Heightened tension erupted in Kumasi’s central business district, on Thursday morning, April 24, after hundreds of aggrieved traders forced their way into a restricted zone at the Adum Blue Light enclave, prompting a swift military deployment to quell the unrest. The confrontation began when the traders defied an existing restriction by storming the area, overwhelming…
Ghanaian musician Stonebwoy has called for the inclusion of home-based players in the Black Stars. The senior national team’s performances have hit a nosedive in recent years, with failing to qualify for 2025 AFCON being a notable disappointment. The Black Stars played out six matches in the qualifiers and did not record a single win…
President Mahama has appointed Dr George Smith-Graham as CEO of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission. He returns to lead key reforms in Ghana’s public sector pay structure. President John Dramani Mahama has reappointed Dr. George Smith-Graham as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). Dr. Smith-Graham, the inaugural…
The Palestinian Ambassador to Ghana has rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take over Gaza and resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians living in the area. Mr. Abdulfatah Ahmed Khalil Alsattari told the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday that Palestinians “prefer to live in their tents than to be displaced” and that the destruction of…
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Director of Communications for the 2024 Bawumia Campaign Team, has criticised the timing of a press conference held by the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, on the alleged involvement of Akonta Mining in galamsey. He called it premature and miscalculated. On Tuesday, April, the Lands Minister held a…
A former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has clarified that the immunity enjoyed by Members of Parliament does not cover political press conferences. According to the Private legal practitioner and former chairman of the Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, and Ranking Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs explained that…
Private legal practitioner Kofi Bentil has said that by-elections in Ghana should be scrapped altogether. According to him, there should be automatic replacement rather than going to the polls to elect a new lawmaker following the demise of a Member of Parliament. He was reacting to the decision by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to…
Ghanaian actress and, Juliet Ibrahim has joined in other actors who have voiced their displeasure with television stations in Ghana who have a penchant for stealing their intellectual property. In a post shared on Instagram on April 23, 2025, Juliet Ibrahim accused Pemsan TV of consistently pirating her movies without her concern, stating that Nigerian…
The Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that the government has signed a ¥3 billion (Japanese Yen) grant agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Kumasi Inner Ring Road improvement project. The agreement was signed in Accra on Thursday, October 2. The Inner Ring Road is a critical artery linking…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced its intention to conduct a thorough audit of ballot booklets earmarked for destruction in Ghana’s Western and Eastern Regions. This decision follows a statement by the party’s Director of Elections and IT, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, who emphasised the need for transparency in handling the ballot materials. Dr…
