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Ace Ankomah Moves to Enforce GH¢2.95m Judgment Against Kevin Taylor
Private legal practitioner, Ace Anan Ankomah, has begun steps to enforce the GH¢2.95 million defamation judgment he secured against social media commentator Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor in February 2020. The move follows an Order for Substituted Service granted by the Accra High Court, allowing Mr Ankomah to serve Kevin Taylor with the Entry of Judgment […]
KATH doctors’ strike illegal, must end immediately – Labour Commission
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to immediately call off a planned indefinite strike. It says the notice of industrial action was improperly served and violated the country’s Labour Act. In a summons dated 6 June 2026, the NLC said it had read media repo...
Reinstate suspended KATH CEO now – Minority tells Government
The Minority in Parliament has criticised the government’s suspension of the chief executive of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr (Med) Paa Kwesi Baidoo, describing the move as a hasty response that fails to tackle the deeper causes of chronic overcrowding at one of the country’s busiest referral hospitals. In...
Miracles in custody: Sammi Awuku slams Mahama government for targeting opposition voices
The MP for Akuapem North and former New Patriotic Party national organiser, Sammi Awuku, on Sunday accused the National Democratic Congress government of harassing opposition voices, following the reported detention of the leading NPP communications team member Dennis “Miracles” Aboagye by the Economic and Organised Cr...
Accra FM presenter faces lawsuit over claims against teacher
Accra-based broadcaster, Kwabena Bobie Ansah has been threatened with legal action over a social media post that allegedly accused a teacher of sexually molesting schoolgirls, according to a demand letter from lawyers acting for the educator. Lawyers for Agyei Mohammed, popularly known as “Teacher Constitution-Wiamoase...
Political parties can implement expanded primaries despite costs — Alexander Abban
Former Gomoa West MP Alexander Abban believes Ghana’s political parties can successfully implement expanded internal elections despite concerns over logistics and costs following the Supreme Court’s latest ruling. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Thursday (30 July), Abban rejected suggestions that allowing all...
Bagbin seeks consensus talks after ‘surprise’ passage of anti-LGBTQ bill
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has expressed surprise at the passage of the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation, saying he expected lawmakers to only begin detailed consideration of the bill before its approval. Bagbin said he has summoned parliamentary leadership for urgent discussi...
IMCC: forensic audit found Dennis Aboagye responsible for financial irregularities
The Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCC) Secretariat says a forensic audit found its former Executive Secretary, Dennis Edward Aboagye, culpable in alleged financial irregularities and has dismissed his claims that the investigation is politically motivated. In a statement issued on Monda...
REVEALED: how Abu Trica allegedly defrauded 80 US victims in $8m romance scam
Fresh details released by U.S. prosecutors allege that Ghanaian influencer Frederick Kumi, also known as Abu Trica, extradited from Accra led a sophisticated romance fraud network that used artificial intelligence, fake identities and money laundering schemes to steal more than $8 million from over 80 elderly Americans...
Wontumi appeals 20-year jail sentence in Samreboi mining case
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, and Akonta Mining Company Limited have appealed against a 20-year prison sentence imposed over illegal mining activities at Samreboi, asking the Court of Appeal to overturn their convictio...
Anti-LGBTQ bill still has “long way to go,” Mahama says
President John Dramani Mahama says the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ bill has not yet completed the legislative process and remains subject to constitutional and procedural review before it can become law. Speaking at Chatham House in London on Monday (1 June), Mahama said Parliament had been considering the bill...
Damang deal: CHRAJ asked to investigate President Mahama over alleged abuse of office
A petition has been filed with the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) seeking an investigation into President John Dramani Mahama over alleged conflict of interest and abuse of office linked to the takeover of the Damang mine by his brother, Ibrahim Mahama. The petition, dated 20 May, was sub...