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Laud Nartey is a current affairs editor with the MG News team at Media General, serving TV3 Ghana, 3News, Onua TV and more platforms.
An Accra High Court has granted NPP’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), GH¢15 million bail with strict conditions, including surrendering his passport and being placed on a stop list.
NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi) and Akonta Mining have pleaded not guilty to galamsey charges. The High Court granted him GH¢15 million bail with strict conditions.
President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr Sidi Ould Tah, has lad a meeting with the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. The AfDB wrote on its X page after the meeting that "Between 2022 and 2024,
Enoch Afoakwa, one of the lawyers of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), has welcomed the decision by the prosecutors to arraign Chairman Wontumi for allegedly being involved in illegal mining. He described the state’s decision t
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) Task Force has carried out a significant operation in the Western Region, targeting notorious illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) hideouts. The Minister of Government Communications, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, said on his Facebook page that
Former Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has said that the petition against the former Attorney-General Godffed Dame is politically motivated. Tuah-Yebiah said that, having worked closely with Mr Godfed Dame, he could speak to his integrity and professionalism. “It is purely political and
As a former Attorney-General, leader of the Bar and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame was given self-recognisance bail by the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the Police when he appeared before the CID on Monday October 6, Frank Davies, Chairman of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, of the
Frank Davies, Chairman, Constitutional and Legal Affairs, of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and also a lawyer for Former Attorney-General, Godfred Dame, has said that they do not know when Mr Dame will reappear before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Frank Davies confirmed that Mr Dame w
Policy think tank, IMAI Africa has said that although Ghana’s headline inflation has dropped drastically in September 2025, marking one of the sharpest disinflationary shifts in recent history, the relief is not being felt evenly across the country. IMANI said that true price stability is not how lo
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has held discussions with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Dhakel, on the upcoming visit of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Eng. Waleed Bin Abdul-Karim Al
A private legal practitioner, Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers, has said that the petition filed against former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame could trigger significant legal and constitutional consequences if the allegations contained in it are proven to be true. The petition, filed by businessman
NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) has been granted GH¢1 million bail with two sureties after appearing before the CID over alleged illegal mining activities.
Lawyer for NPP’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), criticizes Attorney-General Dominic Ayine’s warning of arrest, insisting his client has cooperated fully with CID investigators in the Akonta Mining case.
Former Attorney-General Godfred Dame reported to the CID headquarters in Accra after a petition by Richard Jakpa alleged he fabricated evidence in the ambulance procurement case involving Finance Minister Dr. Ato Forson.
As of Monday, October 6, 2025, 0.25 oz of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) gold coin is selling at GHC13,191.07. The price of 0.50 oz GHC 25,605.77, and the 1oz was 50,472.32. The Central Bank introduced these gold coins as a strategic measure to discourage the hoarding of US dollars and absorb excess liquid
