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Military Leaders Meet New Defence Minister Omane Boamah. Ghana's top military officers met with the new Defence Minister on Monday. Dr. Edward Omane Boamah took over the role recently. General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), led the meeting in Accra. Other security...

Bank of Ghana Deputy Governor Steps Down Early. Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari will leave his job as the First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG). He started his leave on February 5, 2025, before his term was set to end. President John Dramani Mahama approved Dr. Opoku-Afari's decision. The...

Parliament has approved five ministerial nominees despite objections from the Minority Caucus. Four nominees passed without opposition, but Samuel Nartey George faced strong resistance. The Appointments Committee had backed Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Samuel George, Kofi Adams...

The Tamale Circuit Court has ordered the immediate arrest of four men linked to a violent gun battle at the Tamale Central Market on January 28, 2025. The suspects are accused of a shooting over a land dispute that left many people hurt. They ran away after the attack. Faisal Alhassan (Warrant...

Parliament Speaker Alban Bagbin has lifted the suspension of four MPs. The MPs were punished after a chaotic meeting on January 30, 2025. The decision caused a lot of arguments. The Minority party protested and said the Speaker went too far. Both the Majority and Minority Leaders asked Bagbin...

Student leaders threatened mass protests if Ghana's exam body failed to release withheld test scores. The National Union of Ghana Students gave the West African Examinations Council a week to free up pending 2024 WASSCE results. NUGS President Daniel Korley said they first wrote to WAEC on...

The head of Ghana's main loan agency stepped down Thursday. Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah left her post as CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre. She sent her resignation letter to the President's Chief of Staff on January 31, 2025. She led MASLOC for eight years under...

Ghana's identity card agency set higher fees Tuesday for its services. The National Identification Authority shared its new price list on Facebook. The changes affect both new cards and updates to old ones. First-time Ghana Card registration costs GHC310.00. People who need a replacement card...

A top legal expert has urged Ghana's Parliament Speaker Alban Bagbin to lift his ban on four lawmakers. Constitutional lawyer Kwame Adofo said Tuesday the suspensions must end. "He has to rescind, he has to redraw," Adofo told ABC Midday News. He claimed the Speaker failed to give the MPs a...

Ghana's opposition lawmakers staged a protest at Parliament today, rejecting Speaker Alban Bagbin's decision to suspend four members. The protesters wore red and black clothing and sang patriotic songs in the legislative halls. They declared a boycott of the Speaker's probe into recent chaos...

Ghana's Parliament faces new tension over accusations against a key committee clerk. Minority Leader Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has blamed Appointments Committee Clerk Gifty Jiagge Gobah for chaos during the January 30 ministerial vetting. His caucus claims she collaborated with Majority...

Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has backed away from his pledge to leave Ghana after John Dramani Mahama's election victory. Speaking on GTV on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, Ampaw said his promise was mere campaign rhetoric. He had supported New Patriotic Party candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia against the...

Students from two Kumasi schools clashed in violent confrontations, leaving damaged cars and property in their wake. The conflict between Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) and Kumasi Anglican Senior High School (KASS) led to burned tires, stone-throwing, and widespread vandalism. Four private...

Ghana's top military leaders met their new defense chief Monday in Accra. Chief of Defence Staff General Thomas Oppong-Peprah led Service Chiefs to greet Defense Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah at the Ministry of Defence. The military heads pledged support for Ghana's security and promised to...

A senior Ghanaian lawmaker has criticized the Speaker of Parliament's recent decision to suspend four MPs, calling it a threat to democracy. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, MP for Ofoase-Ayirebi, spoke out against Speaker Alban Bagbin's actions following chaos at ministerial vetting sessions. In a Net2 TV...

Former Tamale Central MP Inusah Fuseini has rebuked Minority Leader Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin for publicly criticizing an Appointments Committee clerk. The conflict emerged after Afenyo-Markin led a press conference on February 3, 2025, demanding the clerk's removal over claims of...

Ghana's First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has accused Minority Leader Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin of orchestrating recent chaos during ministerial vetting. Bernard Ahiafor claims Afenyo-Markin directed New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs on the Appointments Committee to disrupt proceedings on...

A legal challenge against Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama over a key appointment has been withdrawn. The case centered on Mahama's selection of Anthony Kwasi Sarpong as Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Private citizen Emmanuella Sarfowaah filed the...

AMD Plans Graphics Card Event in February. AMD might show its new graphics cards at the end of February. The company plans to hold a press event to share details about its RX 9000 series. AMD's vice president, David McAfee, said earlier that these cards would reach stores in March. McAfee...

G.SKILL Launches Fast Memory for New Computers. G.SKILL revealed fresh DDR5 memory kits this week. One runs at 6800 speed with 32 CAS timing in a 96GB pack. The other hits 6400 speed with 28 CAS timing in a 32GB size. Both kits work with Intel's XMP 3.0 system for faster speeds. The company...