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Wontumi spends night in EOCO custody after failing to meet bail conditions

Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, spent the night behind bars at the Economic and Organised Crime Office...

Police probe alleged assault on Joy News’ Latif Iddrisu

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has launched an investigation into an alleged assault on Joy FM journalist Latif Iddrisu during the arrest of...

Dead body found in Abelenkpe: Police appeal for help identifying deceased

The Ghana Police Service is asking the public for help in identifying a man found dead in Abelenkpe in the early hours of Friday,...

Chairman Wontumi’s whereabouts unknown – Paul Yandoh [Listen]

The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandoh, has refuted claims that Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman...

When suspended Chief Justice’s husband accompanied her to Supreme Court [Video]

Suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, on Wednesday morning appeared before the Supreme Court accompanied by her husband, Francis Torkornoo, for the hearing of her...

Supreme Court throws out injunction application by suspended Chief Justice

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an interlocutory injunction application filed by suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Torkornoo. Delivering the ruling on behalf of the...

Supreme Court strikes out embattled CJ’s supplementary affidavit

The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, struck out the supplementary affidavit filed by the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, ruling that it...

Man arrested for allegedly stabbing 70-year-old to death at Manso Gyeduako

A 25-year-old man, Akwasi George, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing 70-year-old Laar Ibrahim to death at Manso Gyeduako in the Amansie South District...

It was a setup – Lawyer on Chairman Wontumi’s arrest [Audio]

New Patriotic Party (NPP) member and lawyer, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has strongly condemned the arrest of Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known...

Chairman Wontumi hospitalised after arrest – Lawyer says interrogation suspended

Legal counsel for the embattled Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has...

Scores of NPP supporters storm EOCO office over Wontumi’s arrest

Scores of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters have thronged the premises of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) following the arrest of Ashanti...

Why I won’t abandon Chairman Wontumi in EOCO custody – Paul Yandoh [Listen]

The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandoh, says he will not abandon Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as...

EOCO arrests Chairman Wontumi

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known...

AG challenges suspended Chief Justice’s attempt to stop removal proceeding

The Office of the Attorney General has formally opposed an injunction application filed by suspnded Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, which seeks to suspend the...

Date for re-opening Ghanaian Embassy in Washington DC announced

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced that the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C. will reopen for full consular and administrative...

Veteran journalist Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng passes on

Distinguished veteran journalist and renowned media trainer Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng has died after months of ill health. He passed away in London on Monday, May...

Washington Embassy saga: Fred Kwarteng is a bad boy – Former staff makes damning revelation [Video]

A former Head of Information and Public Affairs at the Embassy of Ghana in the United States, Kofi Tonto, says he is not surprised...

Missing ECG containers retrieved

The Ministry of Energy has recovered 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), more than double the number previously reported as...

Chief Justice Torkornoo begs Supreme Court to halt removal process

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene and stop what she describes as a coordinated and degrading campaign to...

I am not involved in galamsey – Wontumi insists

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has reiterated that he is not...

‘Fuel could sell at GH¢12 by Thursday’ – OMC boss pins hope on cedi stability

The Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs), Dr. Riverson Oppong, says Ghanaians may soon enjoy significantly lower fuel prices...

Nursing mother found dead in uncompleted building at Awutu Bereku

A four-month-old nursing mother has been found dead at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The deceased has been...

Why rush to social media? Minority questions Ablakwa over Washington Embassy saga

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Nana Kwame Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, has criticized Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for prematurely announcing...

Godfred Dame joins Chairman Wontumi as he honours CID’s invitation

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi and the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has honoured an invitation to...

Sky Train scandal: Prof. Ameyaw-Ekumfi granted GH₵10m bail

Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), has been granted bail in the sum of GH₵10 million with...

We’ve done our part; Police must ensure strict compliance – GPRTU on 15% fare reduction [Audio]

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has stated that while drivers have been urged to implement the 15% fare reduction, strict and full...

Motor rider crashed to death at Assin Nsuta

An articulated truck driver has run over a motorbike rider, killing him on the spot at Assin Nsuta in the Assin South District of...

Ghana’s Embassy in Washington shut down over alleged corruption

Ghana’s embassy in Washington, D.C., has been temporarily shut down following allegations of widespread corruption and abuse of office at the diplomatic mission. The Minister...

Rotational nurses and midwives declare strike

The Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association of Ghana has declared its intention to embark on a nationwide strike effective Monday, June 2, 2025, to...

Police nab another suspect in Aflao Momo vendor murder

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested an additional suspect in connection with the robbery and murder of mobile money vendor Christopher Ahordor at...

UTAG-UEW demands justice over murder of Professor Amedeker

The University Teachers Association of Ghana, University of Education, Winneba Chapter (UTAG-UEW), is calling for a thorough investigation and swift justice following the gruesome...

GPRTU, Transport Unions warn drivers to comply with 15% fare reduction

The leadership of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and other commercial transport associations have issued a stern ultimatum to all drivers to...

FDA confiscates illicit drug products in Accra

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized illicit and unregistered tobacco products from four facilities in Accra in a targeted operation. The confiscated items...

Illegal miners invade Akyem Ankaase farmlands amid tensions

Tensions are mounting in Akyem Ankaase, a farming community in the Atiwa East Municipality of the Eastern Region, following reports of illegal miners invading...

Middle-aged, 2 children trapped in their home after a fig tree sealed their frontage doors

A middle-aged woman and her two children were trapped inside their home for nearly three hours after a large fig tree fell and blocked...

Farmer hospitalised after brother attacks him over land boundary

A farmer at Ajumako Chiebir in the Central Region, George Paintsil, is nursing deep machete wounds to his head following a violent confrontation over...

Land guards invade Papaase No. 2, force residents into hiding

Residents of Awutu Papaase No. 2 in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region are living in fear, with many fleeing into...

Adenta Kumi jubilates with NPP executives after release from NIB custody [Video]

Alfred Ababio Kumi, widely known as Adenta Kumi, has been released from the custody of the National Investigations Bureau (NIB). He was arrested on Friday...

Deputy Interior Minister defends armed raid on Wontumi’s home

Deputy Interior Minister Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi has justified the heavily armed security operation conducted at the home of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional...

38-year-old man appeals for support to undergo urgent eye treatment

A 38-year-old head porter from the Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region, Gideon Abramani, is appealing for assistance to undergo eye treatment. He began...