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Justice Torkonoo and Yaw Asani Tano The National Organiser of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Yaw Asani Tano, has described the appointment of suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as a calculated move by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to maintain influence over the judiciary even after leaving office.According to the outspoken politician, Justice Torkornoo was not the most senior candidate at the time of her elevation and reportedly ranked seventh among her peers.“If you look at their seniority system, it was not her time to be Chief Justice. She was elevated due to her age and the longer…

INTRODUCTIONIn the late 1970s, Dr. Ohene – Djan, a prominent lawyer from Suyani was charged with the murder of an unidentified man who had allegedly attempted to rob his residence. The prosecution’s case was that the alleged robber was apprehended, beaten, and subsequently dragged along a rough, an untarred road by some residents of the vicinity, leading to his death. While many of the perpetrators remained unidentified, Dr. Ohene -Djan and a co-accused, Adu Yeboa, were arraigned before the court in the case: The Republic v. Ohene – Djan [1979] GLR 213–218.After the prosecution closed its case, Dr. Ohene Djan’s…

Daily life in Bongo revolves around agriculture and small-scale trading Bongo Town, a small agrarian community at the heart of the Bongo District, has long struggled with water access. The town’s families, who largely depend on millet farming, have had to balance daily life around unreliable water supply. Women in the community are known for their skills in shea processing and basket weaving, while local trading—especially of millet-based drinks like pito and zomkom—remains a key part of the local economy.During a recent visit, 62-year-old Abana Salifu, a mother of four, shared her cautiously optimistic view. Sitting by her neatly arranged…

Every baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the government’s £650m investment in DNA technology, it has been reported.Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the risk of hundreds of diseases and is expected to form part of the government’s 10-year plan for the health service.Wes Streeting, the health secretary, told the Telegraph the advances in genomics would allow people to “leapfrog” killer illnesses and receive “personalised” health care.He said: “The revolution in medical science means that we can transform the NHS…

National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Chief Executive Officer Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe has offered a calming perspective amidst escalating Middle East tensions, asserting that Iran would face overwhelming international opposition if it attempted to close the vital Strait of Hormuz unilaterally. Mr Tamakloe emphasised the significant geopolitical and economic interests at stake, suggesting a full-scale closure is highly improbable. Iran vowed a decisive response, with its parliament backing a measure to close the critical shipping route in response to U.S. airstrikes on nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. The Strait of Hormuz, located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of…

Your Excellency, Permit me to write to you not as a partisan, but as a deeply concerned citizen who, like millions of others, is alarmed by the ticking time bomb we seem to be sleeping on, environmental destruction masked by the aged, almost sympathetic term, galamsey. The word galamsey, as you are aware, was born from the desperate improvisation of the jobless and the poor – “gather am and sell.” In those days, men and women ventured into abandoned pits to pick up remnants of gold-bearing rocks. They crushed them, washed them, and hoped to find enough to buy a…

The Zongo Youth Movement has issued a stern warning to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong, calling on him to keep his political campaign away from Zongo and Muslim communities unless he publicly distances himself from recent remarks attributed to his campaign team.The Muslim advocacy group expressed outrage over comments allegedly made by Dr. Stephen Amoah, a known ally of Agyapong, who reportedly suggested that the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 general election was due to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s Islamic faith.In an interview with Citi News, the Movement’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullai Ali, described the…

play videoThe growing trade of gold buying shops at Wassa Akropong is fuelling the galamsey menace Conversations surrounding Ghana’s illegal mining (galamsey) menace have, for the longest periods, been centered around the destruction of the land, and very recently, on how the introduction of heavy equipment like excavators have led to major water bodies being desecrated. But GhanaWeb found out something even more disturbing at Wassa Akropong, one of the communities well-known for galamsey activities in the Western Region. Far more disturbing than the destruction of land and water bodies, is what is a market that appears to be fuelling…

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has declared that among all the candidates expected to contest the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer elections, former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia stands miles ahead.The NPP, following its National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday, June 17, has set January 31, 2026, to elect a flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.So far, names including former Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong, former Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Abetifi MP Bryan Acheampong, former General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, and Dr. Bawumia himself have been mentioned as likely contenders.Reacting to these developments in a social media post…

Dr. Wadood Moomen, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Mines, University of Energy and Natural Resources Dr. Wadood Moomen, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Mines, University of Energy and Natural Resources, is advocating for the introduction of mandatory teaching and military training for national service personnel. According to him, the effective implementation of this initiative could help address issues of graduate unemployment and the shortage of personnel in critical sectors. Delivering a keynote address on the theme “Empowering Our Youth: Building Informed Career Pathways for the Future” at Susuanso in the Ahafo Region, Dr. Moomen stressed the…