The Jimirah Forest in the Nkawie Forestry District of the Ashanti Region has come under siege from illegal miners operating under the protection of armed thugs. Since the beginning of the year, Forestry Commission officers have been unable to access the area due to threats posed by these heavily armedContinue Reading
The Kasoa-Ofaakor Circuit Court has remanded four individuals into police custody for two weeks for allegedly engaging in land guard activities at Millennium City, a suburb of Kasoa in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. According to police reports, the suspects have been involved in repeated violent incidentsContinue Reading
Caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme have announced plans to petition the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, in a bid to seek his intervention following the termination of their contracts by the Mahama administration. The contracts of all caterers under the programme were terminated on May 2, 2025, withContinue Reading
Residents of Amefinukope in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region are in a state of shock following the discovery of five exhumed bodies in two local cemeteries, with parts of the corpses, particularly the heads, missing. The distressing incident occurred on Wednesday, 7th May 2025. According to aContinue Reading
President John Mahama has disclosed that officials have been questioned over their roles in the 2023 African Games scandal. He made the revelation on Wednesday night during a briefing on his first 120 days social contract with Ghanaians. The Games, held in Accra in March 2024, were tainted by allegationsContinue Reading
“I take my promises seriously. My word is my bond,” President John Mahama declared in a national address on Wednesday night as he delivered a high-stakes review of his first 120 days back in office. Speaking with measured confidence, he said he had not only heard the cries of GhanaiansContinue Reading
The police have apprehended two individuals suspected of being involved in the brutal murder of a 21-year-old seamstress, Tahiru Zenabu. Ms Tahiru’s lifeless body was discovered in her room at Kokoase, a suburb of Twifo Praso, on April 3, 2025. The suspects, identified as Richard Armah, a 28-year-old mechanic andContinue Reading
An Accra High Court has remanded into lawful custody seven persons accused of mining without a license at Wassa Dunkwa in the Western Region. The seven accused persons are Douglas Bediako, Samuel Tanor aka Ameyaw, Richard Yaw Sey, Justin Akyirbri, Shon Vitus, Akembasiya James and Gideon Asordina. They have beenContinue Reading
Twelve individuals have appeared before the Accra High Court for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities without a license at Aboi-Nkwanta in the Western Region and polluting the River Tano. The accused, who have had their pleas taken, include Evans Atanga Agana, a motor mechanic; Stephen Tuffour Bempah, a trader;Continue Reading
President John Mahama has revealed that over 150,000 first-year students in public tertiary institutions will have their academic fees completely covered by the state under government’s bold No-Academic-Fee policy Delivering a national address to mark his first 120 days in office, he said, “The ‘No-Academic-Fee’ policy for all first-year students inContinue Reading