A Ghanaian national named in the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) statement on the seizure of a Lamborghini sports car linked to musician Shatta Wale is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in the United States for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. The 2019 Lamborghini Urus wasContinue Reading
40-year-old lawyer, Bernard Bediako Baidoo has been selected as the candidate for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the upcoming Akwatia constituency parliamentary by-election. He defeated his closest contender Erasmus Koney Ali, by 380 votes to 366 votes, while Henry Yiadom Boakye, a former Member of Parliament (MP) forContinue Reading
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Sokah Phidels Load, a 47-year-old teacher and ex-convict, to 48 years’ imprisonment with hard labour after he was found guilty of defiling a seven-year-old girl. The presiding judge, Mr G.A. Inkumsah-Ishum, found Sokah guilty after a full trial. Sokah had pleaded not guilty. AccordingContinue Reading
The Jospong Group of Companies has stepped in to secure bail for Paul Adom-Otchere, the former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), after he failed to meet initial bail conditions set by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). In a statement issued on social media, theContinue Reading
Paul Adom-Otchere and two others have been detained over the Ghana Airport Company Limited’s (GACL) contract probe by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Mr Adom-Otchere according to the OSP has failed to meet his bail condition. The OSP on Thursday afternoon interviewed and formally charged Adom-Otchere, who isContinue Reading
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set Tuesday, September 2, 2025, as the date for the Akwatia constituency parliamentary by-election following the death of the Member of Parliament for the area, Ernest Kumi. In a statement issued Wednesday, July 30, the Commission said the vacancy created by Mr Kumi’s passing requires,Continue Reading
President John Dramani Mahama has declared agribusiness as the future of Ghana’s economy, positioning it as the cornerstone for industrial transformation, job creation, and export diversification. Speaking at the maiden National Agribusiness Dialogue held in Accra on Monday, July 28, 2025, President Mahama described the forum as a “vital turningContinue Reading
The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has taken another significant step forward in advancing weight loss surgery in Ghana, with the performance of the first-ever pin-hole surgery on an obese person. The laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery, a type of weight-loss (bariatric) surgery where a large portion of the stomachContinue Reading
The chiefs and elders of the Oguaa Traditional Council have performed a solemn libation ceremony to invoke blessings for Vice-President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, President John Dramani Mahama, and the nation at large. Led by the Oguaamanhen, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, the libation was offered at the Emintsimadze Palace inContinue Reading
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that parts of the Greater Accra and Western Regions will experience power outages on Friday, July 25, 2025, due to planned and emergency maintenance works aimed at improving service delivery. In three separate notices issued on July 23 and 24, the companyContinue Reading
