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Galamsey: I’m not involved or being investigated; anyone with evidence against me should bring it – Joseph Yamin

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Yamin, has challenged persons accusing him of involvement in illegal mining activities to produce...

Atta Mills dismissed me twice, but I speak well of him because he was a good man — Frimpong-Boateng

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has paid tribute to late President John Evans Atta Mills, saying his admiration...

CHRAJ debunks false claim linking Deputy Commissioner to Wontumi sentencing

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has dismissed as false claims circulating on social media that its Deputy Commissioner, Mercy Larbi,...

Finance Minister to present 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review today

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson is expected to present the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament today, Thursday, July 23, outlining Ghana's economic...

Bawumia visits Chairman Wontumi in prison after conviction

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the 2028 elections, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, visited the party's Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly...

Two patients exchange blows at Ejisu Government Hospital, damage properties

Two male patients receiving treatment at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Ejisu Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region reportedly engaged in a...

Mother-of-four in court over alleged offensive remarks about Mahama on TikTok

TikToker Rita Konadu, popularly known as "Mama One," has been granted GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties after appearing before court over allegations of making...

Wontumi brought to Accra High Court for Tano Nimiri case while serving 20-year sentence

The jailed Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has made his first appearance at...

Three killed, 11 injured in head-on collision at Ajumako Kokoben

Three people have died, while 11 others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a head-on collision involving two vehicles at Ajumako Kokoben in the...

Unemployed man jailed for attempting to steal police armoured vehicle

The Kwadaso Circuit Court in Kumasi has sentenced a 26-year-old unemployed man to one month in prison for attempting to steal a police armoured...

Atta Akyea explains absence during Wontumi’s sentencing

Lead counsel for New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, Samuel Atta Akyea, has explained his...

Three injured after timber logs crush vehicles on Oforikrom road

Three people sustained injuries after timber logs fell from an overturned truck onto two vehicles along the New Road in the Oforikrom Municipality of...

I have been defamed, maligned; my wife has even packed her bags – Miracles Aboagye

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director at the Office of the Party’s Flagbearer, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, says the allegations surrounding his arrest by the...

GH¢55m claim is propaganda spin – Miracles Aboagye fires back at EOCO

Former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has rejected allegations that he was involved in the misappropriation...

What Wontumi said after 20-year jail sentence (Listen)

Former New Edubiase Member of Parliament, George Oduro, has revealed how Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, remained calm after being sentenced...

US judge questions strength of OSP’s corruption case against Ken Ofori-Atta

A United States immigration judge has questioned the strength of the corruption case brought by Ghana’s Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) against former...

Wontumi was the galamsey kingpin – Martin Kpebu

Lawyer Martin Kpebu has described convicted illegal miner Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, as a “kingpin” in Ghana’s illegal mining sector. He...

‘Cock-and-bull story’ – Martin Kpebu says Wontumi’s reclamation defence fell apart

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu says the conviction of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, was the result of...

Wontumi conviction should inspire stronger fight against galamsey – Ashigbey

Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, says the conviction of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known...

From Porsche to prison van — Watch Wontumi’s dramatic exit from court [Video]

A new video showing the moment Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, was escorted into a prison vehicle after...

Wontumi transferred to Nsawam Prison to begin sentence – Dr Boakye-Danquah

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been transferred to the Nsawam Medium...

Wontumi should have received 25-year maximum sentence – Ken Ashigbey

Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has said he would have preferred the Accra High  Court to impose the maximum custodial...

Samreboi trial: Wontumi jailed for 20 years

The Accra High Court has sentenced Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20...

Samreboi trial: Wontumi, Akonta Mining found guilty of illegal mining

The Accra High Court has found Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, guilty in...

Court dismisses Wontumi’s deferment application, judgment proceeds

The Accra High Court has dismissed an application by lawyers for Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known...

Samreboi mining case: Wontumi arrives at court ahead of judgment [Video]

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has arrived at the Accra High Court ahead...

Wontumi’s fate hangs as court rules on alleged illegal mining case today

The Accra High Court is expected to decide today, July 20, whether to deliver judgment in the alleged illegal mining case involving Ashanti Regional...

Finance Minister to unveil new economic strategy in Mid-Year Budget Review

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson is expected to unveil the government’s much-anticipated New Economic Policy when he presents the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review...

Miracles Aboagye thanks Accra ghetto communities for support following EOCO arrest [Video]

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has embarked on a tour of several ghetto communities in...

Two die, two injured in gory Asuboi crash on Accra-Kumasi Highway

Two people have died in a gory accident involving two cargo trucks at Asuboi on the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Eastern Region, while two...

AG to close prosecution’s case in Adu-Boahene trial next week

The prosecution expects to close its case next week in the ongoing trial involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene,...

Woman, former soldier charged over GH¢1.6m GAF recruitment scam

Patience Mbaye, a 41-year-old ward assistant, has appeared before an Accra court over an alleged recruitment scam involving the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Mbaye is alleged to...

Police divert traffic after articulated truck blocks Birimso Bridge on Accra-Kumasi Highway

A section of the Accra-Kumasi Highway has been completely blocked following a crash involving a heavily loaded articulated truck at the Birimso Bridge on...

MTTD clamps down on unauthorized sirens, strobe lights on Kumasi–Cape Coast Highway

The Central North Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has launched a major enforcement exercise along the Kumasi–Cape Coast Highway to crack down...

I’ll repay ‘voter loan’ with devt – President assures Volta Region

President John Dramani Mahama has assured the people of the Volta Region that their overwhelming support during the 2024 elections is being matched with...

Okatakyie Afrifa, six others granted bail

Media personality Kwame Afrifa Mensah, popularly known as Okatakyie Afrifa, and six others standing trial over their alleged role in disrupting the New Patriotic...

LIVESTREAMED: ‘Democracy Is Not For Sale’ forum kicks off Western Regional edition in Takoradi

The Western Regional edition of Adom Brands' "Democracy Is Not For Sale" forum is currently underway at the Takoradi Library, bringing together citizens and...

Two arrested as driver, mate are found dead in hotel at Nkawkaw

A driver and his mate have been found dead under mysterious circumstances at Elsie Hotel in Nkawkaw, in the Kwahu West Municipality of the...

Two killed, several injured in accident on Fodoa–Nadeso road

Two people have died, while several others sustained injuries in a serious road accident on the Fodoa–Nadeso stretch of the Kumasi Highway in the...

We’ll advise ourselves if… – Three teacher unions issue ultimatum to gov’t over conditions of service

The leadership of three major pre-tertiary teacher unions — the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and...