POLITICS

At an emergency meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30 July, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) demanded the “immediate release and reinstatement” of Niger’s elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. He had been held by the military since 19 July. The regional bloc gave the military in Niger a one-week …

An Associate Professor at the University of Ghana School of Law says there will be more coups in West Africa if corruption-related activities and bad governance are not tackled. According to Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, the West African state has failed to recognise that coup d’états are not unconstitutional attempts to …

A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has announced his intention to unveil the identity of a current minister of state who owns four expansive mansions in the upscale suburb of East Legon in Accra. Kpebu revealed that a confidential source, whose anonymity he seeks to safeguard, accompanied him to East …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Evans Aggrey-Darkoh as the head of the Civil Service of Ghana. He replaces Nana Kwasi Agyekum-Dwamena. Until his appointment, Aggrey-Darkoh was the chief director at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. A letter signed by the secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, said he …

After watching a furious exchange between two prominent MPs, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed and Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, during a parliamentary debate on the anti-LGBT bill, a startling turn of events revealed them trading grins and pleasantries. According to the siurce, the two lawmakers recently met in Tamale to pay their condolences at …

Justice Ekow Baiden, a judge at the Court of Appeal, is currently facing charges of defrauding by false pretense. The case revolves around allegations made by a woman based in France that he deceived her and swindled her out of a sum of US$190,000. According to a police report dated …

Former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah is facing increasing trouble as her late brother’s widow has filed a lawsuit against her, seeking the recovery of an alleged $800,000 that she claims rightfully belonged to her deceased husband. The situation escalated after significant sums of money were purportedly stolen by the Minister’s …

Political strategist and senior partner at Africa Legal Associates (ALA), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has asked member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to come clean on whether or not it his argument that because he is a cousin to the sitting President, Nana Addo Dankwa …

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his conviction that setting aside the 4 August as founders day remains an appropriate way to recognize and appreciate the collective efforts of the nation’s forebears in securing the independence of the state. He made the assertion in an address to the nation to herald the …

According to information received, the daughter of Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon Kwaku Kyei Baffour, was shot dead by unknown intruders.   The victim, who was believed to be 40 years old, was reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants over what is unknown.   According to sources, this tragic …