The Jury in the Major Mahama case has returned a unanimous guilty verdict on 12 out of the 14 persons standing trial for the death of Major Mahama. The 12 have been found guilty of counts of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and abetment of murder. They have been sentenced …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has supported the change in the day for national elections but wants the reform to begin in 2028. This follows an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting with political parties on the Electoral Commission’s proposal to change the date for the election. The NDC last week …

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered the Western Regional Director of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to refund an amount of GH¢32,620 with interest to the state for failing to recover the said amount after overpaying pension gratuity to a retired fire officer. In 2017, Elijah Ankrah, …

Three West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their decision to break away from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. These countries are currently led by militaries that seized power from civilian leaders. “After 49 years, the valiant peoples of Burkina Faso, …

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr. Benjamin Kwasi Agordzo who was alleged to have planned an oust of government by the state, has denied masterminding any coup plot against government. The state during the alleged high treason trial against the retired senior police officer accused Mr. Agordzo of engaging in …

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu MP has congratulated winners of the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Primaries held on January 27 2024. In a press release dated January 28 2024, he urged members of the party to remain focused. “By what has happened in the elections of yesterday, the endeavour of …

congratulate the winner, delegates, organizers and my colleague aspirants in the just ended New Patriotic Party MP primary election in the Ahafo Ano South West Constituency of Ashanti Region. The NPP has once again succeeded in organizing our internal election to select candidates for the forthcoming general election on December …

The National Democratic Congress has rescinded its decision to boycott meetings of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC). The party made this known a statement dated Sunday, January 28, 2024 and signed by its General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey. IPAC meetings are aimed at giving the various political parties the opportunity …

The Ghana Police Service has arrested one suspect and is on a manhunt for others in Yendi for electoral-related offenses. The persons are suspected of damaging electoral materials during the sorting of ballots in the internal parliamentary elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Tables and chairs were damaged during …

  Scores of slum dwellers have been rendered homeless after fire swept through wooden structures used as accommodation at Asokwa Old Town in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The fire, believed to have started from one of the structures at about 3:30 pm on Saturday, spread through other …