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Lawyer Kwesi Botchway Jnr petitions Mahama to investigate Ablekuma North violence

Politics of Wednesday, 16 July 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Private legal practitioner, Lawrence Kwesi Botchway Jnr Private legal practitioner, Lawrence Kwesi Botchway Jnr, has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to establish an independent Commission of Enquiry to investigate the violent incidents that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun held on Friday, July 11, 2025. In an 8-page petition dated Tuesday, July 15, ...

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GRA to implement GH¢1 fuel levy on July 16

Business News of Wednesday, 2 July 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The levy is designed to strengthen energy infrastructure financing Following a one-month suspension of the amended Energy Sector Levies Act, 2025 (Act 1141) popularly referred to as the fuel levy, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the levy will now take effect on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. In a statement signed by ...

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National Day of Prayer is a needless exercise when the same people are corrupt and evil doers – Imam

General News of Wednesday, 2 July 2025 Disclaimer Source: rainbowradioonline.com The Islamic cleric argued that the exercise is unimportant, especially when citizens lack patriotism Sheikh Hassan Hassan, Chief Imam of the Madina Central Mosque, has described the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving as a needless exercise. The Islamic cleric argued that the initiative is insignificant, especially when citizens lack patriotism ...

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Abronye drags EOCO, NIB, AG to Supreme Court over excessive bail terms

Politics of Tuesday, 1 July 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Ghana, seeking a constitutional interpretation regarding what he describes as the unlawful ...

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Political vendetta against CJ Torkornoo must be a worry for Ghana’s Judiciary – Boakye Antwi

General News of Wednesday, 2 July 2025 Source: mynewsgh.com Former MP for Subin and NPP General Secretary hopeful, Eugene Boakye Antwi Former Member of Parliament for Subin in the Ashanti Region, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has expressed concerns over the suspension and the process leading to the removal of the Chief Justice of Ghana, Gertrude Torkornoo. According to him, the suspended Chief ...

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What Mahama said about US-Iran strikes that drew him loud applause at the Global Summit

General News of Thursday, 26 June 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com President John Dramani Mahama at the Global Summit in Belgium on Wednesday President John Dramani Mahama addressed the Global Summit on Health and Prosperity through Immunisation, co-hosted by the European Union, the Gates Foundation, and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The president, in his concluding remarks, captivated ...

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CJ Probe: ‘Every Ghanaian must be worried about allegations’ – Former Deputy AG

«Diana Asonaba Dapaah is the former Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice Former Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, has urged Ghanaians not to dismiss the allegations raised by the suspended Chief Justice during her national address. Reacting to the press briefing by the embattled Justice Torkornoo on her ongoing enquiry, Dapaah expressed concern over ...

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Former GRA boss, two others arrested over role in $500 million SML scandal

General News of Wednesday, 25 June 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Rev Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, Isaac Crentsil and Christian Tetteh Sottie have been arrested The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has arrested former Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev Dr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, and two others for their supposed role in the SML scandal. The OSP announced the arrest in a post ...

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NPA assures nation of adequate fuel reserves amid Israel-Iran conflict

Business News of Monday, 23 June 2025 Disclaimer Source: classfmonline.com Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, CEO of National Petroleum Authority The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has assured Ghanaians that the country has enough fuel reserves to last beyond two months, despite ongoing global uncertainties. Speaking during a briefing with the Parliamentary Select Committee on ...

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Fitch warns cedi could be at risk if gold prices fall

Business News of Monday, 23 June 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com File photo of gold bars and cedi notes Fitch Solutions has cautioned that a sharp decline in global gold prices could significantly erode Ghana’s international reserves and destabilise the cedi. The UK-based research firm noted that such a scenario could be triggered by a return to more conventional trade policies in the ...

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