The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested thirty-three suspects in a series of intelligence-led anti-crime swoop operations conducted across multiple communities ahead of the festive season. The targeted operations, carried out in the early hours of December 16 and 17, covered Kasoa Old Market, Awutu Breku, Gomoa Buduata, Senya Beraku and surrounding areas. According...
The Member of Parliament for Jaman South and former Commissioner-General of Customs, Colonel Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd), has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of corruption and corruption-related offences in the ongoing case The Republic v Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta and seven others. Colonel Damoah, the sixth accused person (A6), was absent at the last adjourned...
The Vice President of the Republic, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to strengthening Ghana’s trade, agribusiness and industrial base, assuring the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry of continuous support to deliver on its mandate for national development. Professor Opoku-Agyemang gave the assurance during a working visit to the Ministry on Thursday,...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has deployed reinforcement teams and armoured vehicles to Nalerigu and surrounding communities in the North East Region following recent unrest in the area. The deployment comes in response to the burning of two houses by some youth in the regional capital and threats to carry out...
The Bank of Ghana has participated in the Cooperation between Law Enforcement Agencies and the Banking Community (COCLAB) Technical Committee Workshop held in Accra under the theme “Promoting Financial Integrity through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration.” The workshop brought together key stakeholders to strengthen collaboration in safeguarding the financial sector, particularly against unlicensed activities and emerging risks in...
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has presented six new Toyota Coaster buses (2025 model) to staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of efforts to improve staff welfare and ease transportation challenges. The presentation, made earlier today, fulfills a pledge the Minister made during his inaugural staff durbar upon...
The National Election Security Taskforce has held a meeting with the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Presidential Election Committee ahead of the party’s presidential elections scheduled for January 31, 2026. The engagement was aimed at receiving official notification of the election and obtaining key details, including the timetable, locations, and scope of activities, to enable adequate...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, on Thursday opened a two-day Regional Crime Officers’ Conference in Accra, with a call to strengthen the investigative capacity of crime officers nationwide. He was accompanied by members of the Police Management Board (POMAB). The conference, which brought together Crime Officers from all twenty-five Police Regions...
Parliament has passed the Bank of Ghana Amendment Bill, 2025, aimed at improving transparency, accountability, and strengthening institutional checks within the country’s central bank. During debate ahead of its passage, the Finance Minister, Hon. Cassiel Ato Forson, explained that the Bill introduces a mechanism for the automatic recapitalisation of the Bank in the event of...
The government has formally annulled Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which had empowered the President to permit mining operations within the country’s forest reserves. The repeal follows the passage into law of the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Revocation Instrument, 2025, which matured on Wednesday, December 10, after being laid before Parliament by the Minister...