Parliament has petitioned the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to expedite the hearing of cases related to the Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, popularly referred to as the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill. The petitioners highlighted precedence in the recent hearing of MP for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor’s case against the approval of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees. The petition is dated Friday, …

The final funeral rites of the late Member of Parliament for Ejisu and deputy finance minister, Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah, has been scheduled for May 18, 2024. The funeral, according to the family’s arrangement, will be held at Onwe, a suburb of Ejisu where his one-week observation took place. The news of John Kumah’s death on the 7th of March, …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has appointed Dr. Joseph O. France as an Advisor to Universal Merchant Bank LTD (UMB). The appointment which took effect from March 25, 2024, is by section 101(1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930). Banks were given up to the end of September 2023 to provide their recapitalization plans to ensure that …