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Former Attorney General, Martin A.B.K. Amidu, has defended the Senior State Attorney who discontinued the trial of eight members of the pro NPP vigilante group, Delta Force, describing her legal advice as “exceptional”. The eight were being tried for storming the Kumasi Circuit courtroom to harass the judge and other court officials, and forcibly freed 13 other members of the group that has recently grabbed headlines. After weeks of preliminary proceedings, a senior State Attorney, Marie Louise-Simmons, who handled the case docket advised in a letter to the Police that the case be discontinued on the basis of lack of…

A man who drove a car along three blocks of pavement in New York’s Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring 22 people, said he had “heard voices”, according to law enforcement sources. Richard Rojas, 26, a US navy veteran who was arrested twice previously for drunk driving, is now in custody. He also said he expected to die, the sources told AP news agency. According to Reuters, he said after being arrested: “You were supposed to shoot me! I wanted to kill them.” Mr Rojas has been charged with second-degree murder, aggravated vehicular homicide and multiple counts of attempted…

Delta Force 13: AG wants more time to study docket

The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the chiefs and people of Dagbon that the perennial water crisis in Yendi will soon be a thing of the past, following discussions at Cabinet to approve the allocation of $3m for the Yendi Water Project. The Planting for Food and Jobs, One-District-One-Factory and One Village One Dam Programmes were also designed with the people of northern Ghana in mind, to enable the largely agrarian society benefit from the fruits of their labour, he added. Vice President Bawumia gave the assurance when he paid courtesy calls on the…

Farmers in parts of the country have expressed optimism over Ghana winning the fight against the invasion of fall armyworms which have started destroying vast tracks of farmlands. This optimism follows the visit of Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto. The Fall Armyworms have for the past few weeks hit certain parts of the country, particularly the Ashanti, Brong and the Eastern Regions, causing destructions to crops especially Maize and Cocoa. Affected farmers have been counting their losses following reports that about 1,500 acres of maize farms being destroyed. However, some farmers have expressed hope that despite the threats posed…

The Ghana Bar Association says the discharge of the eight members of the vigilante group, Delta Force, by the Circuit Court in Kumasi on the basis of lack of evidence, is a threat to rule of law in the country. It is thus demanding the reopening of the case in which the eight were being tried for storming the courtroom to harass the judge and other court officials, and forcibly freeing 13 other members of the pro New Patriotic Party group. After weeks of preliminary proceedings, a senior State Attorney who handled the case docket advised in a letter to…

Members of a small scale mining group in the country have issued a three-day ultimatum to the government to allow them to return to their pits or face their wrath. “We have given the president three days to allow us work otherwise all die be die,” Frank Osei who is the Chairman of the group, Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, told journalists Thursday. Civil society organizations and the media recently joined the government to launch series of campaigns against illegal mining which is causing havoc to livelihoods and property as well as Ghana’s water bodies and forest covers.…

A youth-oriented group has accused the Akufo-Addo government of having committed an illegality in contracting the 2.25 billion-dollar bond, and given the President 15 days to form the board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate the matter. According to the group, the SEC which supervises the securities market, was dysfunctional at the time the Finance Ministry announced the 2.25 dollar bond in that the board of SEC had not been formed by President Akufo-Addo. Citing the Securities Industry Law 2016 (Act 929) the group, Dynamic Youth Movement Ghana (DYMOG), said “SEC should have supervised the processes leading…

Next week Thursday, May 25 has been declared a statutory public holiday, the Interior Ministry has announced. Known as Africa Union Day, it set aside to celebrate the achievements of the African Union, formerly Organisation of African Union, and how far its member states have come since colonialism. Of the 54 member states, only six – Ghana, Namibia, Mali, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Lesotho- observe the day annually as a public holiday while the others hold events to commemorate it.The African Union is committed to strengthening a people centered union through active communication of the programmes of the African Union, the…

Tullow Oil says plans are underway to resume drilling next year to boost output at its Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) field once the maritime dispute between Ghana and The Cote d’Ivoire is resolved. Mr Charles Darku, the Tullow Ghana Managing Director, told shareholders on Wednesday that the drilling of the new wells would help increase production to 80,000 barrels a day from the current expected level of 50,000 barrels for 2017. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is set to rule on the maritime border dispute in late 2017. “We are looking to the Ghana government to…