A court has dismissed an application seeking to discharge former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and seven others standing trial for alleged extortion. The accused persons are facing charges of unlawfully extorting GH¢291.574 million […]
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A fierce legal showdown has erupted between two emerging political groups Base Ghana First LBG and The Base Movement, over the alleged misuse of name, identity, and official materials. Base Ghana First LBG, a breakaway faction from The Base Movement
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The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has expressed concern over a rising trend of tanker drivers and their assistants leaving the petroleum haulage sector to engage in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. Speaking during a meeting with Parliament’s Energy Committee
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A 69-year-old widow died in a road accident in Ghana after losing up to £1 million to a series of romance scams, an inquest has heard. Janet Fordham sustained fatal injuries in a crash on 14 February 2023 during a
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An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Nana Adwoa Yamoah, a 35-year-old self-styled spiritualist, to three years imprisonment for defrauding a man of GH¢95,100. Yamoah who operated at Teshie in Accra, pleaded guilty to defrauding by false pretences and practising without registration and
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The Akim Swedru Circuit Court in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region has fined a 37-year-old man, Emmanuel Oppong Krah, GH¢2,400 for making derogatory remarks against the Akim Oda Member of Parliament, Alexander Akwasi Acquah. The court further
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The Minister for Communication, Technology and Innovation, Sam George, has announced plans to introduce a framework that would allow mutual recognition of fintech and payment service provider (PSP) licences between Ghana and Zambia, aimed at easing cross-border business operations. According
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Following a keen observation of the performance of public sector organizations, in the complex architecture of Ghana’s healthcare system, where policy meets people and funding meets frontline service, there exists a group of individuals whose work rarely makes headlines—but whose
Lincoln University has withdrawn plans to award an honorary doctorate to John Dramani Mahama and cancelled his scheduled visit just days before the ceremony, citing concerns over his perceived stance on Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill. The
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The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has mounted a strong defence of the government’s planned SIM re-registration exercise, warning that weaknesses in the current system are exposing innocent Ghanaians to wrongful arrests and identity theft.
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