Author: Political Desk

The Accra High Court has ordered Transitions Funeral Home to immediately release the mortal remains of highlife legend Daddy Lumba to the Abusuapanyin, Kofi Owusu, for the planned funeral and burial on Saturday, December 13, 2025. Justice Kwasi Anokye Gyimah, in a dramatic turn of events on Friday afternoon, ruled that the maternal family of the late musician (real name Charles Kwadwo Fosu) failed to deposit the GH¢2 million security bond he had imposed as a condition for continuing an interim injunction that blocked the funeral. The court had on Thursday set a deadline of 2:00 pm Friday for the…

Majority Leader and Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, has indicated his readiness to reconsider and possibly withdraw the Private Member’s Bill he co-sponsored with Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor to repeal the law establishing the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Mr Ayariga made the disclosure on the floor of Parliament on Friday while responding to a question posed by the Minority Chief Whip, Habib Iddrisu, about President John Dramani Mahama’s public request for the bill to be dropped. The President had, on Thursday, December 11, 2025, issued a statement requesting Mr Ayariga to reconsider his decision to push for…

The Accra High Court has delivered a dramatic twist in the ongoing dispute over the final funeral rites of highlife icon Daddy Lumba, ordering the late musician’s maternal relatives to deposit GH¢2 million with the court by 2:00 pm today, Friday, December 12, 2025, or the body will be released to the Abusuapanyin for burial tomorrow as originally planned. Justice Kwasi Anokye Gyimah, presiding over the case, recalled lawyers for both parties on Thursday afternoon and imposed the hefty financial condition to cover potential losses and expenses already incurred by the family head, Kofi Owusu (the Abusuapanyin), and Transitions Funeral…

An Accra High Court has placed an interim injunction on the burial of highlife legend Daddy Lumba, stopping the family head and the mortuary from proceeding with funeral arrangements until a family dispute is resolved. The ruling, delivered on Friday, December 12, 2025, follows an ex-parte application filed by the late musician’s maternal family against Kofi Owusu (the Abusuapanyin and first respondent) and Transitions Funeral Home (third respondent). The court restrained Mr Owusu from continuing with any funeral plans and ordered Transitions Funeral Home not to release the body, which has been in the morgue since Daddy Lumba’s death on…

Ghanaian fans travelling to support the Black Stars at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will pay between $140 (approximately GH¢1,610) and $600 (GH¢6,900) for group-stage tickets, FIFA has announced. The world football’s governing body released the official ticket prices on Thursday, 11 December 2025, giving supporters the first clear indication of the cost of watching Ghana live in Group L. The cheapest ticket available to Ghanaian fans is $140 (Category 3) for the opening match against Panama on 17 June 2026 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Full pricing for Ghana vs Panama:…

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has launched an attack on the government for what he describes as reckless and contradictory spending priorities. In a social media post on Friday, December 12, 2025, the Assin South MP accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration of wasting millions of cedis on by-elections and polling station reruns while simultaneously begging foreign governments for basic equipment to retool national security agencies. Rev. Ntim Fordjour cited specific examples, noting that the state spent GH¢38.6 million in a single day on the recent Akwatia by-election and another GH¢1 million…

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has urged the government to employ “quiet, calm and strategic diplomacy” in handling the escalating diplomatic spat between Ghana and Israel over reciprocal deportations. The Damongo MP’s appeal follows a week of heightened tensions triggered by the deportation of 3 Ghanaian nationals from Tel Aviv and Ghana’s subsequent refusal of entry to three Israeli citizens who arrived at Kotoka International Airport on 10 December. In a statement on Friday, Mr Jinapor said the Minority fully supports legitimate efforts to protect Ghanaian citizens abroad and defend national dignity, but cautioned that…

A total of 2,600 people have lost their lives in road traffic crashes across Ghana from January to November 2025, the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has disclosed. Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Friday, December 12, 2025, the Director of Education, Research and Training at the Police MTTD, Chief Superintendent Alexander Kwaku Obeng, described the situation as a “national road safety crisis” that demands urgent collective action, especially with the Christmas season approaching. According to the statistics released by Chief Supt. Obeng, 13,000 crashes were recorded within the 11-month period, involving…

The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has unanimously endorsed President John Dramani Mahama as the sole West African candidate for the rotating Chairperson of the African Union (AU) when the position falls due for the region in 2027. The decision was taken at the ongoing meeting of the Council of Ministers in Abuja, Nigeria. Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the endorsement in a Facebook post on Friday, stating that the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government is expected to formally adopt the declaration at its summit on Sunday. “Ghana is exceedingly grateful…

Popular Ghanaian socialite Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica (also known as Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng), has been arrested in Ghana following a federal indictment in the United States for allegedly masterminding romance scams that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million. The 31-year-old from Agona Swedru in the Central Region was taken into custody on Wednesday, December 11, 2025, after a two-count indictment was unsealed by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Kumi and his criminal network used artificial intelligence software to create fake identities…