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The head of the family and leader of KAMOG, Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena I, has instructed lawyers to initiate legal proceedings after months of internal mediation over the late industrialist's burial collapsed.
In a landmark overhaul of Ghana's governance framework, the government has accepted major recommendations from the Constitutional Review Committee extending presidential and parliamentary terms to five years, expanding Parliament to 300 seats with affirmative action quotas, ending dual citizenship restrictions for high office, and abolishing the death penalty.
Under accepted constitutional review recommendations, Ghana will shift its presidential elections to early November and mandate that the Supreme Court resolve all presidential election petitions within 30 days of filing to safeguard democratic stability.
In a formal filing to the Ghana Stock Exchange, Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) has dismissed a lawsuit by Clydestone Ghana PLC over the origins of mobile money services in Ghana as baseless, assuring investors and customers that the legal dispute will not impact operations.
At a national conference on school discipline in Sunyani, Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu called on parents, educators, and religious leaders to critically review the ban on corporal punishment, while announcing a zero-tolerance policy backed by President John Dramani Mahama against growing criminality and violence in schools.
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) is seeking legal backing to mandate drug testing as part of routine medical examinations for university admissions and National Service enlistment, in a bid to curb rising substance abuse among tertiary students and young graduates.
In a unanimous ruling on July 30, 2026, the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and 10-year prison sentence of former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, faulting the prosecution's handling of the case and ruling that state prosecutors failed to establish her guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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