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Monday, November 3, 2025
Private legal practitioner Kwaku Asare has criticized Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Torkornoo’s request to increase the number of Supreme Court justices to a minimum of 20 to handle approximately 600 cases annually, calling it unreasonable. Asare argues that many Supreme Courts around the world manage double or triple that number of cases with around seven justices. […]
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has apprehended a Chinese national and a Ghanaian accomplice for possessing arms and attempting to evade immigration officials. The arrest took place at the Paga border post. According to a statement released by the GIS on July 11, the suspects were traveling in a Burkina Faso-registered vehicle. […]
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has announced that petroleum product prices are expected to go up by 4% across pumps in the next window, beginning July 16, 2024. This increase is primarily due to the further depreciation of the cedi relative to the dollar rate. According to COPEC’s analysis, […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced an outbreak of Dengue Fever, a clinical form of malaria, in some districts of the Eastern Region. The outbreak was detected through the national surveillance system, which reported unusual cases of clinical malaria that were not responding to antimalarial treatment. A total of […]
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has expressed his support for the historic nationwide strike by all labour unions. He stated that the strike is “a testament to the power of unity and determination” and that it could have been avoided if not for the government’s “intransigence, […]
