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08/08/2026

08/08/2026

Ghana is working with the United States to identify Ghanaian officials involved in the Goldman Sachs bribery scheme according to deputy Attorney-General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai. Former Goldman Sachs investment banker and former Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Managing Director Kwaku Asante Berko has been convi...

08/08/2026

Former Goldman Sachs investment banker and former Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Managing Director Kwaku Asante Berko has been convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, on charges of foreign bribery and money laundering. Berko, 52, a dual citizen of Ghana and the United States, was found guilty on...

03/08/2026

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man, the suspected driver of a DAF XF 105 articulated truck (registration number GS 3097-20), after a viral video showed the minor driving the heavy-duty vehicle. In a statement issued on August 1, the Police reminded parents,...

03/08/2026

The Court of Appeal has upheld a judgment awarding GH¢40,000 in damages to a woman after a married man failed to fulfil his promise to marry her. The ruling reinforces the legal principle that a promise to marry may, under certain circumstances, be enforceable where one party can prove they suffere...

03/08/2026

President John Dramani Mahama has directed a reduction in the regulatory margin on diesel by GH¢2 per litre for one month, effective Tuesday, August 4, 2026. According to a statement from the Presidency, the intervention follows a decision by Cabinet and is aimed at cushioning consumers amid rising...

03/08/2026

The High Court has ordered the freezing of five bank accounts and four landed properties belonging to former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, as investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)....

31/07/2026

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Ghana will from October 1 ban the importation of originally manufactured right-hand-drive and overaged vehicles. The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) will commence the enforcement of the Pre-Export Verification of Conformity (PVoC) programme for vehicle imports on the date. The programme is designed....

30/07/2026

The Attorney-General has served notice of an appeal against the acquittal and discharge of former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Ms. Sedina Attionu Tamakloe. Madam Attionu who was extradited from the United States to serve her 10-year jail term after she...