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The Cape Coast High Court has dismissed a suit challenging the legitimacy of the Vice-Chancellor of University of Education (UEW) Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni by his predecessor Professor The suit was filed by six dismissed administrative staff of the university led by former Vice-Chancellor Prof.Mawutor Avoke. The six had sought among other reliefs a declaration that their dismissal was flawed as ...

Lawyer for embattled ACP/Dr. Benjamin Agordzo, who is now in court for his alleged complicity in a coup plot, has told the BBC that his client only ‘advised’ the owner of the Citadel Hospital at Alajo in Accra, the man at the centre of the treason, and nothing else. The BBC quoted ACP/Dr. Agordzo’s lawyer as saying that what his ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that it is not mandated to retrieve debt for struggling Fund Management Companies. The comment comes after claims by Group Nduom that SEC failed to respond to numerous requests to assist Blackshield Capital Management (formerly Gold Coast Fund Management) to retrieve funds owed them by the various government of Ghana entities. Group ...

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Finance Minister of deliberately massaging economic figures to hide the true state of Ghana’s economy as it warns of consequences. Speaking at a pre-budget roundtable discussion, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, cautioned Ken Ofori-Atta to avoid putting out similar figures as he presents the 2020 budget come Wednesday. “We know that the Finance ...

An Accra High Court has refused a bail request by defence lawyers in the trial of persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The court presided over by Justice George Buadi in its ruling noted that the accused persons were lawfully arrested and have not been kept in custody unreasonable. Defence lawyer Victor Adawudu had urged the court to ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has mocked former President Mahama for pulling a “fake PR stunt” when he grabbed a mower to clear weeds at the new Military Cemetery in Accra. Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako in an interview with Peacefmonline.com stated that desperation has caught up with the former President and for that reason, he was engaging ...

The Ghana Medical Association has accused the government of not taking their concerns seriously. “We kept reminding the government about the expired conditions of service and they did nothing about it. Government has not taken our concerns seriously as we expected. We sent the first reminder 6 clear months before the expiration of the previous document. “We were mandated by our ...

Medicals doctors are threatening to embark on strike next week if government fails to address their concerns over new service conditions. “A one-week window is hereby offered Government (MoH) that is, if by 1800 hours GMT on 17th November 2019, the Conditions of Service Document for Medical Doctors/Dentists working with the Ministry of Health and its agencies have not been ...

Former President John Mahama has wondered why the Akufo-Addo government believes the Free SHS policy is the antidote to all problems in the country. According to Mr. Mahama, the NPP government has abandoned all development projects that were started under his administration. “It is a pity because everything that we started has come to a standstill. I go round the ...

Founder and presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare has lamented on the recent revocation of licences of some financial institutions by the Security Exchange Commission. Delivering the sermon on Sunday (November 10) Bishop Charles Agyinasare admitted “we have economic storm” in Ghana, classfmonline.com has reported. He recounted the experiences of many of his associates and church members ...