Author: Baina Media (Baina Media)

 The Parliamentary Select Committee on Human Rights, in collaboration with several Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), has undertaken a fact-finding visit to the Gnani Witches’ Camp to document conditions and assess the community’s needs. The delegation was received by Alhassan, leader of the camp, who briefed members on the current situation. He explained that the camp...

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. John Oti Bless, has appealed to residents of the Tamale Metropolitan Area and surrounding communities to halt sand-winning activities at the Nawuni water intake point. The appeal follows a complaint by the Regional Chief Manager of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL),...

A law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, has cautioned that former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo may face significant hurdles in returning to the Supreme Court, despite having the constitutional right to do so. His comments follow Justice Torkonoo’s judicial review application challenging her removal from the bench, which coincided with her...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has provided free mattresses and chop boxes to all 2,207 first-year students entering Senior High Schools in the constituency. The gesture, which forms part of what the MP describes as the “North Tongu tradition,” is aimed at removing financial barriers that could prevent students from...

Nearly 300 highly trained and specialised healthcare professionals have departed from the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital between January and June 2025, seeking better prospects overseas — a trend hospital authorities describe as a worrying rate of attrition that poses a serious threat to healthcare delivery. Korle Bu’s Deputy Medical Director, Dr. Harry Akoto, disclosed the...

Parts of the Madina Market in Accra caught fire in the early morning of Friday, September 19, 2025, destroying numerous shops and wooden stalls. Swift intervention by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the early hours of Friday averted what could have been a devastating inferno at the Madina Market. According to GNFS, a distress...

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. John Oti Bless, has urged government to introduce legislation in Parliament to establish a dedicated funding source for waste management in the country. He made the call during a monitoring visit to Tamale in the Northern Region to assess sanitation challenges confronting...

Management of Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has firmly dismissed recent media reports suggesting unrest on campus involving students and personnel of the Ghana Police Service. In a press release signed by the Registrar, Dr. Moses Maclean Abnory, the university described the reports as misleading and unfounded, stressing that no such disturbances have occurred at TTU....

Former Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo has initiated legal action at the High Court, seeking to overturn her removal from office by President John Dramani Mahama. In a judicial review application filed through her lawyers, Justice Torkornoo contends that the President exceeded his constitutional authority when, on September 1, 2025, he issued a...