Author: Political Desk

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…

The government has renewed the curfew in Bawku Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region, effective Monday, December 15, 2025. In a statement, the Ministry of the Interior, acting on advice from the National Security Council, announced that the curfew hours will run from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am. The renewal comes amid heightened security measures as the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, prepares to submit his mediation report on the long-standing Bawku chieftaincy conflict to President John Dramani Mahama. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the Presidency in Accra. A total ban on…

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspects following a viral video depicting the physical abuse of a young girl at Agona Jamasi in the Ashanti Region. In a press release issued on Tuesday, December 18”6, 2025, the police, through the Inspector-General of Police’s (IGP) Special Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team, confirmed the arrests of suspect Grace Mensah and Godfred Osei Akoto, the man seen in the video assaulting the child. Swift investigations led the team to Agona Jamasi, where Grace Mensah (aged 75) was arrested. Further operations resulted in the arrest of Godfred Osei Akoto. Preliminary investigations revealed that…

Ranking Member on the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee of Parliament, Michael Okyere Baafi, has called on the government to take immediate steps to enforce existing restrictions on the exportation of raw rubber, warning that failure to do so could lead to the collapse of local rubber processing factories and significant job losses. Speaking to the media in Parliament on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, Mr. Baafi alleged that a local Ghanaian agent, acting on behalf of Indian and Chinese companies, is sourcing raw rubber directly from farm gates and exporting it abroad. This practice, he said, is making it increasingly…

A petition seeking the removal of Supreme Court Justice Yonny Kulendi has failed after the Chief Justice determined that it did not establish a prima facie case. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson for President John Dramani Mahama, announced the development in a post on Wednesday, December 16, 2025. According to the post, the President forwarded the petition to the Chief Justice in line with Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution to assess whether a prima facie case existed. The Chief Justice subsequently informed the President that the petition did not disclose any prima facie case. The President has since communicated the…