A civic education push in Buipe just put ordinary citizens in the driver's seat on corruption accountability, backed by serious international money.
Central Gonja social audit event basics
The Central Gonja District Office of the National Commission for Civic Education ran the engagement in Buipe.
It fell under the Participation, Accountability and Integrity for a Resilient Democracy programme.
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development commissioned the initiative, with the European Union and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs co-financing it.
German International Cooperation handled the actual implementation on the ground.
What district director Suuk pushed for
Cletus Y. Suuk framed the exercise as a...
A drastically slashed sentence just walked one of Ghana's most controversial self-styled evangelists out of prison after only months behind bars.
Nana Agradaa walks free after appeal
Patricia Asiedu, widely known as Nana Agradaa, got released from prison on Tuesday, March 3.
Her original 15-year sentence was knocked down to 12 calendar months by Justice Solomon Oppong-Twumasi on February 5, 2026.
The appellate judge called the initial punishment excessive relative to the amounts actually involved.
A circuit court had originally handed her the 15-year hard-labour sentence back in July 2025.
What she was actually locked up for
Nana Agradaa's convictions covered two counts of defrauding by false pretence and one count of charlatanic...
A hard April 30 deadline is breathing down the necks of every registered business in Ghana, and the penalties for ignoring it are no joke.
ORC's annual returns deadline explained
The Office of the Registrar of Companies is mandating filings or business name renewals by April 30.
Business owners, company directors, secretaries, and incorporated partnership members all fall under this directive.
Section 126(1) of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) is the legal muscle backing the whole exercise.
Businesses skipping their annual returns alongside financial statements get flagged as non-compliant immediately.
Penalty breakdown for late filers
Companies sitting on five or more years of defaults owe GH¢2,000 on top of standard filing fees...
A post-crash beating in Maamobi put a 33-year-old man in police custody and left a motorcyclist nursing injuries from more than just the accident.
Accra assault arrest after road crash
Razak Kwanda got picked up by the Kotobabi District Police Command over the Maamobi incident.
Yakubu Manan Abdul, the 24-year-old victim, flagged down a patrol team after the crash.
Kwanda allegedly went after Abdul during the accident, leaving him with physical injuries.
Police conveyed the victim and his wrecked motorbike to Kotobabi Police Station that same day.
Timeline of the arrest and bail
The road accident went down on Saturday, February 21, in the Maamobi area of Accra.
Kwanda's arrest came five days later, on Wednesday, February 26, at...
A GH¢5 million defamation verdict just landed hard on a prominent Ghanaian activist, and the court didn't leave much wiggle room.
High Court drops big damages on Barker-Vormawor
Oliver Barker-Vormawor got hit with a GH¢5 million general damages ruling in Accra.
Justice Joseph Owusu Adu-Agyeman also slapped an additional GH¢100,000 in legal costs on him.
Albert Kan Dapaah originally chased GH¢10 million, but the court trimmed the compensation by half.
Barker-Vormawor's legal team tried to relist their struck-out defence, and the court shut that down fast.
What Kan Dapaah was actually suing over
Albert Kan Dapaah, former National Security Minister, sued over a public claim that he solicited a $1 million bribe.
Barker-Vormawor, a...
Ghana's Iranian embassy going dark signals just how fast the Middle East situation has spiraled into something genuinely dangerous.
Ghana pulls its Iranian diplomatic team
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa confirmed that all Ghanaian embassy staff got out of Iran safely.
The Foreign Affairs Minister announced via Facebook on Monday, February 2, 2026.
Ghana's Iranian embassy has been shuttered sine die, with consular services now offline.
Ablakwa described the welfare of Ghanaians abroad as the government's top priority.
What triggered the evacuation call
A coordinated U.S.-Israel military operation hit Iran on February 28, 2026.
Strikes reportedly took out Iranian military infrastructure, leadership compounds, and strategic installations...
The Strait of Hormuz getting locked down just torched global oil supply, and a Ghanaian MP is begging Ramadan prayers to cool the heat.
Dorcas Affo-Toffey's Ramadan plea
Dorcas Affo-Toffey, MP for Jomoro Constituency, called on Muslims to pray for world peace during Ramadan.
Her ask zeroes in on the Israel-USA-Iran conflict heating up right now.
Affo-Toffey flagged Jomoro's Muslim-Christian coexistence as a national blueprint.
She specifically requested Solat Hajat prayers targeting peace in the Middle East.
Food donation at the Ramadan engagement
The MP dropped 100 bags of 50 kg sugar at the Muslim community gathering.
Affo-Toffey also brought 100 cartons of milk and 100 boxes of tea bags.
Fifteen boxes of Milo were part of the...
Kampala's massive garbage problem just got a potential fix with a new facility turning organic waste into cooking gas and fertilizer.
The new waste-to-energy plant
KCCA and Homeklin Ltd launched the facility in Nsambya.
It converts biodegradable waste into biogas and organic fertilizer.
The goal is diverting organic waste away from overstretched landfills like Kiteezi.
Methane emissions from decomposing garbage get cut in the process.
Scale of Kampala's trash problem
The city generates roughly 730,000 tonnes of waste every year.
Most of it currently ends up in landfills with no value recovery.
Air pollution and groundwater contamination are tied to poor waste handling.
Population growth keeps making the situation worse.
KCCA's take...
A continental defense award just landed in the hands of Uganda's top military officer at a major leadership summit in Ghana.
The award and ceremony
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba received the Special African Leadership Award for Defence and National Security Excellence.
The 15th African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year event ran from 27 to 28 February in Accra.
Over 400 delegates showed up at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel.
Heads of state, ministers, and business leaders were all in attendance.
Kainerugaba's military resume
He serves as Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations.
Previous roles spanned commander of special operations and land forces within the UPDF.
Organizers credited...
