Current Affairs

Els: MBN360 News Private legal practitioner Tsatsu Tsikata has called for reparations for residents of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL), arguing that they were unjustly denied parliamentary representation during Ghana’s 8th Parliament. The situation, he said, arose after the creation of the Oti Region under Constitutional Instrument 112, which left the SALL communities without a Member […]

Els: MBN360 News Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has dismissed suggestions of tension between the Attorney-General’s Department and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), insisting that the government will grant prosecution authorisation whenever it is formally requested. Speaking in an interview on Joy FM on Friday, April 17, he said […]

Els: MBN360 News The Deputy Minority Whip in Parliament has called for the judiciary to remain firmly independent and avoid any entanglement in partisan political activity. The appeal was made during a solidarity message delivered at the launch of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Supreme Court of Ghana at the Cedi Conference Centre, University […]

Els: MBN360 Africa President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Brazzaville, Congo, to participate in the official investiture of Denis Sassou N’Guesso, who has been re-elected to serve another five-year term as president of the Republic of the Congo. Mahama’s trip comes shortly after he launched his flagship Free Primary Healthcare Programme in Dodowa on […]

Els: MBN360 News Former Deputy Attorney-General Joseph Kpemka has acknowledged, to some extent, that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) did not receive the necessary authorisation from the Attorney-General after its establishment, but argues that responsibility for activating the process also lay with the office itself. His comments come amid renewed legal debate over the powers […]

Els: MBN360 Politics The Member of Parliament for Mpreaso, Davis Opoku Ansah has jumped to the defense of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) after a High Court ruling ordered it to hand over all criminal prosecution to the Attorney-General. Davis Opoku Ansah, who doubles as Vice Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), […]

Els: MBN360 News Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Justice Srem Sai, has stated that the challenges facing the Office of the Special Prosecutor can only be resolved through a constitutional amendment, rather than ordinary legislation. He explained that while the importance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor is widely accepted, the […]

Els: MBN360 News The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has raised concerns over what he describes as possible foul play in the handling of cases involving members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), alleging that such cases are being consistently directed to a particular court in Accra. His comments come […]

Els: MBN360 Africa Pope Leo XIV has urged Africans to reject violence, corruption and discouragement during a major Mass at Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, where hundreds of thousands of worshippers gathered as part of his ongoing four-nation Africa tour. The Holy Mass, attracted an estimated 120,000 faithful, according to Vatican figures cited by local […]

Els: MBN360 News Lawyer and former Member of Parliament for Dormaa East, Paul A. Twum-Barimah, has defended the High Court ruling that restricts the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) from independently prosecuting cases, insisting that the decision is firmly grounded in constitutional law rather than judicial error. In a Facebook post on Friday (17 […]