6 stories tagged “Supreme Court”.
Former GIIF CEO Solomon Asamoah and ex‑Board Chairman Prof Christopher Ameyaw‑Akumfi have lodged their witness statements, clearing the way for the High Court to resume the case after the prosecution’s closing arguments.
Samuel Bryan Buabeng has petitioned the apex court to compel President John Dramani Mahama to fill the Council’s former Chief Justice vacancy within days.
Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko-Essah and private legal practitioner Anthony Forson Jr. were confirmed by majority vote after Minority members withdrew from the Appointments Committee process, with Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin insisting the objection targeted the rushed procedure, not the nominees themselves.
Walking out of Thursday's Appointments Committee sitting, the Minority Caucus argued that rushing Justice Sophia Bernasko-Essah, Justice Amoako Asante and former GBA President Tony Forson through vetting before Parliament's recess ends breaches multiple Standing Orders, while offering to proceed on the two ministerial nominees, Mahama Ayariga and Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, on a normal timetable.
Fresh off a unanimous Supreme Court ruling upholding its prosecutorial mandate, the Special Prosecutor has opened a Ghana-side investigation into the $1m Aksa Energy bribery case that saw ex-Goldman Sachs employee and former TOR boss Kwaku Asante Berko convicted in the US this month. He named former Power Minister Kwabena Donkor among five persons of interest and dismissed critics who say the office has no business digging into it.
Former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu is set to be released from custody after the Attorney-General withdrew a motion aimed at staying the execution of her acquittal and sentence quashing.
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa met Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul at the UN to discuss railway infrastructure, economic ties and structured labour exchange programmes.
The National Food Buffer Stock Company will send the grain as payment for the West African community, marking a turnaround in its financial performance and a surplus in domestic maize production.
An inspection by the Greater Accra Regional Fire Command revealed that only five of 30 hydrants were fully operational, leaving a majority non‑functional and raising concerns over emergency water supply.
The former Tamale Central MP raised legal concerns over EOCO’s power to compel appearances after a confrontation with Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah.
Dr John Osae‑Kwapong cautions that partisan tensions between the NPP and NDC could undermine the inquiry’s effectiveness.
Minister Samuel Nartey George reports simultaneous damage to three key fibre routes, leaving hundreds of mobile sites offline across five northern regions.
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