The  District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Manya Krobo District Assembly in the Eastern Region, Hon Emmanuel Kwesi Lawer, locked three staff in his office over an alleged embezzlement of GH¢67,900, before handing them over to the police. Barely two months into office, the DCE also a long-serving assembly member—uncovered financial discrepancies in the Assembly’s Internally...

Story By: Kwame Lawerh The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has a new Board of Directors, inaugurated by the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon. John Abdulai Jinapor, on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama. The nine-member board, chaired by Hon. Nayon Bilijo, includes notable figures such as Ben Nunoo Mensah, former President of the...

Accra, July 23, 2025 – In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Ghana has quashed a lower court order directing the National House of Chiefs in Kumasi to restore Nii Tackie Adama Latse II to the National Register of Chiefs as the Ga Mantse, the Paramount Chief of the Ga State. The ruling, delivered...

The Supreme Court has overturned the directive given to the National House of Chiefs in Kumasi to reinstate Nii Tackie Adama Latse II on the national register of chiefs as the Ga Mantse. In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, a five-member panel led by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang determined that the High...

The Supreme Court has thrown out an arrest warrant previously issued against social commentator Kelvin Taylor in a 4-1 majority decision. The Supreme Court panel, which determined the case today, July 22, was presided over by Justice Imoro Amadu Tanko. The others were: Justice Senyo Dzamefe, Justice Gbiel Simon Suurbaareh, Justice Philip Bright Mensah and...

The Ghana Armed Forces will lead the rehabilitation of the Awaso–Takoradi bauxite corridor and participate in the construction of the Accra–Kumasi Expressway, as part of a renewed role in national infrastructure delivery. Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, July 21, 2025, the Minister for Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, said the military will...

Ewurabena Aubynn of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be sworn into office today, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, as the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. Her swearing-in follows a dramatic and historic rerun election on July 11, in which she narrowly defeated the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP)...

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo and NPP spokesperson, Hon. Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has taken a swipe at critics of the former Akufo-Addo administration, accusing them of hypocrisy over their silence on the current surge in illegal mining—this time in the hometown of President John Dramani Mahama. Reacting to a report by investigative journalist Erastus...

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah , has taken a swipe at the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations and MP for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, over his recent remarks following the violence that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun. In an interview on UTV he stated that no one, including political...