Author: Political Desk

A man and his wife have been arrested by police in Kokrobite, Ga South Municipality, for allegedly beating their 13-year-old daughter to death after accusing her of eating her younger brother’s food. The suspects, Issah Mohammed and his wife Yaa Grace, allegedly subjected the teenager, identified as Celestine, to severe physical assault on the evening Issah returned from work. According to a report by Adomonline, the incident began when the stepmother, Yaa Grace, informed Issah that Celestine had eaten food meant for her younger brother. Enraged, Issah reportedly used a cane, a shovel, and a cutlass to beat the girl,…

The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged William Baah, the former Assemblyman for Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, who was earlier convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for abetting the 2017 lynching of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. In a unanimous decision delivered on Thursday, November 20, 2025, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge, Justice Mariama Owusu (then a Justice of the Supreme Court sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court judge), committed a grave misdirection that led the jury to return a guilty verdict against the assemblyman. “The misdirection of the…

Ghana’s Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, has proposed that Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire could jointly bid to co-host a future FIFA World Cup. Speaking in an interview, Kofi Adams cited the growing trend of multi-nation hosting adopted by football’s world governing body, citing FIFA’s recent decisions to award the 2026 World Cup to the United States, Mexico, and Canada, and the 2030 edition to Morocco, Spain, and Portugal (with centenary celebration matches in South America) as evidence that joint hosting is now the preferred model. “They [FIFA] are beginning to adopt a number of nations doing it,…

African gallerist, cultural visionary, and environmental advocate Selorm Hilary Kojo Fiadjoe, founder of ENA Gallery, delivered one of the most compelling artistic contributions at the 2025 GUBA (Grow Unite Build Africa) Awards in Barbados, an event already marked as one of the most historically symbolic gatherings of the Pan-African world in recent years. This year’s GUBA Awards commemorated a profound milestone: the arrival of the first-ever chartered flight carrying free Africans directly from Ghana to Barbados, a powerful reconnection across the Atlantic that celebrated shared ancestry, unity, and the rekindling of long-standing cultural bonds between Africa and the Caribbean. Against…

A 34-year-old driver’s mate learning to drive has caused the death of a 40-year-old mother of four, Gladys Mensah, at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. According to a Graphic report, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, around 11:00 a.m. near the SDA School at Habitat, a suburb of Assin Fosu. Police say Eric Ackon, the learner driver, was being taught how to drive a Hyundai truck with registration number GR 6146-12 by the vehicle’s owner, Benjamin Kwarfo, 26, when he lost control due to inexperience. The truck veered off the road, struck Gladys Mensah who was…

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, commissioned four high-speed Avon Class Patrol Boats for the Ghana Police Service’s Marine Unit at a ceremony held in Tema. The Turkish-manufactured vessels, acquired through collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United States Embassy, and the Government of Japan, are aimed at strengthening maritime law enforcement, search and rescue operations, and emergency response along Ghana’s coastline and inland waterways. The four boats have been named after former Inspectors-General of Police: – P.V. Ernest Arko (IGP: 1974–1978) – P.V. B. S. K. Kwakye…

A Form Three Business student and Acting Boys’ Prefect of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi, has reportedly died after falling from the top floor of the school’s administration block on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The tragic incident according to a report by Myjoyonline, occurred during school hours, with students and staff rushing to the scene after hearing the impact. Abass was immediately rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body of the deceased was later released to the family and buried the same day in accordance with Islamic rites.…

Dozens of commercial tricycle operators, popularly known as Aboboyaa or Pragyia riders, brought parts of Kumasi to a standstill on Thursday, November 20, 2025, in a protest against alleged persistent harassment and extortion by officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). The angry riders parked their tricycles at major junctions across the metropolis, blocked colleagues from working, and compelled many to join the “Enough is Enough” demonstration. Tricycles have over the years become a major means of intra-city transportation in Kumasi and other parts of the Ashanti Region. Two years ago, the KMA imposed restrictions banning the tricycles from operating…

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has arrested one person at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra for allegedly presenting forged documents during the ongoing recruitment exercise. The suspect was apprehended by security personnel at the recruitment centre and is currently in custody awaiting further action, authorities confirmed. Speaking to Citi News on Thursday, November 20, 2025, the Director of Protocol for the Ghana Armed Forces, Colonel Evelyn Asamoah, stated that the individual would be dealt with according to laid-down military procedures. “The suspect has been apprehended by the security authorities and will be processed in line with established procedures,” Col. Asamoah…

One member of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operation and Monitoring System (NAIMOS) Task Force has been confirmed dead, with three others seriously injured, following a tragic road accident in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The incident, which occurred earlier on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, was confirmed in a statement issued Wednesday evening by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene. In his statement, the Regional Minister extended heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased officer, describing the loss as one felt deeply by the entire region. “I extend my deepest condolences to the family of the deceased…