Author: Political Desk

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that substantive Ministers for Defence and for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation will be appointed in early 2026. The President made the disclosure on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, when he hosted a delegation of Muslim leaders at the Jubilee House in Accra. Addressing concerns over the two vacant portfolios following the tragic deaths of the immediate-past Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, and Environment Minister, Dr Murtala Muhammed, President Mahama urged Ghanaians to desist from speculating about imminent appointments. “They say Allah gives and Allah takes. He took two of our comrades and we…

 The Ghana Police Service has arrested twenty-seven (27) suspects in a major intelligence-led operation targeting drug peddling and associated criminal activities in the Northern Region. A press release issued on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, by the Northern Regional Police Public Affairs Unit and signed by C/Insp. Alhassan Luckman Niendow (Regional PRO/NR) said the arrests were carried out jointly by the Northern Regional Police Command and the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Operations Team. The suspects were picked up during coordinated swoops on 19th November 2025 at known drug hotspots in and around Tamale. Among those arrested and named in the statement…

The Human Rights Court 1 (Accra) on Monday slapped a GH¢5,000 cost on former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta after dismissing his application to amend his writ and compel discovery of documents in his ongoing legal challenge against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). According to a report by Opemsuo Radio, the court described the requested documents as unnecessary and held that the application amounted to a waste of judicial time. Ofori-Atta is contesting his designation as a “wanted person” and the arrest warrant issued against him by the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng. The former Minister was re-declared a fugitive…

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has criticised the Tamale High Court’s decision to nullify the 2024 parliamentary election results in the Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region, describing the ruling as unsupported by the facts presented in court. In a statement issued on Sunday, 24th November 2025 and signed by Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Caucus insisted that the election was transparent, the results credible, and the declaration by the Electoral Commission (EC) accurately reflected the will of the voters. According to the statement, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Mathew Nyindam, defeated his National Democratic Congress (NDC) rival,…

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has extended her birthday kindness by making generous donations to inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison and patients at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. Marking her birthday on Friday, November 22, 2025, the Vice President dispatched two separate teams to deliver essential items to the two institutions on her behalf. A delegation led by her Chief of Staff, Alex Segbefia, visited the Nsawam Prisons where they presented cash, bags of rice and sugar, boxes of cooking oil, sardines, bottled water, soft drinks, and sanitary towels specifically for female inmates. The items were warmly received…

A group of concerned Ghanaians will today, Tuesday, November 25, 2025, march to the Jubilee House to demand the immediate removal of Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng. The protest, dubbed “Agro Ne Fom” (Twi for “We are tired”), is being organised to highlight what participants describe as the failure of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to effectively deliver on its anti-corruption mandate. Speaking ahead of the demonstration on Monday, Lead Convener Apostle Abraham Larbi Lincoln said the group is calling on President John Dramani Mahama to terminate Mr Agyebeng’s appointment. “We are not coming because we hate Kissi Agyebeng.…

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old Nigerian national, Victor Benjamin Fejemirokum, who allegedly murdered a woman and her daughter in Nigeria before escaping to Ghana. The suspect was apprehended in Wenchi, a suburb of Akwatia, following an intelligence-led operation sparked by a viral video circulating on social media. The video accused Fejemirokum of abducting and killing a female staff member of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and her daughter in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to police sources, Nigerian authorities had launched a manhunt for the suspect after the crime, but he crossed the border and…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized 98 unregistered herbal medicinal products during a three-day market surveillance operation in parts of Accra. The exercise, conducted from November 22 to 24, 2025, targeted markets at Awoshie and Boundary Road, where enforcement officers confiscated several popular brands being sold without FDA approval. Among the impounded products were Amenazel Herbal Tonic, Amenazel Herbal Bitters, and Poget Herbal Mixture. The FDA described the operation as part of its continuous nationwide campaign to rid the market of unapproved and potentially harmful herbal medicines in order to safeguard public health. In a strong warning to…

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku has announced a significant decline in food inflation from 28.3% when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government took office in January 2025 to 9.5% as of October 2025. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Sunday, the Minister highlighted the rapid progress made in stabilising food prices, which had reached crisis levels in previous years. He noted that between 2022 and early 2025, food prices soared across the country. In several major urban markets, the cost of staple goods more than doubled. The situation peaked in January 2023 when food inflation…

Jamaican reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, one of the genre’s most influential pioneers who helped propel the infectious rhythms of his homeland to a worldwide audience, has passed away at the age of 81. According to a BBC report, Cliff, born James Chambers in 1944 in the rural parish of St. James, Jamaica, died on Monday, November 24, 2025, following a seizure that led to complications from pneumonia, his wife Latifa Chambers announced via a heartfelt Instagram post. The statement, also signed by their children Lilty and Aken, expressed profound sadness while thanking fans, family, and collaborators for their unwavering support…