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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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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The Government of Ghana has declined a request for a state visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, citing growing concerns over recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa that have targeted Ghanaian nationals. According to diplomatic sources in Accra and
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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has pledged government support to help address infrastructure challenges at the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS) while endorsing the university’s bid to become one of the institutions accredited to
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Former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has broken her silence following what she describes as a “disturbing and very brazen assassination attempt” on her life, calling for justice and urging authorities to ensure those responsible are brought
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The Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (MoCDTI) has directed the Management of Ghana Digital Centres Limited (GDCL) to immediately reverse its decision to temporarily suspend the employment contracts of all staff. In a statement dated Tuesday, July 1,
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