The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted a truck loaded with twelve thousand six hundred (12,600) slabs of compressed cannabis at Dodi, near Akosombo in the Eastern Region. The seizure was made on Saturday, December 2, 2023, following an intelligence-led operation during which the truck was found abandoned in a …
Read More »CPP Crisis: Dissolution of NEC unconstitutional – Fmr Greater Accra Regional Chair
Confusion in the Convention People’s Party seems to have stepped up a notch since the abrupt resignation of some members of the National Executive on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Some national executive members of the CPP , including the general secretary, Nana Yaa Jantuah, Youth organizer, and others, have stepped …
Read More »Bawumia begs NPP National Council for more time to select running mate
Although Article 13 of the Constitution of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) requires that the running mate to the flag bearer for a major election where the candidate is not the sitting president be announced 12 months before the poll, that of 2024 has been postponed. This was after Dr. …
Read More »Return whatever you have collected from the LGBT people – Sam George warns MPs impeding passage of Anti-Gay Bill
Samuel Nartey George, a Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, who is one of the sponsors of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, also known as the Anti-LGBTQ Bill, is alleging that some members of the Majority caucus have been influenced by the LGBTQ …
Read More »Anti-LGBTQ Bill: Sam George accuses Majority of deliberate attempt to frustrate passage
Proponents of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill also known as the Anti-LGBT Bill, are fuming over the inability of Parliament to take the bill at its consideration stage on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The Bill, which proscribes the promotion, advocacy, campaigning for, and …
Read More »IGP assures of maximum security for all elections including the upcoming District Level Elections
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has assured that the security agencies will ensure the peace of the country at all times, especially during elections. He says the security agencies will not compromise on the steps to ensure the peace of the country. “We will keep …
Read More »Chief Justice sacks Jasikan Circuit Court Judge over misconduct
The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has removed a Circuit Court judge, Alfred Kwabena Asiedu, from the Judicial Service due to inappropriate conduct in a divorce case he presided over. In a letter from the Chief Justice, the judge was instructed to hand over all official properties, including …
Read More »Allegations against me false – Dismissed Judge reacts
The Jasikan Circuit Court judge, Alfred Kwabena Asiedu, who was dismissed from the Judicial Service for his inappropriate conduct in a divorce case he adjudicated, has described as false the claims by the petitioner. He also described the allegations against him as a figment of the illusionist imagination of the …
Read More »A-G to appeal Aisha Huang’s sentence, wants Act 995 applied
The Attorney-General (A-G) Godfred Dame has served notice that he will appeal the judgment granted in the case against Aisha Huang, the Chinese national jailed for engaging in illegal mining. Mr. Dame said he intends to test the soundness of the decision of the trial court to punish Aisha Huang …
Read More »“Galamsey Queen” Aisha Huang convicted, fined and sentenced to 4 years in prison
The High Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, has convicted, fined, and sentenced En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, to four years in prison for undertaking mining operations without a license and for entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry. According to Justice Lydia Osei Marfo’s court, the state in …
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