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Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking an order to halt the operation of the warrant issued by the President, which suspended the Chief Justice, Justice Getrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, from office pending an investigation into petitions against her ladyship, the Chief Justice. President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, suspended the Chief Justice from office and constituted a five-member committee chaired by a justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Gabriel Pwamang, to investigate several allegations made against the Chief Justice by some five petitioners…

The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has said the Committee formed to investigate petitions filed against Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo is  politically compromised and therefore has doubts it would be impartial, avoid bias and not take sides in its work. A statement issued by the CDM said the neutrality of any committee tasked with reviewing the conduct of the nation’s highest judicial officer must be unimpeachable. “However, in this case, the makeup of the investigative committee is marred by political affiliations and past controversies, undermining both its perceived and actual impartiality” the CDM statement noted. The CDM’s concerns were in…

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, level 300 communication students from the African University of Communications And Business (AUCB) would unveil their branding initiatives in a much-anticipated event. The event, which is expected to be held at the forecourt of the university campus, promises to be a dynamic showcase of innovation, strategy, and creativity focused on the changing landscape of branding. The showcase, a core part of the students’ coursework in “Branding and Brand Management”, is designed to give young creatives an opportunity to take theory beyond the classroom and into real-world application. Students would unveil original brand identities, marketing campaigns,…

Protecting private sector entrepreneurs from the excesses of partisan political interference should be a deliberate, concerted and sustained policy to ensure business owners can thrive without fear of being tagged or targeted when there is a change of regime, the Minority Leader, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said. He explained need for the political class in Ghana to de-politicise entrepreneurship: “when we politicise local enterprise, we create an uneven playing field that stifles innovation and discourages risk-taking. When this happens, it is foreign businesses that stand tall and dominate our markets while our indigenous enterprises — unfairly branded or sidelined —…

Dennis Miracles Aboagye the Director of Communications and Spokesperson for the 2024 presidential campaign of Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has denied reports that he violently grabbed the testicles of a highly respected New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, squeezed them hard and given the balls a sharp bite with his teeth because his victim had disagreed with the candidate over the choice of a running mate. The allegations of balls squeezing is sourced to a so-called page 66 of a supposedly leaked copy of the  Prof. Oquaye Committee Report which is a postmortem of the NPP’s campaign, strategy and performance at the…

The Minority in Parliament has expressed anger and indignation over the decision of President John Mahama to suspend Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo following the establishment of a prima facie case in response to three separate petitions seeking her removal from office. Shortly after the Presidency issued an official statement to communicate the suspension of the Chief Justice, the Minority put out a public statement to condemn the decision, call for its immediate reversal and vowed to employ all legitimate means to oppose the suspension. The rather strong worded statement from the Minority described the suspension of the Chief Justice as…

BRYAN ACHEAMPONG, the former Agric Minister, has promised to reconstruct the gutted Blue Light Market in Kumasi for the traders in just one-year time. According to him, he constructed the Rock City Hotel in the Easter Region, which is the biggest hotel in Africa, so building the market would not be a big deal for him. Bryan, who is the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) for Abetifi, said he is only waiting for the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s approval to reconstruct the market. “I built the Rock City Hotel, the biggest hotel in Africa, so if I say I…

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and a pregnant woman has lost her unborn baby after a fuel tanker collided head-on with a passenger minibus at Amanase, near Suhum, on the ever busy Accra-Kumasi highway in the Eastern Region. The tragic accident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, April 22, 2025. According to the Ghana Police and Fire Service, the fuel tanker, with registration number GR 1300-16, veered off its lane and crashed into a Benz Sprinter minibus registered GW 6510-23. Preliminary investigations suggest that the driver of the fuel tanker may have dozed off behind the wheel, causing…

Senior Presidential Advisor, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, says the Ghana Gold Board is taking major steps to ensure that gold acquired through illegal mining does not enter the formal market. She made this known during an interview with Woezor TV, aired on Sunday, April 20, 2025. Speaking about efforts to address the illegal mining crisis, popularly known as galamsey, Ms. Bawah Mogtari revealed that Ghana is now adopting a more structured approach, using international standards to trace the source of gold. She said this move would help sanitize the gold industry and prevent unregulated gold from being traded legally. “I listen…

Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Richard Ofori Boadi Agyemang alias King Zuba, has told a news conference that he has officially approved the physical assault and beating-up of traders who would continue to sell on the streets pavements meant for pedestrians in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. King Zuba said the flogging of grown-up traders, some old enough to be his parents, is called “democratic-military style” and he would need the support of journalists, especially broadcast journalists, when it becomes operational after a two-week ultimatum to Kumasi traders to vacate the pavements and move into the markets. King…