… Through a joint operation involving the National Signals Bureau and the Ghana Police Service, Baffoe was arrested and subsequently put before the court on a charge of abetment of crime, to wit, publication of false news. …
… Nurse arrested and remanded Bafoh was arrested on September 17, 2026, through what the CID described as a collaborative operation involving the National Signals Bureau and the Ghana Police Service. …
Lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others, Samuel Atta Akyea, has argued that the evidence presented by the Attorney-General’s Office has failed to establish a financial link between the alleged GH¢49.1 million at th …
Lawyer for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea, has dismissed reports that he has withdrawn from the ongoing case, describing the claims as “wretched and vile propaganda”. …
The Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday closed its case in the trial of former Director General of National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, who are accused of stealing and causing financial loss of GH¢49.1 million to the state in a pu …
Lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, Samuel Atta Akyea, has concluded more than 10 weeks of cross-examination of the prosecution’s fourth and final witness in the GH¢49.1 million cybersecur …
… The accused, former National Signals Bureau (NSB) boss Kwabena Adu Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei Boateng, and their company Advantage Solutions Limited, are standing trial for allegedly stealing GH¢49.1 million meant for the purchase of a cyber defence software for the State. …
Lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau Director General, Kwabena Adu Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea, has expressed concerns over the 14 day deadline given by the Accra High Court for the defence to file a submission of no case. …
An EOCO investigator has told the Accra High Court that a letter presented by former National Signals Bureau (NSB) boss Kwabena Adu Boahene as evidence of the purchase of a cybersecurity system is fake. …
Lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea, has raised concerns over the Accra High Court’s decision to give the defence 14 days to file its submission of no case to answer. …
The Ghana Police Service announced that investigations determined TikToker Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, known as 'Ghana Jollof' and based in the United Kingdom, paid individuals including Salomey Awitti Baffoe to redistribute her false information on social media. According to the CID Director-General, Kodua's TikTok account published videos with inciteful comments and false claims, including an alleged assertion about a near coup d'état at the Jubilee House.
The Ghana Police Service announced that investigations determined TikToker Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, known as 'Ghana Jollof' and based in the United Kingdom, paid individuals including Salomey Awitti Baffoe to redistribute her false information on social media. According to the CID Director-General, Kodua's TikTok account published videos with inciteful comments and false claims, including an alleged assertion about a near coup d'état at the Jubilee House.
Ghana Police CID says forensic evidence from a nurse's phone shows high-profile individuals transferred significant sums to the nurse, who then shared portions with social media personality Barbara Asantewaa Kodua (Ghana Jollof), currently believed to be in the United Kingdom. The investigation centers on alleged publication of false news and inciteful comments via the Ghana Jollof TikTok account.
Lead counsel for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene argues that prosecutors have not established a financial link between the alleged GH¢49.1 million at the centre of the case and the properties and vehicles attributed to the accused, with the EOCO investigator unable to demonstrate that identifiable portions of the funds were used to acquire the specific assets presented to the Accra High Court.
Lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea has denied reports that he abandoned the case of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, dismissing such claims as "wretched and vile propaganda" and attributing them to a dispute over a document the prosecution alleges is fake. Atta Akyea said the document was admitted into evidence without objection and his legal team is preparing a "very solid and credible submission of no case" while challenging the media trial of the matter.
The Office of the Attorney General has closed its case against former National Signals Bureau Director General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited, who are accused of stealing GH¢49.1 million in a purported cybersecurity system deal for Ghana. The court has set September 25, 2026 as the deadline for the defence to file a submission of no case to answer, with a ruling on the submission scheduled for November 5, 2026.
Lead counsel for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene concluded over 10 weeks of cross-examination of the prosecution's final witness in a GH¢49.1 million cybersecurity case at the High Court in Accra. The defence challenged whether a BNC Communications Bureau Limited account at UBA was authorised for national security operations, while the EOCO investigator maintained the account was unknown to the National Signals Bureau.
The prosecution has closed its case against former National Signals Bureau boss Kwabena Adu Boahene, his wife, and their company, after calling four witnesses to support 11 financial offence charges related to the alleged theft of GH¢49.1 million intended for cybersecurity software purchase. Evidence presented included testimony from a driver, the NSB head of finance, and witnesses detailing fund transfers and the accused's private spending.
Lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau Director General Kwabena Adu Boahene has challenged the Accra High Court's 14-day deadline for filing a submission of no case, arguing the period is too short given the volume of evidence and documents in the case.
An EOCO investigator testified in the Accra High Court that a letter presented by former National Signals Bureau boss Kwabena Adu Boahene as evidence of purchasing a cybersecurity system is fake, with forensic analysis showing it had no contact details, no signatory, and differed from genuine letters from the same entity. The prosecution has now closed its case after presenting four witnesses in support of 11 financial charges relating to alleged stealing of GH¢49.1 million earmarked for cybersecurity software.
The Accra High Court has directed the defence team for former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene to file a submission of no case to answer by September 25, 2026, after the prosecution closed its case. Lead counsel Samuel Atta Akyea argues that the 14-day period is too short to properly review the prosecution's evidence and prepare a credible submission in the trial involving the alleged unlawful diversion of GH¢49.1 million in state funds.
The Accra High Court has given the defence until September 25 to file a submission of no case to answer in the trial of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and others, who face charges over the alleged diversion of GH¢49.1 million earmarked for a cybersecurity system. Defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea has argued that the 14-day period is insufficient to prepare a credible submission.
Samuel Atta Akyea, counsel for former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has criticized the Attorney-General's Office after the prosecution team failed to appear in court to continue cross-examination of a witness. The case was adjourned to September 8, with Atta Akyea saying he was prepared to proceed despite having only a three-hour limit to reduce his prepared questions from 60 to 40.
The Attorney General's Office said its absence from a scheduled cross-examination session in the Cybersecurity software case involving former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene on September 2 was due to circumstances beyond its control, citing a concurrent Supreme Court hearing. The prosecution rejected defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea's characterization of the absence as abandonment of the case.
Samuel Atta Akyea, defence counsel for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu Boahene, will complete his cross-examination of EOCO investigator Frank Marshal Cromwell today at the Accra High Court. The prolonged questioning, centred on a disputed GH¢49.1 million transaction, has yielded admissions the defence says undermine key aspects of the prosecution's case.
Defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea said he had about 60 questions prepared for the fourth prosecution witness in the Kwabena Adu-Boahene trial but will reduce them to 40 within a three-hour court limit. The Accra High Court granted an additional day for cross-examination and adjourned the trial to September 2, 2026.
The Accra High Court has given counsel for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen a final opportunity to conclude cross-examination of the fourth prosecution witness, EOCO Staff Officer Frank Marshall Cromwell, with proceedings adjourned to Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The decision follows repeated requests by counsel Samuel Atta Akyea for additional time, including extensions granted on multiple occasions since July 2026.
The Accra High Court granted the defence counsel for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene an extra day to cross-examine the fourth prosecution witness, Frank Marshall Cromwell of EOCO, and adjourned the case to September 2, 2026. The cross-examination concerns an investigation into the alleged diversion of GH¢49.1 million in public funds linked to a cybersecurity procurement deal, with the defence disputing the amount as GH¢38.15 million instead.
In the trial of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene over a $7 million cyber defence system contract, an EOCO investigator testified that the anti-graft agency did not contact ISC Holdings, the Israeli firm contracted to supply the equipment, or the National Security Council to verify whether the system was purchased and delivered.
The trial of former Director-General of National Signals Bureau Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng resumed after the court rejected their lawyer's request to adjourn pending a Supreme Court review. They are charged with allegedly stealing GH¢49.1 million from the state.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that Ghana's online passport application platform, passport.mfa.gov.gh, has been restored following resolution of technical issues by its technical team and the National Signals Bureau.
Samuel Atta Akyea has appeared as defence counsel for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife Angela Adjei Boateng in an ongoing Accra High Court trial after raising concerns about the decision to continue the case during the legal vacation. The court had previously directed the accused to secure legal representation or face proceeding without counsel.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Ghana's online passport application platform is temporarily unavailable due to technical challenges. The Ministry's technical team is working with the National Signals Bureau to resolve the issue.
The Supreme Court dismissed Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah's application to stop selected criminal trials during the legal vacation (August–September). Oppong Nkrumah has signalled his legal team will study the ruling before deciding whether to seek a review, noting the judge acknowledged differential treatment of some cases but found it did not violate constitutional provisions.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah did not make a proper case for an injunction to halt criminal trials during the legal vacation, allowing selected court proceedings to continue under administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice. The substantive constitutional challenge filed by Oppong Nkrumah, which argues the warrants violate the 1992 Constitution, remains pending before the court.
Joseph Kpemka, lawyer for former NPA chief executive Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, told JoyNews that the Constitution guarantees expeditious trials for all cases, not selected ones, and criticized Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem-Sai's comments on PM Express as an erroneous interpretation that reinforces concerns about selective justice.
Private legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory has urged lawyers dissatisfied with judicial decisions to pursue established legal procedures rather than turning to the media, public pressure or boycotts. His comments follow controversy over a Chief Justice directive allowing selected High Court judges to sit during the legal vacation, which lawyers representing two defendants have opposed.
Godfred Yeboah Dame, counsel for former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Hamid, says his client cannot be compelled to proceed with trial during legal vacation without legal representation, warning it would set a dangerous precedent. Dame's statement follows a High Court direction to another defendant to secure legal counsel ahead of trial continuation or face self-representation.
The Accra High Court has suspended the criminal trial of former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, pending a Supreme Court decision on an injunction challenging trials during the judiciary's legal vacation. Defence lawyers have petitioned the Chief Justice, arguing that the directive allowing selected trials to proceed during vacation departs from established practice and is inconsistent with the Constitution.
The Accra High Court has adjourned the trial of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife to August 25, pending the Supreme Court's determination of an injunction application that seeks to restrain the High Court from hearing the case during legal vacation.
Attorney General Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine says Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) has completed investigations into 34 cases, with preliminary findings made and several cases being prepared for filing in court. He stated that prosecutions will begin soon and that investigations are being conducted carefully to ensure they are not political persecution.