“It has recently been brought to my attention that generally accepted dress standards of the Legal Profession are not being followed by certain sitting Judges, Professional Magistrates and members of the Bar who appear before the Courts. “Judges and Professional Magistrates are reminded of the requirement to be fully robed in a Wig and Gown, for Court sittings at all times,” the circular read in part. If further outlined attires that were acceptable to be worn underneath the robes, among others: appropriately formal dark dress or suit (black), barrister’s trousers with Bar waistcoat, white tunic shirt or white blouse with collar/collarette, court band tie/bibs, studs, and stiffeners to be accompanied by dark socks and black shoes. The circular signed by the CJ continued: “It is important to note that dressing in this manner helps to preserve decorum, seriousness and formality of court proceedings and the importance of the proper administration of justice. It ended with an order for Judges and Professional Magistrates to ensure that members of the Bar who appear before the Bar strictly comply with the dress standards when they appear before the courts.

“Lukoil strongly believes that the aforementioned proposals may introduce significant tisks for the project execution and schedule. “On the contrary, at the successful completion of the transaction, GNPC Explorco will become a 40 percent shareholder in the Joint Venture Company. He also assured Lukoil that the acquisition of the stakes by GNPC is still at its early stages and currently under negotiations. The company will form a joint operating company with the two entities and acquire the said stakes at different agreed prices. But some civil society organisations and energy experts are arguing that the agreement is skewed in favour of Aker Energy and would plunge Ghana into further debt.

General News of Friday, 10 September 2021Source: gbcghanaonline.comThe Ministry of Roads and Highways through the Ghana Highway Authority has announced that some sections of the N1 Highway and some urban roads at Darkuman will experience some minimum to maximum disruptions to traffic flow from Saturday, 11-30th September 2021 from 8am –5pm during the period. A statement by the Ghana Highways said the move is to enable the Ghana Grid Company Limited, GRIDCo to undertake the stringing of transmission line conductors across the N1 and some areas in Darkuman. It is therefore advising motorists to follow the traffic diversion signs to be placed at the sections across and within the affected portions of the road. The statement while apologizing for the anticipated inconvenience to motorists, urged the public to contact the Corporate Affairs Department of GRIDco or the Public Affairs Division of the Ghana Highway Authority for further clarification.

Business News of Friday, 10 September 2021Source: GNAThe Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has urged the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to impose a ceiling of five percentage points on the spread of banks to lower lending rates in the country. Dr. John K. Kwakye, the Director of Research, IEA, made the call at IEA Forum in Accra on, "High Lending Rates in Ghana: What is the Solution?" The forum was necessitated by a recent call by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for BoG to address the problem with high lending rates, given the negative effect on economic growth. He said banks needed to address operational inefficiencies to reduce costs so that they were not passed on to customers. On Monetary and Regulatory Authority, he said they should ensure that the fight against inflation did not itself fuel high lending rates.

Entertainment of Thursday, 9 September 2021Source: Ghana DJ AwardsThe ultimate DJ festival in Africa, Ghana DJ Awards, have out-doored the list of contestants who will battle for supremacy in the biggest DJ battle in Ghana dubbed `Battle Of Our Time' and for an ultimate prize of GH¢10,000. After successfully moving 2020's 8th edition of the Ghana DJ Awards event with a limited audience amid the coronavirus pandemic, Ghana DJ Awards Founder, Merqury Quaye, has told ghanadjawards.org that "rather than shrink into the COVID shadows", organizers had been working hard to create new events and exciting experiences for DJs and music fans in Africa. As announced earlier this year, the Battle Of Our Time DJ Competition which has usually had 2 DJs selected by the Ghana DJ Awards board annually to compete, takes an exciting new turn where 14 shortlisted contestants selected from 105 entries received will battle it out for supremacy. After a knockout stage, four Disc Jockeys will compete on the main Ghana DJ Awards stage where the ultimate winner of the competition walks away with a prize of GH¢10,000. Get ready for the 2021 Ghana DJ Awards BATTLE OF OUR TIME!

The meeting is expected to entail the initiation of proposals for the formulation of the policies of the central bank, provision of statistical data and advice. Among such decisions will be a review of the monetary policy rate which was at the central bank's 101st meeting kept unchanged at 13.5 percent citing an increase in public debt stock and inflation risks. Hence, the decision not to further cut the rate after it did so by a 100-basis point last month,” it added. The monetary policy rate influences the interest rate on loans and determines the rate at which the central bank lends to commercial banks. The bank will however announce its latest decision undertaken at its 102nd meeting on September 27, 2021.

Crime & Punishment of Thursday, 9 September 2021Source: 3news.comThree persons in fatigues have been arrested by the military command in the Ashanti region for illegal possession of military accoutrements. The three were arrested at a mining site in the Manso Nkwanta enclave when they were allegedly extorting money from some miners on Wednesday, September 8. They drove in two SUVs with registration numbers GE 7122-19 and GR 1303-16. The three are Collins Annin, Obeng Daniel and Edward Akwasi Anokye. Colonnel Kofi Authur told 3news.com “the three were arrested Wednesday night by the National task force team deployed to check illegal mining.”The suspects are in the custody of the military and will soon be transported to Accra on the orders of the CDS, 3news.com has learnt.

General News of Thursday, 9 September 2021Source: 3news.comMinister of Food and Agriculture Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has described as “desperate scaremongering” claims by former President John Mahama that Ghana faces imminent food shortage. Ghana is not facing food shortage, PFJ is very much on course!! The fact is that the Planting for Food and Jobs is a wholly Government of Ghana (GoG) funded programme. FOOD SHORTAGE AND HUNGERAgain, it is needless to say that the claims by Former President Mahama that Ghana is likely to face food shortage leading to hunger in the coming year, is only an act of scare-mongering. Ghanaians must rest assured that the country will not face food shortage neither will it experience famine as being claimed by Former President Mahama.

General News of Thursday, 9 September 2021Source: kasapafmonline.comGhana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has denied media reports suggesting a supposed partnership between the UK and Ghana on third-country asylum, as part of the cooperation between the two countries on security and migration. “The Ministry wishes to categorically state that Ghana has no interest or intention to consider any proposed partnership on Third Country Asylum,” a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration said on Wednesday. This comes on the back of a report by Sky News UK on the content of a Virtual Meeting the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey held with the UK Minister for Africa, Rt. Hon James Duddridge. Following many arrivals, there are concerns about the pressure on finding accommodation for new arrivals – said in a letter by the UK’s Immigration Minister Kevin Foster to MPs looking into immigration facilities.

The President on his campaign trail ahead of the 2020 presidential elections, touted himself as truthful and trustworthy and thus called on Ghanaians to vote for him again. According to him, “The most important thing I want to say is that I want Ghanaians to know I didn’t become President to deceive anybody. “I want the Ghanaian people to understand that Akufo-Addo is a truthful person and he is a man of his words and, so, they should trust me. On Thursday, 10 September, President Akufo-Addo will inspect the ongoing construction of various educational facilities under the Senior High School Intervention Projects at Sunyani Senior High School in Sunyani East and West. Throughout the tour, the President will use the opportunity to hear first-hand from the people and commit to the remaining parts of his administration’s agenda.

“Unfortunately, a statement was made by the minister of finance that over 6,000 lawyers don’t pay tax. “Absolutely false, first of all, we don’t have 6,000 lawyers in Ghana, It’s likely in excess of 3,000, so the data is wrong. There are so many lawyers who are in government service who pay tax directly, so the statement is just patently false,” Mr Forson told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday. He added: “there are people in private practice who also pay taxes, so the impression given that lawyers don’t pay tax is really unfortunate. Some doctors [are not paying income tax]…so you begin to see all of these professionals, all of us on social media ranting against the government and [realise] that most of these people are not even paying taxes.”

Sports News of Thursday, 9 September 2021Source: ghanasoccernet.comThe Ghana FA will decide on the future of Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor on Friday at its emergency meeting. Ghana coach CK Akonnor has come under serious backlash from the fans following the abysmal performance of the team in the two games. This has led to calls for the Coach Akonnor to be sacked which will be determined by the Ghana FA Executive Council at the meeting on Friday. Ghana FA Executive Council member Randy Abbey in an interview with Accra-based radio station Asempa FM confirmed a meeting will be held to review the performance of the team. “Ghana lost their GFA has fixed an Exco meeting for Friday,”“Black Stars management are yet to send their report.

General News of Thursday, 9 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Ejura Traditional Council has announced a packed two-week programme for this year’s Sekyerene (Yam Festival). The programme for the festival also includes other peace-seeking events such as Islamic prayers, inter-denominational church service, musical concert, health walk, clean up exercise and sports games among community members. The festival and the grand durbar will be organised under the theme, “Peaceful Co-existence for Development.”Below is the full programme for the 2021 Yam Festival, as announced by the Ejura Traditional Council. Tuesday, September 28th, health walk and health screening. Friday, October 1, grand durbar, and musical night in the evening.

Following this, the then Chief Executive of the Ghana National Gas Company, Dr George Sipa Adjah Yankey, assured Ghanaians that the Cedi will bounce back to be competitive with other currencies on the market. He said commercial activities of the Ghana National Gas Company, when started, will cover 75% of the market and both the cedi and the economy will witness a boost. Dr. George Sipa Adjah Yankey, Chief Executive of the Ghana National Gas Company (GNCC) at Atuabo in the Western Region, has assured Ghanaians that the country’s depreciating currency and slow growth of the economy will soon be a history. “Ghanaians would soon see the enormous impact of the many ongoing development projects being carried out by the Mahama administration. Dr Yankey, also blamed the excessive importation of essential goods and services for the weak performance of the cedi.

Mr Dani Baah and Mr David Apasera who are chairman and leader of the party respectively, were reportedly demoted in a communique said to have been issued by the party’s National Executive Committee on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. According to the said communique, Janet Nabila who was suspended as the party’s General Secretary on August 28, 2021, together with some other members of the party filed a complaint against the Chairman and the Party Leader. The communique released following the supposed NEC meeting on Tuesday, found Mr Dani Baah and Mr David Apasera guilty of charges including embezzling of party funds and decided on their removal as Chairman and Party Leader respectively. However, a press release signed by Mr Dani Baah and issued on the letterhead of the party, dated Wednesday, September 8, 2021, said the suspension of Ms Nabila as General Secretary of the party still holds. The statement further said the supposed removal of the National Chairman and the Party Leader from their positions was a void decision.