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Human rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the inhumane treatment meted out to two teenage boys accused of stealing 100 cedis and a mobile phone in the Eastern region. The boys, both 14 years old, were stripped naked and paraded on the streets of Akuapem Adawso in Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern region by their accusers on Friday, October ...

Residents of Manso Agoroyesum in the Ashanti Region have embarked on a demonstration over the deplorable nature of roads in the area. The residents complain that the poor nature of the roads in the Amansie South District exposes residents to respiratory diseases. According to them, the district is enriched with minerals, timber, and cocoa yet they cannot boast of any ...

The Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Capital Bank William Ato Essien has told the High Court in Accra that he is a “destiny and nation builder.” Ato Essien who was unable to conclude negotiations with the state to pay compensation under section 35 of the courts act and was ordered to open his defense, said, he ...

The First Deputy Whip Ibrahim Ahmed has called for the need to build strong and effective linkages and collaborations among the various state institutions in the country in order to consolidate the gains of the country’s 29-year-old democratic journey. The Banda Member of Parliament Ahmed Ibrahim gave the assurance that Parliament will not frustrate the business of the Executive underscoring ...

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has resurrected the debate on access to Legal Education and the law profession in the country. Speaking at the Induction Ceremony of new executives of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), the Attorney General also bemoaned the falling standard and ethics with the legal profession in recent times “Mr. President and ...

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) has appealed to the government again through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning not to reverse the policy on the 50% reduction on the benchmark value in the 2022 budget statement. The policy was introduced few years ago to save businesses, especially, trading from total collapse due to high import duties and ...

Golden Star and Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) pursuant to which Chifeng has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Golden Star (“Golden Star Shares”) by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (“Plan of Arrangement”) under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the ...

The General Secretary of the National Health Students’ Association of Ghana (NAHSAG), Maxwell Attah has implored students countrywide to demand accountability from their leaders before they steal their conscience. He said some leaders have hidden under the pretext of democracy to siphon the scarce resources meant to underpin the development of student skills, adding, “The only way to avert the ...

The Adentan Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Nana Appiah Mensah, aka, NAM 1 and two others. This follows their failure to appear before the court today, Thursday, 4 November 2021. The two others are Gabriel Kwamigah, aka, Gabby and Eric Amponsah Bediako, aka, Cana. NAM 1, the embattled CEO of defunct Mezgold and the ...

Western Region Deputy Director of Public Health Dr. Gifty Amugi has disclosed that only 2 percent out of an eligible population of some 1,468,319 people in the region have received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. “So far in the region, we have 1,468,318 people that we need to vaccinate. They are what we call the eligible population. “As ...