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A 7-member jury has been constituted to try a murder case involving a police officer in Kumasi. The accused person, Inspector Ahmed Twumasi exercised his legal right to choose the members of the jury. He rejected three jurors drawn from the box by lot during the process before settling on …

Three military officers and 3 civilians standing trial over the attempted robbery of a mining company have been granted bail. The military officers and their civilian counterparts were arrested on July 5 at Abuakwa in Kumasi whilst on their way to allegedly rob a mining company at Hwidiem in the …

The Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2022 has been passed by Parliament today, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, annulling the President’s authority to sign a death penalty if assented by the Executive. The President can rather commit to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty which has been scrapped from the constitution. …

The National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), at its meeting held on Thursday, July 20, 2023, considered the guidelines for the conduct of the Party’s presidential, and parliamentary primaries in constituencies where the Party has sitting Members of Parliament. After extensive deliberations, the Council arrived at the following …

The sad incident happened at Nana Appiah Kubi’s house of Twifo Eduabeng in the Twifo Atti-morkwa District of Central Region when one of the deceased Diana Nti 20 years was drying her clothes after washing on a drying line believed to have been connected to a life electrical wire in …

High Court Judge hearing the galamsey trial of Chinese National, Aisha Huang has cautioned her to desist from crying in court consistently. This was after Aisha Huang broke down when Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne Attakorah Obuobisa put it to the Chinese National that she purposely re-entered Ghana despite knowing …

The Management of the National Service Scheme has secured government approval for upward adjustment of monthly allowances for National Service Personnel from GH¢559.04 to GH¢715.57, with effect from January 2023. The approval, which was contained in a letter dated 18th July 2023 and signed by the Deputy Minister for Finance, …

The Ashanti regional police command has commenced an investigation into circumstances that led to the death of a resident of Asawase Gorro. Salahudeen died shortly after he was arrested in a police swoop operation meters away from his home on Sunday, July 23. The family of the deceased claimed that …

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has today issued a roadmap to restrict tricycle movement into the Central Business District (CBD) which has taken effect today July, 24 after stakeholders’ consultation. This directive has been initiated for the second time after the Assembly halted the implementation without stakeholders’ consultation. Speaking to the …

Mrs. Cecilia Dapaah indicates that her decision to resign from office is because she does not want her issues to hinder the government President Akufo-Addo with Cecilia Abena Dapaah President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has accepted the resignation of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resource, Cecilia …