The Ga Traditional Council banned drumming and noise-making from May 12 to June 12, 2025, ahead of the Homowo Festival. King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II signed a notice calling this time a period for peace and spiritual reflection. The yearly festival honors ancestors and celebrates harvest among the Ga people. Areas like Osu, La, and Teshie will have their ban dates after June 12. Ghana's Constitution protects these cultural practices as part of the legal system.
Churches must keep all activities inside their buildings during this time. Loud music, clapping, and tambourines are not allowed. Speakers cannot be placed outside religious buildings. Street preaching with megaphones stops completely. Funerals must wait until June 20, after the...
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu says Ghana will create math lessons for blind high school students. This plan helps visually impaired teens study math and enter science careers later. The government also works on sign language lessons for deaf students. Mr Iddrisu shared these plans when he swore in 19 new members to run the Ghana Education Service.
He asked the council to make a digital education plan by 2026. This plan would bring computers into classrooms from kindergarten through high school. The minister wants better safety rules in schools because student behavior worries him. He complained about poor food quality in school meals and asked for stricter food checks. The government formed a group to review teacher tests without...
Gomoa Central MP Kwame Asare Obeng apologized for harsh words against Attorney General Dominic Ayine. The lawmaker known as A Plus denied calling Ayine corrupt or dishonest. He blamed those accusations on a fake Twitter account using his name and photo. A Plus said his actual statements about the sanitation levy remain visible on his official Facebook page. He asked Ghanaians to check there for his true position.
A Plus admitted to writing an insulting Facebook response after Ayine held a press conference. He called the post inappropriate for someone junior in Parliament. He erased the message as a sign of respect, something he rarely does. The argument started when Ayine mentioned an MP who allegedly took cash regarding a National...
President Mahama wants honest numbers from the Ghana Statistical Service. He made this clear when Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu took his oath Friday at Jubilee House. The president stressed how correct data helps the country grow and asked the new statistician to stay strong against anyone trying to change the facts. Accurate information matters for everyone making decisions about Ghana.
The president pushed for the truth even when the facts seemed uncomfortable. He asked Dr. Iddrisu to team up with government offices, schools, community groups, and businesses. His administration plans to run things openly with clear results. They need fast, detailed information for health care, schools, farming, and city planning. These facts help them spot...
School feeding caterer Naa Humu Boateng says students receive tasty meals despite what critics claim. She told Citi Eyewitness News on Friday that small portions, not bad taste, remain the actual problem. The meals contain protein from beans and nutrition from added vegetables, according to Boateng. She explained that funding stays far below what they need to feed hundreds of children daily. The government paid caterers 97 pesewas per child before raising it to 1 cedi 45 pesewas, with a promised increase to 2 cedis that never arrived.
Boateng asked how anyone could properly feed 350 students with just 400 or 500 cedis in total. She eats the food herself as proof that taste concerns lack merit. The government announced Friday that all...
Lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea slammed the case against former National Signals Bureau head Kwabena Adu Boahene as weak and unproven. An Accra High Court sent Adu Boahene to EOCO custody for seven days after the Attorney General requested it on Friday. The detention stems from claims he tried to stop a witness from testifying in a theft case. Atta Akyea told Channel One Newsroom the legal grounds for prosecution lack substance and merit. He expressed concern about how officials treated his client, given his security background.
The lawyer suggested Dr. Dominic Ayine was putting on a show for the public instead of building a solid legal case. He stated firmly that the situation looks worse than it actually is and predicted the accusations...
Ghana President Mahama landed in Libreville Friday night. He came for General Nguema's swearing-in ceremony today. Nguema took power after a coup against Omar Bongo before winning his April election. Ghana shows its friendship with Gabon through this official visit.
Mahama brought four people from his team along for the trip. National Security Advisor Prosper Bani traveled with the president. Dr. Callistus Mahama joined as Secretary to the President. Foreign Minister Ablakwa made the journey as well. The last member was Deputy Chief Stan Dogbe who handles operations at home.
MP Kwame Asare Obeng has apologized to Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine after their public argument. He claims someone made a fake account with his name on social media that called the Attorney General corrupt. Obeng, known as A Plus, says that the account does not belong to him, and he never accused Ayine of being dishonest. His real comments about the sanitation levy appear only on his Facebook page.
Obeng admits he wrote an angry Facebook post responding to Ayine's press conference. He accepts his words were wrong and has removed the post. The MP says he should have spoken more respectfully as a younger colleague in Parliament. The clash began when Ayine claimed an MP took money to keep a scandal about ghost names quiet. Obeng...
Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah leaves his job as head of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital next week. He met with Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, who thanked him for his excellent work. The government praised him for making the hospital better and improving healthcare. Akandoh expressed personal thanks for the care he received at KATH after his accident last year. Officials will name a replacement soon.
Addai-Mensah started his role in November 2022 and departs with two years left on his contract. People see his time at KATH as very successful because he led major renovations through the Hekap Project. He created new training programs for staff and managers at the hospital. The number of dialysis machines grew from just two when...
