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The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has removed a Circuit Court judge, Alfred Kwabena Asiedu, from the Judicial Service due to inappropriate conduct in a divorce case he presided over. In a letter from the Chief Justice, the judge was instructed to hand over all official properties, including …

The Jasikan Circuit Court judge, Alfred Kwabena Asiedu, who was dismissed from the Judicial Service for his inappropriate conduct in a divorce case he adjudicated, has described as false the claims by the petitioner. He also described the allegations against him as a figment of the illusionist imagination of the …

The Attorney-General (A-G) Godfred Dame has served notice that he will appeal the judgment granted in the case against Aisha Huang, the Chinese national jailed for engaging in illegal mining. Mr. Dame said he intends to test the soundness of the decision of the trial court to punish Aisha Huang …

The High Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, has convicted, fined, and sentenced En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, to four years in prison for undertaking mining operations without a license and for entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry. According to Justice Lydia Osei Marfo’s court, the state in …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reaffirmed that the reporting date for first-year students remains December 4, 2023. This is despite concerns from wards and stakeholders that this does not provide ample time for students to prepare for the academic year. This confirmation follows a request from Parliament for the …

Starting on Friday, December 1, Mobile Money (MoMo) agents across Ghana will enforce a temporary measure restricting cash withdrawals to a maximum of GH¢1,000 per transaction. This decision is outlined in a joint statement issued by four MoMo associations: the Northern MoMo Agents Association of Ghana (NOMAAG), the Mobile Money …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has hinted at a possible rise in passport application fees. Production costs and higher fees charged by other countries in the sub-region are the reasons for the imminent increment. This was disclosed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, …

The chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences, Cardinal Peter Turkson, has said that there is no need to criminalize homosexuality. He said people with gay and lesbian tendencies have committed no crime. “LGBT people may not be criminalized because they’ve committed no crime. To criminalize anybody, you need to …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor  (OSP) has described, as inimical to the fight against corruption, a ruling by an Accra High Court that cleared two former officials of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority of any wrongdoing.  In a press release dated November 27, 2023, the OSP said, “The decision …

An Accra High Court  has cleared the former Commissioner of Customs Division at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Colonel Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd), and a former Deputy Commissioner of the Division, Joseph Adu Kyei, of any wrongdoing over the Labianca report. The court also awarded GH₵10,000.00 in costs against the OSP. The two …