The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has urged African nations to take ownership of their digital transformation, declaring that the continent can no longer afford to remain a bystander in the global digital economy. Speaking at the opening of the Mobex Africa Tech Expo and Innovation Conference 2025 at the...
Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on Wednesday met with members of the Ghanaian community in Iowa, USA, as part of her participation in the Norman Borlaug International Dialogue, organised by the World Food Prize Foundation. Addressing a gathering largely made up of young Ghanaians and students, the Vice President underscored the Mahama administration’s commitment to...
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has apprehended five individuals and freed 57 Nigerian nationals from a human trafficking and internet fraud syndicate operating at Adom Estates, Community 25, in the Greater Accra Region. The raid, carried out on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, was spearheaded by the CID’s Operations Unit after...
The Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) has officially confirmed 42 accredited Hajj agents for the 2026 pilgrimage, urging prospective pilgrims to deal only with approved representatives to avoid fraud and unauthorized transactions. In a press statement released on Wednesday, 20th October, 2025, the Communications Directorate of PAOG announced that the agents were vetted and...
The former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company, Abdul-Wahab Hanan Aludiba, has refuted claims linking him to an alleged corruption scandal at the company, following disclosures made by the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine. During the Government Accountability Series in Accra, Dr. Ayine revealed that more...
The Accra High Court has granted bail of GH¢10 million to Gifty Oware‑Mensah, the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA). Her bail followed her appearance before the court on October 22, where she was officially charged with five counts, including willfully causing financial loss to the state, theft, money laundering, and...
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, has revealed that the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration made an excess payment of $2 million to J.A. Plant Pool, the company contracted under the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP). This occurred even though the actual cost of the procured machinery was slightly above $1 million....
The Attorney General has revealed that a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company allegedly acquired several high-value properties across the country using proceeds of crime. Taking his turn at the government Accountability Series on Wednesday, 22nd October, 2025, the Attorney General disclosed that investigations uncovered that the former...
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, yesterday convened high-level meetings with officials of the United States Embassy and the Canadian High Commission to begin discussions on visa arrangements for Ghanaian football fans ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Ghanaian delegation included the Technical Advisor to the Minister for...
Ghana’s Parliament has attained its full complement of 276 Members following the swearing-in of two newly elected legislators from the Akwatia and Tamale Central constituencies. The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, on Tuesday administered the oath of office to Hon. Bernard Bediako Baidoo, Member of Parliament for Akwatia, and Hon. Professor...