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An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Jennifer Dadzie, has dismissed an application instituted by the receiver of uniBank, Nii Amanor Dodoo, which sought to retrieve from the 17 shareholders of the defunct bank, the repayment of a GHC 5.7 billion debt owed the bank. It was the contention of the Receiver, that the Defendants (Shareholders of uniBank) “have ...

The Odumase Krobo Circuit Court in the Eastern region presided over by His Honour F.Y Gbeddy has jailed a 29-year-old man, Prince Teye, three years for circulating a nude photograph of his ex-girlfriend on social media. The convict was charged for “unlawfully” and “intentionally” publishing obscene pictures. The Court, however, acquitted and discharged two alleged accomplices – Bismark Amuzu and ...

Lawyer and Host of News Analysis show Newsfile, Sampson Lardy Ayenini has expressed shock at the sudden u-turn by a reporter with ModernGhana Emmanuel Britwum over alleged torture by operatives of the National Security. Emmanuel Britwum, a reporter of the online media portal initially claimed he was subjected to assault and other forms of torture by operatives of the National ...

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has donated medical consumables worth to GHC200,000  to 10 hospitals in Ashanti region. The donation, according to management of the University, forms part of their corporate social responsibility towards giving back to hospitals in the region who support the University’s training of medical students for years in their facilities. ...

Two international oil exploration companies have been declared winners two oil blocks of the first licensing round of oil exploration. First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company, in partnership with Elandel Energy (Ghana) Limited as local partner, won the bid for block GH_WB_02. Similarly, Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Limited, in partnership with Vitol Upstream Tano Limited, emerged winner of block ...

As part of efforts to provide an opportunity for young Ghanaians to develop digital skills and build businesses in the area of technology, the Ghana Tech Lab has organized Ghana’s 1st National Mobile App Hackathon under the transform Project of the Ministry of Communications with funding from the World Bank. The Hackathon brought together 48 innovators selected from 240 trained ...

Charity Kissi, the 39-year-old woman who had to crack stones at a stone quarry in Omanjor to make a living, has known no peace since her story was published in the Daily Graphic on Thursday, June 20, 2019. She has been thrown out of the stone quarry by the owners who accused her of teaming up with the Daily Graphic ...

The Namibian High Commission in Ghana has called all its citizens in the country and neighboring countries to register and participate in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for November 2019. A media release from the High Commission in Ghana stated that “all Namibians residing in Ghana, Benin, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Liberia are hereby informed and ...

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has donated medical consumables worth to GHC200,000  to 10 hospitals in Ashanti region. The donation, according to management of the University, forms part of their corporate social responsibility towards giving back to hospitals in the region who support the University’s training of medical students for years in their facilities. ...

Kade District Magistrate Court in the Eastern Region presided over by Her Worship Felicia Anane has remanded into police custody the 16-year-old girl (name withheld) who stabbed her boyfriend to death. The accused person charged with murder is expected to reappear before Court on July 8, 2019. According to some tenants, in the house where the incident happened, the 16-year-old ...