Legal

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has requested financial and operational documents from Sarkodie Baffour Awuah and Partners, a law firm where Manhyia North Member of Parliament, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, serves as a senior partner. The request forms part of ongoing investigations into allegations of criminal conspiracy, causing financial loss to SIC Savings and Loans, money laundering and …

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has filed a defamation suit against New Patriotic Party (NPP) communication team member Benjamin Gyewu-Appiah, popularly known as Benghazi, and Media General Ghana Limited over allegations linking him romantically to Ghanaian musician Fantana and accusing him of misappropriating public funds. The legal action follows comments made by Benghazi during a discussion on Onua FM …

Northern Ashanti Mines has filed an application for an injunction seeking to prevent the state from taking over its mining concession at Konongo while the court considers its challenge to the termination of its mining lease.The application follows an operation on Thursday, October 22, 2026, during which officials from the Minerals Commission, accompanied by military personnel, entered the company’s concession …

The Attorney-General has appealed against a Court of Appeal ruling ordering a stay of proceedings in the trial of former National Food and Buffer Stock Company Chief Executive Officer, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, and his wife, Faiza Sediu Wuni. The Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Noble Nkrumah, with Justices Lydia Osei Marfo and George Boadi serving as members of the …

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has filed fresh defamation suits against Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi and National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) CEO Eric Adjei, following developments in earlier cases involving the two officials. A statement issued by his lawyer, F. Paa Kwesi Abaidoo, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, said the new suit against Mr Gyamfi, …

Lawyers for Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin have vowed to pursue his GH¢15 million defamation suit against Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi, despite the High Court setting aside the case over a procedural defect. In a statement issued on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, Dehyena Chambers said it had received instructions from Mr Afenyo-Markin to continue pursuing the …

The High Court’s General Jurisdiction 1 has dismissed a GH¢15 million defamation suit filed by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin against Ghana Gold Board Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi. The court ruled that the writ was incurably defective and incompetent, finding that it failed to properly invoke its jurisdiction. In arriving at its decision, the court relied on the cases of …

The General Legal Council has admitted 1,568 new lawyers to the Ghana Bar at a ceremony held at the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) in Teshie, Accra, marking their formal entry into the country’s legal profession. The newly admitted lawyers have completed the required years of academic study and professional training, paving the way for them to practise law after …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has commenced investigations into an alleged extortion incident involving a Customs officer stationed at the Accra International Airport (AIA). The investigation follows a video circulating on social media in which TikToker Lady Rev. Adwoa Pretty alleged that a Customs officer collected GH¢600 from her without issuing an official receipt. In the video, she questioned the …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) says it is working with the Office of the Attorney-General to secure a weekend court appearance for the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah. The development follows the MP’s voluntary surrender to EOCO on October 1, 2026, at about 10 a.m., in connection with investigations into a GH¢2.2 million …