Crime

National Service scandal: Gifty Oware-Mensah charged for stealing over Ghc 38 million

by Abigail Arthur Gifty Oware-Mensah, a former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), has been arraigned before the High Court in Accra on multiple charges including stealing, causing financial loss to the state, money laundering, and abuse of public office. According to the Attorney-General’s Department, Oware-Mensah allegedly misappropriated a total of GH¢38,458,248.87 […]

Crime

Former NSS boss charged with Ghc 600 million financial loss, stealing and money laundering

by Abigail Arthur The former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, has been charged with 14 counts, including causing financial loss to the Republic, stealing, and money laundering, in a case involving more than GH¢600 million. According to a charge sheet filed at the High Court in Accra, the former […]

Politics

Another female Chief Justice suspended by the same president who once pardoned the men-Akosua Manu

President John Dramani Mahama’s decision to suspend Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo has sparked strong criticism. Some, including members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), believe that the president is showing bias against women in positions of power and undermining the independence of the judiciary. One of the naysayers is Akosua Manu, a […]