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Parliament to draft bill to back lifestyle audit – Alban Bagbin

News CencordJune 9, 2025

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced that Parliament is set to begin drafting legislation to support lifestyle audits for individuals suspected of amassing unexplained wealth, marking a significant step toward enhancing Ghana’s fight against corruption. Speaking in Parliament on Monday, June 9, Speaker Bagbin stated that the proposed bill will empower state institutions to […]

Wontumi under probe for alleged fraud, money laundering and international organized crime – Deputy A-G

News CencordMay 30, 2025

The Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has broken his silence on the controversial detention of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, revealing that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is under investigation for alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the state, […]

Supreme Court unanimously strikes out suspended CJ’s supplementary affidavit

News CencordMay 28, 2025

The Supreme Court has, by unanimous decision, ruled that the supplementary affidavit filed by the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo, against the processes for her possible removal discloses information meant to be kept in camera, in line with Article 146 of the Constitution. The five-member panel upheld on Wednesday, May 28, the application filed by […]

Ernest Yaw Kumi: Supreme Court to hear Akwatia MP’s contempt appeal

News CencordMarch 12, 2025

The Supreme Court has ruled that it will hear the case of Ernest Yaw Kumi, the embattled Member of Parliament for Akwatia, despite his contempt conviction by the Koforidua High Court. The apex court had earlier directed lawyers in the case to address it on the legal effect of granting a hearing to a contemnor […]

Attorney-General nominates three to General Legal Council

News CencordMarch 10, 2025

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akurutinga Ayine, has nominated three individuals to serve on the General Legal Council (GLC), in accordance with Section 1(2) of the Legal Profession Act, 1960. The nominees are Mr Francis Xavier Sosu, Member of Parliament for Madina; Mrs Clara Beeri Kasser Tee, a Lecturer at the University of […]

Supreme Court wades into decades-old impasse over how to store nuclear waste

News CencordMarch 5, 2025

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a decades-old fight that tends to put Americans on edge even more than politics: where to store the nation’s spent nuclear fuel. The case involves important questions about the power of independent agencies to make decisions at a moment when President Donald Trump is seeking to capture […]

Court fixes March 27 to determine Quayson’s fate

News CencordMarch 5, 2025

The High Court in Accra has fixed March 27, 2025, to determine whether or not Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson should open his defence in a trial in which he has been accused of deceiving a public officer in obtaining a Ghanaian passport. The court was expected to give its […]

Court orders extradition of Ghanaian to Nigeria for alleged theft charges

News CencordMarch 4, 2025

Agordotse, who served as the Operations Manager at Discovery Logistics and E-Commerce Service in Lagos, is accused of stealing company property, including a KIA Cerato saloon car, two motorcycles, electronic devices, and cash amounting to 8,760,000 Naira. News Cencord An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the detention of Stephen Agordotse, a Ghanaian national, pending his […]

Unemployed man jailed two years for stealing electrical cables

News CencordMarch 4, 2025

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a jobless man to two years in prison for stealing electrical cables in La, a suburb of Accra. The convict, Ebenezer Tetteh, admitted to the crime, although the ownership and value of the stolen cables were unknown to the court. Presiding Judge Mrs. Sedinam Awo Kwadam convicted Tetteh based […]

Attorney-General confirms he ordered arrest of former PPA Board Chairman

News CencordMarch 4, 2025

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has confirmed that he authorised the arrest of former Board Chairman of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Prof. Christopher Ekumfi Ameyaw. Prof. Ameyaw was apprehended by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on the morning of Sunday, March 2, 2025, in connection with an ongoing investigation into […]

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