12 Remanded To Reappear On June 26
A Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has remanded 12 persons in prison custody for attacking a police station in Somanya. Two more others have been refused bail. The 14 including an...
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Police Hierarchy Complicit In GHc1.3m Scam
A licensed US gold buying firm, Green Global Resources, has accused the Ghana Police of serious corruption at the highest level in the case of an alleged GHc 1.3 million gold scam. This gold scam...
Jury Deliberates Into Night In Cosby Sexual Assault Trial
The fate of Bill Cosby lay Monday in the hands of a US jury who deliberated over dinner and into the night on whether or not the disgraced entertainer sexually assaulted a woman at his home more than...
Chief Justice To Face Appointments Committee June 19
The Chief Justice nominee Justice Sophia Akuffo will face an expanded Appointments Committee of Parliament during her vetting on June 19, 2017. The 26-member Committee has extended invitations to...
French ‘bikini Killer’ Grins With Doctor Before Heart Surgery In Nepal
A French serial murderer dubbed the 'bikini killer' for a string of murders in Asia in the 1970s was pictured smiled with his doctor before heart surgery on Monday. Charles Sobhraj, 73, who is...
NGO Petitions General Legal Council
The Centre for Victims of Injustice (CenVI) has petitioned the General Legal Council (GLC) to withdraw the three-year suspension slapped on private lawyer Fancis-Xavier Sosu. The GLS suspended Mr...
UN Experts’ Murder Trial Resumes In DR Congo
A Democratic Republic of Congo military court held a second day of hearings Monday in the trial of a man and a teenager accused of killing two UN experts in March, their lawyer said. Evariste Ilunga,...
French ‘bikini Killer’ Has Heart Surgery In Nepal
A French serial killer nicknamed the "bikini killer" for a string of murders throughout Asia in the 1970s was recovering after having open heart surgery in Nepal on Monday, his wife and a doctor...
DR Congo’s ‘The Terminator’ To Testify In War Crimes Trial
Congolese ex-rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda will finally testify Wednesday in his trial at the International Criminal Court, fending off accusations of using child soldiers and capturing sex slaves...
Georgina Wood Rejected Kufuor’s Offer In Tsikata’s Trial
It has emerged that the immediate past Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood turned down an offer from former President John Agyekum Kufuor to become a Supreme Court Judge in order to be part of a...
Ronaldo ‘father To Twins With Surrogate Mum’
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has become a father to twins with a surrogate mother, Portuguese media reported on Saturday. Reports said the babies – a girl and boy named Eva and Mateo – were...
Kadhafi’s Son Seif ‘set Free’ In Libya
Seif al-Islam, the second son and heir apparent of the late deposed Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, is said to have been freed in Libya after more than five years in captivity. The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq...
Lawyer Egbert Faibille Defends Sarkodie’s ‘Krobo’ Lyrics
Following the recent condemnation of Sarkodie’s lyrics in Kurl Songx’s ‘Jennifer Lomotey’ as being demeaning to Krobo women, Lawyer Egbert Faibille Jnr. has added his voice to the debate....
Comey Boosted Case For Obstruction Charges Against Trump
Former FBI director James Comey's scathing testimony has boosted the case for obstruction of justice charges against President Donald Trump, legal experts say. But more evidence is needed to prove...
‘Air Cocaine’ Smuggler Transferred To France
A Frenchman sentenced to 20 years' jail in the Dominican Republic over a plot to smuggle a planeload of drugs has been transferred to France for health reasons, his lawyer said. Alain Castany, one of...
‘Male Judges Were Not Happy With Chief Justice’ – MP
Some male judges in the country were not happy with the leadership style of former Chief Justice, Georgina Wood due to her gender bias posturing. The former Chief Justice was largely seen by judges...
Prosecutors In Major Mahama Trial Urged
Member of Parliament for Effutu is asking investigators behind the murder of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama to build an impeccable docket that will lead to the incarceration of suspects....
EC Hot Over ROPAA
The High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to produce evidence of concrete steps it is taking to implement the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA), Justice Anthony Yeboah...
Lawyer Okudzeto Deserves A Ban Just Like Sosu For Advertising Firm
The Convener of a pressure group that calls itself National Interest (UNI), Senyo Korsi has taken a swipe at senior lawyer, Sam Okudzeto, over the ban of lawyer Xavier Sosu. Mr. Okudzeto, who is a...
Roman Polanski’s Sex Assault Victim Pleads With Judge To Close Case
The woman who was raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski as a teenager four decades ago appeared in court to plead on his behalf. Samantha Geimer pleaded with a judge in the downtown Los Angeles Superior...