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12 Aug

High Court Clears Tobinco Of Fake Drugs Import Allegations

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The High Court in Accra has cleared Tobinco Pharmaceuticals Limited (TPL) and its Group Chairman, Elder Dr. Samuel Amo Tobbin, of any wrongdoing in the case filed against the company by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), accusing it of importing fake drugs into the country. According to a press release issued on Sunday, August 11, 2024, by Tobinco, the court presided over by Her Ladyship Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, in a ruling dated July 29, 2024, stated that the company never imported fake drugs into Ghana. The company indicated that it sued the FDA on July 19, 2019, when it was…

29 Apr

High Court Rejects Request To Compel Speaker And President On Anti-LGBT+ Bill

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A High Court in Accra has dismissed an application seeking to force Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin and President Akufo-Addo to act on the Anti-LGBT+ Bill within seven days. Presided over by Justice Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku, the court ruled today that while she had the authority to grant the mandamus application, it was inappropriate to compel the respondents due to two pending Supreme Court cases challenging the bill's constitutionality. The application, filed by Member of Parliament for South-Dayi Constituency, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor on March 22, 2024, sought to compel the Speaker to send the bill to the President. However, the court, after hearing arguments…

12 May

It Is A Charade And Until Ato Essien Is Jailed, I Won’t Believe You- Gordon Asare Bediako To Court

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Accra based Broadcast Journalist from Wontumi Multimedia and editor of ABC News, Gordon Asare Bediako, says he will not believe the high court if the founder of defunct Capital bank William Ato Essien is not jailed. In an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Gordon stated vigorously that it has been long overdue for Ato Essien to be sentenced. According to him Ato Essien's plan b to escape serving a jail term will not succeed, and added that the court should sentence him in order to prevent further embarrassment of the government. Venting…

19 Apr

Parliament Can’t Declare Assin North Seat Vacant Until The Court Appeal Is Over- Lawyer John Darko (VIDEO)

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A private legal practitioner and lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Lawyer John Darko, had said that parliament cannot declare the Assin North seat vacant until the court appeal is over. Speaking on Movement In The Morning with Nana Oheneba Asiedu, he indicated that the Member of Parliament was injuncted by the court making his position as a parliamentarian illegal. “Hon James Gyakye Quayson's continues going to parliament was a violation against the constitution although he had appealed to the court. The law did not regard him as a member of parliament’’, he said. He…

16 Sep

“98 New Courts And Judges’ Bungalows Being Built” – President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Government, through the Administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund, is constructing ninety-eight (98) Courts and bungalows for Judges in all sixteen (16) Regions of the country. According to President Akufo-Addo, Government has also taken note of the inadequate numbers of courts in various parts of the country, resulting in citizens traversing long distances in order to gain access to the country’s courts. “For example, there is no Court between Adjabeng and Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region, neither is there a Court between Adum in Kumasi and Asante Bekwai…