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Woyome’s bail review application adjourned to Thursday

An application by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who is at the centre of the paymennt of the controversial GH¢51.28 million judgment debt, to review the terms of his bail has been adjourned to Thursday by the Fast Track High Court in Accra

A circuit court at Akim Swedru in the Birim South District, on Tuesday imposed a fine of 340 Ghana Cedis on a carpenter, who allegedly bit the thumb of Police Constable Richard Gyamfi

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An Accra High Court on Wednesday fixed March 16 to deliver its decision on an appeal filed by Prophet Nana Kofi Yirenkyi aka One Touch, Founder and General Overseer of Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministry

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Kwadwo Ntiamoah, an unemployed man, was on Wednesday convicted by the Kade District Magistrate’s Court on his own plea for stealing personal belongings

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A circuit court in Akim Swedru on Tuesday sentence Prosper Gblenyo, to six years imprisonment, for stealing household items and property of Mrs. Elizabeth Bempomah Ntiamoah

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A Ghanaian drug baron who connived with three foreigners to import more than two tonnes (2,000 kilogrammes) of cocaine from Columbia for re-export to The Gambia in 2010 has been arrested. The street value of the cocaine is estimated at $400 million

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Mr Cecil Adadevoh, Senior State Attorney on Tuesday pleaded with the Commercial Court Division of the High Court for time to study and respond to the defence filed by Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman in a suit by the State

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Nana Obiri Boahen, a Sunyani-based lawyer, on Monday filed a motion at a Tamale High Court, praying the court to refer the Tamale February 2009 murder case pending before it to the Chief Justice for determination

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Iggala Asare, a diamond winner, on Tuesday appeared before the Kade District Magistrate’s Court for stealing a five-year-old child. The Magistrate, Mr Abdul Majid Illiasu, said since the prosecution had not objected to bailing the accused, he was admitting him to bail of GH¢1,200 with two sureties to reappear on March 23

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Three people have appeared before a Takoradi Circuit Court for threatening the life of Nana Mozu III, Queenmother of Apremdo. The three masons, Stephen Ansah, Samuel Sampeni and Charles Bediako Mensah, were charged with allegedly conspiring to commit crime, causing unlawful damage and threatening the life of Nana Mozu III

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The Breman Asikuma district magistrate’s court has sentenced an electrician to 18 months imprisonment in had labour for obstruction and causing harm

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Asamoah Gyan insists the hurt felt after his penalty miss in the semi-final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations will drive him on to win the trophy in future. The Ghana striker saw his 8th minute kick parried to touch by Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene as the Chipolopolo went on to beat the Black Stars 1-0 in the last-four game in Bata last Wednesday

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A Fast Track High Court on Tuesday granted GHc100,000 bail with with two sureties, one to be justified, to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Gifty Mawuenyegah Tehoda, allegedly involved in the swapping of 1,020 grammes of cocaine into sodium bicarbonate

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A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced Kwasi Achey, a farmer, to four years imprisonment in hard labour for unlawfully causing harm to one Esi Asumah. He pleaded guilty

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A Cape Coast Circuit Court has jailed Kwesi Antobam, 37, for five years for stabbing his fiancée after she refused him sex. He pleaded not guilty with explanation to causing harm but the Court rejected his explanation and sentenced him accordingly

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European Union-funded anti-drug operation (Operation COCAIR III), carried out in 30 international airports in West and Central Africa and Brazil, has achieved impressive results leading to seizures of substantial amounts of illicit drugs and capital, according to a report published on Monday

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