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The state of human rights protection in Africa, 30 years after the creation of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, was the...

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Aboagye Tandoh has sentenced a 39-year old house help, Ebenezer Tawiah to 13 years imprisonment...

Parliament has summoned the Minister for Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu to answer questions on the loss of lives of pregnant women in the Nkwanta...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has been criticised for virtually giving the youth of the country a raw deal in its 2018 budget...

Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Director of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peace-Keeping and Training Centre, has said manifestos of political...

Parliament has approved a 45.7 million US Dollar loan agreement between Ghana and the International Development Association (IDA) for water and sanitation project. Presenting the...

Shamsudeen Tackie, a banker at the Kaneshie branch of the Access Bank has been arraigned before court for stealing an amount of GH¢41,679.00 from...

Ghana’s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Honourable Gloria Akuffo has tasked African leaders to transform the economy of their countries to serve the needs...

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, 15th November, 2017 presented the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to...

The Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta says the Office of the Special Prosecutor is set to crack the whip of justice following the...

A 34- year old driver, Patrick Agbanyo, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for unlawful possession of a fire arm. The Prosecutor, DSP...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017, has been passed into law by Ghana’s Parliament. This was after the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice,...

The Minority in Parliament has advised the government to involve the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in the management of the...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture have concluded an agreement by exchange of letters, for the...

The Minority in Parliament says the government’s intention to tax mobile money transactions must be aborted immediately. Addressing a roundtable breakfast discussion in Accra, a ranking...

Counsel for Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome has indicated that he will for the third time file a motion for stay of proceedings against his...

The Defence Counsel for Twenty Six Togolese nationals who, were arrested for holding a demonstration without police permit, has prayed the court to grant...

The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice has paid tribute to the late Ms. Helena French at a funeral service in Accra. In...

Splendid Samsidin (1st Accused), a music producer and Godson Elorm (2nd Accused), self-employed, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court on the counts...

Accra, Nov. 10, GNA - Parliament on Friday passed the Zongo Development Fund Bill in  fulfilment of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’ s promise...

A Law Lecturer and Security Expert at the University of Cape Coast has challenged the relevance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor seen...

The Ministry of Finance has described the assertion by Minority National Democratic Congress, (NDC) members on Energy-sector Bond, issued by the ESLA PLC, as...

The Sekondi High Court has sentenced a private security man, Osei Owusu Baffour, who stole more than Gh¢1.5million from the Takoradi Market Circle branch...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has ordered the management of Adonko Bitters to submit new labels and adverts of its alcoholic drink, Adonko...

Samia Nkrumah has called on Parliament to resist any attempt to pass the Plant Breeders Bill into law. In a Facebook post, Madam Nkrumah said...

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...