Author: Political Desk

The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, has reaffirmed China’s firm commitment to supporting Ghana’s agricultural sector, with a focus on making agribusiness appealing to the youth, expanding apprenticeship opportunities, and enhancing technology-driven skills training. The Ambassador made the pledge during a courtesy call on him by the Member of Parliament for Sunyani West Constituency, Millicent Yeboah Amankwah on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. Ambassador Tong Defa emphasised Ghana’s strategic importance to China, describing the West African nation as China’s largest trading partner on the continent. He disclosed that bilateral trade between the two countries reached approximately US$11.8 billion in 2024.…

Popular Ghanaian actress and television presenter Nana Ama McBrown has confirmed that she has divorced her husband of 12 years, Maxwell Mensah. The multi-talented entertainer made the announcement during an appearance on TV3’s New Day programme on Wednesday , December 17, 2025, describing the separation as mutual and amicable. “I’m the most happiest right now. I have gone through divorce. Yes, I am divorced. I am, and I am not ashamed to say but I did so beautifully. Me and my husband are cool. We spoke yesterday, we speak today, we speak tomorrow, we meet, I go to our house…

A Warrant Officer Class II in the Ghana Armed Forces has been arrested in the Ashanti Region for allegedly attempting to sell high-powered firearms and ammunition to civilians. The suspect, identified as W.O. II David Kofi Brew of the 4th Battalion in Kumasi, was apprehended on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, around 2:30 pm at the Bekwai Shell Filling Station. The arrest followed an intelligence-led operation by the Ashanti South Police Intelligence Directorate (PID), led by Regional Director Assistant Superintendent of Police Princeton Peasah Darkwa. According to police reports, the operation aimed to disrupt networks supplying weapons to criminal elements in…

Former Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, has vehemently denied allegations by New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong that he denigrated former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during a conversation at Heathrow Airport. Appearing on UTV on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, Mr Atta Akyea described the claims as a “baseless lie,” stating that he has no recollection of ever meeting Mr Agyapong at the airport, let alone discussing the former President. “Let me tell you something, it is a baseless lie. I have never met Akompreko at Heathrow and discussed Nana Akufo-Addo with him…

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has described early discussions about potential successors to President John Dramani Mahama as an insult to both the party and the President. Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face programme on Tuesday, December 16, Mr. Kwetey criticised party members expressing interest in future presidential ambitions, saying such talks are premature and distracting from governance. “Especially in the first year after you have won power, any conversation regarding interest in running for power, I find it personally an insult to the NDC as a whole, an insult even…

 President John Dramani Mahama has assured that the government will announce its clear and definitive position on the Bawku mediation report within the next 24 hours. The President gave the assurance on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the Jubilee House after receiving the full report from the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who led the mediation process on the protracted Bawku chieftaincy conflict. “I’m pleased that Otumfuo’s mediation has come to an end and now he has presented a report, and I can assure him that government will look at this report and within the next 24 hours government will…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has firmly stated that Mr Seidu Abagre cannot legitimately claim or present himself as the Bawku Naaba, as he urged a peaceful resolution to the long-standing Bawku chieftaincy conflict in a mediation report submitted to President John Dramani Mahama. During the presentation of the report at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, Otumfuo emphasized that the purported enskinment of Mr Abagre by the Nayiri, the King of Mamprugu, cannot be sustained under the current legal framework. “I have been candid with my brother the Nayiri that the purported enskinment of Mr Seidu…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has declared Zugraan Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II as the lawful Bawku Naaba and paramount chief of the Bawku Traditional Area, in a mediation report presented to President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. The report, which comes on the back of months of mediation efforts initiated by President Mahama earlier in 2025, addresses the protracted Bawku chieftaincy dispute, which has fueled intermittent violence in the Upper East Region for decades. In his presentation at the Jubilee House in Accra, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II emphasized that the current legal framework, including a…

The Accra High Court has convicted evangelist Patricia Asieduaa, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, for distributing nude photos of fellow pastor Emmanuel Appiah Fumum, also known as Osofo Biblical, without his consent. On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the court fined Agradaa GH¢12,000 and ordered her to pay GH¢50,000 as compensation to the complainant. The conviction comes on the back of a plea bargain agreement between Agradaa and the State, ending a case that has dragged on for nearly three years. Agradaa, a former fetish priestess who transitioned into evangelism, faced charges for broadcasting the intimate images of Pastor Appiah Fumum…

President John Dramani Mahama has indicated that Alan Kyerematen will play a significant role as Ghana prepares to assume the Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) in 2027, following his recent endorsement by ECOWAS leaders. The signal came through a message delivered by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, at The African Summit in Accra, organised by Mr Kyerematen under the theme “Building A New United Africa”. Mr Ablakwa, speaking on behalf of the President, highlighted the timely nature of the summit in light of the ECOWAS endorsement secured over the weekend. “He was endorsed over…