Minimum Wage Increased By 10%
The national tripartite committee has increased the daily minimum wage from GHc8.80 to GHc9.68 representing a 10 percent increment. The decision was announced by the committee following a two-hour...
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GFA Rubbishes Facebook Account Claims
Ghana Football Association (GFA) has dissociated themselves from a Facebook account used in soliciting funds from the public on behalf the federation. The said Facebook account, which bears the name...
Two Prisoners To Serve Additional Time Over Drugs
Two prisoners, who are each serving a 10 year sentence at the Kumasi Central Prison, have had their jail term extended by additional four years. Amadu Shaibu, alias “Nasiru”, and Kwadwo Poku,...
Pakistan PM Clan and Ruling Party Reject Graft Report
Pakistan's governing party has rejected as "trash" a corruption report accusing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of living beyond his means, the latest in long-running allegations which sparked fresh...
Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Spared Jail Over 2013 Meeting
Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu received Monday a suspended two-month prison sentence and community work after a Jerusalem court decided against imprisoning him for a misdemeanour from...
2018 OBG Report Explores Gov’t Move To Channel Funds Into Districts
Ghana’s efforts to strengthen its legislative framework, as part of broader plans to boost FDI and make growth more inclusive, will be mapped out in a forthcoming report by the global research and...
We Won’t Cancel July 14 Entrance Exams – General Legal Council
The General Legal Council is bent on organizing the upcoming entrance exams for potential students to the Ghana Law School despite a petition to them to scrap the exams. A group of law degree holders...
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Approved At UN
More than 70 years after the world witnessed the devastating power of nuclear weapons, a global treaty has been approved to ban the bombs, a move that supporters hope will lead to the eventual...
Five Zuarungu High School Students Remanded For Rioting
The Bolgatanga Magistrate court has remanded into police custody five students of Zuarungu Senior High School in the Upper East Region. The five were arrested and arraigned before court on Wednesday...
LLB Graduates Unhappy Over July 14 Law School Entrance Exams
The Concerned LLB Graduates group says it is disappointed in the decision by the General Legal Council to proceed with the upcoming entrance exams for potential students seeking enrolment at the...
We Won’t Cancel July 14 Entrance Exams – General Legal Council
The General Legal Council is bent on organizing the upcoming entrance exams for potential students to the Ghana Law School despite a petition to them to scrap the exams. A group of law degree holders...
Using ‘imperfect Scale To Balance ‘imperfect System
Latest: Using ‘imperfect scale to balance ‘imperfect system – The case of Ghana’s Constitution Pressure on IGP to arrest killers of Ardeyman chief Let’s not toy with the future of our...
UN Set To Adopt Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons
A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted...
Qualcomm Steps Up Legal Battle With Apple, Asks IPhone Ban
Qualcomm on Thursday escalated its legal battle with Apple, filing a patent infringement lawsuit and requesting a ban on the importation of some iPhones, claiming unlawful and unfair use of the...
US Judge Sets Bill Cosby Retrial For November 6
A Pennsylvania judge ruled Thursday that disgraced US entertainer Bill Cosby would go back on trial for alleged sexual assault on November 6, after a first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Judge...
Police Caution Public Sector Workers Against Fraudsters
The Ghana Police Service has warned workers in the public service to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who have devised new strategies to defraud them. In a statement issued on Thursday, the...
Africa Must Unite On Climate Action Plans
African countries must work closer together when implementing national climate action plans under the Paris Climate Change Agreement. A statement issued by the United Nations Framework Convention on...
S.Africa Set For ICC Ruling For Failing To Arrest Bashir
War crimes judges will rule Thursday if South Africa flouted international law by failing to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for trial on charges of genocide in Darfur. Legal experts...
Senyo Hosi Sues Ken Agyapong For GHC8m, Dep. MASLOC Boss GHC1m
The outspoken MP was said to have claimed that Mr Hosi offered a one million-dollar bribe to the CEO of BOST to influence the sale of five million litres of contaminated fuel, which went to two...
Stop Mass Transfers and Don’t Reduce Ranks of Staff – Court Orders YEA
The High Court in Accra has granted an interim injunction stopping the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) from going ahead with its mass transfer and decision to reduce the ranks of some staff. It has...