Former Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, says the Auditor-General must disclose consolidated recoveries from previous years’ financial irregularities. The governance expert warns that the public cannot continue to accept ballooning audit infractions without clear accountability. Reacting to the Auditor-General’s 2024 report revealing GH¢18.4 billion in financial irregularities, a sharp rise […]
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Go to court and stop prosecuting your cases in the media – Haruna Mohammed to AG
Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, has criticised the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, for what he described as a tendency to “prosecute cases in the media” rather than through due judicial process. Speaking on JoyNews’ AM Show on Monday, 16 June, Mr Mohammed expressed concern over the public disclosures made by […]
I’ll prosecute gov’t appointees who flout new code of conduct – Attorney-General Ayine
The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has stated that political appointees who breach the Code of Conduct will not only be dismissed but may also face criminal prosecution if their actions warrant it. He made the comment in a side interview on Monday, May 5, 2025, shortly after President John Dramani Mahama […]
AG vows to appeal against ‘perverse’, ‘grossly unfair’ and ‘erroneous decision’ that quashed Ambulance Trial
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has served notice he will appeal against the 2:1 majority Court of Appeal decision that quashed the controversial trial (Ambulance Trial) of the Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, and businessman Richard Jakpa for allegedly causing financial loss to the State. Cassiel Ato Forson and Richard […]
Stop impounding vehicles for minor offences – Attorney-General to IGP
The Attorney General’s Office has issued a directive to the Ghana Police Service to refrain from impounding and prohibiting the use of motor vehicles deemed to have violated minor road traffic regulations. The directive, signed by the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, dated February 9, 2024, was addressed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr […]
Criminal justice reforms before Cabinet – Attorney General
The Office of the Attorney-General has tabled before Cabinet a bill that seeks to reform the criminal justice system by overhauling the jury system and reducing interlocutory applications in the hearing of criminal cases. The bill, expected to receive Cabinet approval this month, also seeks to eliminate other aspects of the criminal justice system which […]
A-G to prosecute Adisadel student
The police have initiated investigation for possible prosecution in a case in which a student of Adisadel College is seen bullying a fellow student in a viral video. The action of the police is on the advice of the Office of the Attorney-General after the issue became public. The police yesterday visited the school premises […]
82 police officers sue IGP and AG over delayed promotions
Some 82 police officers have filed a suit against the Attorney General (1st defendant), the Ghana Police Service (2nd defendant), and the Inspector General of Police (3rd defendant). The plaintiffs contend that the Ghana Police Service failed to promote them after they finished their studies under the organization’s study leave with pay policy. In the […]
Slain soldier at Ashaiman: Police forward docket on 2 suspects to A-G
The police have forwarded the docket on two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of 21-year-old soldier, Private Imoro Sherrif, at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region to the Attorney-General’s (A-G) office for advice. Samuel Tetteh, 20, aka Wiper, unemployed, and Abubakar Sadick, 20, aka Birdman Naadu, a scrap dealer, have been charged with […]
Attorney General yet to receive docket on new findings on Tadi kidnappings
The Ghana Police Service is yet to furnish the Attorney General with a docket on new findings on the case involving the four girls who were kidnapped – and later declared dead – in Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region. The Attorney General’s Department is therefore unable to go ahead with its desire to amend the […]
Just in: Interpol arrests former Attorney General in Dubai
A former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke has been arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, by Interpol following confusion over a warrant of arrest that has already been vacated, TheCable reports. A federal capital territory high court in Abuja had issued a warrant of arrest against Adoke and four others on April […]
2 CHRAJ reports on Zoomlion not missing – A-G’s Office
The Attorney-General’s Department has debunked media reports that an investigative report by the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on alleged corruption relating to waste management company Zoomlion is missing According to the department, it received two CHRAJ reports in June 2018. It explained that both reports were forwarded under cover of a […]