The Eastern South Regional Police Command has launched a thorough investigation into a violent clash over illegal sand winning that left five men dead in Asiyaw, near Akwane-Dobro in the Nsawam area, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. According to a police statement, a crime scene team dispatched to the area …

The 2024 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has visited a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) student who was stabbed in Kumasi on Monday, April 28, offering a donation of GH¢50,000 to support his medical treatment. The student, identified as Herbert, is …

Businessman and former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has extended a significant act of generosity by pledging to cover all medical and academic expenses of the KNUST student who was stabbed during a political event in Kumasi on April 29, 2025. The incident occurred during the New Patriotic Party’s …

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed shock over the continued financial losses recorded by GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited, questioning how a company that produces alcoholic beverages—a product with consistently high demand in Ghana—could be operating at a deficit. Speaking at the May Day celebration at Independence Square in Accra on …

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is intensifying pressure on the government to revoke Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which permits mining activities in forest reserves. Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Thursday, May 1, TUC Chairman Bernard Owusu emphasized that amending the law is not enough, insisting on a complete repeal. …

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has voiced strong concerns over the worsening economic conditions of Ghanaian workers, stating that a national reset, as envisioned by former President John Mahama, cannot be achieved without significant improvements in wages and working conditions. Speaking at the 2025 May Day celebration at Black Star …

Ghana and Algeria have signed a landmark visa waiver agreement aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties between the two nations. The agreement was finalized during an official visit to Algiers by Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The signing of the agreement follows high-level …

At the Crans Montana Forum in Morocco, Ghana’s Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, advocated for urgent port reforms to cut trade costs and enhance economic integration within ECOWAS. He highlighted excessive port charges and poor logistics as key barriers to intra-African trade, citing a failed poultry trade deal with Morocco that …

A court is expected to decide today, May 2, 2025, whether to remand Kwabena Adu-Boahen, the former head of the National Signals Bureau, following allegations of witness tampering. Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine requested the remand, citing intelligence suggesting that Adu-Boahen attempted to interfere with a key prosecution witness. Defense …

Four individuals, including Kwabena Adu-Boahen and his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, have pleaded not guilty to multiple corruption-related charges involving an alleged GHC49 million scandal linked to the National Signals Bureau. Appearing before Justice Eugene Nyante Nyadu on April 30, 2025, the accused—Kwabena Adu-Boahen, Angela Adjei-Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and Advantage Solutions …