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By Gifty Boateng Private legal practitioner with the Robert Smith Law Group, Abena Boakye, has advocated strongly for the involvement of lawyers in the acquisition of lands. According to her, it is the best way to avoid being duped or a possible litigation in an era where land purchase has become challenging due to criminals. Speaking at an event on the ‘Own Your Space’ platform on Saturday, April 18 in Accra, Ms Boakye argued that engaging the service of a lawyer is not difficult and expensive, contrary to perception out there. She said it is better that way to assure…

By Prince Ahenkorah The Ghana Law Society (GLS) has demanded that Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin immediately retract recent comments about the judiciary and issue an unqualified apology. Failure to do so, the Society warned, will trigger disciplinary proceedings before the General Legal Council (GLC).In a statement dated 20 April 2026, the GLS said it took “grave exception” to public and social media remarks by Afenyo‑Markin, a trained lawyer. The Society singled out his description of a sitting judge as “shameful” and other comments that it said could be read as veiled threats about future political consequences for judicial officers.Threat to…

By Prince AhenkorahIbrahim Mahama, CEO of Engineers & Planners (E&P) and brother of President John Mahama, has publicly thanked former president Nana Akufo‑Addo for smoothing the way to take over the Damang gold mine from Goldfields. The handover ceremony on 18 April in the Western Region laid bare an awkward political truth: the deal that puts a major multinational asset in the hands of the current president’s sibling was enabled by his fiercest political opponent.Mahama said a document from Akufo‑Addo gave him the mandate to negotiate with Goldfields after the miner threatened to shut down the operation in 2022. “They…

By Gifty BoatengAn aspiring NPP parliamentary candidate, Beatrice Nana Yaa Owarewaa Siaw, has made a claim so extraordinary that it has drawn disbelief across Ghana’s political class. She says she has already spent GH¢40 billion (approximately $2.7 billion at official rates) on community projects in her constituency before even securing her party’s nomination.By comparison, Ghana’s entire 2023 national budget was roughly GH¢200 billion. Mrs Siaw claims to have personally invested a fifth of that.The figure defies logic. The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) estimates the cost of becoming an MP at about $400,000. Mrs Siaw, a businesswoman who styles herself…

By Prince Ahenkorah The National Service Authority (NSA), has revealed that it has successfully blocked an estimated GH₵900 million in annual financial leakages by eliminating ghost names from its payroll, marking a major breakthrough in efforts to improve accountability within the public sector. According to the Authority, the intervention has led to a dramatic reduction in its yearly payroll expenditure, which previously hovered between GH₵1.5 billion and GH₵1.6 billion but has now dropped to approximately GH₵700 million. Deputy Director General in charge of Operations, Lieutenant Colonel Moses Dok Nach Kpeungu, disclosed the figures during an interview on Joy FM’s Super…

By Gifty Boateng The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has revealed it is readying itself to launch a project to make available thousands of life jackets to communities where boats, canoes and others are used as means of transportation and business. The initiative which has been planned months back comes in the wake of the fatal boat accident on Volta Lake on Wednesday, April 9, 2026. Seven people two women and five children have been confirmed dead, while five male passengers were rescued and taken for medical attention. Two others, a woman and a child, remain missing as search operations continue. Preliminary…

…as Cathedral Probe Stalls By Gifty Boateng Sir David Adjaye, the Ghanaian-British architect at the centre of the troubled National Cathedral project, returned to Accra last week to open a lavish new studio. His arrival coincides with a continuing official silence over alleged multi-million-dollar financial irregularities in the cathedral’s design and mobilisation works.Adjaye’s new headquarters for Adjaye Associates complete with a bar, crèche, roof-top performance area, and “public mixing room” stands as a statement of low-carbon, post-tension architecture. “This is the first of a kind building in Accra,” he said at the unveiling. The firm already has offices in New…

….Asks Watchdogs to Watch HarderThe Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) has surpassed its 2025 royalty targets, reporting 5.43 billion units against a projected 4.91 billion. But rather than simply celebrate, its chief executive used a civil society roundtable to urge watchdogs to sharpen their gaze.“We recognise that public trust has been affected in the past,” said Justina Nelson, MIIF’s CEO. Her remedy: regular stakeholder engagements and accessible financial data. She blamed past criticism on “incomplete narratives” a formulation that may not satisfy seasoned sceptics.An institutional overhaul. Over the past 16 months, MIIF has created dedicated Compliance and Risk departments, driven…

– From GH¢362m to GH¢5bn, Plus Allowances for 9,090 By Prince Ahenkorah In one year, funding to Ghana’s Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) jumped more than thirteen-fold from GH¢362 million in 2024 to GH¢5 billion in 2025. The government has also begun paying monthly allowances of over GH¢1,000 to all 9,090 assembly members. Local Government Minister Ahmed Ibrahim disclosed both figures at the administration’s Accountability Series on 20 April. He described the funding surge as a “structured and predictable release system” introduced in 2025, with quarterly tranches replacing the erratic disbursements of the past.Quarterly breakdown. First quarter: GH¢790 million.…

By Gifty Boateng Private legal practitioner and lecturer, Maurice Ampaw has boldly dropped a bombshell, alleging that he personally knows judges who cook judgements and rulings to favour guilty people in court for monetary gains. According to him, these judges have mastered their crafts of taking money from parties in cases to outsmart their client. He alleged that the corrupt judges make sure the judgments go in the way of the guilty person, a claim that has taken my Ghanaians by surprise with some saying his allegation may not be far from the truth. Speaking on Kumasi based Lawson TV,…