The Zosimli Naa Palace is accusing the Tema Port of auctioning a 40-foot container full of medical equipment meant for the Tamale Teaching Hospital and other hospitals in the Northern Region. The equipment estimated to cost over Gh¢4.6 million ($400,000) includes dialysis machines, oxygen tanks, and incubators among others which were procured by Zosimli Naa II, Ife Bell, a woman Chief leading …

The founder and president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has stated that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare if he indeed was responsible for the recording of the leaked tape of an alleged plot by some senior police officers to oust him, has done wrong. Speaking in an interview on Monday, September 11, 2023, the IMANI Africa …

Samuel Atta Akyea, the Chairman of the ad hoc committee of parliament investigating a leaked audio tape to oust the IGP, has said that they do not have anything to hide. He said that what the mandate of the committee, set up by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is doing is simply to get to the merit of the …

A letter released by the Ghana Police to the minority in parliament has assured them of security ahead of their demonstration against Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, which has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 3, 2023. The basis of this demonstration is the fact that the minority disapproves of an alleged printing of about 80 billion cedis between …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) Tuesday began the registration of new voters onto the electoral roll ahead of the December 19 District Level Elections.  The Exercise, which is in accordance with Article 45 of the 1992 Constitution, will take place at the 268 District Offices of the Commission – a departure from the old system where limited registration exercises …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare has made a formal request for the three implicated senior police officers to be excluded from the proceedings during his testimony in the ongoing leaked tape probe. This move comes as a significant development in the investigation into the leaked audio recording that allegedly contains conversations involving high-ranking police officials plotting …

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended from playing because of an anti-doping offence. Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (Nado) said Pogba returned a test with elevated levels of testosterone after Juve’s 3-0 win at Udinese on 20 August. France international Pogba, 30, was an unused substitute but was selected at random for post-match drug testing. If found guilty of …

The Minority caucus in Parliament has said it will go ahead with its protest on Tuesday, September 12, despite the Ghana Police Service’s disapproval of its amended routes for the protest. The meeting between the leadership of the Minority and the police ended inconclusively on Monday, with the MPs accusing the police of deliberately scheming to stop their planned protest …

President Akufo-Addo has defended his government’s anti-corruption record, saying some of the initiatives taken are the strongest anti-corruption efforts since Ghana’s independence. Speaking at the 2023 Ghana Bar Conference at the University of Cape Coast on Monday, September 11, President Akufo-Addo said he has not shielded any of his appointees accused of any wrongdoing. “I accepted the invitation to speak …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has strongly criticised the decision by the Akufo-Addo government to increase the farmgate price of cocoa beans for the 2023/2024 season. President Akufo-Addo on September 9, announced a 63.6% upward adjustment of the farm gate price of cocoa beans from GH₵800 to GH₵1,308 per bag for the new cocoa season. According to the president, the …