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Techiman court jails NADMO staff 4 months for assaulting 12-year-old stepdaughter

Jonathan Ofori
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...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill could face court challenge over quorum, Lawyer warns

Jonathan Ofori
Executive Director of the Africa Center for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) William Nyarko has  warned that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill...

Akonta Mining trial: court allows disputed video footage into evidence

Jonathan Ofori
An Accra High Court has admitted a pen drive containing video footage as evidence in the ongoing criminal trial involving Akonta Mining Company Limited and...

‘He will commit further offences’ — judge finds grounds to keep Abronye in custody [Full ruling]

Jonathan Ofori
The Accra Circuit Court has been detailing why it ordered the detention of Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye, the New Patriotic Party’s Bono Regional...

Mahama government reintroducing criminal libel law – Afenyo-Markin

Jonathan Ofori
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...

ECOWAS Court adjourns ruling on Torkornoo bid to stop removal process

Jonathan Ofori
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has adjourned its ruling on an application filed by Ghana’s suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, seeking to...