‘I Do Not Accept Bribes, Gifts’
Anyone who may want to bribe or influence the decision of Justice Gifty Dekyem will have to think again.
The High Court judge in the Eastern Regional capital, Koforidua in a strong-worded notice...
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Finance For Climate Action Turning A Taboo Subject For Rich Countries
Africa continues to suffer enormous social and economic losses in billions of dollars as a result of climate change impacts.
A vulnerable continent that is burning and flooding at the same time needs...
Fossil Fuel Industry Fingered For Delayed Climate Action
The fossil fuel industry has been active in lobbying for delays in global climate action as they stand to make enormous amounts of money when the process is stalled.
If the targets of the Paris...
I Live A Strict Life and Can Never Be Bribed – Majority Leader
Majority leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated strongly that he lives “a strict life, quite apart from everything” when asked whether or not he has ever taken bribe as a Member...
Textile Workers Hit the Streets Over Govt’s Failure To Stop Pirated Textiles
Hundreds of workers of some textile manufacturing companies in the country have hit the streets of Accra to demonstrate over government’s failure to put measures in place to clamp down on pirated...
Parliament Withdraws RTI Bill Again For ‘not Being Urgent In Nature’
Parliament has again withdrawn the over a decade-old Right to Information Bill on the basis that it is “not urgent” in nature. The contentious bill was last laid before Parliament on March 23...
CHRAJ ‘sleeps’ On Petition Against Soldiers Who Assaulted 16-Yr-Old Boy
A human rights advocacy group is demanding justice for a 16-year-old boy who was allegedly assaulted by three military officers two years ago over alleged stealing of a mobile phone. The group, Youth...
Lawyer and Friend Jailed 12 Years For Fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Dominic Owusu Sekyere, a senior attorney and one Albert Kwadwo Coleman to 12 years imprisonment for $200,000 fraudulent land transaction. The convicts collected...
#MeToo Hits Japan As Top Official Resigns
A Japanese broadcaster says it will file a complaint against the finance ministry alleging a top official sexually harassed a female journalist. Junichi Fukuda resigned on Wednesday but denies the...
Ghanaian Driving Uber In US Raped Passenger, Then Fled To Ghana
Ghanaian driving Uber in US raped passenger, then fled to Ghana An Uber driver charged with raping a passenger earlier this month was able to walk free because officials failed to notify immigration...
Italian Lady’s Rape Case: Suspect Gets Bail
A High Court in Tamale has granted bail to Ernest Green, a 28-year-old nurse alleged to have raped an expatriate Daniela Maltiti, 32. The court presided over by Justice Osei Kwame Gyamfi granted...
Juror Begs Judge In Maj. Mahama ‘killers’ Case
A juror on Monday begged a judge to exclude her from the seven-member jury being empanelled by the Accra High Court to hear the murder case of the military officer Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. “I am...
Watch Out, Fake Lawyers Are In Town
The Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) is asking the public to look out for tricksters parading as lawyers in society. Mr McDave E Kujo’s warning comes in the wake of...
Wigs, Gowns Et Al Killing Lawyers and Judges Slowly
Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Professor Raymond Atuguba says it is absurd for judges and lawyers in Ghana to continue wearing collars, bibs, wigs, and gowns as dress...
OccupyGhana Criticises Gov’t For Rushing Ghana-US Military Deal
A political pressure group OccupyGhana has lashed out at Government for rushing the Ghana-US Military Agreement co-operation to Parliament for ratification considering the intensity of debate it had...
Ministry Renews Curfew Imposed On Four Towns
The Ministry of the Interior has renewed the curfew hours imposed on four towns in three regions of the country. They are Kpatinga and its environs, from 1200 midnight to 0400 hours and Bimbilla...
Seize Anyidoho’s Phones, Other Electronic Gadgets
The Accra High Court has ordered the Police Criminal Investigations Department to seize some essential electronic gadgets on which information related to the alleged treasonable comments made by Koku...
Defence Minister Erred In A Memo On Ghana-US Military Agreement- Hamid
Minister of Information Dr. Mustapha Hamid says Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul erred for stating in memo to parliament that the 2015 military corporation agreement between Ghana and the United...
Koku Anyidoho Charged With Treason, Refused Police Bail
The Police Criminal Investigations Department has charged the deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress Koku Anyidohu with treason, and refused bail. His lawyer, Victor K. Adawudu...
No Pension For You; Supreme Court Tells Dismissed Judge
A former High Court judge who was jailed in 2013 for investing over $50,000 meant for a litigant and profiting from the proceeds has had his claims for pension dismissed by the Supreme Court. In a...