Ghana Politics

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) will begin reimbursing academic user fees paid by first-year students at public tertiary institutions starting June 2025, under the government’s No-Fees-Stress policy. The announcement was made by the SLTF’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Saajida Shiraz, in a statement released in Accra on May 12. …

The Government of Ghana has filed criminal charges against Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi and Mr. Solomon Asamoah, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), in connection with the controversial Accra Sky Train project that failed to materialize. According to a charge sheet filed at the High …

The Member of Parliament for Walewale, Dr. Kabiru Tia Mahama, has called on the government to uphold consistent accountability standards by taking disciplinary action against Acting Ghana Gold Board CEO Sammy Gyamfi. Dr. Mahama’s call follows a viral video showing Gyamfi handing a bundle of U.S. dollars to evangelist Nana …

Former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has been rearrested despite completing a seven-day remand period ordered by the court. Adu-Boahene, who is facing multiple charges including stealing, money laundering, and causing financial loss to the state, was initially remanded on May 2 over allegations of witness tampering. On …

Former Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong has taken a jab at the U.S. court’s decision to reduce the $18 million defamation award against him to just $500, offering instead to pay investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas $5,000. In a video making rounds on social media, Agyapong laughed off the ruling, …

Evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has declared she would go to extreme lengths including burning down her own church, if Acting Ghana Gold Board CEO Sammy Gyamfi loses his job over a controversial $800 gift he gave her. The viral video of Gyamfi handing dollar notes …

A U.S. federal judge has significantly reduced the $18 million defamation award initially granted against Kennedy Agyapong to just $500, despite upholding the jury’s finding that he maliciously defamed investigative journalist Anas Aremyaw Anas. The reduction followed a motion for remittitur filed by Agyapong’s legal team, challenging the original award …

President John Mahama has acknowledged receipt of investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni’s petition to terminate the long-standing contract between the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Callistus Mahama, the Presidency confirmed that the concerns raised in the …

Evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, also known as Nana Agradaa, has announced plans to return the \$800 she received from Sammy Gyamfi, Acting CEO of the Ghana Gold Board, in light of ongoing public criticism and increasing calls for his suspension. The gesture, captured in a viral video, has been widely …

Evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has come to the defense of Sammy Gyamfi, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, following public uproar over a viral video in which he gifted her U.S. dollars. Speaking during a church service, Agradaa revealed that the amount in …