Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has expressed his strong disapproval of concerns raised by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) that lawyers should not be made to procced with cases during legal vacations.
The Accra High Court judge hearing the case of former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and five others has said he cannot postpone the case during the legal vacation, insisting he will continue to hear it until the Chief Justice revokes the warrant empowering him to sit.
The North East Regional Police Command has arrested four people and intercepted 118 bags of cocoa beans weighing 11,800 kilogrammes at Bunkpurugu, allegedly en route to neighbouring Togo.
Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with an alleged attempted armed robbery on the Hiakose-Newense stretch in the Manso Nkwanta District.
Ghana’s tourism sector generated GH¢4.34 billion in revenue in 2025, as international tourist arrivals rose to 1,303,962, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Madam Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has disclosed.
Madam Abla Dzifa Gomashie, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Monday said Ghana has increased the number of standardised local languages from 11 to 16, mentioning Kusaal, Likpakpaanl, and Sisaali as part of the five newly standardised.
The government has allocated GH¢20 million in the 2026 Budget to establish a Film Development Fund aimed at addressing financing challenges confronting Ghana’s film industry and stimulating growth across the creative sector.
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has appealed to Chief Justice Paul Baffoe Bonnie to ensure that established practices governing the legal vacation are respected.
The National Peace Council (NPC) has sensitised residents of Binaba in the Bawku West District, on the dangers of online violent extremist narratives, hate speech and fraudulent job offers used to lure young people into extremist networks.
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has facilitated the repatriation of 12 stranded seafarers aboard the MV Rahaf Moon through a coordinated humanitarian and regulatory intervention.
Adib Saani, Executive Director of the Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building, has urged security agencies to act firmly against religious hate and extremist speech to safeguard Ghana’s religious harmony.
Former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor has denied any involvement in allegations of bribery linked to the United States case involving former Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Managing Director and Goldman Sachs banker, Asante Kwaku Berko.
The Ghana Adventist Health Services of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church has expressed its readiness to partner the government to complete some of the Agenda 111 health projects across the country.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has promoted 25 personnel for their exceptional performance and contribution to the successful arrest of suspects and the interception of illicit drugs in separate operations in the Bono East, Tema and Western Central Police Regions.
