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Chief campaigner for reform in Ghana’s legal education system has unveiled a proposal to replace the country’s ‘archaic’, ‘outmoded’ and ‘wasteful’ methods of training lawyers. Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare has proposed the complete scrapping of the General Legal Council, a body that supervises legal education and which is stashed with Supreme Court judges and chaired by the head of the ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has been given clearance by the Supreme Court go ahead with its planned limited voters’ registration after an initial suspension. This is after injunction application to halt the process was dismissed by the Apex Court. The limited voter registration which was scheduled to begin from June 7 and end on June 27. The seven-member panel of ...

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the police on Tuesday stormed the Ahodwo apartments where the two kidnapped Canadian nationals lodged and locked it. According to the authority, the facility is not registered and licensed to rent out rooms to the public. They cited several security breaches including the lack of a security officer at its post and the non ...

The Society of Family Health Physicians of Ghana (SOFHPOG) has spearheaded a series of discussions in Kumasi, expected to give a further push to Ghana’s quest to achieve Universal Health Coverage by the year 2030. The forum formed part of the Society’s first Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference and coincided with the celebration of 20 years of training family ...

The Australian government has become the third country to update its foreign travel advice on Ghana in seven days, advising its nationals not to use Ubers, taxis or other public transport in the country. It has also advised Australians travelling to or residing in Ghana to “exercise normal safety precautions, use common sense and look out for suspicious behaviour, as ...

A Seven-member Supreme Court panel has dismissed an application for interlocutory injunction aimed at stopping the Electoral Commission from carrying out its intended limited registration exercise. The application filed by one Mr, Umar Ayuba, contended that the number of registration centres, earmarked for the exercise, is too small and could disenfranchise a lot of potential voters. While moving the application, ...

Information reaching DGN Online indicates that National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has been arrested. Police are said to have arrested him earlier this afternoon in Accra apparently in connection with alleged arson and kidnappings in Ghana. DGN Online is informed that Mr. Ofosu Ampofo had been hopping from hotel to hotel and has ...

Member of Parliament for Bongo Constituency Edward Abambire Bawa says officials responsible for the ‘One-Village, One-Dam’ policy must be prosecuted for throwing dust in the eyes of northerners. Mr Bawa stressed that the policy has become “an opportunity to siphon money especially at the expense of the ordinary Ghanaian”. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP was sharing his sentiments on ...

Embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah alias NAM 1 has revealed in a leaked chat with controversial musician, Kwame Asare Obeng also known as A-Plus that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) governments says he is annoying. According to him, it appears some elements within the current administration want their pound of flesh for which reason a ...

The headteacher of the Kekeli Preparatory school in Aflao Low-Cost 2 of the Volta region was today arrested for allegedly registering 62 foreign pupils to participate in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The pupils were however allowed to write the paper by authorities while the headteacher who masterminded the illegal act was handed over to the police. The ...