History has been made. In a landmark 5-2 majority decision, the Supreme Court of Ghana has…
Category: General Crime & Justice
General Crime & Justice
OSP SAVED BUT IS IT TRULY INDEPENDENT WHEN ATTORNEY-GENERAL IS A POLITICIAN?
The Supreme Court has spoken on the Office of the Special Prosecutor. It saved the OSP,…
SUPREME COURT DECISION ON OSP: WHAT NOAH ADAMTEY AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL SOUGHT AND WHAT THE COURT GRANTED
The Supreme Court has delivered its final judgment in the case challenging the prosecutorial powers of…
SUPREME COURT SETTLES OSP PROSECUTORIAL POWERS ROW: OSP CAN PROSECUTE, BUT AG CAN ENTER NOLLE PROSEQUI
The Supreme Court has finally settled the long-standing legal battle over the prosecutorial powers of the…
ONLINE PASTOR AND WIFE PUT BEFORE COURT OVER ALLEGED ROMANCE FRAUD INVOLVING 7 WOMEN
A 35-year-old self-styled online pastor has been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court…
THE WONTUMI CASE AND THE “FLIPPING WITNESS” – IS GHANA NOW DOING FBI STYLE?
In Ghana, when Chairman Wontumi’s case came up, one phrase entered trotro conversation: “They have flipped…
THE CREATION OF REGIONAL TRIBUNALS IN GHANA — WHY WE NEED THEM NOW MORE THAN EVER
If you go to many High Courts in Ghana today, the story is the same. Files…
WONTUMI IS IN NSAWAM, BUT THE EXCAVATORS ARE STILL ON THE ROAD – WHERE ARE THE OTHER KINGPINS?
Chairman Wontumi has been jailed 20 years for galamsey. His excavators have been seized and forfeited…
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL DEFIILED, GIVES BIRTH TO PREMATURE BABY AND DROPS OUT OF SCHOOL – JUDGE WARNS PROSECUTORS OVER DELAYS
From Daniel Y. Dayee, Berekum – Bono Region A defilement case involving a 12-year-old pupil who…
Chairman Wontumi Jailed 20 Years & fine GH120,000 For Illegal Mining
The Accra High Court has just sentenced NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as…