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The Ghana Boxing Interim Management Committee (GBIMC) has successfully conducted the second phase of its mandatory health screening exercise for licensed professional boxers, with the entire cost of the exercise fully sponsored by Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) presidential candidate, Mr. Ivan Bruce-Cudjoe. The exercise took place today, with boxers first converging at the Jamestown Police Station for registration, formalities, and …

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has called for urgent reforms in public financial management, urging government to institutionalise the annual publication of all arrears, outstanding claims, and financial commitments to improve fiscal discipline and strengthen expenditure controls. The recommendation follows the rejection of GH¢8.1 billion in payment claims by the Auditor-General’s Department during the 2024 financial year. According to …

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has denied authorising prosecution witness Henry Okum (PW2) to mine on the concession of Akonta Mining, insisting their agreement was solely for land reclamation and coconut planting. Testifying in his defence before the High Court in Accra on Thursday, May 21, Wontumi told the court that PW2 was only granted access to …

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has renewed Ghana’s call for credible investigations and sanctions following the March 2026 attack on Ghanaian peacekeepers serving in Lebanon. The Foreign Affairs Minister made the call after participating in a ministerial session on peacekeeping reforms held in Rabat on Thursday, May 21, at the invitation of the foreign ministers of Morocco and France. The meeting brought …

Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Ghana’s Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, has promoted Ghana as a strategic entry point into Africa’s 1.4 billion consumer market, encouraging Chinese investors to leverage the country’s role as host of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. Speaking at the Ghana-China Investment Forum in Jinan on Thursday, May 21, 2026, the Minister described Ghana as a …

A United Kingdom-based radio station has apologised to Britain’s monarch, King Charles III, and its listeners after mistakenly announcing that the King had died due to a technical error. In a statement shared on social media on Wednesday, May 20, station manager of Radio Caroline, Peter Moore, explained that the error occurred when the station’s emergency “Death of a Monarch” …

Nearly 30 percent of working Ghanaians are increasingly relying on gambling and betting as a means of surviving mounting financial pressures, despite recent improvements in income levels and easing economic conditions. This was revealed in the latest Old Mutual Financial Wellness Monitor, which highlights a cautious economic recovery alongside persistent financial vulnerability among many households. According to the report, 37 …

Private legal practitioner and host of Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has renewed calls for the repeal of Section 208 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), arguing that the law has increasingly become a tool for suppressing free speech and dissent. In a legal commentary titled “The Abronye Charge Sheet – misuse in plain sight,” Mr. Anyenini described the …

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, has dismissed claims that the government’s Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative is failing, insisting that ongoing corruption prosecutions are instead mounting pressure on the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to Dr. Ayine, current court cases involving alleged corruption-related offences have created anxiety within the NPP because some former officials …

The Ministry of Transport says investigations are underway into the alleged misuse of GH¢40 million released in 2024 for the rehabilitation of the Accra–Achimota–Nsawam railway line. Transport Minister Joseph Bukari Nikpe said the ministry became aware of the matter through the Chief Executive of the Railway Development Authority and has since initiated investigations to determine what happened to the funds. …