Author: Political Desk

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, has called on the public to take personal responsibility for their security and remain highly vigilant, especially against cybercrimes and other emerging threats. Speaking at a news briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2026, COP Donkor urged citizens to exercise caution on digital and social media platforms while sharing personal information. “Remain vigilant against cyber and online crimes and exercise due caution on digital and social media platforms,” she advised. The briefing came on the heels of successful police operations that led to the…

The 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) running mate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (popularly known as Napo), has defended former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia against accusations that he abandoned economic responsibilities in the latter part of the Akufo-Addo administration. In an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme, Dr. Opoku Prempeh described Bawumia’s increased focus on digitalisation during the government’s second term as a deliberate and strategic move to bolster the economy through innovative means, rather than an evasion of duty. He explained that Dr. Bawumia played a prominent role in economic management during the first four years of the…

Tyrone Iras Marghuy, a former student of Achimota School and current undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in the United States, has achieved a remarkable technological feat by designing and building a functional 8-bit Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), often described as the “brain” of a computer, entirely from scratch in his dormitory. The project, which Marghuy announced on Thursday, January 29, 2026, involved crafting a working ALU using approximately 3,488 MOSFET transistors. The design supports 19 arithmetic and logical operations, features an 8-bit datapath, a 5-bit control signal, and has been rigorously verified with over 1.245 million test vectors,…

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has directed all government appointees interested in contesting for executive positions at the constituency, regional, or national level to resign from their public roles at least six months before the party’s internal elections. The directive, announced on Thursday, January 29, 2026, affects Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Chief Executive Officers and their deputies, Managing Directors and deputies, officers in analogous positions, as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). Chairpersons and members of boards are explicitly excluded from the resignation requirement. General Secretary of the NDC, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, who addressed the media…

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially scheduled its National Delegates Conference for Saturday, December 19, 2026, where delegates will elect a new set of national executives. Announcing the date during a press conference in Accra on Thursday, January 29, 2026, General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey explained that the party’s internal election process will follow a structured bottom-to-top approach. It will begin with elections at the branch level, proceed through constituency and regional conferences, and conclude with the national gathering in December. Mr Kwetey outlined the key dates for the exercise. Nominations for interested aspirants will open from Saturday,…

A driver’s mate at Kronum near Kumasi has gone into hiding after allegedly stabbing his colleague in the neck with a broken bottle during a heated argument over skin bleaching allegations. According to a Daily Guide report, the suspect, identified only as Mallachy, is said to have used a broken Coca-Cola bottle to inflict life-threatening injuries on his friend and colleague, Gabriel Arhin, at Kronum Kyerease around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2026. According to a police statement from the Suame District Police Command, the incident occurred at a local beer bar where both men, who are friends and…

The High Court in Accra has granted the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) additional time to file and serve further disclosures in the ongoing trial involving Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) and former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, along with seven others. The ruling was delivered by Justice Francis Aponga Achiponga during a case management conference on Thursday, January 29, 2026. So far, the prosecution has filed two witness statements in the matter. At Thursday’s sitting, Mr Ofori-Atta and a former Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Ernest Darko Akore, were absent from court, while the…

Ghana’s proposed national airline is set to become operational within the next 12 months, Transport Minister Joseph Bukari Nikpe has announced. The minister expressed strong confidence that all outstanding documentation, regulatory approvals, and other preparatory processes would be completed in time for the national carrier to commence flights. Mr Nikpe made the disclosure while speaking to the media on the sidelines of the maiden flight of Air Tanzania at the Kotoka International Airport on Tuesday, January 28, 2026. He noted that successive governments had made several unsuccessful attempts to revive a national airline since the liquidation of Ghana Airways, but…

The Ghana Police Service has arrested seven suspects linked to a daring highway robbery on the Tamale-Buipe highway in July 2025, which targeted a member of the Council of State. The incident occurred on 21 July 2025, when the victim was traveling along the Tamale-Buipe highway and was attacked by six armed men. The robbers made off with personal belongings, including mobile phones, cash, wristwatches, reading glasses, a laptop, and other items. Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, announced the arrests during a press conference on Thursday, January 29, 2026. “The police have arrested seven…

Police in the Ashanti South Region have arrested a suspect in connection with the possession of a large quantity of substances suspected to be Indian hemp (commonly known as ‘wee’ or weed) after intercepting a commercial vehicle at a checkpoint in Asanso Bekwai, Ashanti Region. According to a Graphic report, the arrest occurred on Monday, January 26, 2026, when officers on snap check duty stopped a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter bus with registration number AC 718-25 at the Asanso checkpoint. A thorough search of the vehicle uncovered nine nylon sacks hidden inside, which contained a total of 713 compressed slabs of dried…