Author: Baina Media (Baina Media)

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has issued a firm directive to Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region, demanding the removal of all unauthorized billboards by June 2, 2025 or risk legal action. The NRSA initially set a 21-day deadline for assemblies to dismantle billboards that obstruct road visibility and...

The Supreme Court has struck out the supplementary affidavit filed by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, ruling that its contents violated constitutional provisions requiring certain proceedings to be held in camera. The five-member panel, presided over by Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, upheld an objection raised by Deputy Attorney-General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, who argued that the affidavit...

 Member of Parliament and Foreign Affairs Committee member, Patrick Boamah, has urged Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to immediately reopen Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, D.C., despite ongoing investigations into alleged corruption at the mission. The embassy was temporarily shut down following  a special audit report that uncovered a fraudulent scheme involving a locally recruited...

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been picked up by officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) moments after fulfilling his bail conditions at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters in Accra. Background of the Investigation Chairman Wontumi had earlier reported to...

A caution has been issued to government over the intention to link mobile money and bank accounts of vehicle owners to the billing system of the proposed digitized road toll platform. Mr Gibson Harrison, the CEO of Gibson Safety Consult opines that such a system could render users vulnerable to cyber fraud and other financial...

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has raised concerns about the increasing spate of official communications from law enforcement agencies for MPs to be invited for questioning over some allegations. In his opening remarks in Parliament on Tuesday, May 27 after the House had resume from recess, Alban Bagbin said there has been a noticeable increase...

The Accra High Court has ordered defence counsel in the case of former Signals Bureau Director and two others not to indulge in any plea bargain agreements until the prosecution has filed and accordingly served them with the full disclosures they will rely on in the case. On Monday, May 26, 2025, Deputy Attorney-General Dr...

 Ghana’s embassy in the United States capital has been hit by a corruption scandal, prompting swift action from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The minister announced the dismissal of Fred Kwarteng, a locally recruited IT staff member, and the suspension of all other locally hired employees at the embassy Investigations revealed that...

 The High Court in Accra is expected to take the plea of Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi today, Monday, May 26, in the ongoing trial concerning the controversial Sky Train project. This follows two previous instances where the former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) failed to appear in court due to reported health...