The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has disclosed that President John Mahama has directed him to present the Ghana Scholarship Authority Bill to Parliament when the house reconvenes in May. Speaking in Accra during the inauguration of a 17-member Board of Trustees for the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), he said the bill aims […]
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Dr. Ernest Addison, Governor, BoG The Bank of Ghana and its former Governor, Dr Ernest Addison have been sued by a private citizen for the record exchange rate losses recorded by Ghana’s currency since 2017. Balbir Violet Allan who describes herself as someone who invests in government treasuries says her purchasing power and investment suffered
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REPUBLIC OF GHANA CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 (ACT 1079) CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section Sections 162A to 162R inserted The One Thousand and seventy-ninth ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA ENTITLED CRIMINAL AND OTHER OFFENCES (PROCEDURE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 AN ACT
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Ghana’s Interior Minister, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak and Foreign Minister, Okudzeto Ablakwa, in separate public engagements have announced plans to deport foreigners arrested on suspicion of committing illegal mining (galamsey) or defrauding by false pretences, particularly through cybercrime. Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, Minister for the Interior, on his part addressing stakeholders in the Zongo communities as part
The revered jurist died on Saturday, 5 April 2025, after a short illness, leaving behind a legacy of integrity, dedication, and service to Ghana’s judicial system Justice Gbadegbe’s distinguished career in the judiciary spanned over three decades. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009, where he served until his mandatory retirement on December
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A recent survey by Global InfoAnalytics has ranked the Ghana Police Service as the most corrupt public institution in the country. The poll, which assessed public perceptions of corruption across various state agencies, placed the Ghana Immigration Service and the Judiciary in second and third place, respectively. According to the findings, the Ghana Police Service
A Cornell University graduate student whose visa was revoked after he was involved in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its actions against pro-Palestinian student protesters announced Monday that he will be leaving the United States voluntarily. Momodou Taal, a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, said on X that made the decision to leave the
A French court has imposed a jail sentence on far-right leader Marine Le Pen and barred her from seeking public office after it found her guilty of embezzling European Union funds. The Paris court ruled on Monday that Le Pen used more than 3 million euros ($3.3m) of European Parliament funds to pay members of
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A controversial court ruling mandating the release of excavators seized from illegal miners has ignited national fury. Environmental advocates and some media persons decry the decision as a catastrophic setback in Ghana’s fight against deforestation and ecocide, a blow that could undo years of progress. The ruling, linked to heightened demands for a state of
At a court hearing held at the Northampton County Courthouse, county prosecutor Michael Weinert said Judge Jennifer R. Sletvold granted former Lehigh student Otis Opoku’s motion for acquittal. Otis Opoku is one of four Ghanaian former Lehigh students who was arrested on Sept. 6, 2024 on the charges of forgery and theft of services after the Lehigh
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