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The Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill, 2017, has been passed into law by Parliament to support his wife and children. The Bill seeks to cater...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Oquaye, has charged the Committees on Finance, Water Resources, Works and House, to consider two loan agreements between...

The Minority in Parliament says the energy sector bond failed because investors lacked confidence in Ghana’s economy. Addressing a press conference in Accra, a ranking...

Godwin Torvudzo (1st Accused), a 24- year old carpenter and his brother Gabriel Amewusika (2nd Accused), a 35- year old driver who reside in...

Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, a well-known politician of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a libel suit against Bismark Tawiah Boateng, Eastern Regional...

The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says a fresh policy approval of the conversion of the University for Development Studies (UDS) into...

The African Union Import Levy Bill, 2017, has been laid before Ghana’s Parliament. The Bill seeks to impose an African Union Import Levy of 0.2%...

There is a new twist to the alleged defilement of a 3-year-old girl at Akufo Krodua in the Central region as medical examination has...

Carlos Armah, a 24-year old security man at the Soul Restaurant in Osu Ringway Estates, has been charged with rape. According to the prosecutor, Simon Tokpor,...

An Accra District Court presided over by Justice Ebenezer Kwaku Ansah, has sentenced Emmanuel Kweku Asare, a driver residing at Mamprobi, to pay a...

The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng says two investors have expressed interest in establishing two factories in the Kumbungu District, under...

The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng, says the government is putting in place measures to revive the Komenda Sugar factory with...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, says conducting fire safety audit in high rise buildings in the country is not enough to...

Two Civil Engineers, Benjamin Bampoh and Francis Torsoo of Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Tema Metro and New Juaben Assembly respectively, have...

The Zongo Development Fund Bill, 2017, has been read a second time on the floor of Parliament. The Bill seeks to establish a Zongo Development...

Henry Allotey, a 56-year old football coach, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for indecently assaulting an 11 year-old. The Complainant is the...

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Sophia Akuffo has stated that the judiciary is digitizing its systems at the courts to fast-track the adjudication of...

Mr. Danse Sam, the Director of Corporate Affairs for the Savannah Acceleration Development Association (SADA) has expressed worry about the omission of a dedicated...

Former Chief Justice and legal luminary, VCRAC Crabbe, has suggested that Ghana adopts modern technology in its court processes in addition to the manual work...

The Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice, has advised that victims of the Peabo explosion and fire outbreak may take civil action against AKY Mining...

The Ministry of Education says plans are underway to inaugurate all 43 Councils for Colleges of Education by the end of November, 2017. This was...

An Accra Circuit Court presided over by His Honour, Mr. Aboagye Tandoh, has sentenced a 60- year old man, Daniel Tetteh Cudjoe, to 8...

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour, Mr. Aboagye Tandoh, has sentenced a widower and father of eight children, to ten years...

Mr. Thomas Kofi Owusu, a 56 year-old block factory owner who has been charged with two counts of murder of his wife and son...

An Accra High Court has dismissed an injunction application filed by some workers of the Electricity  Company of Ghana (ECG),  to put on hold...

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Nii Kotey Susubribi I, also known as Kotey Nii Quaye, who claims to be the chief of Abehenease,...

Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who has been in court in respect of a judgment-debt in excess of GHS50 million has failed to turn up...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, says it has initiated a process to review the Passport and Travel Certificates Law, NLCD 155...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017, has passed second reading on the floor of Parliament. This was after the Attorney-General and Minister for...

Dr. Lawrence Adusei, the pathologist who conducted a post-mortem on the body of Major Mahama has said that he has not been able to...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Oquaye, has tasked the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, to investigate alleged maltreatment meted out to Ghanaian...

Thompson Opoku- Agyemang (first Accused), Maxwell Cobbinah (second Accused), and Musah Nabie (third Accused), have, among others, been chargedwith defrauding by false pretence. The Complainant...

The Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill, 2017, has been laid in Parliament by the Minister for Defence, Hon. Dominic Nitiwul. The Bill seeks to cater...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, says the Procurement Authority granted the request of the Ministry, to use Single Source Procurement Method, to procure...

Festus Agbenyo, a 26- year old trader, has pleaded guilty in an Accra Circuit Court  to an offence of possessing narcotic drugs.. Brief Facts The Complainant...

Daniel Nunoo, a 38- year old ‘washerman' who lives at La, has been arraigned before an Accra District Court on the count of ‘attempt...

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says plans are afoot to develop a GhanaSat-2 that could monitor illegal mining...

Three suspected armed robbers, James Tetteh, Emmanuel Kelly and Joseph Kpakpo Allotey, were nabbed by the police at Madina Zongo, after an iPhone which...

The Middle Belt Development Bill, 2017, comprising 32 clauses, is being considered by Parliament. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the establishment...

Ace musician, Akosua Adjepong, has pleaded not guilty, in an Accra Circuit Court, to the counts of conspiracy to commit crime and fraudulent transaction...

Three Bills, which have been taken through second readings, are set to be passed by Parliament. They are the Northern Development Authority Bill, the Middle...

A fake doctor, who plies his trade at Hohoe in the Volta Region, has been jailed 17 years by the Hohoe Circuit Court for...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for National Security, Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah, to respond to a question on plans of the government on procurement of...

But the court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, held that the prosecution was able to prove beyond reasonable doubt the charges levelled against...

The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Hon. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, says her Ministry is making arrangements to resume supply of outboard motors to fishermen...

The Minister for Communications, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said Ghanaians must acknowledge and applaud the National Communications Authority (NCA) for sanctioning 131 radio stations,...

The Minority side of the House has accused the government of frustrating the work of Parliament, by not allowing its Ministers to appear before...

Mr. Arnold Asante who has been accused for defrauding, Mr. Kofi Adams, NDC National Youth Organizer, has been arraigned again before an Accra circuit...

The State has opposed attempts by some aggrieved workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to obtain an interlocutory injunction from the High...

Accra, Oct. 19, GNA - Ishmael Oblitey, a Canopy Erector, who defiled a ten year old girl at Korle Gonno in Accra was on...

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond, has moved that Parliament withdraws the AMERI agreement due to what he calls...

Accra, Oct. 18, GNA – The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho...

Nii Kotey Susubribi I alias Kotey Nii Quaye has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court on the counts of threat of death and...

A Judge of the Supreme Court is asking the National Media Commission to pile pressure on government and parliament to pass the Broadcasting Law...

Accra, Oct. 16, GNA – A three-member jury of the Court of Appeal on Monday dismissed an application filed by Mr Philip Akpeena Assibit,...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, to answer a question on whether fire safety checks have been undertaken in...

A private legal practitioner, Mrs. Eudora Koranteng, has urged journalists and media practitioners, to take a course on legal writing skills, to enable them...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu, has hinted that a five-year project, estimated at a cost of US$200 million,...

Five men have been arraigned before an Accra circuit court for allegedly committing armed robbery crimes from January, 2017, to September, 2017, in Accra. The...

Ramsey Mensah Nmai, alias DJ Wasty has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for possessing boiled and dried leaves, suspected to be narcotic...

The Deputy Minister for Information, Hon. Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, has tasked journalists and media practitioners, to publicise the good works of the International...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu, has revealed that over 347 persons involved in illegal mining have been arrested...

Her Ladyship, Justice Sophia Akufo has called for decisions of the judiciary to be subjected to academic scrutiny to ensure soundness and efficiency. She...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, says Cabinet is expected to approve a final Bill on Condominium properties, to regulate...

An Accra Circuit court presided over by His Honour, Mr. Aboagye Tandoh has sentenced 3 armed robbers to 25 years each for conspiracy to...

The Coastal Development Authority Bill, 2017, comprising 32 clauses, has been read a second time on the floor of Parliament. The Bill seeks to establish...

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has called on the government to publicly react to the alleged report of a special inquiry commissioned by the...

Dr. Raymond A. Atuguba, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana’s School of Law, has said that Parliament has focused on corruption as...

Ace musician Akosua Adjepong, together with one Frank Agyeman Badu, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit court for defrauding a trader. The prosecuting officer,...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, to answer a question on the termination of appointments of some...

The Mental Health Authority has banned chaining of mentally ill patients at the various prayer and traditional healing camps across the country, effective October...

Justice Victor Ofoe, President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges, Ghana (AMJG), has expressed displeasure at the unfulfilled financial obligations of successive government...

Her Ladyship, Justice Sophia A.B Akuffo, Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana has urged members of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of...

The Minister for Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has informed Parliament that his Ministry will launch the restoration of the Nurses and Midwives Trainees’ Allowances,...

Ghana's Chief Justice, Her Ladyship, Sophia A.B. Akuffo, has reminded Judges not to repeat the mistakes of the past, and instead commit to doing...

Mr. Arnold Asante who has been accused of defrauding Mr. Kofi Adams, NDC National Organiser, has been granted bail in the sum of GHC900,000.00. The...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, has called on Members of Parliament to support the amendment of the Rent Act,...

The Northern Development Authority Bill, 2017, is being considered by Members of Parliament on the floor of the House. The Bill seeks to establish the...

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed serious concern about the rampant incidents of missing dockets at the various courts in the country. These...

  Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, has said that legislative functions are not trial and error experiments mainly...

The judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has threatened to embark on a strike if their outstanding rent allowance from January 2017 to...

Mrs. Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee, a lecturer at the GIMPA Law School has argued that Ministers appointed from Parliament by the President as mandated by...

The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, says government is determined to address the housing deficit through partnerships with the private...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, to answer a question on what his Ministry is doing to curb the...

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has entreated the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, to ensure timely certification or approval of...

The African Centre of International Criminal Justice (ACICJ) will organise a two-day training programme for African journalists at the Ghana Institute of Management and...

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Two Men to 18 years each in prison for robbery. The Convicts, Abdul Majeed Ibrahim and Fatawo Kwadwo...

The husband of Valentine Nana Agyeiwa (a.k.a. Afia Schwarzenegger), Lawrence Abrokwah, has been charged with multiple offences. He was charged with threat of harm, publication...

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Three Men for conspiracy and robbery. The Accused persons are Tahiru Suleman, Randy Arthur and Adamu Fuseini. They allegedly...

A 19-year old Bus Conductor (driver’s mate) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted robbery. The Convict, Mawuli Viagbor, who pleaded guilty...

An Information Technology (I.T.) Specialist has been remanded by a Circuit Court in Accra for attempted robbery. The accused, Richard Sackey was alleged to have conspired...

A Driver has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for causing unlawful damage and possessing firearms. The accused, Alhassan Mohammed, was alleged to have...

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a Mason for robbery. The accused, Patrick Bediako Kwaku Atta and his accomplices, who are on the run, were...

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has called on the Auditor-General and Parliament to investigate the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, for violating the...

Ghana’s Parliament has ratified the Agreement between Ghana and the United States of American on the resettlement in Ghana of the two former detainees,...

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, will be the main Speaker at the Ghana@60 anniversary lecture on the 4th of August, 2017,...