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…. Court Keeps Charges in Play By Prince Ahenkorah The High Court has dismissed an application by the accused persons in the ongoing National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund (UPPF) corruption case seeking to have the charges against them struck out. The decision clears the way for the substantive trial to proceed, according to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), which announced the development in a Facebook post on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The accused persons had asked the Court to terminate the charges brought against them. However, the High Court dismissed the application, finding it without…

Traders see demolition as land grab, not modernisation, as MCE struggles with compensation and relocationBy Gifty Boateng The battle lines are drawn in Nungua, a coastal suburb of Accra, where 250 shop owners are resisting President John Mahama’s signature 24-Hour Economy policy – at least in its local manifestation. The Krowor Municipal Assembly wants to demolish their 3-acre market and replace it with a modern, round-the-clock trading hub. The traders say no.What should be a straightforward infrastructure upgrade has become a litmus test for the Mahama administration’s ability to deliver on its flagship campaign promise without alienating its own urban…

TUAG Fires Back With Damning Ultimatum, Demands Answers on Road Carnage TNR Files A geopolitical storm in the Middle East has triggered a fuel price surge in Ghana, setting the stage for a fierce confrontation between the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and Transport Users Advocacy Ghana (TUAG). With Brent crude oil climbing past US$95 per barrel and major Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) hiking pump prices, the GPRTU has signaled it may announce new transport fares by the end of the week—a move TUAG has slammed as “unjustified, premature, dangerously misplaced, and unacceptable.”Global Turmoil, Local PainBrent crude rose by…

How GH¢196,000 Was Shared Among Police OfficersTNR FilesA forensic analysis of mobile money transactions has exposed the inner workings of an alleged institutionalised bribery scheme within the Volta Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), revealing how nearly GH¢200,000 was systematically collected and distributed among officers over just nine months.At the centre of the alleged operation is Chief Superintendent Benedicta Akpene Ansah, the Ho MTTD Unit Commander, who investigations show was one of the principal beneficiaries of the scheme.The forensic report, obtained by The New Republic, reveals that GH¢79,410.46 was withdrawn from the mobile money wallet officially designated as a…

Leadership Accused Of Betrayal, Sell-Out To NPP BigwigsInternal audio leaks expose alleged plot by Oti Bonsu, Jacob Osei Yeboah to sabotage Kennedy Agyapong’s political vehicle for personal gainTNR FilesEven before its formal registration as a political party, The Base Movement the grassroots organisation formed to champion the presidential ambitions of former NPP flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is tearing itself apart amid explosive allegations that its leadership has been compromised by key figures in the New Patriotic Party.Internal audio recordings and text messages intercepted by The New Republic have revealed a deepening crisis within the movement, with founder Oti Bonsu…

Silencing The Press, Not Answering QuestionsThomas Oppong Peprah’s lawyers demand retraction and apology; but what is he so desperate to hide?TNR Files General Thomas Oppong Peprah has fought many battles in his military career. But his latest campaign is being waged not on the battlefield but in the corridors of legal power.The former Chief of Defence Staff, now Ghana’s Deputy High Commissioner to Canada, has dispatched his lawyers to demand that The New Republic retract and apologise for its investigative reporting on his staggering personal wealth. The letter from Cardinal Law Group, signed by Oheneba Adusi-Poku, Esq., gives this newspaper…

By Our Correspondent Thirteen people have been killed and five others critically injured following a fatal road crash on the Sege-Ada Highway in the Greater Accra Region. The accident involved a Ford Transit and a Toyota Hiace and reportedly occurred along the Sege Highway towards Ada. According to reports, all 18 people involved in the crash were occupants of the two vehicles. The collision resulted in 13 fatalities, leaving five survivors who sustained critical injuries. The injured victims were rushed to the Sege Polyclinic, where they were receiving medical attention. Their conditions have been described as critical, although details regarding…

Aboagye Begs for Plea Bargain as GHC55M Theft Case Closes in TNR Files Dennis ‘Miracles’ Aboagye, the former Executive Secretary of Ghana’s Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), has began angling for a plea bargain in his Ghc55million thievery and corruption matter. The New Republic has learnt that the embattled former Akufo-Addo appointee, who is also the Spokesperson for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s flagbearer for the 2028 election, has communicated this desire to the Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO). It is not clear what the exact details of Miracles’ proposition is, but insiders say the courage of…

Human beings possess remarkable psychological defence mechanisms. They allow us to survive trauma, loss, war, famine, and disaster. Without them, many of us would be overwhelmed by grief and anxiety. Yet these same mechanisms can become dangerous when they cause us to adapt to situations that should never become normal. Across many parts of Ghana affected by illegal mining (galamsey), this is exactly what appears to be happening. The Brain Protects Itself Psychologists describe several related phenomena: These are not signs of cruelty. They are survival mechanisms. The human brain cannot remain permanently in a heightened state of alarm. Eventually,…

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued a landmark General Recommendation concluding that states are legally bound to provide reparatory justice for harms arising from colonialism, the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans, and racialised chattel slavery, arriving barely months after Ghana secured a historic UN resolution on the same cause. General Recommendation No. 40, released as an advance unedited version, sets out authoritative guidance on the legal basis for state responsibility over both direct and indirect involvement in these historical injustices, clarifying the obligations of states parties under the 1965 Convention on the Elimination of…