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Some former government officials under the erstwhile John Mahama administration will soon be put before court for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for the Saglemi housing project. According to Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, despite the state paying more than 90% of the contract sum, it was shocking to note that the contract was varied to 1,000 housing ...

Legal luminary, founder and retired senior partner of one of the leading law firms in Ghana, “Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah”, Mr. Kojo Bentsi-Enchill, has called on education authorities in Ghana to incorporate Information & Communication Technology (ICT) fully into all forms and levels of education in order to prepare the learning population for the future. Mr. Bentsi-Enchill, observed that Technology ...

The High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Stephen Oppong has adjourned the motion for perjury against the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kelni GVG to July 3, 2020. This was to allow private legal practitioner Francis Kwarteng Arthur, the applicant and his lawyers to serve the respondent with the motion for perjury. Lawyers of the applicant in ...

The Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, has asked all Parishes and Quasi-Parishes not to commence church activities on Sunday, June 7 until an official communication is given. In a Memo to the Clergy and Religious in the Koforidua Diocese, Bishop Afrifa-Agyekum explained discussions were still ongoing to reach a consensus on the way forward. ...

Fellow country men and women, let me on your behalf say a big thank you to our soldiers and service personnel for the reward of the victory of that fateful June 4th. I thank you all not only for June 4th but for 31st December as well, which pre-empted a repetition of another even bloodier June 4th because people felt ...

Potential voters who have neither passport nor the NIA cards will need their family members as guarantors before they could register in the upcoming voter’s registration exercise, that’s according to the C.I. 126 that gives legal backing to the Electoral Commission’s plans to compile a new register. The C.I will also require that guarantors swear an oath before a commissioner ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has invited Director of News at Angel 102.9 FM, Kofi Adomah, for predicting correctly the contents of President Akufo-Addo’s speech on Sunday. The head of news of the media organisation responded to the invitation Wednesday afternoon, June 3, 2020. General Manager of Angel FM, Kwadwo Dickson, accompanied the broadcaster to ...

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide legal reasons why they have chosen to omit the existing voter identification card out of the list of ID cards acceptable for the upcoming voters’ registration exercise set to begin at the end of June. The seven-member panel was presided over by the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah. The ...

Due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus which is fast spreading and the ban on social gatherings though the restrictions have been eased, Former President Jerry John Rawlings is holding a virtual durbar to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the June 4 uprising. The programme is on the theme, “Strengthening the spirit of patriotism, resilience and integrity in difficult ...

Former President John Mahama has waded into the cantoon brouhaha which saw the national communication officer of the NDC Sammi Gyami trending on Twitter Tuesday. The former President who did not comment directly on the George Floyd cantoon artwork – centre of the controversy – appeared to suggest people criticising the NDC communicator are playing double standards. Mr. Mahama, however, ...