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Lawyers for one of the men suspected of being behind the murder of Ardeyman chief Nii Tettey Saban Henry Crentsil have filed a notice of alibi claiming he was not at the scene at the time of the incident.  Moving a bail application in court today, lawyer Stephen Asante Bekoe said the police have started investigating the notice and is yielding positive results for them. The lawyer pleaded with the court to grant Henry Crentsil bail pending investigations into their notice. Henry Crentsil is one of 25 accused persons standing trial for the muder of Nii Tettey Saban at family stool house at Ardeyman on June 8, 2017. But his lawyers claim he was not at the scene and pushing for his discharge as a result. Even though lawyer Asante Bekoe says investigations into his client’s alibi are far advanced, he argues that his continuous detention unfair. He argued that the longer Henry Crentsil stays in police custody, the longer his liberty is lost and his business will...

The Anlo Youth Council has dragged the Minerals Commission, Director of Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission and Water Resources Commission to court for licensing two companies Kensington Industries Limited and Seven Seas Salt Limited to exploit and mine salt in the Keta Lagoon without parliamentary approval.    Article 268 (1) of the 1992 constitution states: “ Any transaction, contract or undertaking involving the grant of a right or concession by or on behalf of any person including the Government of Ghana, to any other person or body of persons howsoever described, for the exploitation of any mineral, water or other natural resource of Ghana made or entered into after the coming into force of this Constitution shall be subject to ratification by Parliament” In the suit filed at the Supreme Court yesterday, the Anlo Youth Council claims the state failed to get parliamentary approval before granting licensing the two companies to exploit and mine salt...

When will this buzzing sound stop? Aaba! Should I call them ntomtom (Twi word for ‘mosquitoes’) or nwansena (Twi word for ‘flies’)? In the Ga dialect, the mosquito is referred to as tonton and the fly adidon. Yet another day dawns in which we are supposed to share love, peace and laughter … yet again the buzzing sound is on … distracting all from the joy that the day brings. They say he booms … I say he buzzes … like an agitated mosquito … looking for his next victim. Again, he heads for other Heads of State … describing their governance as riddled with corruption. Is he trying to say that his reign was unblemished or that his twin brother’s (President Akufo-Addo) reign is unsullied? Really? Who born dog … in fact … who born monkey? BOST sells 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to a non-registered non-licensed company, Movinpinaa Energy, under questionable circumstances and he has not seen or heard? Indeed, the matter is before the High Court … Suit No....

When I initially thought about writing this piece, I planned to quote and refer to several Sections in the Nation Petroleum Authority Act 2006, Act 695 but I am now left confused as to which to quote.  I now understand why Senyo Hosi who is Chief Executive for Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributing Companies was shocked at the claims the representative for ZupOil was making in his only media engagement. What started as concerns over the impropriety of the sale of 5 million litres of purportedly contaminated fuel has become a mind blowing saga largely because of the way the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the Ministry of Energy have handled it. It became even more shocking when the President at his press engagement sought to justify the stance the two authorities have taken on the matter by jumping on the "non-existence of regulation" argument. From my understanding, "non-existence of regulation" argument means that Act 695 is silent on what to do in such ...

In anticipation of the decision of the Court of Appeal on whether Lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu should continue his private practice whiles his appeal pends, I will like to share with you my understanding of the General legal Council's stance on the issue. The GLC is strongly opposed to this attempt by Francis Xavier Sosu which is in the form of a stay of execution that lawyers for the embattled human rights practitioner. Before I move on to the GLC's arguments, let me briefly highlight the basis for the application filed by his lawyer Sosu's counsel, Samuel Cudjoe. The first basis for the application by Samuel Cudjoe is that their appeal is likely to succeed because the GLC made the same error that got a similar ban overturned by the Court of Appeal in a landmark case. This is because of the description lawyer Sosu's actions as grave professional misconduct. Samuel Cudjoe opines that the charge of grave professional misconduct does not exist in the Legal Profession ...