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The Adentan Circuit Court has granted bail to Alhassan Hardi Mohammed, a businessman who allegedly sold five government-owned plots of land. He (the accused) pleaded not guilty to the charge of selling land. In a graphic.com.gh report, the court presided over by Her Honour Sedinam Awo Balokah granted the accused …

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has said Ghanaians wants to be rescued from President Akufo-Addo’s reckless government. According to him, Ghanaians are ready to work with a National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in order to build a better nation. Addressing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) European Chapters Conference at Amsterdam, …

Kennedy Agyapong’s lawyer William Kusi has made a strong case for his client, asserting that Agyapong who is the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency and an aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is the most suitable candidate to lead the country. Lawyer Kusi contends that Kennedy Agyapong’s significant contributions …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged Government to adequately resource the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) to enable it to effectively deliver on its mandate. The Asantehene said this when management of SIGA paid a courtesy on him at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Friday. The …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in his seventh year as Ghana’s president, and with that have come several tales and stories about the things that have happened under his watch. Among that tall list are the people who once worked for him in his government but who, for some reason, feel …

The Mozambican cabinet has given its approval to a bill proposing pay cuts for ministers, deputy ministers, state secretaries, and Members of Parliament (MPs) as the government grapples with an increasingly burdensome wage bill. The move aims to address concerns over disproportionate salaries received by provincial assemblies members, which deviate …

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and related events cost the government an estimated £162m, the Treasury has said. The state funeral, held on 19 September 2022, followed a period of national mourning. During that time hundreds of thousands of people visited Westminster where the monarch was lying in state. The biggest …

Acclaimed Zimbabwean filmmaker and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been acquitted by the country’s High Court of staging an anti-government protest in 2020, for which she had initially received a six-month suspended jail sentence and a fine. “I can confirm that she has been acquitted,” her lawyer Harrison Nkomo said after …

A picketing pensioner bondholder has stated that government is perpetrating robbery on bondholders whose funds remain unpaid despite previous assurances. According to him, the situation where pensioners are having to picket for their monies is akin to the government taking arms and attacking them. “In fact, it is more or …

Former Gender Minister under the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Afisa Djaba has called out government over what she says is the apathetic outlook they are portraying despite the current state of the economy and the outcry of Ghanaians. According to her, Ghanaians entrusted their lives and future in the …