Also known as: Godfred Yeboah-Dame · former Attorney General Godfred Dame · Godfred Dame, the former Attorney-General
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Joy Online
… Her deputy, Godfred Dame, didn’t initiate any step,” he said. Mr Dafeamekpor noted that Mr Dame later served as Attorney-General from 2021 to 2024, saying the current administration’s decision to revisit the matter should therefore be welcomed. …
Dafeamekpor defends Ayine’s handling of Aksa case, faults past AGsJoy Online
… The lawyers, including Samuel Atta Akyea and former Attorney-General Godfred Dame, had cited prior commitments during the vacation and asked that the cases be adjourned until after the period. …
Kpebu urges GBA, judges to negotiate solution to legal vacation disputeJoy Online
There is a raging controversy following the petitions of lawyers Godfred Dame and Atta Akyea to the Chief Justice protesting the continuation of cases against their clients during the legal vacation. …
List of all 26 vacation judges nationwide and their courtsJoy Online
… Throughout the trial, many members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) maintained that the prosecution was politically motivated, while the then Attorney-General Godfred Dame insisted it was founded solely on the evidence before the courts. …
Sedina Tamakloe’s Acquittal: A test of prosecutorial discretion and public confidence in Ghana’s justice systemJoy Online
The Accra High Court has dismissed an application by former Attorney General Godfred Dame seeking to strike out the entire charge sheet against the ex-National Buffer Stock CEO, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba. …
High Court dismisses application to strike out entire Hanan charge sheet; orders amendment of charges 9 and 14Joy Online
… When he reported to the Criminal Investigations Department in Accra on May 26, it was not Appiah-Kubi who walked him in but Godfred Dame, attorney-general and justice minister from January 2021 to January 2025 under former President Nana Akufo-Addo. …
Twice in a year, Chairman Wontumi’s lead lawyer has walked awayThe Chronicle
… Additionally, in his memo to Parliament during the consideration of this same bill in 2023 at the committee level, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame flagged the bill, which was presented as a Private Member’s bill as likely to violate Article 108 of the 1992 …
Article 108: Mahama’s Legal Shield Against Anti-LGBTQ Bill?The Chronicle
… Additionally, in his memo to Parliament during the consideration of this same bill in 2023 at the committee level, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame flagged the bill, which was presented as a Private Member’s bill as likely to violate Article 108 of the 1992 …
Article 108: Mahama’s Legal Shield Against Anti-LGBTQ Bill?Joy Online
… Additionally, in his memo to Parliament during the consideration of this same bill in 2023 at the committee level, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame flagged the bill, which was presented as a Private Member’s bill as likely to violate Article 108 of the 1992 …
Article 108: Mahama’s legal shield against Anti-LGBTQ Bill?Joy Online
… However, their lawyers, led by former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah-Dame, say they have been denied access to their clients. …
We’ve been denied access to re-arrested Buffer Stock ex-CEO and wife – Godfred DameMajority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has defended Attorney-General Dr Dominic Ayine's handling of an alleged bribery scandal surrounding the Aksa power deal, contending that previous administrations failed to act on the matter and arguing the current investigation should proceed without partisan distractions.
15 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has defended Attorney-General Dr Dominic Ayine's handling of an alleged bribery scandal surrounding the Aksa power deal, contending that previous administrations failed to act on the matter and arguing the current investigation should proceed without partisan distractions.
15 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Private lawyer Martin Kpebu has urged the Ghana Bar Association and the Association of Judges and Magistrates to negotiate a resolution to their disagreement over court proceedings during the legal vacation, following the Chief Justice's refusal to defer cases where lawyers cited prior commitments during the period.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Joy Online publishes a list of 26 vacation judges nationwide and their courts, following controversy over the Chief Justice's selection of cases to be heard during the legal vacation.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Court of Appeal's acquittal of former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe on 30 July 2026 has sparked wider debate about prosecutorial discretion, the Attorney-General's relationship with appellate courts, and consistency in politically sensitive cases.
5 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Accra High Court dismissed an application by the defence counsel to strike out the entire charge sheet against ex-National Buffer Stock CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, but directed the prosecution to amend Counts 9 and 14 relating to defrauding by false pretences, finding the defects non-fatal and the charges to proceed.
23 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Andy Appiah-Kubi, the lead lawyer for NPP Ashanti chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), has walked away from defending him in an illegal mining case for the second time in over a year, citing "unseen influences" compromising the trial's integrity. The departure comes as judgment is due July 3 and as Wontumi separately seeks plea negotiations in a fraud case involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
President Mahama faces a constitutional choice to assent to or return the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 to Parliament. Legal experts note that Article 106 of the Constitution may provide grounds for the President to return the bill based on alleged procedural irregularities, though these claims remain contested.
10 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
Parliament is expected to transmit the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 to President Mahama for assent this month. The President may invoke Articles 106 and 108 of the 1992 Constitution to return the bill to Parliament, citing unresolved procedural questions and concerns about whether constitutional and parliamentary procedures were properly followed during its consideration.
10 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
Parliament passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 on May 29 and is expected to transmit it to President Mahama this month for assent. The President's strongest constitutional grounds for returning the bill, if he chooses, may rest on procedural concerns under Articles 106 and 108 of the Constitution, though Speaker Alban Bagbin and President Mahama have raised allegations of procedural irregularities that the Majority Chief Whip contests.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The former CEO of the National Food Buffer Stock Company and his wife were re-arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) shortly after the Attorney General dropped charges against them, but their lawyers say they have been denied access to their clients more than 24 hours later. The ex-CEO reportedly fell ill during custody and received medical attention but remains in EOCO custody without legal access.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
In a televised interview on The Delay Show on 25 April 2026, microfinance mogul Richard Nii Armah Quaye claimed his ex-wife Joana Quaye played no meaningful role in his wealth accumulation and that he was already prosperous before their marriage. According to court records and her legal team's statement, this claim is demonstrably false and contradicts documented evidence that he returned from the United Kingdom in 2009 unemployed.
1 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Lawyers for Joana Quaye have refuted claims made by Richard Nii Armah Quaye in a recent media interview, asserting that court records show he "had none of the properties he owns now" before their 2010 marriage and was unemployed at that time.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →