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Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, a former CEO of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC)’s 10-year prison sentence has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. The appellate court acquitted and discharged her, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. The Court of Appeal on Thursday morning (July 30, 2026) unanimously acquitted and discharged Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, quashing her earlier conviction and 10-year sentence In a 94-page judgement, the court held that the trial judge lost sight of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against her…

TNR FILES In a sweeping decision that rebukes the handling of one of Ghana’s most high-profile corruption cases, the Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction of former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) CEO Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, finding that the trial judge fundamentally misapplied the burden of proof and allowed “incurably defective” charges to proceed.The three-member panel, led by Justice Emmanuel Ankamah, ruled that the High Court’s Financial Crimes Division erred when it required the appellant to prove her innocence on multiple counts, including theft, willfully causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering. The ruling, dated…

By Philip Antoh The government has introduced two major 10-year frameworks, the National Urban Policy and the National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Strategy both spanning 2026–2035 to tackle the country’s growing urban crisis. Unveiled at the Ninth Ghana Urban Forum in Accra, the policies aim to address severe challenges such as a widening housing deficit, persistent flooding, congestion, and the uncontrolled spread of informal settlements. The forum was themed “Resetting Ghana’s Urban Future: Thinking Nationally and Taking Local Actions for Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Cities.” Speaking on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, Board Chairman of…

TNR Files On July 27, in a Manhattan federal courtroom, Judge Arun Subramanian handed down a sentence that, on paper, sounds like a victory for the U.S. justice system: 85 months in federal prison, two years of supervised release, and a forfeiture order for $10.1 million. The defendant, 41-year-old Derrick Van Yeboah, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit wire fraud a single count for a man prosecutors say orchestrated a transnational criminal enterprise that drained more than $100 million from American victims.But the math tells a more unsettling story. For every month Van Yeboah will spend behind bars,…

Faces a U.S. Jury -but the  Ghanaian Officials who took $1m bribe remain ghosts TNR Files On a sweltering Tuesday in Brooklyn, a former Goldman Sachs executive turned Ghanaian state oil refinery boss sat in a federal courtroom, listening as prosecutors laid out a tale of bribery, backroom deals, and a Turkish energy company’s bid to plant its flag in West Africa.Asante Berko, 52, a dual U.S.-Ghanaian citizen, is charged with conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and laundering money allegations that he paid more than $1 million in bribes to Ghanaian government officials and members of Parliament…

By Philip Antoh The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has assured Ghanaians that power is gradually being restored to all parts of the country following a massive system disturbance that caused widespread outages in the early hours of Wednesday. According to the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), the National Interconnected Transmission System experienced a sudden disturbance at exactly 3:11 a.m. on July 29, 2026. The fault caused several power generating plants to trip simultaneously, resulting in a nationwide blackout. GRIDCo stated that its engineers and system operators immediately activated established emergency protocols to bring the grid back online. Providing an…

…as Supreme Court blows up the patronage machine that kept constituencies starving TNR Files Yesterday, July 29, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that sent tremors through the nation’s political elite. By a 5-2 majority, it struck down the delegate system the closed-door, handpicked process that for decades has determined who becomes a parliamentary candidate or a party flagbearer. Now, every registered, card-bearing party member must have a say.The decision was hailed by civil society as a victory for grassroots democracy. But inside Parliament, the reaction was closer to pandemonium.“The Supreme Court is acting on motion, thinking that this…

But Hands AG The Switch BoxTNR FilesFor months, the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) has been in legal limbo. In April, a High Court judge ruled that it had no constitutional right to bring charges on its own, ordering all its active cases transferred to the attorney general’s office. The decision sent shockwaves through the country’s fledgling anti-graft efforts, casting doubt on dozens of investigations into high-profile officials, contractors, and political operatives.Then, yesterday July 29, the Supreme Court stepped in. In a unanimous ruling, it overturned the High Court decision, affirming the OSP’s authority to investigate and prosecute corruption. But…

Party Loyalists Threaten Retaliation Against Institutions Accuse Of ‘Silence’ TNR Files On a recent broadcast, Jennifer Oforiwaa Queen, the deputy communications director of Ghana’s New Patriotic Party (NPP), issued a stark warning. She promised that if her party returns to power in 2028, it will systematically exclude civil society leaders, traditional chiefs, religious figures, and journalists who, in her view, have remained conspicuously silent over the conviction of party stalwart Bernard Antwi-Boasiako.Antwi-Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, was sentenced last month to 20 years of hard labor by an Accra High Court in a case that has polarized the nation.…

By TNR Files It is over. This morning of July 28, 2026, Justice Samuel Faraday Johnson of the High Court signed an order winding up Zeepay Ghana Limited formally ending the corporate existence of a company that once processed over GHS 12 billion in transaction value and promised to connect Africa’s unbanked to the global financial system. The order, obtained exclusively by The New Republic, was granted on an ex-parte application filed by Jones Ansah, Head of the Insolvency Directorate at the Office of the Registrar of Companies. The court acted under Sections 84(2)(c), (d) and (g) of the Corporate…