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18 Apr

File Witness Statements By May 4 – Court To Ato Forson

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Minority Leader Cassiel Ato Forson has been ordered by the high court to file his witness statements by 4th May 2023 in the case in which he is accused to have caused financial loss to the state in the procurement of some ambulances while he was a deputy minister of finance. Mr. Forson and his co-accused persons had prayed for the court to file their witness statements. The minority leader’s lawyer, however, told the court today that his client had not been able to conference with some of the witnesses and, thus, prayed the court for more time to do so. …

02 Mar

Airport City: Court Places Injunction On Three-Storey Car Park, Surrounding Land

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The High Court, Land Division 11, presided over by Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni on February 27, 2023, placed an interlocutory injunction on a three-story car park located next to The Grand Oyeeman within the Airport City enclave. In a suit titled Life Group of Companies Ltd. Vrs. Nowak Developments Limited and Lands Commission (Suit Number: LD/0715/2020), the plaintiff, Life Group of Companies Ltd. applied to the High Court for an interlocutory injunction on the 3-storey car park and it’s surrounding land known as Plot 1A next to the Opeibea House and also restrain “Nowak Developments Limited (owners and operators of…

01 Mar

I Smashed Major Mahama With Cement Block – ‘Killer’

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Another alleged killer of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, yesterday, admitted hitting the deceased with a cement block at the scene where he was lynched by a mob who mistook him for an armed robber. Akwasi Baah, the fourth of 14 accused persons yesterday opened his defense and admitted the offense but was quick to tell the court that the late soldier was already dead when he smashed his head with the cement block. The accused, led in his evidence-in-chief by his counsel, George Bernard Shaw, told the court that he was not there when the mob attacked the…

13 Feb

Court Orders Traders At Agbogbloshie To Stop Selling On Pavements Or Be Imprisoned

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An Accra Magistrate Court has ordered ten (10) Yam sellers at the Agbogbloshie market to sign a bond to be of good behaviour and not to display their goods for sale in any pathway or avenue of a market. They are Frank Telekpon, Marboriwe Ntekellama, Awiase Mmolebe, Wisdom Bindiche, Ebenezer Benkom, Yindo Mohammed, Kiki Majaba, Bepa Yayen, Seth Ngmagna and Nakulin Elija. The yam sellers who pleaded guilty to the charge of obstructing a public pathway contrary to section 10 of the 2017 AMA Public Markets bye-laws will in breach of the bond serve a minimum of not less than…

10 Feb

Suame Constituency NDC Youth Organiser Remanded Over Violent Comments

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The Asokwa Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region, has remanded the Suame Constituency Youth organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Razak Kuampa Avoliya. This comes after he was arraigned on Thursday for his comments over the weekend. According to the court, the matter bordered on National Security, as a result he cannot be granted bail. The case has thus been adjourned to Wednesday February 14. The accused was detained by the Police on Wednesday, after the regional leadership of the party turned him over. The NDC Youth Organiser in Suame is reported to have made statements that border…

03 Feb

Nigerian Singer Oxlade Fined ₦5m Over Leaked Sex Tape

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Nigerian singer and songwriter Oxlade has been fined ₦5million after a long battle in court over his leaked sex tape case. An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State awarded the money, equivalent to $10,856.82, to the plaintiff only identified as Blessing – the woman who was captured in the video with the singer. In a judgement delivered on January 24, 2023, Justice Olalekan Oresanya described the musician recording their sexual activity as “despicable, horrendous, classless and distasteful.” This comes after Blessing, in March 2022, filed a suit before the Court seeking ₦20million damages after the sex tape leaked online. She…

26 Jan

Court Orders Arrest Of 2 In $100k Gold Scam Case

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An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of two persons allegedly involved in a $100,000 gold scam case. The Court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah issued the bench warrant when the prosecution led by Inspector Wisdom Alorwu prayed for the warrant. When the matter was called before the Court, the two accused persons namely; Yahaya Bin Yahaya and Ibrahim Ba, were absent. Meanwhile, two other accused persons, Iddrisu Yakubu and Zongo Yakuoba, are said to be at large. The four accused persons were alleged to collect $100,000 from one Lloyd Beckford, under the pretext of supplying him with 50kg of gold…

13 Oct

Court Slaps NDC Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi With 500K Damages For Defamatory Claims Against NAPO

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General Jurisdiction High Court (12) presided over by Justice Charles Gyamfi Danquah, has awarded Ghc 500,000.00 Ghana cedis in damages against the National Democratic Congress's (NDC's) National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, in favour of Energy Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh. In 2019, The then Minister for Education, and now Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, dragged Sammy Gyamfi, to court for defamation. Dr. Prempeh, popularly called NAPO, who doubles as Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia South, wants the court to fine Sammy Gyamfi GH¢1 million for allegedly making alleged defamatory statements about him. Aside from the huge cash fine, the…

22 Apr

Airing Court Proceeding Could Curb Prejudice- Lawyer William Kusi

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Private legal practitioner, William Kusi, has said that public court proceedings can be televised to give the public room to witness court happenings. Speaking on Movement in the Morning on Friday 22nd April, 2022, he said that televising the proceedings will help ensure some judges succumb to their prejudice. “When a court case is Public, it means it is opened to everyone, therefore televising it is not a problem. It will rather prevent misrepresentation in the media reportage. My issue has to do with the cost involved and the will burden it will have on the coffers of the state”…