Ghana Politics

Former Vice President and 2024 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has declared his readiness to lead the party, touting his integrity, competence, and humility as qualities needed to guide both the NPP and Ghana. Speaking to party supporters after filing his nomination at the NPP …

Former Vice President and 2024 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has formally filed his nomination to contest in the party’s upcoming flagbearer election scheduled for January 31, 2025. Dr. Bawumia, who was accompanied by his wife, Samira Bawumia, stormed the NPP headquarters in Accra on …

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Francis Addai-Nimoh, has officially withdrawn from the party’s upcoming flagbearer race, citing bias, unhealthy monetisation, and poor timing of the election process. In a press release issued on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the former Member of Parliament explained that his decision followed wide …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports circulating in sections of the media claiming that comedian and teacher, Michael Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Teacher Kwadwo, has been reinstated into the Service. In a statement released on the GES Facebook page and signed by the Head of Public Relations, …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reminded the public that pricing and payments in foreign currencies, including the US dollar, are illegal unless authorized under the Foreign Exchange Act, 2006 (Act 723). In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, and signed by Ms. Aimee V. Quashie on behalf …

Tensions in Gbiniyiri, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District, have escalated after the chief’s palace was set on fire on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. The attack follows days of violent clashes over a disputed parcel of land allegedly sold by the chief to a private developer. At least 10 …

A Kumasi-based journalist with Wontumi FM, Emmanuel Kwakye Asare, has been granted bail after spending two weeks in police custody. Asare, arrested on August 12, 2025, was charged with one count of offensive conduct over the alleged publication of false news intended to cause fear and panic. He reportedly claimed …

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has visited Gbiniyiri in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region following violent clashes over land ownership that claimed six lives and left 18 others injured over the weekend. Accompanied by top security officers, the IGP met with chiefs, opinion leaders, …

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has dismissed claims that the government is working to remove suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office. Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face program on Tuesday, August 26, Mr. Nketiah insisted that the executive has taken no steps aimed at …

A tragic incident has struck the farming community of Daboasi in the Western Region after a palm wine tapper, identified as Kwofie, lost his life in a dispute over a GHC200 weeding fee. The confrontation occurred on Monday, August 25, 2025, around 1 p.m. on Kwofie’s plantation. According to reports, …