March 02, 2023
Ghana: COCOBOD Financial Loss Trial - Judge Refers Case to CJ
Justice Clement Jackson Honyenugah, the Supreme Court judge conducting the trial of Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, the former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, yesterday referred… Read more »
Ghana: Ashanti REGSEC autions Landlords Against Accommodating Fraudsters
The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has warned that it will arrest and prosecute landlords who will rent their facilities out to fraudsters. Read more »
Ghana: First Deputy Speaker Worried Over Conduct of Young MPs in Parliament
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu is worried that in the next two or three Parliaments, if the conduct of young Members of Parliament (MPs) are not checked by… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Card As Sole ID for Voter Registration - Minority Rejects EC's Proposed Ci
The Minority in Parliament says it will not back down on their opposition to the proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI) which seeks to make the Ghana Card the sole… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Ghana: Let the Rules Reign in Mining Operations
The government has announced the intention of four new large-scale mining companies to start operations in the country within the next 24 months. (See story on page 11). Read more »
Ghana: GAWU Educates 37 Volta Lake Island Communities About Child, Human Trafficking
About 37 island communities in the Krachi-West Municipality of the Oti Region have been schooled on the need to end child labour and human trafficking in the communities… Read more »
Ghana: Court Orders Legal Aid to Provide Lawyer for Alleged Coup Plotter
The Accra High Court yesterday ordered the Director of Legal Aid to provide a lawyer for Allan Debrah, one of the 10 accused standing trial for treason. Read more »
Ghana: Major Mahama Murder Case - Accused Identifies Self in Video
Akwasi Boah, one of the 14 alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Adams Mahama, an officer of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has identified himself in an amateur video on the… Read more »
January 28, 2023
Ghana: Ofosu Ampofo, Kwaku Boahen Asked to Open Defence
The Accra High Court trying former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, and Anthony Kwaku Boahen, over alleged conspiracy to cause harm and assault on… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Ghana: The Anti-Money Laundering Agenda... a Call for an All-Hands-On Deck!!!
The Inter-governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) early last August in training some selected journalists from the region reechoed the need for… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Ghana: GNFS Pulls Out Accra Regional Fire Commander
Deputy Chief Fire Officer (DCFO) Alhaji Richard Nuhu Gibril, yesterday bowed out at pullout ceremony having rendered 33 years of dedicated and invaluable service to the Ghana… Read more »
Ghana: Agric Stakeholders Call for Restoration of Tax Exemption On Agro-Inputs
Stakeholders in the country's agricultural sector have called on the government to restore the tax exception on agro-inputs. Read more »
Ghana: The Justice Trap
If the world were so organized that everything had to be fair, no living creature could survive for a day. The birds would be forbidden to eat worms, and everyone's self-interest… Read more »
Ghana: 39 Krobea Asante Technical, Vocational Institute Students Remanded Over Vandalism in School
The Asokore Mampong District Court in the Ashanti Region has remanded 39 students of the Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute in connection with acts of vandalism that… Read more »
Ghana: MASLOC Financial Loss Case - 2 Sureties Ordered to Pay Gh¢5m for Failing to Produce Accused
The Accra High Court, yesterday ordered Mr Alex Mould, the former Chief Executive Officer of National Petroleum Authority and Gavivina Tamakloe to pay GH¢5 million to the… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Ghana: 2 Managers in Trouble Over Non-Payment of Gh¢4,758.69 SSNIT Contributions
The Accra District Court 'B' has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of managers of the Royal's Institute of Excellence for non-payment of Social Security and National Insurance… Read more »
Ghana: Missing Twins Saga - 37 Military Hospital Apologises to Couple ... Claims Scans Were Incorrect
The 37 Military Hospital in Accra has said that the ultra-sound scans conducted on a woman before delivery were error-ridden. Read more »
Ghana: Gh¢10.4 Million Procurement Breach Scandal - OSP Drags NDA CEO, 3 Others to Court
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has filed criminal charges related to procurement breaches totalling GH¢10,400,000,00 involving the former Chief Executive of the Northern… Read more »
Ghana: Home Owners Urged to Take Safety Precautions Seriously
The Deputy Director of Safety of Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Divisional Officer Grade One (DOI), Micheal Ato Korsah has advised the general public and house owners to take… Read more »
Ghana: 6-Week Maritime Security Training Opens in Accra
A Six-Week maritime affairs and security training which forms part of efforts to combat maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea was opened at the Regional Maritime University… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Ghana: Fire Guts Parts of Timber Market At Moose
Fire yesterday gutted parts of the Timber Market at Moose near Ofankor in the Ga North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Read more »
Ghana: Farmer Gets 4 Years for Stealing From Police Commander's Bungalow
The Bole Magistrate Court in the Savannah region on Friday sentenced a farmer, Kwabena John, to four years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing from the Sawla District Police… Read more »
Ghana: Suit Against Decision Revoking C' Wealth, Mensah Sarbah Hall Student Residential Status Amended
The Accra High Court (Commercial Court 2) yesterday joined 161 students of the Commonwealth hall of the University of Ghana to a suit challenging the decision of the university to… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Ghana: Uber Driver Remanded Over Police Criminal Conduct Claim
The Achimota Circuit Court on Friday remanded the Uber driver, Patrick Asiedu, also known as "Dr" Patrick Asiedu, who was arrested in connection with a viral audio tape in which he… Read more »
Ghana: Students of Krobea Asante Tech, Vocational School Run Amok, Vandalise Property
A group of students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore, in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region, on Sunday ran amok and vandalised property of… Read more »