Lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor has said he will try to get the High Court’s March 2 ruling that he must pay GH₵5.1 million to former National Security Minister Albert Kan Dapaah for defamation thrown out because he thinks the process was unfair. Barker-Vormawor said that his lawyers were not allowed to finish cross-examination and that the…
Nana Agradaa (Patricia Asiedua Asiamah), also known as Mama Pat, will be free on March 3, 2026, after serving two-thirds of her new sentence. She started her prison term on July 3, 2025. The Accra Circuit Court found her guilty of false advertising and fraud in connection with a money-doubling scheme that she promoted at…
John Dramani Mahama has said that he wants Ghana to be West Africa’s top center for international events. To do this, he plans to quickly fix up the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) and build a new convention and creative events center through a public-private partnership. He told Parliament in his State of the Nation…
Jack Dorsey has said that his tech company Block Inc. will lay off almost half of its workers, going from about 10,000 to fewer than 6,000. He says that AI is changing the way companies are built and run. In a letter to shareholders, he said that many other companies are likely to make similar…
The High Court in Accra has confirmed that there is no record of a will that was filed for the late highlife musician Daddy Lumba (Charles Kwadwo Fosu) at the Probate and Administration Division’s registry. This was found after an official search was done as part of the legal process to manage his estate. The…
Alexander Afenyo-Markin has criticized John Dramani Mahama, saying that the government is relying on slogans without doing anything a year into his presidency. In response to the 2026 State of the Nation Address, he talked about how electricity rates were going up, how thousands of young people were being fired through letters from the Chief…
As of December 2025, John Dramani Mahama said that the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) had recovered more than GH₵600 million in stolen public funds. They had looked into 462 cases, and 15 of them are still being prosecuted. In his 2026 State of the Nation Address on February 27, he said that more…
While giving the 2026 State of the Nation Address to Parliament on February 27, 2026, John Dramani Mahama said that the government would give the film industry GH₵20 million. He said that this money would help local film hubs like Kumawood and Gallywood and support the creative arts as a way to boost the economy….
Dr. Ignatius A.N. Awinibuno, the Ministry of Health’s Director for Allied Health, said in Accra on February 26 that Ghana needs to invest in biomedical engineering education in order to improve health systems and make sure that diseases are diagnosed correctly. He said this at the opening of upgraded bioinstrumentation labs as part of the…
