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Embattled Former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah’s bank accounts which hold substantial amounts in both dollars and cedis have been frozen. The action was taken by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Although the OSP holds the authority to administratively freeze accounts linked to a person of interest, court …

The High Court in Accra has dismissed James Gyakye Quayson’s motion seeking to halt the trial from continuing on daily basis until the Assin-North by-election has been conducted on Tuesday June 27, 2023. In a ruling Friday [June 23], the Court presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh said …

The Office of Special Prosecutor has been barred from effecting any warrant allowing it to arrest the former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue. The court presided over by Justice Nicholas Abodakpi has also asked the OSP not to apply for a further warrant …

Parliament has officially approved the nomination of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as the Chief Justice of Ghana. The decision came after the Appointments Committee of Parliament unanimously endorsed her candidacy following her vetting on May 26, 2023. President Akufo-Addo nominated Justice Torkornoo in April 2023 to succeed Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, who …

High court jurors in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday (31 May) declared an indefinite strike over 13 months of unpaid allowances. The foreman general for the Jurors Association, Albert Ackah, said they took the decision because efforts to get their allowances paid have not yielded any positive result. The development …

A private citizen, Paul Boama Sefa, has dragged the Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin Sumani and the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame  to the High Court. He is alleging that the two have breached portions of Ghana’s constitution regarding how the legislative body handled the Human Rights and Family …

The Tuobodom District court in the Bono East region presided by Justice Frimpong Manso, has ordered 11 property owners to move out of their buildings located on waterways. The properties, mostly houses, are situated at Twimia, a suburb of Techiman, were built waterways which prevented free flow of water during …

Ghanaian statesman and One of the  founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),  Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to set Judges in the country free in order to make peace. “He should set the Court free. Having about 15 Supreme Court Judges is …

The former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) wants the court to prevent the Office of the Special Prosecutor from investigating him. Charles Bissue has secured an injunction at an Accra High Court seeking to do so. On October 10, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng started investigating …

The Ejura District magistrate court has placed an interlocutory injunction on the celebration of first anniversary of Islamic prayers (Dua’a) for victims of the Ejura incident. The event, scheduled to take place at Maame Dede Junction at Ejura in the Ashanti Region on June 30, has been restrained by the …