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Information reaching MyNewsGh.com from government sources indicates that the office of the Attorney General is planning to file an appeal against the bail granted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo. ACP Agordzor is one of the suspects standing trial for allegedly plotting to destabilize the country and is still being held in police custody although he has been granted ...

Minister of Transport, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has pulled a break on the implementation of the controversial DP Sticker numbering system by the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority’s (DVLA) boss, following accusation that, it had no endorsement from the sector Ministry, Board, the Police among others and above all, poses a national security risk. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Authority, ...

The Asantehene Otumfuo has withdrawn his representatives from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and other assemblies in the Ashanti region. According to the Bantamahene, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia, the traditional council feels eliminated in local governance representation in the various assemblies. He revealed that the assembly formerly had 5 representatives on the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and other assemblies. However, he said, ...

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation who doubles as, Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal mining Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has revealed that although the criminal investigation department of the police service has cleared Charles Bissue of any wrongdoing in the Anas’ Galamsey fraud documentary, the committee is waiting for the report from the special prosecutor since the ...

Ghana ranked 80 out of 180 countries and territories included in the 2019 Corruption Perception Index. The Index put together by Transparency International ranks countries annually by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. In the 2019 index, Denmark and New Zealand topped with 87 points each. Syria, South Sudan and Somalia are at ...

Award-winning freelance investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has stated that the National Democratic Congress(NDC) has no moral right to criticise the handling of ambulances by the New Patriotic Party(NPP), saying that their handling of ambulances was much worse and their messages on the ambulance controversy could prolong their days in opposition. Manasseh’s comments are a reaction to NDC’s National Chairman ...

A Facebook imposter pretending to be Ghana’s Finance Minister, Honourable Ken Ofori-Atta, has been given a 12-month prison sentence with hard labour. On Wednesday, January 22, Nuetey Latif Ahinguah, also known as Oliver and Emmanuel Asare, appeared before the Kaneshie Magistrate court in Accra for defrauding by false pretences. According to an official document, Ahinguah and his accomplices began creating ...

Six people have died at two separate illegal mining sites at Obengkrom a farming community at Ellembelle and Akango community also in the Nzema East districts all in the Western Region. Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Olivia Ewurabena Adiku revealed to Empire News in Takoradi that four persons believed to be illegal miners from ...

A New Patriotic Party(NPP) lawyer, Nkrabea Effah Dartey has advised new Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Enin Yeboah not be like his ‘unfair’ predecessor who used Anas’ “bogus, fraudulent” judges video against judges. He is, therefore, calling on the new CJ to finally solve all cases against judges affected by Anas Aremeyaw Anas investigations once and for all. In an article ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong is full of praise for colleague lawmakers, Samuel Okuzeto Ablakwa and Sam Nartey George for the show of maturity in their recent political discourse. The controversial New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand observed that the duo have exhibited themselves in a manner that is worthy of praise and should be an example ...