The Accra High Court has given another lifeline to the convicted Founder of the Capital Bank, William Ato Essien by extending the payment of GH¢20million restitution to the state to July 27, 2023. The GH¢20 million represents the first tranche of a total of 60 million expected to be paid to the state. The court, […]
The Accra High Court has sentenced a Fire Service Officer, Emmanuel Ayitah Quansah, to two days imprisonment for beating a court bailiff. Ayitah was found guilty of contempt of court for beating the bailiff who wanted to serve him with documents in a civil case. The court presided over by Justice Sarah Aryee, held that […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has extolled the importance of the media in nation-building and called on all stakeholders, especially the state, to support them. He stated that no institution, including Parliament, could succeed without the role of the media. The Speaker insisted that media institutions were a priority that every President […]
The immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, has called on the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to go beyond the mere commemoration of Martyrs’ Day to talk about the human rights abuses in the system. He said after 40 years of the celebration of the unfortunate killing […]
The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority and a son of Akuapeman, Mr. Sammi Awuku has brought relief to parents, guardians and pupils in the Akuapem North Municipality. The kind-hearted public servant and Politician has donated educational materials to all public and private schools in the Municipality to be distributed to Basic Education Certificate Examination […]
The Police Administration has mounted a manhunt for four suspected robbers behind the killing of a policeman at Ablekuma in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. The alleged robbers killed the policeman yesterday in broad daylight. The policeman, who a source at the Ghana Police Service named as Lance Corporal Calystus Amoah, […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed strong abhorrence at the imposition of taxes on sanitary pads in the country. He described the passage of laws by Parliament to impose the tax on sanitary pads as “unconscionable and a cardinal sin.” “This House should not have allowed it at all; you know the impact […]
The High Court in Accra has summoned three witnesses in the trial in which former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, and two others have been accused of causing financial loss of €2.37 million to the state in a deal to purchase 200 ambulances. That followed an application by counsel for Forson, Dr […]
Charles Bissue arrested by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) after he turned himself in on Wednesday. At 11:45 am on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Mr Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue, a former Secretary to the dissolved Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) turned himself in to the OSP. He was immediately placed under […]
Three traditional rulers have called for a constitutional review to empower chiefs to contribute more meaningfully to the socio-economic development of the country. They explained that the country was unable to deal effectively with its development challenges, including the war against illegal mining (galamsey), because chiefs seemed marginalised in governance issues. The traditional rulers who […]
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has cautioned the government against implementing a policy that would remove taxes on imported sanitary pads while disregarding local manufacturers. According to the AGI, such a measure would have severe negative consequences for the country’s economy. While the idea of waiving duties or taxes on imported sanitary pads to […]
It’s inevitable that floods will occur in some communities when the rains come down. But when it becomes the norm and has the potential of affecting the health of the residents in the community, fear doubles up. That’s what Ewuara Ama Helena Jesse faces every day. “What I know is that floods occur when it […]
