The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) has announced the immediate temporary closure of five historic coastal forts to the public. The affected sites are Fort Apollonia at Benyin, Fort St. Anthony at Axim, Fort Orange at Sekondi, James Fort at Jamestown, and Ussher Fort at Usshertown. According to aContinue Reading
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has announced that cryptocurrency trading has been legalised in Ghana following the passage of the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025, into law. He explained that the new legislation, commonly referred to as the crypto law, provides a formalContinue Reading
Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said he does not take anything for granted in politics and remains committed to working hard to secure the support of delegates of the New Patriotic Party ahead of the party’s presidential primaries scheduled for January 31. Despite being widely regarded as theContinue Reading
Hosts Morocco opened their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign with a tense but deserved victory over stubborn Comoros in the tournament opener played in rainy Rabat on Sunday, December 21, at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. The Atlas Lions missed an early opportunity to seize control when IyadContinue Reading
A Romanian court has sentenced Wiz Khalifa to nine months in prison for smoking cannabis on stage. The American rapper, real name Thomaz Cameron Jibril, admitted to smoking a joint during his performance at the Beach, Please! festival last year in Costinesti. A Romanian appeals court overturned an earlier fineContinue Reading
Shares of First Atlantic Bank PLC closed higher on their first day of trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange on Friday, gaining 0.40 pesewas to end the session at GH¢7.70, following the bank’s successful Initial Public Offering and listing on the bourse. The indigenous lender, which became the first bankContinue Reading
The Koforidua High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Suhum, Prince Addo and the former Member of Parliament for the area, Oboafo Kwadwo Asante, challenging the election of Frank Asiedu Bekoe, popularly known as Protozoa, as Member of Parliament forContinue Reading
President John Dramani Mahama has called on Africans and members of the African diaspora across the world to unite in the pursuit of reparative justice and the dismantling of false narratives about Africa.He said the time had come for Africans to flip the narratives and the modus operandi of thoseContinue Reading
Head coach of Sudan’s men’s national team, James Kwesi Appiah, has expressed confidence in Ghana’s chances of making a strong impact at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Appiah, who served Ghana for a decade in combined assistant and head coach roles, believes the Black Stars must approach the tournament withContinue Reading
The arguments about access to the Ghana School of Law and the broader calls for reform are important, but they sometimes distract us from a deeper and more urgent concern, the role of ethics in the making of a lawyer. Ethics is not an accessory to the profession; it isContinue Reading
