Author: Political Desk

The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr Gideon Boako, has called for a bi-partisan parliamentary inquiry into what he describes as the questionable sale of 18 tonnes of Ghana’s gold reserves. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, March 4, during the debate on the State of the Nation Address (SONA), he raised concerns about the circumstances surrounding the transaction. Addressing the Speaker, Dr Boako said developments surrounding the sale point to what he termed a “criminally minded attempt to loot the resources of this country”. He told the House that between September and December 2025, 18 tonnes of Ghana’s gold…

The Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim, has called on traditional authorities, government institutions, security agencies and development partners to lend their full support to the revival of the Papa Nantwie Festival, which returns this month after nearly two decades of suspension. Addressing journalists ahead of the official relaunch in Kumawu on March 3, 2026, the MP stressed that the festival goes beyond a customary ritual on the traditional calendar. “The Papa Nantwie Festival is a spiritual and cultural expression of the past, present and shared future of the Kumawu community,” he said. He described the celebration as…

Eleven people were injured in a road accident at Eduadjei on the Cape Coast–Takoradi highway on the evening of February 4, 2026. According to the Central Regional Fire Service, the accident occurred around 7:30 p.m. when an Opel Astra (registration WR 4860-13), traveling from Cape Coast towards Komenda, crashed head-on with a Nissan minibus (registration CR 1414-23) heading from Takoradi to Cape Coast. The Regional Fire Service confirmed that 10 passengers from the Nissan minibus including eight males and two females were rescued by passersby and taken to the Elmina Polyclinic for treatment. Fire personnel at the scene worked carefully…

The High Court in Wa has sentenced serial killer Shariff Abdulai, alias ‘Cristos’, to life imprisonment in hard labour for the murder of Issah Yahaya and 22 others. A press release issued by the Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana Police Service Upper West Regional Command on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, said the court handed down the sentence following the convict’s guilty plea. The statement detailed that Abdulai pleaded guilty to killing 16 people in Wa, five in Bole, and one each in Banda Nkwanta and Bamboi, bringing the total to 23 murders. The presiding judge, His Lordship Justice Osei-Wusu…

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Opoku Ansah, has described business mogul Ibrahim Mahama’s decision to convert his former private jet into a national emergency air ambulance as inspiring and commendable. In a Facebook post shared on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, the legislator highlighted the profound kindness shown by Mahama, the CEO of Engineers and Planners, recounting a personal experience from February 2020 when he suffered a near-fatal accident. ” In February 2020, after a near fatal accident, a close friend of mine received an unexpected call. It was Ibrahim Mahama. He asked that the hospital…

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osahen Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has retracted his earlier allegations of irregularities in the ongoing recruitment exercise into the internal security services and tendered an unreserved apology to the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak. The development occurred during proceedings in the House on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, following the referral of the matter to the Committee on Privileges and Immunities a day earlier. The controversy arose from statements made by the Minority Leader after the President’s State of the Nation Address, where he described the recruitment process as “scandalous” and a “scam.” He raised concerns…

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Ghana’s former Vice President and New Patriotic Party flagbearer for the 2028 elections, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and his wife, Samira Bawumia, have been securely relocated from Qatar to another country. According to a Joynews report, the relocation was coordinated by Ghanaian diplomatic missions in the region, following direct instructions from Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. Acting on behalf of the government of Ghana, the Foreign Affairs Minister directed Ghanaian embassies in the Middle East to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of the former Vice-President, his wife, and their…

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has inaugurated a 10-member Entity Tender Committee (ETC), tasked with upholding integrity, transparency, and professionalism in safeguarding public resources. The committee was sworn in at a brief ceremony at the Fund’s secretariat in Accra. Administering the oath was Board Member and legal practitioner, Nelly Bernice Wallace, who formally ushered the members into office as part of efforts to reinforce the institution’s governance and procurement structures. Delivering her remarks, the Administrator of GMTF and Chairperson of the ETC, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, urged members to discharge their duties with diligence and strict adherence to established rules…

Two suspected robbers are in police custody and receiving treatment for gunshot wounds after a police bodyguard foiled an attempted break-in at the residence of a Court of Appeal judge in the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred late Tuesday night, around 11:30 p.m., according to a statement from the Ghana Police Service. The suspects, identified as Patrick Alor, 23, and Akwasi Gyamfi, 21, allegedly scaled the fence of the judge’s property armed with cutlasses and a pair of scissors. They were reportedly attempting to break into the judge’s private vehicle parked within the premises when the bodyguard on duty detected…

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that no Ghanaian has been killed or injured in the latest developments in the Middle East, as the government intensifies efforts to protect its citizens in the region. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, March 3, the Minister stated that he had summoned a virtual meeting with Ghana’s Ambassadors and Consuls General in the Middle East to discuss the situation and coordinate additional consular interventions. “This evening, I convened a virtual meeting with our Ambassadors and Consuls General in the Middle East to assess the latest developments and explore additional consular interventions…