The former Chief Executive Officer for MenzGold, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), has finally been charged by the Office of the Attorney General after three years and more than 35 adjournments of his trial. Court documents sighted by GhanaWeb indicate that the Office of the Attorney has slapped NAM1 with 39 charges. The charges include …
Read More »Plot against IGP: I got people to do the recording for me – Bugri Naabu
The former Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bugri Naabu, has admitted that he sought the help of some individuals to record a conversation he had with the senior police officers in the leaked tape. According to him, after the recording, he handed it over to the President, Nana Addo …
Read More »Only Bawumia can demolish NDC’s ‘akan party’ propaganda against NPP – Akomea
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia is “a tool” that the governing New Patriotic Party intends to use to rebrand the party as an all-inclusive organisation. Rather than an Akan-coloured one, as serially propagated by the main opposition National Democratic Congress, the Director of Campaign Communications for the Bawumia campaign team, Nana …
Read More »AshGold move to secure injunction against start of 2023/24 GPL season
Relegated Ashantigold SC has moved to secure an injunction from the High Court to halt the commencement of the 2023/24 Ghana Premier League season on Thursday, August 23, 2023. The Obuasi-based side was suspended at the end of the 2020/21 season for engaging in alleged match-manipulation which violates Article 17(1) …
Read More »Naira removed from list of weakest currencies in the world, as Nigeria’s currency trades N739 against USD
Many people think that the US dollar is the strongest currency in the world. The US dollar is the most traded in terms of margin, but not the strongest currency, according to a recent report by Legit.ng. The Kuwaiti Dinar emerged as the strongest currency in a survey conducted by …
Read More »Diamond Appiah rearrested after AG drops charge against her
Businesswoman, Diamond Appiah has been rearrested moments after the Circuit Court in Accra had discharged her in an alleged fraudulent land transaction. The Office of the Attorney in a process signed by Mrs Evelyn Keelson, a Chief State Attorney, dropped the charge against her. But moments after she stepped out …
Read More »Tanzanian shilling hits all-time low against dollar
Tanzanians are now forced to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for imports and other foreign products in the country amid a worrying shilling fall to an all-time low against the United States dollar. The Central Bank of Tanzania (BoT)’s indicative exchange rates as of August 16, 2023, show …
Read More »What is this? – Dormaahene kicks against BoG’s US$250m new head office
Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, the Dormaahene, has spoken out against the central bank’s new head office project which has been valued at US$250m according to the Minority in parliament. The Dormaahene, who doubles as a High Court judge, lamented that this was not the time for the Bank of …
Read More »Catholic Church in South Africa begins class action against mining firms
The Catholic Church says it is shepherding a class-action lawsuit through the courts against mining companies in South Africa on behalf of coal miners with lung disease. The Southern African Bishops Conference said on Wednesday that lawyers filed papers with South Africa’s High Court on Tuesday. “Very often ex-mine workers …
Read More »Ofori-Atta defamation suit: Court awards GH¢5,000 cost against Captain Smart for delay in filing defence
An Accra High Court has slapped a cost fine of GH¢ 5,000 on Blessed Godsbrain Smart (aka Captain Smart), the host of Maakye on Onua TV and Onua FM, for failing to timely file a defense in the defamation case brought by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, against him. According to …
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