The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has defended its handling of the arrest and detention of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. According to the EOCO’s Ashanti Regional Director, Edward Cudjoe, critics are exaggerating the situation andContinue Reading
Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has criticised the handling of the arrest and detention of the NPP’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. Speaking to journalists outside the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) headquarters in Accra on Friday, May 30, Mr Afenyo-Markin expressed deep concernContinue Reading
Former Vice President and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called for calm among party supporters following the continued detention of the NPP’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi. Dr Bawumia made the appeal during a visit to the National IntelligenceContinue Reading
Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has accused the government of deliberately setting an impossible GH₵50 million bail condition to prevent the timely release of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. Speaking to journalists after emerging from a tense meeting atContinue Reading
Two people have died and several others injured in a tragic accident on the Juaso-Nkawkaw stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway. Eyewitness Atta Pascaa told Adom News that the accident involved two trailer trucks. One truck, registration number 11 JN 2972, was traveling from Accra to Burkina Faso, while the other,Continue Reading
The Juaboso District Police Command has arrested a suspected armed robber during a swift operation at a mining site near Sefwi Kofi Krom, close to Sefwi Proso in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region. The arrest was carried out by the Formed Police Unit (FPU) led by InspectorContinue Reading
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has indicated that no form of tobacco is safe for human consumption, be it a vaporizer, shisha, or gum among others According to the Director of the Tobacco and Substances of Abuse Division of the FDA, Dr Mrs Olivia Agyekuma Boateng, all tobacco productsContinue Reading
In a bold move to strengthen security, improve operational efficiency, and ensure the integrity of cargo movements, the Joint Association of Port Transport Unions (JAPTU), Ghana has reaffirmed its insistence on the mandatory use of Near Field Communication (NFC) identity cards for verifying truck drivers before they are granted accessContinue Reading
The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested 26 suspects for drug-related offences during an intelligence-led operation conducted on 24 May 2025 at the Aflao Border enclave in the Volta Region. A statement Issued by the Command indicated that the arrests were carried out at multiple locations as part of aContinue Reading
The Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority, has arrested ten individuals for cybercrime-related activities at Weija in the Greater Accra Region. A press release copied to the Ghana News Agency said the suspects, comprising Chinese and Malaysians, are in police custody assistingContinue Reading