Author: Krobea

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has agreed with the Ghana Police Service to arrest any persons who enters the voting area in Saturday’s presidential primaries with a mobile phone. According to the party, such renegades will be arrested and prosecuted and not allowed to cast their ballots. Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM on Thursday, January 29, a member of the National Elections Committee of the NPP, Isaac Boamah Nyarko, who is also the Member of Parliament for Effia Constituency, noted that much effort has been put into ensuring sanity at the voting centers. “The police have been given strict instructions…

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has clapped back at criticisms that it has not lived up to expectations since its establishment. In its half-yearly report released at the end of 2025, the Office said it has saved the nation 20-fold of the total amount released for its operations between 2018 and December, 2025. “Therefore, it cannot be maintained by any form of argument that the Office has not performed as expected and that it is a drain on national resources,” it stressed. It listed five key investigations that have saved the country a lot of money. Among these…

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has set Saturday, December 19, 2026 as date to elect national executives for the party for the next four years. This will be the culmination of activities, starting from Friday, January 30, to reorganise the party from the branch level. From Friday, January 30 to Tuesday, February 10, registers and books will be made available at branch levels for interested members to join the party. These were disclosed by the General Secretary, Franklyn Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, at the party’s headquarters on Thursday, January 29. It was a press conference Mr Fifi Kwetey addressed. “This…

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has reaffirmed its commitment to women’s health by supporting a partnership between the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Telecel Foundation Ghana to launch a Cervical Cancer Screening Campaign. The initiative forms part of activities marking Cervical Cancer Awareness Month and seeks to translate advocacy into tangible health outcomes for women. Speaking at the launch, the Ghana Medical Trust Fund described the collaboration as a deliberate move beyond awareness creation to practical action. The Fund noted that the goal is to ensure cervical cancer is detected early,…

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has extended critical financial support to three young patients battling congenital heart conditions at the Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, as part of its ongoing pilot phase ahead of a nationwide rollout. The intervention formed the third stop of the Fund’s engagements for the day under the 50 pilot cases being undertaken to test systems and processes. At the visit, the Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, presented a cheque of GH₵447,000 to support the treatment of the three children aged one year eight months, one year three…

Pressure group Election Watch Ghana has urged the country’s election-management body to address the alarming incidence of vote buying around the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries on Saturday, January 31. “Our findings show that serious candidates are allocating substantial resources, reportedly between GH¢150-200 million cash to influence delegates’ decision through lavish offers, including hotel accommodations, transportation, feeding, and per diems.” In a statement issued on Thursday, January 29, Election Watch Ghana noted that the integrity of the exercise is under threat as “candidates with deep pockets threaten to undermine the will of the people”. Signed by convenors Mark Ewusi…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has handed heavy sanctions against some key actors of the chaos that characterised the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations between hosts Morocco and Senegal. The game’s beauty was marred by a melee not only among players and officials on the pitch but also fans in the stands. On Thursday, CAF meted out sanctions for various “unsporting” behaviour that brought the game into disrepute. Senegal coach Pape Bouna Thiaw was slapped with a suspension for five official games by CAF “for his unsporting conduct in violation of the CAF Disciplinary Code principles of…

Ghana will be hosting a high-level consultative conference on regional cooperation and security on Thursday and Friday, January 30. The conference will be under the auspices of President John Dramani Mahama. It will start with meetings of senior officials and ministers, according to a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will, then, culminate in a summit of participating heads of state and government from the region. The confab will discuss security and other related challenges affecting the region, including terrorism, violent extremism, transnational organised crime and maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea. “It will provide the…

The Minority in Parliament is calling for a “thorough” internal review within Parliament under the leadership of Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin in the face of the “indecent haste” with which a letter was written to the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in declaring the Kpandai seat vacant. According to the Minority, it had cautioned Parliament over the letter written by the Clerk to the EC as the Tamale High Court judgement had been challenged at the time. “That letter to the Electoral Commission, sent on the back of a single first‑instance judgment and in the teeth of pending challenges, triggered plans…

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced that an investigation has been launched into the alleged assault by some officers on a journalist in Walewale in the North East Region. There were reports that Media General’s North East Region correspondent Solomon Kwame Kanawule was assaulted by officers conducting a special operation in Walewale. “The incident was reported to have occurred at the outskirts of Walewale, in the North East Region where in recent times there have been reported incidents of attacks on public transport resulting in deaths and injuries,” a press releases issued on Wednesday, January 28 said. The Armed…