‘I Was Detained In Windowless Cell’
A police officer who was arrested, prosecuted and acquitted over cocaine-exhibit-turned-baking-soda case says she was kept in a windowless Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) cell for 45 days....
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Tony Lithur, COP Oppong-Boanuh Fight Over Land
Counsel for former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr Tony Lithur, has sued a Commissioner of Police (COP) for trespassing on his land with the aid of armed policemen. Mr Lithur and another, Mr Addo...
My Daughter Suffered, She Was Called ‘Coke Girl’ – DSP Tehoda
DSP Gifty Mawuenyaga Tehoda, the police officer who spent 45 days in BNI cells has recounted her children bore tremendous indignity and ridicule whilst she was in detention. According to DSP Tehoda,...
I Was Detained In A Tiny, Windowless Cell For 45 Days – DSP Tehoda
The police officer arrested, prosecuted and acquitted over cocaine-exhibit-turned-baking-soda case says she was kept in a windowless BNI cell for 45 days. Mrs. Gifty Mawuenyaga Tehoda said she walked...
Student Sues Advertising Company For Negligence
A 28-year-old man has sued an advertising company and two others for negligence which has rendered him paralysed in both legs. The plaintiff, Patrick Reynolds Yeboah, who was, until the accident, a...
How Court Ordered Long-Overdue Reinstatement of Dismissed Police Woman
Justice has finally been served in the case of dismissed DSP Tehoda who was wrongfully indicted in a drug case. The Human Rights Division of the High Court, has ordered the Inspector General of...
Six Discharged, Two Convicted At Sekondi Under Justice For All Programme
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a...
Six Discharged, Two Convicted At Sekondi Under Justice For All Prog.
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a...
DSP Tehoda Expecting Promotion To Chief Superintendent
DSP Gifty Tehoda expects to assume the rank of Chief Superintendent of police when she is finally reinstated into the Police Service. DSP Tehoda’s reinstatement follows the Human Rights Division of...
Man ‘freed’ After 5 Months In Jail For Possessing ‘wee’
A man who had been on remand for five months for possessing a roll of cannabis popularly called 'weed' has been discharged under the Justice For all Programme, Friday. Kwame Esun, 28, was arrested in...
Tehoda To Get GHs23,000 Compensation, 5-Yrs Back Pay
DSP Gifty Tehoda, the police woman who was wrongfully dismissed from the Police Service in 2012, is to receive GHs 23,000 as compensation in addition to an accumulated five (5) years’ salary. She...
CEO Sentenced 20 Years For Defrauding Over 150 Persons
The Chief Executive Officer of Prime Hedge Investments Limited, Richard Appiah, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Financial and Economic division of the High Court, for defrauding 154...
DSP Tehoda To Get GHC23,000 Compensation, 5-Yrs Back Pay
DSP Gifty Tehoda, the police woman who was wrongfully dismissed from the Police Service in 2012, is to receive GHs 23,000 as compensation in addition to an accumulated five (5) years’ salary. She...
Tehoda To Get GHs23,000 Compensation, 5-Yrs Back Pay
DSP Gifty Tehoda, the police woman who was wrongfully dismissed from the Police Service in 2012, is to receive GHs 23,000 as compensation in addition to an accumulated five (5) years’ salary. She...
Court Orders IGP To Reinstate DSP Tehoda
The Human Rights Division of the High Court has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), to reinstate DSP Gifty Tehoda. The case involving DSP Tehoda began on September 27, 2011, when one Nana...
CEO Sentenced 20 Years For Defrauding Over 150 Persons
The Chief Executive Officer of Prime Hedge Investments Limited, Richard Appiah, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Financial and Economic division of the High Court, for defrauding 154...
David Tennant To Sue Over News of the World Phone-Hacking
Actor David Tennant is suing the owners of the defunct News of the World over alleged phone hacking. His lawyers issued a claim for compensation at the High Court in London on Thursday. Law firm...
Hong Kong Activists Appear In Court
Nine Hong Kong democracy activists appeared in court Thursday over the Umbrella Movement mass protests in a case they have criticised as political persecution. The group of campaigners, including...
Amnesty Slams ‘outrageous’ Fiji Newspaper Sedition Case
Sedition charges brought against executives at Fiji's oldest newspaper are "absolutely outrageous", Amnesty International said Thursday, while accusing the government of trying to intimidate the...
Kenya Court Orders Parliament To Pass Gender Quota
Kenya's High Court on Wednesday gave parliament 60 days to enact legislation that would make it obligatory to have more female lawmakers, or face dissolution. Kenya's 2010 constitution requires that...