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ECOWAS Court adjourns ruling on Torkornoo bid to stop removal process
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has adjourned its ruling on an application filed by Ghana’s suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, seeking to halt ongoing proceedings for her removal from office, the regional court said. In a statement issued on Friday, the court said it would communicate a date f...
High court grants GHC30M bail to Abu Trica
Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica, has been released from custody after meeting strict bail conditions set by an Accra High Court in a case linked to an extradition request from the United States over alleged romance fraud charges. His lawyer, Papa Kofi Essel, confirmed the release on Friday, saying Kumi secure...
Parliament approves controversial anti-LGBT Bill
Parliament on Friday (29 May), passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025, commonly known as the anti-LGBT legislation, which seeks to criminalise same-sex relations and related activities. The bill includes amendments that exempt individuals offering legal advice or representation to persons identified...
Minority wants BoG to scrap 0.75% MoMo fee plan completely
The Minority in Parliament has called for a permanent halt to mobile money transaction charges, intensifying pressure on regulators over a controversial fee structure linked to digital financial services. The opposition caucus is demanding an unconditional ban on any wallet-to-bank or bank-to-wallet charges unless expl...
Anti-LGBT bill: Parliament’s actions have vindicated Akufo-Addo, says Kofi Bentil
A Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says former President Nana Akufo-Addo has been vindicated following Parliament’s passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025 with amendments. Bentil criticised lawmakers for introducing exemptions into the legislation after previously urging Akufo...
Ahafo Ano North NPP polling station election dispute escalates to Kumasi High Court
Three members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have taken legal action against party officials in the Ahafo Ano North Constituency in the Ashanti Region, accusing them of failing to organise polling station elections in 23 locations and disenfranchising members ahead of internal party polls. According to cou...
Oppong Nkrumah challenges Chief Justice’s legal vacation directives at Supreme Court
Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to challenge the Chief Justice’s decision to direct some judges to hear selected criminal cases during the legal vacation. In a writ filed at the Supreme Court, Mr Oppong Nkrumah is seeking declarati...
“Our law lords are not above the law” — Afenyo-Markin defends criticism of circuit court judge
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has defended his criticism of a Circuit Court judge handling a politically sensitive case involving New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, saying he was exercising his constitutional right to challenge what he described as a...
Supreme Court asked to declare legal vacation rules unconstitutional
A private citizen has sued the Attorney General and Chief Justice at the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of the country’s legal vacation arrangements. Elorm Kwami Gorni filed the suit on 28 July, asking the Apex Court to review the practice of suspending sittings of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme...
Receiver challenges court order to return No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel to Cheddar’s company
The Receiver managing the No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel on behalf of Cola Holdings Limited, Nii Amanor Doodo, has filed an appeal challenging the High Court’s ruling that ordered the property handed back to Nana Kwame Bediako’s Kensington Residential Partners 1 Limited. Nii Doodo, together with Cola Holdings, a partner com...
Mahama signs law ending Ghana School of Law monopoly on professional training
President John Dramani Mahama has signed the Legal Education Reform Bill (2025) into law, ending the decades-long monopoly of the Ghana School of Law over professional legal education in Ghana. The new legislation allows accredited universities to offer professional law programmes, a move widely seen as a major shift i...
Supreme Court asked to review constitutionality of Ghana’s misinformation laws
A Ghanaian citizen has filed a constitutional challenge at the Supreme Court seeking to strike down provisions of two laws on false information, arguing they violate free speech protections and have been used to unlawfully criminalise expression. In a writ invoking the court’s original jurisdiction, plaintiff Austin Kw...