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Mahama government reintroducing criminal libel law – Afenyo-Markin
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo Markin, has accused the Mahama-led government of gradually reconstructing “a criminal libel regime under the guise of criminal prosecution of political speech.” Addressing journalists at the NPP headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra, on Sunday (17 May) the Effutu...
NLA boss calls for global action against illegal gambling
National Lottery Authority Director-General, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, has called for stronger international cooperation to combat illegal gambling, warning that the practice is draining public revenues and undermining development across Africa. Speaking at the European Lotteries Industry Days 2026 in Marrakesh, Abdul-Sala...
Probe Mugabe Maase statements linking Ashanti police to armed robbers – IGP petitioned
Two Ghanaian citizens have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ghana Police Service, calling for an investigation and possible arrest of radio broadcaster Mugabe Maase over allegations that some police commanders were supplying firearms to armed robbers. In a letter dated 25 May and addressed to the IGP i...
“Assemblies need lawyers, most don’t even have one” — Attafuah
Ghana’s legal education reforms will shift training from theory-heavy instruction to practice-oriented learning, with students expected to graduate ready for courtroom advocacy, according to Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah. Under the Legal Education Act 2026, law students will receive hands-on training through law clinics, i...
Arrest and detention of our lawyers unlawful – MPOBB
A leading law firm in Ghana, Minkah-Premo, Osei-Bonsu, Bruce-Cathline and Partners (MPOBB), has described the purported recent arrest and detention of two of its lawyers, Justice Menka-Premoh and Ms. Sophia Korkor, by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), as an unlawful development. The position of MPOBB is cont...
Chief Justice warns against eroding public trust in judiciary
Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has said public confidence is the judiciary’s most valuable asset, stressing that every person appearing before Ghana’s courts must be assured of fair and impartial justice. Speaking at the launch of a lecture series at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Thursday (16 July) to mark the 150t...
Exclusive: Sedina Tamakloe Attionu appeal has nothing to do with my tenure – Former Attorney General Godfred Dame
Asaase News: The NDC appears to be suggesting that the appeal in the Sedina Tamakloe Attionu case was filed during your tenure as Attorney-General, and therefore the NPP bears responsibility for what has happened. How do you respond? Godfred Yeboah Dame: That narrative is misleading and deliberately ignores the chronol...
Mahama names Tony Forson, two judges for Supreme Court
President John Dramani Mahama has nominated two Court of Appeal judges and a former president of the Ghana Bar Association to serve on the Supreme Court, a move that would expand the country’s highest court from 18 to 21 justices. The nominees are Court of Appeal Justices Sophia Bernasko-Essah and Amoako Asante, as wel...
Court of Appeal strikes out AG’s bid to stay Sedina’s acquittal as withdrawn
The Court of Appeal has struck out as withdrawn an application by the Attorney-General seeking to stay the execution of its decision acquitting and discharging former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer, Christine Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu. The State informed the court on Wednesday, Augus...
“Ghana doesn’t use lawyers enough” — Eunice Asare pushes back on oversupply fears
Concerns that Ghana’s legal education reforms will flood the market with lawyers are misplaced, according to Eunice Appiah Asare. Asare said the new accreditation and training framework would prioritise quality over quantity. “These are not just going to be any lawyers… they are going to be properly trained lawyers,” s...
Security tight as Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s funeral proceeds amid legal controversy: “The funeral is happening” — Adwoa Safo spokesperson
The funeral of Apostle Kwadwo Safo is proceeding as scheduled despite an ongoing family dispute over the implementation of his final wishes, spokesperson for Sarah Adwoa Safo, Seth Kofi Osei Kissi, has said. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Thursday (30 July), Osei Kissi dismissed claims that the burial had bee...
Clydestone Ghana sues MTN in landmark mobile money intellectual property case
Clydestone Ghana Plc has filed a lawsuit against MTN Ghana, parent MTN Group Ltd. and MobileMoney Fintech Ltd., alleging the telecoms giant used proprietary work it commissioned in 2007 to build its mobile-money business without authorization or compensation. The case, filed 27 July in the Commercial Division of the Hi...