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The Head of Puma Energy, Africa, Mr. Ben Ouattara, on Friday paid a courtesy visit to the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mr. Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, Esq. Mr. Ouattara, who is on a working visit to Ghana, thanked the NPA for its support and cooperation with Puma Energy, which has enabled the company to thrive in the country. He reaffirmed Puma Energy’s commitment to strengthening its relationship with the Authority for the benefit of Ghana’s downstream petroleum industry. Mr. Ouattara said the company is diversifying into strategic areas where it has expertise and can add greater value…

…as AG Closes Case This WeekBy TNR FILES The Accra High Court is poised to receive closing arguments this week in the trial of Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former Director General of the National Signals Bureau, marking a critical juncture in what has become the first major corruption prosecution of the Mahama administration.The case, which involves GH¢49.1 million ($7 million) earmarked for a cyber defense system, has laid bare a pattern of alleged financial misconduct that prosecutors say transformed a government agency’s funds into a personal slush fund for luxury homes, high-end vehicles, and gifts to family and friends all while…

…Wontumi Sentenced to 20 Years on Various Counts—A Legal Earthquake for Ghana By Innocent Samuel Appiah On Monday, 20th July 2026, Ghana woke to a judicial decision that did not merely punish a person but struck at a system. The conviction and sentencing of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Pathriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, is not one more episode in the endless cycle of political courtroom drama. It is a decisive moment in the national struggle for accountability, a stern reminder that environmental protection is not optional, and a direct response to the…

A US immigration judge has delivered a scathing rebuke to Ghana’s Office of the Special Prosecutor, throwing out a 200-page affidavit against former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta and granting him a green card a ruling that lays bare the OSP’s evidentiary weaknesses. The Annandale Immigration Court in Virginia did not merely reject Ghana’s attempt to block Ofori-Atta’s residency application. It systematically dismantled Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng’s case, concluding that the sprawling document was “full of conclusory allegations” without “credible or reliable facts.” “The court finds that the criminal charges brought against you by the Office of the Special Prosecutor in…

Power Evaporates In Court Room 4 As Judge Delivers A 20-Year Hammer Blow He walked into Courtroom 4 expecting another delay the kind of procedural sidestep that had protected him for years but by 10:03 a.m., Bernard Antwi‑Boasiako finally learned what it feels like when political power evaporates. The man Ghana once knew as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Region’s iron‑fisted party boss and self‑styled mining baron, sat trembling in the dock as Justice Audrey Kocuvie‑Tay read out a 20‑year sentence that detonated the myth of his invincibility. For more than a decade, Wontumi had bulldozed his way through Ghana’s political…

Mahama Unveils Bold  Development Agenda  By Prince Ahenkorah President John Dramani Mahama has unveiled a wide-ranging package of infrastructure, healthcare, education and economic development initiatives for the people of Volta Region, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to balanced national development during the “Reset Ghana Tour.” Over the course of the regional tour, the President inspected ongoing projects, cut the sod for new developments and outlined government policies aimed at accelerating economic growth, creating jobs and improving public services across the region. The highlight of the tour was the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of a modern 24-hour economy market at Juapong…

Slams lack of nationalism, corruption on bench in explosive memorial lectureBy Gifty Boateng Retired Supreme Court Justice William Atuguba launched a blistering attack on Ghana’s political and judicial elite this week, accusing MPs of abandoning national interest for partisan gain and condemning what he described as a “squashy” judiciary where some judges have become “terrible.” Delivering the keynote address at a lecture marking the 20th anniversary of the death of former Speaker D.F. Annan, the outspoken jurist did not mince words before an audience that included Vice-President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and a packed auditorium of legislators from both sides…

…as Volta disaster displaces 54,000The president of Ghana’s private newspaper publishers’ association has made a personal intervention in the Volta Region flood crisis, donating food and hygiene supplies to more than 90 households in Agbozume a gesture that underscores both the scale of the disaster and the limits of official relief efforts. David Sitsofe Tamakloe, head of the Private Newspapers Publishers and Online Media Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), delivered the items on 19 July at the Evangelical Presbyterian School Park, in Ketu South Municipal District one of 12 districts hit by torrential rains that have displaced over 54,000 people across…

Court Rejects Last‑Minute Gambit As Wontumi Begins 20‑Year Stretch By TNR FILES The man once feared as the New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Region strongman walked into Criminal Court 4 on Monday expecting another delay. He left with a 20‑year prison sentence and the collapse of a political myth that had shielded him for more than a decade. Bernard Antwi‑Boasiako Chairman Wontumi sat rigid in the dock as Justice Audrey Kocuvie‑Tay delivered a judgment that now stands among the most consequential rulings in Ghana’s fight against illegal mining. The courtroom was silent except for the judge’s voice, which cut through the…

Atta Akyea Flees, No flagbearer, No Executives, No Allies- Only Silence By TNR FILES The old saying goes that a man truly discovers he is alone in his hour of trouble, and that even his shadow abandons him in darkness. For Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, better known as Chairman Wontumi, that moment arrived at 10 a.m. Monday in Criminal Court 4 of the Accra High Court. The man who for years had been the New Patriotic Party’s bull in a china shop its most feared and loathed regional chairman, a political bulldozer who seemed untouchable sat in the dock, visibly trembling. Witnesses…