19-year-old cries uncontrollably in court after being sentenced to life imprisonment for murder
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH It was a very sad scene to behold at a High Court in Accra when a 19-year-old Michael Tetteh, aka Brother Wezz, a factory hand was heard crying uncontrollably in the courtroom after he was handed a life imprisonment sentence for stabbing one Patrick Gyasi, an Okada Rider with a broken bottle during a fight. […]
NAM 1: AG moves Appiah Mensah’s trial to High Court
The Attorney General (AG), has filed fresh charges in the High Court against Nana Appiah Mensah, alias NAM 1, the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited, and two individuals. The recent charge sheet preferred 39 counts of defrauding by false pretence against Mensah, as well as Menzgold Ghana Limited and Brew Marketing Consult Limited. […]
Opuni trial: Court of Appeal reverses decision to start trial afresh
By Barbara Kumah The Court of Appeal has reversed a decision by the High Court in Accra to start the trial of former COCOBOD boss Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo afresh. In a unanimous decision on Monday, July 3, 2023, a three-member panel of the court ruled that the trial High Court […]
Veteran Journalists caution against proposals giving NMC powers of the High Court
Some Veteran Ghanaian Journalists have opposed proposals to give the National Media Commission, NMC powers of the High Court to sanitise the media landscape because “it is dangerous for the media.” The journalists said such powers could be used as a tool to control the media and erode the hard-fought strides chalked up in safeguarding […]
