There was no notice of an appeal filed by Sedina Tamakloe Attionu in 2024, which came to the attention of the Office of the Attorney-General; the immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has said.

A Maryland-based Ghanaian woman has been sentenced to 70 months in a United States federal prison for her role in a romance scam that defrauded victims across the country of more than $1.6 million.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has granted its first licences to two companies to cultivate cannabis with a tetrahydrocannabinol content of not more than 0.3 per cent for medicinal and industrial use, in a move aimed at creating jobs, attracting investment and supporting research under a tightly regulated framework.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Reverend Sarah Mullally, has visited Cape Coast Castle, the former British slave trading post where thousands of enslaved Africans were held in appalling conditions before being transported to the Americas.

The Ahafo Ano South East Member of Parliament, Yakubu Mohammed, has issued an unqualified apology after a video of him telling a schoolgirl during a Parliament visit that he would marry her in the future sparked widespread public outrage.

A visit to Parliament meant to inspire young minds has taken a troubling turn after a video emerged showing a Member of Parliament (MP) telling a schoolgirl that he would marry her when she grows up—a remark that has ignited outrage across social media and renewed calls for public officials to exercise restraint in their interactions with children.

The government has unveiled a comprehensive constitutional reform package that accepts a five-year single term for the President, the removal of the dual citizenship bar for Members of Parliament (MPs), and the establishment of a comprehensive Human Rights law, among other proposals.

In a solemn display of Pan-African solidarity, Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema paid homage to former President Jerry John Rawlings at the military cemetery in Burma Camp yesterday, where he laid a wreath on the tombstone of the former President as part of his three-day official visit. 

Parliament has passed the Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026, to provide a comprehensive reform for the cocoa sector governance framework and to establish a sustainable funding model for the sector.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit and discharge the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, as a "travesty of justice" and further evidence of what it says is a politicised justice system.

A former Minister of State, Sarah Adwoa Safo, yesterday proceeded with the burial of her father, Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, despite an ongoing legal dispute over the organisation of his funeral and burial arrangements.

The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu.

Hundreds of migrants have entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco over the past week, the territory's leader has said.

Juan Jesús Vivas said the influx is overwhelming resources and urged the Spanish government to intervene. Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska is expected to visit on Friday, according to news agency Reuters.

Parliament has approved a concession agreement for the re-introduction of tolling on roads and bridges in Ghana under a public-private agreement.

In a reaction to Thursday's overturning of the conviction of Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, the former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre by the Court of Appeal, the opposition New Patriotic Party has stated that it was a "travesty of justice and further evidence of a politicised justice system."

According to the NPP, the overturning of a conviction, which according to them, was "anchored on an abundance of evidence," was something that "defies logic, law and common sense."

The Board of Directors of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says the company is unable to pay dividends to sole shareholder for the year 2025.

The government has accepted the Constitutional Review Committee's (CRC) recommendation for the President to pay taxes on his salary and allowances while in office, but rejected the proposal for the President's retirement gratuity and pension to be taxed.

The government has accepted a Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) recommendation to fix presidential elections in the first week of November, while also mandating that election petitions be filed within 14 days of the declaration of results and determined by the Supreme Court within 30 days.

The government has accepted a recommendation by the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) to allow Ghanaians with dual citizenship to hold public office, with the exception of the offices of President and Vice President.

The government has accepted the proposal by the Constitutional Review Committee to extend the presidential term of Ghana from four to five years.

It has also agreed that the membership of Parliament should increase from the current 276 to 300.

MTN Ghana has formally responded to the legal action initiated by Clydestone Ghana PLC, rejecting the allegations and vowing to contest the proceedings fully, according to a regulatory filing submitted to the Ghana Stock Exchange.

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has directed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to file a notice of appeal at the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit and discharge the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Ms Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has requested the management of various universities to consider including mandatory drug tests as part of the medical requirement for admissions as part of the fight against drug abuse by students.

Speaking in a radio interview on Thursday, a Deputy Director-General in charge of Enforcement, Control and Elimination at NACOC, Alexander Twum-Barimah said NACOC will be seeking legal backing to make drug testing a compulsory requirement for admission into universities.

This, he said will form part of efforts to expand mandatory screening beyond the current practice for recruitment into the security services.

President John Dramani Mahama has hosted the President of the Republic of Gabon, His Excellency Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, to a state dinner at the Jubilee House in Accra, where both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral relations and advancing Africa's collective quest for peace, prosperity and progress.

Ghana's international trade performance improved significantly in 2025, with the country recording a trade surplus of GH¢148.3 billion, more than three times the GH¢44.7 billion surplus recorded in 2024, according to the 2025 Annual International Merchandise Trade Statistics Report released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).