A chilling confession has emerged in the tragic death of a four-year-old boy, whose body was retrieved from a well at Karlo in the Suaman District of the Western North Region. Akua Afriyie, the 23-year-old mother, has reportedly admitted to police that she intentionally dumped her son in the well to satisfy a condition set […]
Former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry and current Chair of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Abena Osei Asare, has described the GH¢138.91 billion overstatement in Ghana’s public debt as exposed by the 2024 Audit report as “no ordinary mistake.” According to her, the revelation highlights significant institutional weaknesses in Ghana’s public financial management […]
Deputy Minority Leader Patricia Appiagyei has formally declined her inclusion in Ghana’s reconstituted delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, describing the decision as procedurally improper and politically divisive. In a memorandum addressed to the Speaker of Parliament on July 22, Madam Appiagyei said the move to nominate her, without her knowledge or consent, as a replacement […]
The Kusasi Chief in the Ashanti Region, Abdul-Malik Azenbe, has allegedly been shot and killed by unknown assailants at his residence in Asawase. The incident occurred on the night of Tuesday, 22 July 2025, near the Asawase F-Line Community Centre. According to eyewitness accounts, two men arrived on a motorbike around 8:40 p.m., with one […]
The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has urged cement manufacturing companies operating in Ghana to reduce prices to reflect the recent appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi. Speaking at a crucial engagement with the Chamber of Cement Manufacturers, Ghana (COCMAG) on Monday, July 21, 2025, the Minister called on industry players to allow […]
A Tamale Circuit Court, presided over by Francis Asubayere, has convicted Alhaji Abdulai Sayuti, a 53-year-old pharmaceutical distributor, and fined him GH₵1,680,000, equivalent to 14,000 penalty units, on each charge expected to run concurrently. Alhaji Sayuti was convicted for unlawful possession of restricted drugs following an intelligence-led operation in Tamale. In default of payment, he […]
Four suspects who had been standing trial for the 2019 murder of Josephine Asante, former Marketing and Public Affairs Manager of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), have been discharged. The TDC District Magistrate Court in Tema, presided over by Benedicta Antwi, acted on the advice of the Attorney-General’s Department, which cited insufficient evidence […]
The Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) has issued a warning of nationwide demonstrations should the government fail to take decisive action against the increasing infiltration of foreigners into the domestic retail sector. The Association argues that retail trading is explicitly reserved for Ghanaian citizens under national law and laments the growing disregard for this […]
Former Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has cautioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) against reducing its presidential primaries to a contest of popularity or eligibility alone. In an interview on JoyNews’ PM Express on Monday, July 21, the party stalwart stressed that the stakes for the NPP and Ghana are too high for that kind of superficial approach. […]
DraftKings, a leading US-based sports betting platform, has reached a confidential settlement in a lawsuit filed by Lisa D’Alessandro, the wife of a compulsive gambler who lost nearly $1 million through the site over a four-year period. The case, which drew national attention in the United States, alleged that DraftKings enabled and encouraged problem gambling […]
New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates at the party’s highest decision-making conference have voted to expand the electoral college by 40 per cent. The vote has effectively expanded the party’s electoral college, adding more than 60,000 polling station executives to the existing 220,000, enlarging the size of the voters to more than 280,000. This means all […]
Ghana’s Treasury recorded an oversubscription in its primary Treasury bill auction last week, as investor demand surged by 97.82 per cent above the government’s target for the first time in two months. According to the latest data from the Bank of Ghana, the auction attracted total bids worth GH¢20.98 billion. Of this amount, the Treasury […]
