The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has appealed to the Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to ensure that judges adhere to the established rules and traditions governing Ghana’s legal vacation.

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country.

Assad fled the capital Damascus, and flew to Moscow in December 2024 after his government fell following a lightning offensive by anti-regime forces.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken note of the editorial published on Graphic Online titled "Save Ghana Football from Individual Personal Interests."

We welcome constructive criticism and recognise the indispensable role of the media in promoting accountability and stimulating informed debate on matters affecting Ghana football. 

However, when commentary is founded on factual inaccuracies and broad assertions that are unsupported by evidence, it becomes necessary to set the record straight in the interest of fairness, balance and factual public discourse.

Gianni Infantino stepped off a plane in Cali and was greeted on the runway by the president of the Colombian Football Federation.

Ramon Jesurun, a close ally of Infantino's, saw it as a chance to show his support, with the two men smiling in a photo opportunity for the federation's Instagram account.

Infantino had not travelled to Colombia for any run-of-the-mill meeting last Friday. He would attend the inauguration of the country's new president Abelardo de la Espriella.

Ghanaian youngster Caleb Yirenkyi has pledged to work hard and justify Coventry City’s decision to make him their record signing after reportedly paying about €30 million for his services.

Yirenkyi, who was unveiled by the English club last Friday, expressed his delight at joining the team and said he was ready to learn, develop and give his best to help the club achieve its ambitions.

Is K.T. Hammond that 'bloody cheap' to share $46,000 [bribe] with 17 Members of Parliament on the Select Committee on Energy, together with the secretariat staff?

That was the reaction of the former Adansi Asokwa MP, when he was asked for a comment on the Kwaku Asante Berko conviction and the part that relates to the alleged $46,000 bribe said to have been paid to parliamentarians to aid the ratification of the agreement between Ghana and Aksa Energy in 2014 and 2015.

Twenty policemen who were involved in last week's interception of 866 parcels of suspected cocaine at the Tema Harbour and the arrest of 10 suspects in separate criminals have been promoted by theInspector General of Police (IGP).

Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor has denied any role in the "holy rain" bribery case linked to Asante Berko and the Aksa Energy deal in 2014 and 2015.

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has upheld the revocation of three mining leases held by Adamus Resources Limited following the submission of the Inter-Ministerial Committee's final report reviewing the company's petition against the initial decision.

Three people died at Odumase-Santenso in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region last Friday after an illegal mining pit collapsed on them.

According to the assembly member for the area, the pit collapsed and trapped them underground.

The assembly member, Isaac Kyei Andoh, said the incident happened around 4 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2026.

In order to escape a failed robbery attempt against a seamstress, an unemployed man, Dickson Larbi, hid in the ceiling of a nearby house. He was, however, later arrested and handed over to the police.

The accused, also known as Puplampu, has been charged with unlawful entry, assault and robbery. He pleaded not guilty before an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mr Isaac Addo last Tuesday.

Men living with HIV are transmitting the virus to their female partners at more than three times the rate at which women living with the virus pass it on to men, according to the Ghana AIDS Commission.

Every year, thousands of Ghanaian students graduate from universities with dreams of building successful careers and contributing to national development. 

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has been explaining how it assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States "behind the scenes" through Ghana’s established mutual legal assistance framework for it to get a conviction for Asante Kwaku Berko (a dual citizen of Ghana and the United States and former Managing Director of Tema Oil Refinery and former Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division of the U.S. based Goldman Sachs group.

This is the road from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) building towards the Kojo Thompson Road in Accra.

The Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem Sai has said the Attorney General was working with his United States counterparts to bring to book Ghanaian officials implicated in the in the bribery scheme related to the 2014-2017 power plant development contract between a Turkish energy company and the government.

Malawi continued their remarkable WAFCON debut campaign on Sunday, defeating Ghana 2-1 to reach the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 for the first time.

The Scorchers, who had already stunned defending champions Nigeria and Egypt in the group stage, completed another major upset with a dramatic second-half winner from Rose Kadzere.

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two brothers, Adams Adder Almeida and Bala Bilyon, over the alleged murder of a man and the shooting of his wife at Tuba near Weija in Greater Accra.

Ghana’s Deputy Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Sanni Jajah has passed on.

He died on Saturday evening the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso North, Yussif Jajah, who is his nephew has said.

Illegal miners cleared from forest reserves keep returning to the same sites with new equipment, prompting the Forestry Commission to change its approach to tackling illegal mining, the Western Regional Manager of the Commission, Nana Poku Bosompim, has said.

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has served a 21-day notice on many beachfront night clubs, eateries and other hospitality facilities at Laboma Beach in the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly to vacate the buffer zones or face forcible removal.

United Kingdom-based Ghana government scholarship students are to undergo a mandatory oath and validation exercise before they can continue as beneficiaries, theGhana High Commission in the UK has announced.

It is exactly 52 years since Ghana took a bold decision to ditch some inherited legacy of the British colonial system by changing from driving on the left to driving on the right.  Almost at the same time, the country also changed to the metric system of weighing.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has been challenged to disclose the legal basis, approval process and calculation behind the charging of the escalating "delinquency" charges it imposes on Ghanaians who renew or replace a driver's licence after its expiry date.

According to CUTS International, a public policy think tank, there was no clear legal backing in the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 (L.I. 2180), and it was therefore demanding that the DVLA suspend the escalating “delinquency” charges imposed on people who renew or replace a driver’s licence after its expiry date.

A former Goldman Sachs Group Investment banker, Kwaku Asante Berko who also served as Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has been convicted for paying more than $1 million in bribes related to the development of a power plant in Ghana.