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Techiman court jails NADMO staff 4 months for assaulting 12-year-old stepdaughter

Jonathan Ofori
A 41-year-old NADMO staff and caterer, Mariama Issah Sulemana, has been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment by the Techiman Circuit Court in the Bono East...

Bagbin seeks consensus talks after ‘surprise’ passage of anti-LGBTQ bill

Jonathan Ofori
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has expressed surprise at the passage of the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation, saying he expected lawmakers to...

Anti-LGBTQ bill still has “long way to go,” Mahama says

Jonathan Ofori
President John Dramani Mahama says the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ bill has not yet completed the legislative process and remains subject to constitutional and procedural review...

Internal dispute forces suspension of NPP-USA elections

Jonathan Ofori
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed its United States branch to suspend all election-related activities pending a constitutional and legal review of its...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill debate should focus on outcomes, not politics – Law lecturer

Jonathan Ofori
A lecturer at the GIMPA Law School has urged policymakers and the public to focus on whether newly enacted legislation can effectively address the problems...

Osei Owusu: removal of key clauses has made anti-LGBTQ Bill toothless

Jonathan Ofori
Ross Osei Owusu, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) legal team, has expressed concern over changes made to the country’s newly passed anti-LGBTQ...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill: “smuggled” amendment claims raise serious procedural questions – Osae-Kwapong

Jonathan Ofori
John Osae-Kwapong, Director of the Democracy Project at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has questioned claims that provisions in Ghana’s controversial anti-LGBTQ bill were...

Flooding: MMDCEs must be held responsible for planning enforcement failures — Damba

Jonathan Ofori
Mohammed Alhassan Damba, immediate past president of the Ghana Institute of Planners, has called for a systemic approach to addressing failures in urban governance, arguing...

Urban flooding: “landguardism, corruption undermining city planning” — Damba

Jonathan Ofori
Mohammed Alhassan Damba, immediate past president of the Ghana Institute of Planners, has said the country’s flooding and urban development challenges stem not from a...