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If you think we have time to rig elections, then revise your notes – Nana B To NDC

If you think we have time to rig elections, then revise your notes – Nana B To NDC

The National Organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Henry Nana Boakye has said the NPP is committed to ensuring a free and fair elections. According to the legal practitioner, the NPP will not involve in any unlawful activity aimed at disrupting the results of the December 7 elections. Speaking on Wontumi Morning Show on 3rd September, 2024, he emphatically stated that the party will not rig the upcoming elections. He denounced claims made by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) , that the NPP plans to rig the forth coming elections. "If NDC thinks we have time to…
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Call To The Bar Now More Of An Assembly Line – Ex-CJ Sophia Akuffo

Call To The Bar Now More Of An Assembly Line – Ex-CJ Sophia Akuffo

Former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo has stated that the legal profession should not be conducted like an assembly line. Speaking on Starr Chat, the former Chief Justice disclosed that now people are entering the legal profession for personal gains and not for the love of it. “I still stand by that it is not a question of numbers. It is a question of quality and the content, scope and magnitude and the process of becoming a lawyer, I think that it is increasingly becoming an assembly line. “How many of them are lawyers because they want to help rather than…
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Rev Kwadwo Boakye’s funeral brouhaha: Lawyer sets the records straight

Rev Kwadwo Boakye’s funeral brouhaha: Lawyer sets the records straight

In the midst of a legal standoff surrounding the funeral rites of the late Founder and General Overseer of the Resurrection Power New Generation Church, Rev. Anthony Kwadwo Boakye, lawyer Anokye Frimpong has shed light on the constitutional context pertaining to the ongoing brouhaha. The funeral arrangements of the late Rev. Boakye have been hit with two court injunctions, prompting lawyer Anokye Frimpong to clarify the rights and responsibilities concerning such ceremonies. According to him, the constitution dictates that only the family head of the deceased holds the authority to decide the guest list and make all arrangements concerning the…
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I’ll Support Mob Attack From Today – Lawyer Obiri Boahen Swipes Parliament On Death Penalty Abolishment

I’ll Support Mob Attack From Today – Lawyer Obiri Boahen Swipes Parliament On Death Penalty Abolishment

A former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),Nana Obiri Boahen, has lashed at parliament for the bold initiative taken to abolish the death penalty in the country’s constitution. He said abolishing the death penalty has the tendency to increase mob justice. Speaking in interview on Kumasi-based Wontumi TV/Radio morning show hosted by Nana Abu-Prah on Wednesday, July 26, the lawyer said, "I will support mob attack on this note, why should you imprison someone for life for a murder case and describe his punishment which is death as a human right issue? What happens to the right…
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It Would Be Harder For Lawyers Who Met JM To Rise To Be Judges- University Lecturer

It Would Be Harder For Lawyers Who Met JM To Rise To Be Judges- University Lecturer

Choosing to meet former President John Mahama and accepting the title ‘NDC lawyer’ could stifle any chance of the lawyers rising to the level of a Judge in the future, Dr. Solomon Kwarteng Forkuo has observed. The Kumasi Technical University lecturer stated on Wontumi TV that the title conferred on the lawyers who met the 2020 flagbearer for the NDC, has exposed their political affiliation and would trigger an opposition if any of them is to be considered for the role of a judge in the future. On Sunday August 28, 2022, Mr. John Mahama interacted with some lawyers at…
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