NEWS

Pay GRA ¢10k for your frivolous application – Supreme Court to Barker-Vormawor

July 12, 2022

A seven-member Supreme Court panel on Tuesday slammed #FixTheCountry Convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor for his role in a case filed by the group and two other pressure groups. Mr Barker-Vormawor appeared as lawyer for Benjamin Darko of #FixTheCountry, Democracy Hub LBG and Democratic Accountability Lab. The case filed by the three had asked the Supreme Court […]Continue Reading

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High Court dismisses Special Prosecutor’s request to keep Sir John’s assets frozen

July 12, 2022

An Accra High Court has dismissed a request by the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng to grant him the mandate to freeze assets of the late CEO of Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, also known as Sir John. Mr. Agyebeng froze the assets as part of investigations the office commenced into the acquisition of state lands […]Continue Reading

Business

European chocolate firms ripping off cocoa farmers—COCOBOD CEO

July 12, 2022

The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has accused European companies that buy cocoa beans from Ghana and Ivory Coast of deliberately setting conditions that always keep the global prices of cocoa beans down. According to him, cocoa farmers from the two countries have been made worse off due to unfair pricing regime […]Continue Reading

Business

IMF team to engage Bawumia, Parliament today

July 12, 2022

The visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to engage the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, today as part of its data gathering and engagement with the government. This is one of the high-level meetings that the team will be holding together with the government’s policy and technical team. Joy Business is […]Continue Reading

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Supreme Court preserves key evidence against former SSNIT boss Ernest Thompson

July 12, 2022

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed a case filed by former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson. The court turned down his request to set aside two Special Audit Reports on the operation of an Operational Business Suite acquired by SSNIT. Mr. Thompson is accused of […]Continue Reading

Crime

6 persons arrested for lynching man at Aburansa

July 12, 2022

The Central Region Police Command has arrested six persons suspected to be linked to a lynching incident at Aburansa. According to eyewitnesses, some residents beat the 28-year-old mechanic to death after they claimed that, he looked like a murderer. Festus Eduafo was lynched at Aburansa when he was en route to Aborbeano to visit his […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Twitter hits back at Elon Musk over breach of obligations

July 12, 2022

Twitter fired back at Elon Musk on Monday, accusing the world’s richest person of “knowingly” breaching an agreement to buy the social media firm. It comes days after the Tesla CEO sought to back out of the $44 billion deal, accusing Twitter of breaching its obligations under the merger agreement. In a letter sent to […]Continue Reading

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LCI car sale saga: Larry Odonkor apologises to Lighthouse pastor in Madagascar

July 12, 2022

Embattled former pastor of Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI), Larry Odonkor has apologized to his former junior pastor, Rev. Edmund Amartey following some revelations made in a rejoinder by the latter on the circumstances surrounding the sale of a car belonging to the church. In the apology, Larry Odonkor admits Rev. Edmund’s claims which were backed […]Continue Reading

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GRIDCo demolishes illegal structures under high tension lines at Bawaleshie

July 12, 2022

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has led a taskforce to demolish illegal structures sited under some of its high tension lines in the Ayawaso West Wuogon municipality. The move, according to GRIDCo, forms part of efforts to reduce the growing human activities around its poles.The power generation company also explained that the site is not […]Continue Reading

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Winneba Ramsar Site Not Given Out For Mining – Minerals Commission

July 12, 2022

The Minerals Commission has rubbished claims suggesting that a miming right has been granted a company, Green Metals Resources Limited, to mine lithium at Muni-Pomadze Ramsar site and Yenku forest reserve, all at Winneba in the Central Region. This follows agitations from Traditional Authorities of Effutu and residents who have warned they would thwart any […]Continue Reading