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The bail granted to Chinese ‘galamsey queen’ Asia Huang raises issues with the competence of the prosecution, Dr Ahmed Jinapor, a senior lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, has said. According to him, fallouts from the court hearings show clearly that Ms Huang and the four other accused persons have been slapped with the wrong charges rather than those ...

I never knew Maxwell Adam Mahama, but I have been unable to hold back the tears all week. A group of people decided to constitute themselves into police, prosecution, judge and jury, tried him summarily, found him guilty – guilty of what? Nothing! They convicted, sentenced him to death and executed the sentence by stoning and setting him alight. Stop ...

The Ashanti Regional Police Command on Saturday dawn arrested seven persons in connection with the murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. Captain Mahama was lynched by some residents of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region after being mistaken to be an armed robber. The police have so far arrested about 17 suspects and have vowed to arrest all perpetrators involved in ...

Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has belittled the intelligence and scope of reasoning of the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and his deputy. He believes Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Koku Anyidoho no longer make sense in their political discourse, a situation that may compel him to quit politics ...

The family of the slain soldier, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, has announced that he would be buried on Friday, June 9. Spokespersons for the family, Zakaria Sakara and WOII Ibrahim Samed, said the family would be meeting today and put final touches to plans as to how the funeral would be held. According to the family spokespersons, three funerals would ...

Popular Human Rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has been banned from practicing as a lawyer for a total of three years, a statement by the General Legal Council has said. The lawyer was investigated and found guilty of professional misconduct by the GLC. “The disciplinary committee of the General legal Council formally charged Lawyer Sosu under Rule 2(4) of the legal ...

A victim of the June 3 fire and flood disaster, Derick Appiah has revealed that he has survived on loans since the incident destroyed his business two years ago. He explained that he lost all his properties and business equipment to the tragic incident that resulted in the death of more than 150 people. Appiah, who sells fresh fruit juice ...

The lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama by residents of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region is a pure case of evil, a law lecturer has said. Yaw Oppong said the action carried out by the youth does not constitute a mob justice as has been ascribed by Ghanaians. Speaking on Joy FM/MultiTV’s Saturday news analysis programme Newsfile, the law lecturer ...

Joseph Cudjoe, a Legislator and Deputy Minister of Energy has appointed three persons to manage some public toilets in the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) of the Western Region. In a letter dated May 22, 2017 addressed to the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) and sighted by mynewsgh.com, the Deputy Minister ...

The Director General at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police , DCOP Bright Oduro on Friday June 2, 2017 gave a preliminary detailed account of how things unfolded leading to the death of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the 5th Infantry Battalion (5BN). At a press conference in Accra, he revealed that a total of 16 suspects ...