X, formerly known as Twitter, has finally paid off the staff it sacked in its African headquarters more than a year after they were laid off, the agency which represents them has said. Most had only been in the job, based in Ghana’s capital, Accra, for a few months when the social media platform fired […]
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The Strategic Mobialsation Limited (SML) has sued the Fourth Estate and Manasseh Awuni for defamation following the airing of the ‘GH¢3 billion lie report’. The company is demanding GHS 10 million in damages. “Plaintiff says that the onslaught of backlash from the public which has arisen from the Defendants’ false reportage has adversely impacted Plaintiff’s
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The Amasaman Circuit Court has remanded a welder into Police custody over an alleged theft of metal slabs, and electrical cables valued GHC120,000.00. Godwin Awuku, 29, also caused damage to metal slabs, Plastic of Paris (P.O.P) ceiling and sliding windows belonging to Mr Benjamin Danso. He has denied unlawful entry into the house of Mr
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Jewel Ocquaye Prempeh, a queen mother who was previously arraigned for a recruitment scam, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, facing yet another case of recruitment fraud. Both cases were put before the Court. In the first case, Jewel was charged with defrauding by false pretenses after collecting GHS107,000 from 15 applicants under the
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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has stated that, the January, 2024 Standing Orders of Parliament offers an opportunity to address the evolving needs of Ghana’s dynamic and hybrid parliamentary democracy. According the Speaker, the processes and procedures in the House is challenged, with time and practice exposing the gaps and deficiencies in
Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called for increased media scrutiny of the Anti-Gay Bill currently before Parliament. He expressed concern that the bill could inadvertently reintroduce elements of the repealed criminal libel law for journalists and media houses reporting on LGBTQ+ activities. Mr. Afenyo-Markin voiced his opposition to custodial sentences for individuals found guilty
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The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has appealed to religious leaders to collaborate with his outfit in combating corruption. He made the call on the back of Ghana’s stagnant position on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which he said highlights the country’s lack of progress in the fight against corruption. According to Mr. Agyebeng, the clerics’
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Accra, Feb. 15, GNA-Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has asked the Judicial Service Staff Association (JUSAG) to embrace competence, diligence, and integrity to boost the confidence of the public in the judiciary. “If we as an arm of government, we in the Judicial Service and Judiciary, are to boost the confidence of the public in this institution, we must embrace competence, diligence and
The decision to postpone this month’s elections in Senegal is against the country’s constitution, the country’s top court has ruled. The Constitutional Court annulled President Macky Sall’s decree and a contentious bill passed by parliament moving the vote to December. Widespread protests have gripped the West African country, once considered a bastion of democracy in
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The first-ever criminal trial of a former US president is set to start next month, with Donald Trump defending himself against allegations of conducting a hush-money cover-up. The 77-year-old appeared in court in New York on Thursday, seeking to have the trial dismissed or delayed. But Judge Juan Merchan was not swayed by arguments that
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