduful who presided over the court adjourned the trial to May 16,…
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Sex in VIP scandal has affected our Brand
Ante Naa and Oyerepa FM is in trouble as they prepare to answer questions infront of the National Media…
Four granted ¢2,100,000.00 bail for attempted bank fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC6 million bail with three sureties to Stephen Arthur over an alleged…
Drinking spots in Akatsi to be shut down by police
Stakeholders in the Akatsi municipality have taken a decision to shut down all drinking spots and bars that sell illegal drugs at their business centers in the town.
This action is to be carried out by the police.
This was part of decisions reached at an emergency meeting called by the Akatsi Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) following…
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ECG Meter Thieves Get GHC20,000 Bail
The New Abirem Magistrate Court in the Eastern Region on Tuesday granted bail to two suspects standing trial for…
Police arrest Lebanese for threatening shop owner’s life over parking space at Osu
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a Lebanese, Osman Brustani for threatening a shop owner’s life over parking…
Lebanese threatens to kill shop owner over parking space at Osu
A Lebanese man on Monday, pulled out a sword to attack a business man selling shoes made from Kente fabric at Osu.
In an Instagram post, the entrepreneur by the username @doit_ghana, revealed that the fracas arose over a parking space.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcL2BKapAAk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
According to the shoe…
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9 persons killed, 4 others injured as unidentified men attack Zacholi in Yendi
Nine persons have been killed in an attack at Zacholi, a suburb of Yendi.
Four others were also injured in the…
Suspect in Viral Video Arrested
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested Osman Brustani, the Lebanese who pulled out a…
Cable Thief Electrocuted at ketu
A young man who attempted to steal a cable at the Bulk Supply Point (BSP) in Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region almost lost his life when the cable he was trying to steal electrocuted him.
The suspect identified as 32-year-old Eric Kofi Quaye, apart from being electrocuted got burnt in the process.
Although he is…
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Assin North MP must suffer fate of Adamu Sakande – Dame
The Attorney General, Mr Godfred Dame has said that the Assin North Member of Parliament James Gyekye Quayson…
Supreme Court stops Assin North MP from performing parliamentary duties
The Supreme Court has, in a majority 5-2 decision, ruled that Assin North MP James Gyakye Quayson can no longer…
Businessman sues Sulley Muntari, demands payment of €97,000
Businessman, Rodrigo Renato Gianno, has sued Hearts of Oak Midfielder, Sulley Ali Muntari, at the High Court.
The writ and statement of claim was filed on March 21, 2022, by lawyer for the businessman, Kwadwo Gyasi Ntrakwah of Ntrakwah and Co.
He is demanding the payment of €97,320 which he alleges the footballer has refused to pay him.…
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Supreme Court to rule on Gyakye Quayson’s case today
The Supreme Court will later today, Wednesday, rule on an application seeking to stop James Gyakye Quayson from…
Teaching assistant to testify in court against KNUST lecturer accused of…
A Kumasi High Court is set to hear the first witness in a case in which a lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah…
Case against me frivolous, vexatious and abuse of court processes – Gyakye Quayson
The Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency in the Central Region, James Gyakye Quayson, has filed his statement of case as directed by the Supreme Court in response to a petition filed against him by Michael Ankomah-Ninfah.
Mr. Quayson in his statement asked the apex court to describe the petition as frivolous, vexatious, an…
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Two jailed 65 years for robbery at cape Coast
Two men who robbed a businesswoman of her bag and inflicted cutlass wounds on her right hand in Cape Coast have…
Retract false story; apologize to FDA CEO – Court orders Graphic Communications
The High Court has ordered the Graphic Communications Group to apologize and retract a false story published…
8 QNET Agents arrested over employment scam in Anwomaso in Ashanti Region
A joint security operation in the Ashanti Region has led to the arrest of eight people in a suspected employment scam linked to a network marketing company known as Q-Net.
The suspects were picked up on Wednesday (7 April 2022) during the intelligence-led operation which uncovered over 120 victims in a compound house at Anwomaso ‘High…
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2 Die In Akatsi Youth, Police Clash
There is uneasy calm at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region following a violent clash…
2 reported dead as Akatsi youth clashes with Police
Two people are reported dead in Akatsi following a clash between the youth and the Police on Sunday.
The youth…
Man Arrested With 6 Foreign Pistols At Savelugu
The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested one Mohammed Iddi, 35, for possessing firearm on board a Toyota Hiace Mini bus at Pigu Police barrier near Savelugu in the Northern region.
The police conducted a search in the vehicle and retrieved six 9mm Calibre Bruni pistols which were concealed in a package he covered with a smock.…
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Man Arrested With 6 Foreign Pistols At Savelugu
The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested one Mohammed Iddi, 35, for possessing firearm on board a Toyota…
Opuni trial: There was no complaints from farmers on Lithovit Liquid fertilizer –…
The former Director of Finance at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Charles Kwao Tetteh Dodoo, has told the High Court…
I did not help Ato Essien to take money from Capital Bank – Former MD
The former Managing Director (MD) of defunct Capital Bank, Reverend Fitzgerald Odonkor, has told an Accra High Court he did not assist the founder of the institution William Ato Essien in taking money from the bank.
“I say that I have not abetted the 1st Accused In taking money of Capital Bank as alleged, I only acted as an employee of Capital…
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Double salaries: SC orders substituted service to be served on 9 MPs
The Supreme Court has ordered a substituted service to be effected against nine Members of Parliament who have…
The full story about Odartey Lamptey, his ex-wife, infidelity and fight over…
Gloria Lamptey and football star Nii Odartey Lamptey got married under Ghana’s Marriage Ordinance on May 28,…
Kwabre East: Girl, 11, burnt to death The little girl died when fire engulfed a six-bedroom house at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region
An 11-year-old girl, Tunteya Salmu was on Tuesday (5 April) burnt to death at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region, the fire service has confirmed.
The fire also destroyed a six-bedroom house before firefighters were able to douse the blaze.
The spokesperson of the Ghana National Fire Service in the region, DO III Peter…
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Your application lacks merit – Supreme Court to Assin North MP
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision dismissed an application filed by Assin North MP, James Gyakye…
Constituency election case involving two Kwadaso NPP members adjourned
A Kumasi High Court has adjourned a case where two members of the New Patriotic Party in the Kwadaso Constituency…
After 9 years, court rules against Odartey Lamptey’s ex-wife over East Legon property
Former Ghana international, Nii Odartey Lamptey has finally claimed his seven-bedroom apartment from his ex-wife Gloria Appiah after the court gave the latter one month notice to evict the property.
On March 2, 2022, Court ordered Gloria to vacate the apartment after yet another failed appeal to claim ownership of the seven-bedroom apartment…
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Youth Groups push for Commission of Inquiry to investigate Nkroful shootings
Shaip Africa, Ko Y3l3 Eku and Teleku Bokazo Youth are calling for the establishment of Commission of Enquiry…
Horror: Man, 21, pounds grandparents to death with pestle at Akyem Hemang
A 21-year-old man has allegedly murdered his grandparents at Akyem Hemang in the Fanteakwa South District of the…
E/R: Residents clash with miners, one shot dead, 8 injured
One person has been confirmed dead while eight (8) others have sustained gunshot wounds during clashes between residents of Akyem Asunafo and a group of miners in Atiwa West District in the Eastern region.
The incident occurred on Friday, April 1, 2022.
It was as gathered that the residents of Akyem Asunafo were resisting illegal mining in…
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Man believed to be a Police officer arrested for brandishing gun and attacking…
The Police has said a man believed to be an officer in mufti who was captured in a video brandishing a weapon and…
Arrest him immediately, Kevin Taylor to IGP Dampare
The recent circulating news that has undoubtedly sparked massive stir, debates and arguments across all social…
Ellembelle: One shot dead as fight breaks out in court between galamseyers & military
One person has been shot dead with several others injured during a scuffle allegedly between some residents of Teleku-Bokazo and Anhwia in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, on one hand, and the military during court proceedings.
According to an eye witness, who gave his name as Francis, some galamseyers who were working in a pit…
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Police officer found dead; black substance smeared on face
44-year-old policeman, Sergent Emmanuel Asiedu of the SWAT Unit in Koforidua, has been found dead in his rented…
Stop “unlawful extradition” of Nigerian national to US – Lawyer prays High Court
A private legal practitioner Ralph Poku Adusei, of Trent Legal (Amansie Chambers), has filed an application at the…
Stephen Amoah declares war against weed smokers in Nhyiaeso
Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti region Dr. Stephen Amoah has declared war against what he says is weed trading among young people in his constituency.
According to the Dr. Amoah, gambling and drug abuse is on the rise in the constituency promoting criminal activities such as stealing, robbery, gambling among others.
The…
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Four persons nab for Baby stealing
Four persons, including a retired midwife, allegedly involved in the stealing and sale of babies at Atuabo and Half…
INTERPOL Nabs Ghanaian Gospel Musician In Cotonou
The International Police (INTERPOL) in Cotonou has arrested a Ghanaian gospel musician Jacklin Sarfo Gyamfua aka…
Techiman South election petition: NDC’s request for EC boss to be summoned denied
The Wenchi High Court on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, struck out portions of an application filed by the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Techiman South 2020 Parliamentary Candidate, Dr Christopher Beyere Baasongti, praying the court to subpoena Mrs. Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission among others.
The petitioner prayed the…
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Supreme Court Dismisses Seidu Agongo’s Application
THE SUPREME Court has dismissed an application for certiorari filed by businessman Seidu Agongo, who has…
Supreme Court to determine Assin North MP’s Review April 5
The Supreme Court will on Tuesday, April 5 make a determination on its earlier decision ordering James Gyakye…
Vormawor’s case: Put your house in order – Judge tells prosecution
Presiding Magistrate, Eleanor Barnes has cautioned prosecution to be more serious with the case involving #FixTheCountry convener Oliver Barker Vormawor.
When the case was called at 8.30 on Tuesday, lead prosecutor DSP Sylvester Asare prayed the court for additional time to gather evidence.
But counsel for Oliver Barker Vormawor rebutted…
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