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Labour Commission to mediate salary dispute between NLA management and union
The National Labour Commission is expected to intervene in a salary dispute between management of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and its workers’ union after negotiations over pay increases reportedly reached a deadlock. The disagreement centres on salary adjustments for 2026, with management offering a 12% pay i...
Akonta Mining has never operated on its concession — Wontumi tells in court
Akonta Mining Company Limited has never operated on its concession despite holding a mining lease from the government, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has told the Accra High Court. He said the company had not undertaken any mining activity because it had not secu...
Ejisu MCE given seven days to resign or face petition to President Mahama
Aggrieved members of the Ejisu Municipal Assembly have given Municipal Chief Executive Jerryne Asante a one-week ultimatum to resign after an attempt to pass a vote of no confidence against her failed on Friday. The members said they would petition President John Dramani Mahama to revoke Asante’s appointment and name.....
Pregnant Ghanaian woman and son deported after week-long detention at US airport
A pregnant Ghanaian woman and her young son who spent more than a week in detention at Washington Dulles International Airport were being deported to Ghana on Friday after she agreed to leave the United States, her lawyers said. Annabella Gyasi, 38, arrived at the airport on 19 May with her son, who was born with sever...
NPP petitions diplomats over alleged political persecution under Mahama
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has petitioned members of the diplomatic community, alleging what it described as growing state-sponsored political persecution and an erosion of democratic freedoms under President John Mahama’s administration. In a petition dated 19 May and signed by NPP General Secretary Just...
G.A. Agbesinyale writes: Sedina Tamakloe Attionu in a comfortable lead to Accra
Irony of ironies. Who would have believed how things have turned out this week in the Republic’s extradition matters? Earlier this year, our now stupefied-into-silence Attorney General announced to the world that he had proceeded with the extradition of Ken Ofori-Atta, former Finance Minister, and Sedina Attionu, forme...
NPP to petition chief justice over judge in Abronye DC case
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) said it will petition Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie on Friday over what it described as misconduct by the judge who presided over the case involving the party’s Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC. The party said the move followed what it consi...
Wontumi pleads not guilty to fraud charges, GHC30m financial loss to Ghana EXIM Bank
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of defrauding by false pretence, forgery, money laundering, and intentionally causing financial loss of over GH¢30 million to Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank)....
Tsatsu Tsikata gets lifetime honour from UPSA Law School
The UPSA Law School is set to honour veteran legal practitioner Tsatsu Tsikata with a Lifetime Achievement in Law Award in recognition of his enduring contributions to Ghana’s legal and constitutional development. The award will be conferred on Wednesday, 15 April 2026, during the school’s third Honorific Lecture and A...
Ghana’s free speech debate hinges on defamation limits, legal expert says
Ghana’s constitutional guarantee of free speech does not give citizens unfettered licence to make harmful statements, a legal practitioner has said, stressing that defamatory expression remains punishable under law. Gideon Tetteh, a law lecturer at Wisconsin International University College, told Asaase Radio’s TownHal...
Osei Owusu: removal of key clauses has made anti-LGBTQ Bill toothless
Ross Osei Owusu, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) legal team, has expressed concern over changes made to the country’s newly passed anti-LGBTQ bill, arguing that key punitive provisions contained in an earlier version of the legislation have been removed. Speaking on The Forum on Asaase Radio, following Parlia...
Access to justice should not depend on ability to pay — Joel Annor-Afari
The Greater Accra Regional Branch of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says it is expanding its prison support programme to ensure vulnerable inmates receive legal representation and are not forgotten in Ghana’s justice system. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday (13 July), the Regional Secretary of the assoc...