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03 Apr

Trader Remanded After Court Issued Bench Warrant

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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 25-year-old trader, Michael Azu, for failing to appear in court. On December 7, 2023, Azu, who is being held for defrauding by false pretence, failed to turn up in court and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. When the accused person appeared before the court on January 9, 2024, the court remanded him into police custody to reappear on January 22. Azu is being held for allegedly collecting GH¢250,000 from a trader under the pretext of providing him with a KIA Rhino Truck but failed. He has denied…

02 Feb

Court Dismisses Case By Former ECOWAS Commission Employee

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The ECOWAS Court has dismissed a case filed by a former employee of the ECOWAS Commission on the ground that she filed her case beyond the time limit. Dorothy Etim filed suit ECW/CCJ/APP/44/21, alleging that the ECOWAS Commission and its President wrongfully dismissed her on 8 September 2015. She stated that the incident was based on an allegation that she produced forged documents to access ECOWAS education grant for the benefit of her four children. She told the Court that she was not invited by the Respondents to respond or react to the allegations of “fraud” and “forgery”. She added…

21 Dec

Damongo Killing: Three Firemen To Reappear Before Tamale High Court

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Three firemen who are currently on remand in Tamale in the Northern for the alleged murder of a 27-year-old man in Damongo, will reappear in court for the second time on Thursday, 21st December 2023. The junior fire officers are Station Officer Felix Kuuwaar, Assistant Station Officer Bajaah, and Fireman Yussif. It would be recalled that on Saturday, the 9th of December 2023, the said firemen accused the deceased of stealing their mattress. The deceased was arrested and then handcuffed, and dragged to the Municipal and Regional Fire Service stations where he was allegedly brutalized and left with several burns…

19 Dec

‘Side Chick’ And Banker ‘Sugar Daddy’ Back In Court Over Custody Of Vehicle

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Deborah Seyram Adablah, the ‘side chick’ and her ex-lover, former Chief Finance Officer of a Bank, Ernest Kwesi Nimako return to court today, Tuesday, December 19, 2023, over the custody of the vehicle he bought for her. This comes 3 weeks after the Court had dismissed Adablah’s suit against Mr. Nimako as one that raises no reasonable cause of action. An Accra High Court on 16th May 2023, ordered Deborah Seyram Adablah to give the car at the centre of a widely publicized lawsuit to the court Registrar. According to Justice Olivia Obeng Owusu, this was meant to keep it…

11 Dec

New Force Spokesperson Pleads Not Guilty, Granted Bail

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The Kaneshie District Court has granted bail to spokesperson for the New Force, Shalimar Abbiussi. The lady, first seen in the group's campaign video, is being charged with allegedly obtaining a student permit by false declaration. Among others, the video highlighted the suffering of Ghanaians under the Akufo-Addo administration using recent demonstrations to question the role of leadership in addressing the concerns of the citizenry. This morning, she was escorted to the court premises in the company of officers from the National Bureau of Investigations. Ms Shalimar has pleaded not guilty to the charge. Some persons were spotted hoisting placards…

03 Nov

Trader In Court For Allegedly Stealing GH¢80k

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A 57-year-old trader has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly misappropriating GH₵80,000 belonging to a businesswoman. Eric Annan is reported to have persuaded the complainant that the wood product business was profitable, and as a result, the complainant took out a GH₵80,000 loan and gave it to the accused. Annan, who led the complainant’s son to pay for a quantity of wood, then returned and collected the wood without his (complainant's son’s) knowledge and went into hiding. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing, The court presided over by Mrs. Evelyn Asamoah admitted Annan to bail…

18 Oct

Court Dismisses No Case Submission By Osinachi’s Husband

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The no-case submission application filed by Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, has been dismissed by a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2. Nwachukwu had filed the application to challenge the homicide and domestic violence suit instituted against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on June 3, 2022. Justice Njideka K. Nwosu-Iheme ruled that Nwachukwu has a case to answer. The judge ordered Nwachukwu to open his defence. On April 8, 2022, Osinachi took her last breath, and her death was linked to maltreatment and domestic violence by her…

17 Oct

Court Orders NSS Sidechick, Banker To File Submissions Within Seven Days

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The High Court in Accra has ordered banker, Ernest Kwasi Nimako to file his written submissions in his application seeking the dismissal of former National Service Person, Deborah Sayram Adablah’s sexual harassment case within seven days. The motion filed on May 17, 2023, is primarily asking the Court to strike out the action initiated by the former National Service person, who has alleged among other things sexual harassment. In January this year, Adablah dragged Mr. Nimako, then Chief Finance Officer (CFO)and First Atlantic Bank to Court.But, on July 21, 2023, the court cleared the bank’s name for no wrongdoing following…

12 Oct

Capital Bank’s Ato Essien Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

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Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Accra High Court today. Mr Essien was convicted of stealing over GH¢90m of Bank of Ghana’s liquidity support to the now-defunct financial institution. This comes after his inability to fully pay the said amount back to the State after agreeing to do so despite being afforded the opportunity. He earlier paid ¢30 million upfront in December 2022 and was required to pay ¢20 million as the first installment of the ¢60 million outstanding amount by April 28, 2023. But he was only able…

09 Oct

I Have No Real Estate Business – Cecilia Dapaah Insists

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Former Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has refuted allegations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that she has an undeclared real estate business. According to her, the OSP has not provided any evidence of that claim. The court document filed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor said Cecilia Abena Dapaah "was engaged in undisclosed and undeclared real estate business in which she obscured and concealed the transactions by employing the use of aliases to avoid detection of the actual ownership of the business and properties, while cleverly receiving proceeds of the transactions in her bank…