Author: Political Desk

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the Bank of Ghana (BoG), on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, arrested 41 persons during a major operation targeting illegal foreign exchange trading, popularly known as black market forex, in parts of Accra. The joint team carried out simultaneous swoops at known hotspots, including Tudu, Circle Airport, and Osu. An initial raid netted 29 suspects, including Ghanaians and foreign nationals from Togo, Benin, and Nigeria. A follow-up operation about an hour later led to the arrest of 12 more persons, bringing the day’s total to 41. Addressing journalists…

The Minority in Parliament has demanded the immediate withdrawal of a letter from the Clerk to Parliament that officially declared the Kpandai constituency seat vacant, describing the move as “unfortunate” and a violation of the rule of law. The controversial letter, dated December 4, 2025 and signed by Clerk Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, notified Electoral Commission Chairperson Jean Mensa of the vacancy following a Tamale High Court order for a complete rerun of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Northern Region constituency. The court ruling, delivered on November 24, 2025, invalidated the original results which declared the New Patriotic Party (NPP)…

A South Korean court has sentenced a woman in her 20s to four years in prison for blackmailing South Korea and former Tottenham football icon Son Heung-min by falsely claiming she was pregnant with his child. The Seoul district court on Monday, December 8, 2025, also handed a two-year jail term to her male accomplice, aged in his 40s, who threatened the footballer 15 times to force payment. According to local media reports, the woman approached Son last year with the pregnancy claim despite not knowing whether it was true, and demanded money to keep the allegation private. She eventually…

Burkina Faso has detained eleven Nigerian military officers after a Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft made an unscheduled landing in Bobo-Dioulasso on Monday, following what Burkinabè authorities described as an unauthorised entry into its airspace. The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – issued a joint statement on Tuesday accusing the aircraft of violating the sovereignty of its member states and described the incident as an “unfriendly act”. The AES said an immediate investigation confirmed the plane had no prior authorisation to overfly Burkinabè territory and that the country’s air defence forces had…

The Ghana Police Service says the American woman, Arianna Naomi Mackey, who went viral accusing five masked men purporting to be police officers of kidnapping and robbing her in Accra, has left the country and is refusing to cooperate with investigations. In a press release issued by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Police disclosed that preliminary probes established that Ms Mackey recorded the viral video at a hotel in Accra where she was staying with two companions. Investigations further revealed that she checked out of the hotel and departed Ghana through Kotoka International Airport…

The Northern Regional Police Command has rescued a 42-year-old man who was kidnapped from his home at Wapuli in the Yendi District and arrested three members of a four-man syndicate who received a GH¢100,000 ransom from the victim’s family. The suspects – Haruna Seidu, Amidu Bandi and Osman Bandi – were apprehended on Friday, December 5, 2025, at Bokpaba, a village along the Bimbilla-Yendi stretch of the Eastern Corridor, after an intelligence-led operation. In a statement issued on Monday, December 8, Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Alhassan Luckman Niendow, said police received information about the abduction and…

Former President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Sam Okudzeto, has launched a scathing attack on the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), declaring that the institution has completely failed to justify its existence and should be scrapped without delay. Mr Okudzeto made the remarks on JoyNews’ PM Express on Sunday, December 8, where he questioned the very rationale behind the creation of the OSP. “Why was the institution set up? Has it achieved its purpose?” he asked, answering his own question bluntly: “I don’t think so.” The veteran lawyer argued that corruption remains rampant and brazen across public institutions,…

Matthew Nyindam, the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament whose election in the Kpandai constituency was nullified by the High Court, has announced that he will consult his party leadership and constituents before deciding whether to contest the upcoming parliamentary re-run. Speaking in an interview on Joynews, Mr Nyindam emphasised that any decision would be guided by the wishes of the people of Kpandai and the directives of the NPP. “I will listen to the party. I will listen to the parliamentary leadership. I’m sure this is an issue that came up yesterday, and then I will listen…

The Parliamentary Service has officially notified the Electoral Commission (EC) of a vacancy in the Kpandai Constituency seat following a Tamale High Court order for a complete re-run of the 2024 parliamentary election in the area. In a letter dated December 4, 2025, and signed by Clerk to Parliament, Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa, was informed of the vacancy “occasioned by the Order of the High Court, Tamale, for a re-run of the Kpandai Parliamentary Elections” delivered on November 24, 2025. The notification, issued under Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution, triggers the legal process…

Some 127 constituents in Ningo-Prampram have benefited from the 2025 edition of a livelihood support programme under the auspices of the Member of Parliament, Samuel Nartey George. At a ceremony on Monday, December 8, 2025, the MP described the event as part of the corporate social responsibility of his office, aimed at providing economic empowerment to his constituents. “Since 2018, I’ve been doing this every year; we support people to start their own businesses. Because, as the saying goes, ‘it’s better to teach people how to fish than to always give them fish.’ So, as we set them up in…