The High Court in Accra has sentenced Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years in prison for each of the two counts on which he was convicted […]
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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned that spraying cedi notes at weddings and social events, making money bouquets, and mishandling the national currency are criminal offences punishable by law. In a notice dated July 14, 2026, the central bank
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A sharp exchange erupted in Parliament on Thursday, July 16, as Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin and Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine locked horns over the proposed Public Tribunals Bill. The disagreement centred on Clause 4 of the bill, which seeks
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President John Dramani Mahama has nominated three individuals for appointment to Ghana’s Supreme Court. The nominees are Court of Appeal Justices Sophia Bernasko-Essah and Amoako Asante, together with legal practitioner and former President of the Ghana Bar Association, Tony Forson.
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Former Buffer Stock Company CEO, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, has launched a strong legal challenge against the Attorney-General’s attempt to block his planned medical trip to the United Kingdom, accusing state authorities of unlawfully holding his money, seizing his phones and accessing
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Minority Members of Parliament walked out of proceedings on Wednesday, July 15, after First Deputy Speaker Bernard Ahiafor ruled that a briefing by the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Johnson Asiama, would be held behind closed doors.
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Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reportedly been arrested by officers of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) at the Accra International Airport. Senior officials of the
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The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has launched a scathing assessment of the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration’s flagship Agenda 111 hospital programme, declaring that despite an estimated GH¢4.8 billion spent on the initiative, not a single facility
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An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to a woman accused of allegedly defrauding 35 traders of GH₵156,445 through a susu savings scheme. The accused, Martha Nana Esi Afful, who had previously been remanded into custody, pleaded not guilty to
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The Government of Ghana and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the second phase of the Digital Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Project, with the Korean
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