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Kenya presidential election cancelled by Supreme Court

September 1, 2017 11:10 am Add a Comment

Kenya’s Supreme Court has annulled the result of last month’s presidential election, citing irregularities, and ordered a new one within 60 days. The ruling makes Kenya the first African country to have a presidential poll invalidated by a court. The … Read more →

‘Woes’ of EC boss heads for Supreme Court

August 7, 2017 8:07 am Add a Comment

The Supreme Court has become the new battleground in the brouhaha at the Electoral Commission (EC) following a suit by an individual against the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General (A-G) in an attempt to stop any investigations against the EC … Read more →

Supreme Court dismisses Woyome’s review application

July 19, 2017 9:54 am Add a Comment

THE Supreme Court yesterday dismissed another application by businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, to stop his upcoming oral examination in relation to the GH¢51.2 million indebtedness to the state. Mr Woyome is expected to be orally examined by the state … Read more →

Supreme Court says GITMO 2 stay in Ghana ‘unconstitutional’

June 22, 2017 9:10 pm Add a Comment

A 7-member Supreme Court panel on Thursday ruled that it was illegal for two Guantanamo bay detainees to have been admitted into Ghana during the John Mahama administration without recourse to Parliament. According to PeaceFM’s Agya Kwabena, who was in court … Read more →

Don’t pay NIB $60m judgement debt to dominion trustees – Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court has asked the National Investment Bank (NIB) not to pay the $60million judgment debt the High Court in Accra asked it to pay Dominion Cooperate Trustees Limited in 2013. The Commercial Division of the High Court, presided … Read more →

Supreme Court places embargo on Woyome’s shares in 11 companies

June 20, 2017 12:01 pm Add a Comment

THE Supreme Court has granted an order imposing a charge on any and all shares held by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome in some private companies in which he has beneficial interests. The order was granted upon an application filed by … Read more →

Supreme court orders Auditor General to retrieve ‘looted’ state cash

June 15, 2017 8:22 am Add a Comment

The Supreme Court has ordered the Auditor General to, with immediate effect, begin surcharging persons found to have misappropriated monies belonging to the state. The seven-member panel of justices, presided over by incoming Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, did not give … Read more →

Supreme Court schedules April 26 as GITMO 2 judgement day

February 10, 2017 7:29 am Add a Comment

The Supreme Court has fixed April 26 to deliver judgment in the case in which the government was being challenged for allegedly bringing into the country two former Guantanamo bay detainees, without recourse to the laws of the land. Mrs … Read more →

Supreme Court freezes gov’t accounts over debt

November 23, 2016 6:01 am Add a Comment

Government is battling a Supreme Court order freezing its critical accounts over a debt owed non-bank financial institution, NDK Financial Services. Government is appealing a judgment debt granted NDK after the state failed to honour the terms of an agreement … Read more →

Woyome bore!: Blasts Supreme Court and Martin Amidu (VIDEO)

November 18, 2016 6:33 am Add a Comment

Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has reacted angrily to the Supreme Court’s decision to allow former attorney general, Martin Amidu, to examine him over a GHC51 million debt he owes the nation. In a press conference shortly after the ruling, Woyome … Read more →