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CSOs allowed to join Supreme Court case challenging OSP powers
The organisations were admitted as friends of the court, also known as amicus curiae, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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Crime
Police pick up 12 in Northern anti-drug swoop
The Northern Regional Special Operations Team, known as Red Maria, carried out the exercise on Wednesday, 22 April, at about 10:30am, according to a statement from the Regional Police Command.
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Courts
Law lecturer says OSP has strong basis to fight back after High Court setback
Speaking on JoyNews, Professor Appiagyei-Atua said the OSP is not without options. In his view, one immediate route is an appeal, while another is to anchor its strategy in the related matter already pending before the Supreme Court.
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Crime
77 suspects picked up in police anti-drug swoop at Tamale and Savelugu
The late-night exercise, led by the Regional Command’s Special Operations Team, known as Red Maria, was part of a broader crackdown on drug trafficking and related crime.
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Crime
OSP investigates ‘transit’ palm oil containers suspected to have been sold locally
In a statement issued on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, the anti-corruption agency said 50 containers, each 20 feet long, were declared as goods in transit to Burkina Faso but were instead diverted and sold in Ghana.
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General
MPs push for Anti-Witchcraft Accusations Bill to be passed
The committee announced the planned monitoring tour in a statement issued on 10 February to mark the World Day Against Witch Hunt.
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Crime
Police arrest four suspects over Kunsu robbery, recover guns and cash
In a statement dated Wednesday, 27 January, police said the arrests were made on 21 January 2026, around 10:00pm, after an intelligence-led operation by the Regional Anti-Robbery Unit in Kumasi.
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Crime
Notorious 'drug queen' arrested in NACOC's Budumburam raid
The commission said the arrest was made on Friday, 16 January, during a targeted anti-narcotics operation as part of its wider national campaign against drug trafficking and drug abuse.
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Crime
11 foreign nationals held in Accra over alleged fake cash and cyber fraud – GIS
The suspects were picked up on 5 January 2026 during an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment by the Weija Sector Command’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Cyber Fraud Taskforce.
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Courts
Judiciary to set up three special High Courts for illegal mining cases
Speaking at the Annual Chief Justice’s Mentoring Programme in Accra on Wednesday, 17 December, Justice Puamang said the courts will focus heavily on cases arising from the work of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAI...
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General
Ayariga, Dafeamekpor sponsor bill to abolish OSP
The draft legislation has not yet been formally laid before Parliament, but its intent is to dismantle the existing OSP framework by repealing the OSP Act in its entirety.
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General
Only constitutional overhaul can fix OSPs challenges-Prof. H. Kwasi Prempeh
He warned that the current disputes surrounding the institution cannot be fixed with piecemeal reforms or one-off legal victories, and that without deeper change the OSP risks sliding into irrelevance.
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General
Merge OSP, DPP, and EOCO into one prosecutorial body-Ace Ankomah
He has proposed that three key institutions – the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) – be collapsed into one autonomous body
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Others
Dr Kusi-Appiah’s legal compass on ‘Consumer Rights and Justice in Ghana’ launched
The ceremony, chaired by Professor Justice Samuel Kofi Date-Bah, who wrote the foreword, was held on the eve of World Competition Day, marked annually on 5 December
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Crime
NAIMOS arrests 7 in midnight 'anti-galamsey' raid
The operation, carried out at about 01:20 GMT on Saturday, 6 December, targeted an active galamsey site concealed in a palm plantation along a stream known locally as Nukuru.
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US
Adidas secures appeals court win in investor suit over Kanye West partnership fallout
In a decision handed down by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, judges affirmed an earlier district court ruling, holding that Adidas did not mislead investors.
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Courts
Court adjourns case against MP accused of inciting attack on NAIMOS team
Mr Addo is facing multiple charges, including conspiracy to assault a public officer, assault, conspiracy to cause unlawful damage, causing unlawful damage, and rioting with weapons.
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General
Mahama receives 10 petitions seeking removal of EC Commissioners and Special Prosecutor
According to high-level sources familiar with the process, seven petitions target the Electoral Commission (EC)—specifically Chairperson Jean Mensa and her two deputies, Dr Bossman Eric Asare and Samuel Tettey—while **three separate petitio...
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Courts
Court restricts Asutifi North MP’s movement over galamsey clash probe
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, ordered the legislator not to leave the Greater Accra Region without notifying investigators.
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General
Anti-LBGTQ+ bill must be reintroduced in new parliament-Speaker Bagbin rules
The clarification comes after days of confusion among legislators, following arguments from the Majority Leader that the bill had already been passed and therefore did not need to return before the House.
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