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By Gifty Boateng There is murmuring and expression of disappointment in the Greater Accra Regional branch of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), over appointment neglect. The complaints mainly from the constituency chairmen, come at a time the government has barely completed measures to put in place various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) at the local level. The peeved party executives claim they have been snubbed by the government and party after wasting resources in the campaign that saw the NDC win majority of the votes both in the parliamentary and presidential elections in the region. Some say…

David Beckham is set to be awarded a knighthood in King Charles’ Birthday Honours. The former England football captain, 50, was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003. But BBC Sport has been told he is now in line to receive further recognition for both his football career, and his contributions to British society, with the list of recipients to be published next week. Beckham played 115 times for his country as well as for Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, Paris St-Germain and AC Milan, retiring in 2013. Beckham was reportedly first nominated…

By Gifty Boateng A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, is on the verge of losing his status. The party threatening to drag him to one of the most important decision making bodies, the Council of Elders, for a decision on him. General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua has pledged to personally lead the charge to table the issue during the next Council meeting and that will include a suggestion to strip him of his status. According to the party scribe, Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe as an elder who could have been part of the Council, to provide…

By Gifty Boateng The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tafo constituency, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, found himself in a rather embarrassing situation on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, June 4. The two-time MP and legal professional was seemingly caught off guard, displaying a shocking lack of knowledge regarding the basic tenets of a search warrant. Assafuah, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, attempted to corner the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, about the specifics of recent search warrants. These warrants have been the bane of many former officials from the erstwhile government and members of the NPP,…

By Prince Ahenkorah The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, has unveiled a shocking report, exposing the expanding criminal networks in Ghana’s gold mining sector. The report, presented by Global Initiative on June 4, 2025, indicated that Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector is undergoing significant transformation amid growing criminal infiltration, foreign involvement, and environmental degradation. The Global Initiative new report, based on three years of fieldwork, satellite analysis, and interviews, provided an evidence-based mapping of illicit mining, showing how informal operations are reshaping local economies, environments, and power structures. “Ghana’s gold sector continues to expand and…

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has obtained an interlocutory injunction to stop the strike initiated by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). Tourist attractions This development follows the association’s disregard for the NLC’s order to terminate the strike. The injunction issued by the Accra High Court has prohibited the GRNMA from continuing its strike, which commenced on June 4. This strike has significantly disrupted healthcare services nationwide, as it aims to demand the enforcement of the 2024 Collective Agreement, which remains unimplemented. In the meantime, the four unions have clarified that during a joint meeting conducted on May…

President John Dramani Mahama has declared that the government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will soon place a ban on the production and import of styrofoam (takeaway packs) as food containers in Ghana to reduce plastic pollution. This decision, he explained, is part of a larger initiative to combat plastic pollution and encourage the use of safer, more eco-friendly options. During a national event for World Environment Day 2025 at the Kwabenya Community Day School on Thursday, June 5, 2025, President Mahama mentioned that the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology would start implementing the ban in the upcoming…

Interpol has listed Ghana’s former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, as “Wanted” on its official website. This development follows a notice from the Office of the Special Prosecutor, which re-declared Ofori-Atta as wanted after he failed to appear for a scheduled interrogation on June 2. According to the Special Prosecutor at a presser on June 2, steps had been initiated to place Ofori-Atta on an Interpol Red Notice with extradition proceedings underway to return him to Ghana. Ofori-Atta is under investigation for his alleged involvement in several high-profile cases, including: 1. Petroleum and Minerals Revenue Assurance: Contractual arrangements between Strategic Mobilisation…

BY LEO NELSON The Ghana Education Service (GES) is reeling from a bombshell exposé by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), revealing a deeply entrenched and mind-boggling corruption scheme that has bled public coffers dry. Fake schools and phantom appointments have been unearthed, painting a grim picture of systemic rot at the very heart of Ghana’s education system. Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng minced no words Tuesday, describing the preliminary findings as “alarming and symptomatic of systemic rot.” The elaborate racket, orchestrated by senior GES officials, district directors, and external collaborators, has been siphoning public funds through ghost institutions and…

BY LEO NELSON Ghana’s embattled cocoa farmers, the backbone of the nation’s economy, are once again at loggerheads with the government, demanding their rightful 70% share of the Free-On-Board (FOB) price of cocoa. This thunderous renewed call comes hot on the heels of President John Dramani Mahama’s recent pledge to announce a “significantly improved” cocoa producer price in August 2025. But farmers, scarred by years of unmet promises and paltry earnings, are far from appeased. Their skepticism is palpable, a bitter residue of countless pledges that have dissolved into policies offering little genuine benefit. Stephenson Anane Boateng, the outspoken President…