Author: Political Desk

The Red Notice issued by INTERPOL against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been removed from the international police organisation’s public website. A check by The 1957News on INTERPOL’s wanted persons database on the morning of Wednesday, November 19, 2025, showed no active Red Notice in the name of Mr Ofori-Atta. The notice had been published following a request from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to locate and provisionally arrest the former Minister pending extradition in connection with investigations into the Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) revenue assurance contracts. It is unclear what exactly triggered the removal; however,…

Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has strongly defended the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)’s imposition of high bail amounts in corruption cases involving former appointees of the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. Dr Ayine made the remarks in Parliament on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, while responding to an urgent question from Habib Iddrisu, MP for Tolon and First Deputy Minority Whip, who sought clarification on the rationale behind the steep bail terms and whether alternative arrangements could be explored. Citing Article 14(4) of the 1992 Constitution, the Attorney General explained that law enforcement agencies…

Heath Goldfields Ltd. has confirmed the deaths of three illegal miners who were trapped inside an inactive underground section of its Prestea concession in the Western Region. According to the company, the miners gained unauthorised access to the restricted area through illegal routes and became trapped after parts of the abandoned shaft reportedly caved in over the weekend. In a statement issued on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, the company expressed profound sadness over the tragedy and extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and the entire Prestea community. “Every loss of life, regardless of circumstance, is painful, and we stand…

Parliament has approved a tax waiver amounting to $10.4 million for Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS), the Indian IT giant selected to implement Ghana’s Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS). The approval, granted on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, exempts TCS from a 20% withholding tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) on its earnings under the agreement, which was originally signed during the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. The ITAS project, supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will see TCS, in partnership with Ghanaian firm IPMC, take over the country’s domestic tax mobilisation operations starting in 2026. Presenting the motion…

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the future of the controversial National Cathedral project will be decided only after an ongoing forensic audit is completed. The President disclosed this on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, during a courtesy call by a delegation from the Christian Council of Ghana, led by Vice Chairman Rev. Enoch Thompson, at the Jubilee House. While acknowledging the Council’s appeal for the government to recommit to the project under a more accountable and inclusive framework, President Mahama said a regular audit earlier commissioned by the National Cathedral Board of Trustees had raised serious concerns that necessitated…

The Accra High Court has reduced the bail amount imposed on former Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Edwin Provencal, from GH¢60 million to GH¢30 million. The decision was announced on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, by Edwin Provencal’s lawyer, Charles Okyere, following a successful application to vary the earlier bail conditions set by the court. Under the revised terms, the former BOST boss is now required to provide two sureties and deposit his passport with the court registry. Speaking to journalists after the ruling, Lawyer Okyere maintained his client’s innocence, insisting that the allegations…

President John Dramani Mahama has declared that he will assent to the controversial Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, popularly known as the anti-LBGTQ+ bill, if Parliament passes it. The President made the commitment on Tuesday when a delegation from the Christian Council of Ghana paid a courtesy call on him at the Jubilee House. Reaffirming his long-held stance on family and moral values, President Mahama stated that gender is determined at birth and that the traditional family unit remains the cornerstone of Ghanaian society. “A person’s gender is determined at birth, and the family is the foundation of…

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has formally charged former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), and six other individuals with a total of 78 counts of corruption and corruption-related offences. The charges are on the back of the controversial multi-million-cedi revenue assurance contracts awarded to SML during Mr Ofori-Atta’s tenure as Finance Minister. President John Dramani Mahama, on October 31, 2025, ordered the immediate termination of all government contracts with SML following the conclusion of the OSP’s investigation, citing the government’s zero-tolerance stance on corruption and commitment to transparency in public resource management. The OSP…

The Ministry of the Interior has launched a six-week Gun Amnesty Initiative, directing all individuals in possession of unregistered or illicit firearms to voluntarily surrender them between December 1, 2025, and January 15, 2026, or face severe sanctions. Speaking at the official launch in Accra on Tuesday, November 17, 2025, Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak announced that anyone found with illegal weapons after the deadline will be dealt with ruthlessly under the law. “This amnesty provides a safe and final opportunity for citizens to hand over prohibited or unregistered firearms without fear of prosecution,” the Minister said. The Minister described the…

A widespread outage at global internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare has disrupted access to several high-profile websites, including social media platform X and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, with reports emerging of similar issues affecting some Ghanaian news sites. Thousands of users worldwide, including in Ghana, began flagging problems on outage tracking platform Downdetector shortly after 11:30 GMT on Tuesday, leading to error messages and loading failures across multiple services. Cloudflare, in a statement, attributed the disruption to “a spike in unusual traffic to one of Cloudflare’s services beginning at 11:20 UTC,” which triggered errors for traffic routed through its network. On X’s homepage,…