July 17, 2023
Ghana: Company Representative Jailed 7 Years for Theft
The Circuit Court in Tema has sentenced Ronald Kwabena Quansah Hammond, to seven years imprisonment in hard labour for dishonestly appropriating 200 bags of soya bean meal valued… Read more »
Ghana: Support EOCO Strategic Plan to Succeed!
Perpetrators of economic and organised crimes are difficult to control because of various factors, including the proceeds criminals derive from their illegal activities and their… Read more »
July 14, 2023
Ghana: 13-Member Committee Tasked to Enforce New Building Code
A 13-member adhoc committee tasked with enforcing the new building code and ensuring engineering standards in the country has been inaugurated. Read more »
Ghana: PAC Cracks Whip - Officials of 12 GES Offices Land in Hot Water ...Face Prosecution Over Gh¢1m Procurement Breaches
The management of 12 Ghana Education Service (GES) offices in six regions are to face prosecution over procurement breaches amounting to GH¢1,028,700.91. Read more »
Ghana: Dr Opuni Goes to SC... Challenges Court of Appeal Verdict
Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, a former Chief Executive of COCOBOD, has filed an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, at the Supreme Court (SC), to have his trial start… Read more »
Ghana: Supreme Court Decides Child Rights Suit On Street Children November 22
The Supreme Court will on November 22, this year declare whether or not the presence and plight of street children is constitutional and lawful. Read more »
Ghana: Emmanuel Ofosu-Acheampong Promoted AICO II ...for Foiling Attempted Kidnap
The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi, has promoted Assistant Immigration Control Officer II (AICO II), Emmanuel Ofosu-Acheampong, to the rank of… Read more »
Ghana: Parliament Grants Interior Minister Power to Issue Licences for Industrial 'Wee' Cultivation
Parliament on Wednesday passed the Narcotics Control Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to allow for the cultivation of cannabis not beyond THC of 0.3 per cent for industrial… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Ghana: Plot to Remove IGP - Interior Minister Dismisses Secret Tape ...Urges Ghanaians to Treat It With Contempt
The Minister of the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has dismissed allegation of the contents of a leaked secret tape in which the removal of the Inspector General of Police, Dr George… Read more »
Ghana: 'Expedite Action Against Gender-Based Violence'
A board member of the National Peace Council (NPC), Joana Adzoa Opare, has called for expedited action against gender-based violence against women and children, to serve as a… Read more »
Ghana: Attorney-General's 92 Official Vehicles Not Insured - Chief Director
A total of 92 official vehicles being used by the Attorney-General's Office and Ministry of Justice nationwide have not been insured, the Chief Director, Suweibatu Adam, has… Read more »
Ghana: War On Illegal Digital Lending Platforms - 422 Operators Grabbed
A total of 422 operators of unlicensed digital lending platforms, have been arrested in Accra, for allegedly engaging in the distribution of clients' data and issuing death threats… Read more »
Ghana: CAGD Begins Cap 30 Pensioners Biometric Verification Exercise
The Controller and Accountant General Department (CAGD) has begun a Cap 30 Pensioners National Identification and Biometric Data Verification exercise to clean the database of Cap… Read more »
Ghana: Prevent Operations of Unlicensed Financial Entities
We commend the joint cybersecurity taskforce that has arrested 422 operators of unlicensed digital loan application platforms, including three nationals, for distributing the data… Read more »
Ghana: Stop Social Media War-Mongering in Dagbon Kingdom - Kan-Dapaah
The Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan- Dapaah, has called for calm among Dagombas and Konkombas in Dagbon Kingdom. Read more »
Ghana: Prosecution of NDC MPs - Minority Must Ask Permission Before Boycotting Parliament - Speaker
Minority caucus in Parliament must seek written permission before boycotting proceedings in the House, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said. Read more »
July 12, 2023
Ghana: Govt Settles All Outstanding Arrears Owed Individual Bondholders
In a demonstration of its dedication to honouring the agreement between itself and the Coalition of Individual Bondholder Groups (CIBG), the Ministry of Finance has announced the… Read more »
Ghana: Minority Boycotts Parliament Again... in Support of Colleagues Facing Trial
The Minority caucus has, yet again, boycotted proceedings of Parliament, in Accra yesterday, in support of James Gyakye Quayson, Member for Assin North, who is facing criminal… Read more »
Ghana: 108 Human Trafficking Cases Investigated in 2022 - Gender Minister
A total of 108 cases of human trafficking were reported and investigated last year, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP), Mrs Lariba Zuweira Abudu has… Read more »
Ghana: Assin North MP Case - Stay of Proceedings Application Dismissed
The Accra High Court, yesterday dismissed a motion filed by lawyers for the Assin North Member of Parliament, Mr James Gyakye Quayson, for stay of proceedings pending the… Read more »
Ghana: Dagbon Forum, Konkomba Youth Condemn Hate Speech ...Vow to Maintain Peace
The Konkomba Youth Association (KOYA) and Dagbon Forum have condemned recent hate speeches on social media by indigenes of the two groups against each other. Read more »
Ghana: Police Service Installs 150 Body Cameras
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has installed 150 body cameras on the uniforms of some of its personnel, as part of measures to ensure police professionalism. Read more »
July 11, 2023
Ghana: Political Leaders Seek Solution to Effutu-Gomoa Land Dispute
Political leaders in the Effutu and Gomoa areas of the Central Region, have constituted a bi-partisan committee to find lasting solution to the "escalating land dispute", with a… Read more »
Ghana: Two Brothers Drown in Pond At Abandoned Quarry Site
Two brothers at Adjeikrom, a farming community near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, on Thursday drowned in a pond at an abandoned quarry site in the area. Read more »
Ghana: En Huang Denies Facilitating Galamsey Activities
Chinese woman, Ms En Huang, also known as Aisha Huang, standing trial for undertaking mining operation without a lincence, yesterday told the Accra High Court, she did not… Read more »