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Parliament passes Environmental Protection Bill

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Parliament has passed the Environmental Protection Bill 2023, which seeks to establish the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to regulate, protect, and exercise general oversight and coordination over all matters relating to the environment and climate change. The Bill seeks to re-enact the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) and introduce a Pesticide Management Fund. […]

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Majority Leader resigns from role with immediate effect

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Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader in Parliament, has reportedly resigned from his role with immediate effect. Sources close to the Ghana News Agency on said the Majority Leader’s decision came up at a crunch meeting between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Majority Caucus on Wednesday at the Jubilee House in Accra. Reports

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Majority Caucus cannot appoint leaders without political party – Speaker Bagbin

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 The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, says the Majority Caucus in Parliament does not have the power to freely appoint its leaders without the consent of the political party overseeing the process. He said the political party had the crucial role in guiding and influencing the selection of leadership within the Majority Caucus. This

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High Court Injuncts CLOSAG from Imposing Executives

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An Accra High Court on Wednesday injuncted the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOSAG) from imposing any person/s as acting National Executive (s) of the organisation pending the final determination of a suit before it. The court also ordered that the outgoing National Executives of the association maintain their respective positions until the

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Bechem Presbyterian SHS Gang Rape – Suspects Granted Bail

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The Duayaw-Nkwanta Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000 bail with two sureties each to four students of the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) who allegedly gang-raped a 15-year-old form one student at the school. Other two suspects, Hamida Kyeremaa and another one (name withheld) who were charged with aiding and abetment of crime, were also

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“Pragia Rider” who knocked down teacher and soldier convicted

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The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has convicted a tricycle rider (Pragia) who knocked down a female teacher and crashed a soldier who intervened. The Court however deferred the sentence to March 7, 2024, to allow the family of the errant driver to reach out to the victims on their medical treatment settlement. Christian Kpornyo is

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Court sets March 14 to begin trial of Abesim murder suspect

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The prosecution on the trial of the 28-year-old architect alleged to have murdered two children at Abesim in the Bono Region will call its first witness at the High Court on March 14 this year. This comes after the court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey, concluded a Case Management Conference with lead Counsel for

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Assassinated Haiti President’s widow, ex-PM, among 50 charged for his murder

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A Haitian judge investigating the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise has charged his widow, the former prime minister and an ex-chief of police with complicity in the killing. The 122-page leaked document, published by local media outlet AyiboPost on Monday, detailed how the president’s widow, Martine Moise, allegedly conspired with former Prime Minister Claude

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GFA slaps RTU with 3-match ban and a Ghs10,000 fine over misconduct

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The Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association has imposed a fine of GHS10,000 on Real Tamale United FC following misconducts in their Ghana Premier League Day 13 game against Medeama SC at the Aliu Mahama Stadium. RTU FC was charged for failing to ensure the safety of the Match Commissioner contrary to section 16(1)(c)

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