Senyo Hosi Sues Agyapong For GHS8m
Latest: The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs), Senyo Hosi, has filed a defamatory suit against the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, seeking...
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Xavier Sosu’s Stay of Execution Adjourned
The Court of Appeal has adjourned the hearing of an application for a stay of execution by suspended human rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, over his suspension from legal practice by the General...
GLC Sued At Supreme Court For ‘amending’ Law Without Recourse To Parliament
The General Legal Council (GLC) has been dragged to the Supreme Court of Ghana for engaging in an alleged illegality by subtly amending the law prohibiting lawyers from touting and advertisement...
Family of Late Lockerbie Bombing Convict Launch Appeal Bid
The family of the only person ever convicted of the bombing of an airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 lodged a new bid Tuesday to appeal against his conviction posthumously. Lawyer...
Xavier Sosu’s Stay of Execution Plea Adjourned
The Court of Appeal has adjourned the hearing of an application for a stay of execution by suspended human rights lawyer, Francis Xavi Sosu, over his suspension from legal practice by the General...
US Pullout Gives ‘global Push’ To Paris Climate Deal
The US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has given a "global push" to the deal, as other signatories have strongly recommitted to the landmark accord, UN chief Antonio Guterres...
Europe Is the New Hunting Ground For US Investors
After buying big American brands like Apple, Pepsi, Sotheby's and Yahoo!, activist shareholders - investors in search of big dividends - now are setting their sights on European companies like...
US State Allows College Students, Teachers To Carry Guns
Students and professors will be legally allowed to carry concealed handguns onto college campuses starting Saturday in the US state of Kansas. The concealed carry law was enacted four years ago and...
NY Subway Fraudsters Get Free Ticket To Ride
Jumping turnstiles on the Manhattan subway will no longer be an offense punishable by arrest and imprisonment, a New York prosecutor said Friday, a move designed to unclog the city's courts and...
GBA Laments Poor Working Conditions of Judges
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has expressed worry over the poor working and service conditions of judges in the country. According to the Association, judges within the country deserve more than...
Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. It means people without close family or business...
Chief Granted GHc10,000 Bail
The Bolgatanga Magistrate court, on Thursday 28th June, granted the Chief of Pelungu, Naab Sierig Sore Sobil IV a bail of GHC10,000 with two sureties after charges of conspiracy to commit murder in...
Parliament Summons 3 Ministers Over Data Breach Row
Parliament has summoned three ministers over measures being taken to protect sensitive state data. The Ministers for Communications, Interior and National Security would be required to provide a...
EU ‘more Determined’ Than Ever To Fight Climate Change
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Europe was "more determined than ever" to fight climate change after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris agreement....
Indian Police Arrest Four Over Muslim Teen’s Murder
Indian police said Thursday they have arrested four people over the murder of a 15-year-old boy on a train, the latest in a slew of hate crimes against Muslims in the largely Hindu nation. A group of...
Ten Years After Commercial Discovery of Oil In Ghana
Ten years ago this month when the announcement of commercial discovery of crude oil in Ghana was made, the price of a barrel of crude oil was about $68 and on steady increase. The price increase...
Ghana Needs Political Will and Leadership To Fight Corruption
Madam Gloria Afua Akuffo, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, on Tuesday, said the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor is a top priority of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)....
Tax Software Blamed For Cyber-Attack Spread
A global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of accountancy software. Fingers are increasingly pointing to a piece of Ukrainian...
‘Vaccine’ Created For Huge Cyber-Attack
Security researchers have discovered a “vaccine” for the huge cyber-attack that hit organisations across the world on Tuesday. The creation of a single file can stop the attack from infecting a...
Global Ransomware Attack Causes Turmoil
Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack. British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been disrupted as a...