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Napo denies allegations of plot to sabotage ECG power supply in Ashanti Region
Former Energy Minister and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) vice presidential candidate, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has denied allegations circulating on social media that he and some NPP Members of Parliament in the Ashanti Region met Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) district directors to offer them money to deliberately...
Sector committees to be fully operational after 25 May inauguration — NPP
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will proceed with the full inauguration of its newly constituted sector committees on 25 May, despite growing criticism and internal debate over the composition and timing of the structures. The party’s General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua, defended the move, insisti...
AG’s witness counters prosecution narrative, says Adu Boahene and wife’s company was incorporated in 2008
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness, who was initially arrested, detained, bailed and arraigned as an accused person but later withdrawn by the Attorney General to testify for the state, has confirmed under cross-examination at the High Court that Advantage Solutions Limited was incorporated in 2008, a revela...
Kumasi court slaps GHC1,200 fine on 12 more sanitation offenders
Twelve more sanitation offenders have been convicted by a court in Kumasi for illegally dumping waste at various locations across the city, as authorities intensify efforts to enforce sanitation by-laws. The offenders were arraigned within 24 hours before the Prempeh Assembly District Court One, presided over by His Wo...
Court grants GHC30,000 bail to Amaniampong SHS teacher accused of assaulting student
A circuit court at Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region has granted bail in the sum of GHC30,000 to a 33-year-old teacher accused of assaulting a senior high school student during a disciplinary incident at a boarding house. The accused, Charles Gyamfi, pleaded not guilty to the assault charge wh...
Opinion: the Mahama-NDC government’s Interpol Red Alert notice and ICE own goals
Proverbs 26:27 states “Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.” Amen and Amen! This morning I had a huge laugh watching a video on Tik Tok of Majority Whip, Rockson Dafeamekpor speaking on television about the arrest and detention of Asante Akim North MP, Hon. Ohen...
GOLDBOD CEO to critics: “nobody is saying there hasn’t been losses, but be factual”
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has urged critics of the state-owned gold trading institution to base claims about its financial performance on accurate information, as political scrutiny over its operations intensifies. Mr Gyamfi acknowledged that GoldBod could incur losses i...
Anti-LGBTQ Bill could face court challenge over quorum, Lawyer warns
Executive Director of the Africa Center for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) William Nyarko has warned that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025 could face constitutional challenges over the circumstances surrounding its passage in Parliament, even if it receives presidential assent. William...
GHC22bn loss: “Ghanaians asked for figures, they were given insults” – Afenyo-Markin slams GOLDBOD CEO
The Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin on Wednesday accused the chief executive of the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) of responding with insults instead of answers to questions over a reported GHC22 billion loss under the country’s domestic gold-buying programme. The Minority Caucus said GOLDBOD CEO Sammy Gyamfi had f...
High Court to hear Abronye bail application on 20 May – Kodua hints
A bail application challenging the continued detention of Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, is set to be heard at the High Court on 20 May, according to the party’s General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (18 May), Kodua...
24-hour markets: We’ve been sued over projects we don’t control – Goosie Tanoh
The 24-Hour Economy Secretariat has distanced itself from the government’s planned 24-hour markets, saying it has no legal authority or oversight responsibility over the projects. Presidential Adviser on the 24-Hour Economy, Goosie Tanoh, said the confusion had led to the secretariat being drawn into legal disputes ove...
Court orders reversal of Cheddar’s No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel takeover
An Accra High Court has ordered that the No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel be immediately returned to Keningston Residential Partners 1 Limited. The ruling, made on Friday, August 21, 2026, reverses a previous takeover of the property linked to businessman Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar. Justice John-Mark Nuku...