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Adu-Boahene trial: AG’s witness fails to reconcile millions in alleged transactions during cross-examination
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the ongoing criminal trial involving former Bureau of National Communications (BNC) Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, failed under cross-examination on Thursday (11 June) to identify multiple transactions she had recorded in an Excel spreadsheet tendered by the Atto...
Shock in court as RNAQ distances himself from Hajia4Real: “she’s not my concubine, she’s my friend”
There was drama at the High Court, Family Division, Accra, when businessman Richard Nii Armah Quaye (RNAQ) publicly distanced himself from socialite and musician Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia4Real, in the course of ongoing litigation with his former wife, Joana Quaye. The revelation emerged during procee...
Ghana’s legal education reforms a “milestone” but court challenges unlikely to succeed — Ansa-Asare
Ghana’s newly enacted legal education reforms mark a “milestone” in the country’s history, but any attempt by students to challenge transitional arrangements—particularly the entrance examination—will likely fail in court, legal academic Kwaku Ansa-Asare has said. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Tuesday (12 Ma...
Ashanti Region: police inspector interdicted over alleged defilement of 14-year-old daughter
The Ashanti North Regional Police Command says it is investigating a case of alleged defilement and incest involving a serving police officer stationed at Mamponteng in the Ashanti Region. In a statement, the Command identified the officer as Inspector Desmond Owusu Afriyie, who is attached to the Mamponteng District P...
Techiman court jails NADMO staff 4 months for assaulting 12-year-old stepdaughter
A 41-year-old NADMO staff and caterer, Mariama Issah Sulemana, has been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment by the Techiman Circuit Court in the Bono East Region for abusing and causing harm to her 12-year-old stepdaughter. The court found her guilty after she pleaded with explanation to charges of assaulting the JH...
Opinion: Resultant crimes involving moral turpitude of birth tourism and false dependency tax claims
Migration strategies around the world have increasingly created pathways through which individuals acquire legal benefits across jurisdictions. One such method is citizenship by birth in countries that adhere to the constitutional doctrine of jus soli, granting citizenship to persons born within a country’s territory r...
Legal vacation trials involving politicians raise fair play concerns – Baffour Awuah
The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has questioned the decision to proceed with a criminal trial during the legal vacation, arguing that the issue is not the composition of the courts but the unusual decision to hear a case when such proceedings are generally not undertaken.
Ashanti Regional Minister leads efforts to resolve KATH healthcare disruption
A breakthrough has been reached in efforts to end a strike by doctors, nurses and midwives at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), after a meeting between union leaders and the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene. The minister said on Sunday (7 June) that discussions with representatives of the Komfo Anok...
80% of Ghanaian evacuees are legally documented – Benjamin Quashie
Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Quashie, has dismissed claims by South African immigration authorities that only 10 percent of Ghanaians living and working in South Africa are legally documented, insisting that the majority have valid immigration status.
Flooding: MMDCEs must be held responsible for planning enforcement failures — Damba
Mohammed Alhassan Damba, immediate past president of the Ghana Institute of Planners, has called for a systemic approach to addressing failures in urban governance, arguing that accountability should focus on institutional responsibility rather than individual officers alone. Damba said weaknesses in Ghana’s urban mana...
Anti-LGBTQ Bill debate should focus on outcomes, not politics – Law lecturer
A lecturer at the GIMPA Law School has urged policymakers and the public to focus on whether newly enacted legislation can effectively address the problems it seeks to solve, warning against turning legal reforms into political contests. Speaking on The Forum on Asaase Radio on Saturday (30 May), Oxford Osei Bonsu said...
Internal dispute forces suspension of NPP-USA elections
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed its United States branch to suspend all election-related activities pending a constitutional and legal review of its internal electoral rules, according to an official communication from the party’s national secretariat. In a letter dated 31 May and signed by the Ge...