Author: Political Desk

The Volta Regional Police Command has destroyed six hundred (600) fertiliser sacks of compressed Indian hemp (marijuana) weighing a total of 47,530 kilograms and with an estimated street value of GH¢4.2 billion. The narcotic exhibits, seized in 2022 in the case of The Republic v. Yao Kwadwo @Wallako and two others, were burnt on Monday, November 17, 2025, at about 10:30 pm at the Klefe dumping site in Ho, following an order from the Ho Circuit Court after the conclusion of the trial. According to a report by Asaaase Radio, the destruction exercise was carried out under heavy security and…

The University of Ghana has initiated internal disciplinary processes against two of its senior academics, Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr. George Domfeh, following a heated on-air confrontation that went viral on social media. A statement signed by Management and dated Friday, November 21, 2025, confirmed that the University Council has taken note of a widely circulated video from the Saturday, November 15, 2025, edition of TV3’s current affairs programme, The Key Points. The footage showed the two senior lecturers engaged in a fierce verbal exchange that escalated into personal attacks, causing the panel discussion to degenerate into chaos. “Management of…

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has successfully facilitated the departure of the second cohort of 25 Ghanaian beneficiaries to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take up positions as professional drivers. The group departed the country on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, after completing all mandatory processes in collaboration with the Ghana Labour Department. In a statement posted on its official social media platforms, YEA announced that the beneficiaries underwent rigorous pre-departure orientation to ensure they are fully prepared for safe, dignified, and rewarding employment abroad. “Under the visionary leadership of CEO Malik Basintale, the Youth Employment Agency has successfully facilitated…

A man and his wife have been arrested by police in Kokrobite, Ga South Municipality, for allegedly beating their 13-year-old daughter to death after accusing her of eating her younger brother’s food. The suspects, Issah Mohammed and his wife Yaa Grace, allegedly subjected the teenager, identified as Celestine, to severe physical assault on the evening Issah returned from work. According to a report by Adomonline, the incident began when the stepmother, Yaa Grace, informed Issah that Celestine had eaten food meant for her younger brother. Enraged, Issah reportedly used a cane, a shovel, and a cutlass to beat the girl,…

The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged William Baah, the former Assemblyman for Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, who was earlier convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for abetting the 2017 lynching of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. In a unanimous decision delivered on Thursday, November 20, 2025, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge, Justice Mariama Owusu (then a Justice of the Supreme Court sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court judge), committed a grave misdirection that led the jury to return a guilty verdict against the assemblyman. “The misdirection of the…

Ghana’s Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, has proposed that Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire could jointly bid to co-host a future FIFA World Cup. Speaking in an interview, Kofi Adams cited the growing trend of multi-nation hosting adopted by football’s world governing body, citing FIFA’s recent decisions to award the 2026 World Cup to the United States, Mexico, and Canada, and the 2030 edition to Morocco, Spain, and Portugal (with centenary celebration matches in South America) as evidence that joint hosting is now the preferred model. “They [FIFA] are beginning to adopt a number of nations doing it,…

African gallerist, cultural visionary, and environmental advocate Selorm Hilary Kojo Fiadjoe, founder of ENA Gallery, delivered one of the most compelling artistic contributions at the 2025 GUBA (Grow Unite Build Africa) Awards in Barbados, an event already marked as one of the most historically symbolic gatherings of the Pan-African world in recent years. This year’s GUBA Awards commemorated a profound milestone: the arrival of the first-ever chartered flight carrying free Africans directly from Ghana to Barbados, a powerful reconnection across the Atlantic that celebrated shared ancestry, unity, and the rekindling of long-standing cultural bonds between Africa and the Caribbean. Against…

A 34-year-old driver’s mate learning to drive has caused the death of a 40-year-old mother of four, Gladys Mensah, at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. According to a Graphic report, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, around 11:00 a.m. near the SDA School at Habitat, a suburb of Assin Fosu. Police say Eric Ackon, the learner driver, was being taught how to drive a Hyundai truck with registration number GR 6146-12 by the vehicle’s owner, Benjamin Kwarfo, 26, when he lost control due to inexperience. The truck veered off the road, struck Gladys Mensah who was…

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, commissioned four high-speed Avon Class Patrol Boats for the Ghana Police Service’s Marine Unit at a ceremony held in Tema. The Turkish-manufactured vessels, acquired through collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United States Embassy, and the Government of Japan, are aimed at strengthening maritime law enforcement, search and rescue operations, and emergency response along Ghana’s coastline and inland waterways. The four boats have been named after former Inspectors-General of Police: – P.V. Ernest Arko (IGP: 1974–1978) – P.V. B. S. K. Kwakye…

A Form Three Business student and Acting Boys’ Prefect of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi, has reportedly died after falling from the top floor of the school’s administration block on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The tragic incident according to a report by Myjoyonline, occurred during school hours, with students and staff rushing to the scene after hearing the impact. Abass was immediately rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body of the deceased was later released to the family and buried the same day in accordance with Islamic rites.…