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Finance Ministry fined GH¢100,000 over ignored RTI request
The request was filed by journalist Wilberforce Asare, Editor of The Source newspaper
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Results for "Lands Commission"
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President pledges sustenance of fund for Legal Aid, Law Reform Commissions
The creation of the funds is stipulated in section 10 of the Law Reform Commission Act of 2011, Act 822, and section 31 of the Legal Aid Commission Act of 2018, Act 977.
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‘Re-zoning Achimota Forest’ : E.I. 144 has no legal basis, disregard it – Haruna Iddrisu
The said E.I. 144 which seeks to change the use or re-zone the Achimota Forest, which is a public space, is in breach of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 (Act 925).
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Courts
Court orders joiner of Baafi Hagan &Amp; CO… in Lands C’ssion case
Bestlink Ventures accused the defendants of selling it’s land without recourse to it
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Others
From Electoral to Developmental Democracy: A Constitutional Analysis of Ghana's Reform agenda
The writer critically examines the CRC’s December 22, 2025, report to clarify what it proposes and re-anchors the reform debate in Article 1 sovereignty and Chapter 25 amendment discipline, while stress-testing the “developmental democracy”...
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Business
Govt moves to halt issuance of prospecting licences in bid to reform small-scale mining
During his maiden visit to the Minerals Commission’s Control Room—responsible for monitoring the activities of excavators—the minister reiterated that under the government’s Resetting Ghana agenda, there is a pressing need to overhaul both...
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Business
Heath Goldfields ordered to halt operations at Bogoso-Prestea mines over regulatory breaches
The directive, issued on June 24, 2025, follows a comprehensive review of the company’s operational standards, compliance records, and administrative practices.
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Opinion
Natural Resources, The Environment and the Constitutional Review Committee’s Recommendations: Why Government Should Reconsider Its Position
The article critiques the Government of Ghana’s rejection of proposed constitutional reforms on natural resource governance and environmental protection. It advocates stronger constitutional safeguards for public trusteeship, sustainability...
Anthony Danquah
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Lands Minister rushes to calm Asanko Gold unrest after violent confrontation
On Tuesday, 16th September 2025, the Minister led a delegation to the mining company’s concession to assess the situation firsthand.
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Crime
Lands Minister order immediate revocation Akonta Mining license
During a press briefing on Monday, April 21, the minister revealed that Akonta Mining had been engaged in unauthorized mining operations, including activities commonly associated with galamsey, and had breached numerous mining laws.
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court case diary for week commencing July 18-19 2023
The particular cases up for consideration are civil motions, civil appeals, chieftaincy appeals, and a writ
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Tech
Ending land litigation: Surveyor advocates national land database
“If people cannot have confidence in the judicial system, they will take the law into their own hands, and that is what we see playing out so dangerously, claiming innocent lives and discouraging investors,”
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Prosecute prospectors who break rules – MP urges govt
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa East, Mr Paul Twum Barimah, says the decision by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to suspend all prospecting licences granted mining companies will help protect t...
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Opinion
Why you must conduct a litigation search before buying a land in Ghana
It is widely accepted among land purchasers in Ghana that, there is a need to go an extra mile in due diligence before paying money to any person or entity who purports to own a land in Ghana primarily due to the dicey nature of our land ac...
Victor Owusu Asante Esq
Tech
Data Protection Commission to take legal action against defaulters
According to the Commission the data controllers failed to comply with section 46 (3) of the Data Protection Act, 2021, (Act 843), which mandates them to register with the Commission.
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Shocking, only 35 lawyers administering Legal Aid in Ghana
A Multidimensional Poverty Index of the country released by the Ghana Statistical Service in 2020 shows that about 14 million Ghanaians are multi-dimensionally poor.
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President charges Boundary Commission to resolve border challenges
President Akufo-Addo also noted that the commission was working to find solutions to boundary challenges with Togo and Burkina Faso at Sapaliga in the Bawku West district and Paga in the Kassina Nankana district, both of the Upper East Regi...
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Bogoso explosion: Government suspends company outsourced to transport explosives
In a letter to the Minerals Commission, the Minister said the directive is to ensure a fair and impartial investigation into the circumstances of the explosion that happened last Thursday at Appiate, near Bogoso.
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Courts
Asantehene rebukes lawyers over fresh challenges to KNUST land ownership
Addressing the university’s 59th Congregation, the Asantehene—who serves as Chancellor of KNUST—said some lawyers were helping to legitimise what he described as “baseless and opportunistic” claims by people posing as family heads
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