Residents of Mayoro and its environs in the Kassena Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region are cut off from the regional capital as a result of broken bridges over the Mayoro river and Navio river, especially during rainy season. A pregnant woman in labor died before reaching the hospital through a long route. Residents […]

A taskforce from NAIMOS has Stormed several illegal Mining Sites at Hiawa, in the Amenfi Central District. The task force destroyed assorted illegal mining equipment including makeshift structures, water pumping machines and wooden gold washing platforms among others. This is contained in a press statement issued on December 29. “The Taskforce has intensified its anti […]

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed heartfelt sympathy to world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua following a tragic road traffic accident on Monday on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. The incident, which took place on one of the country’s busiest highways, resulted in the death of two individuals. Anthony Joshua was injured in the crash and […]

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has arrested five Chinese for mining illegally along the Birim River. The arrest took place on December 29, 2026. “NAIMOS commenced the conduct of series of raids on illegal mining sites at Akyem Oda in the Birim Central Municipality. The raids led to the arrest of five (5) […]

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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has informed all freight forwarders, customs house agents, and cross-border traders of the directives regarding the Letter of Commitment (LOC) process and compliance requirements for cross-border trade. LOC Applicability The BoG in a statement that the Letter of Commitment is an export document generated through the Integrated Customs Management System […]

The Police in the Ashanti Region have announced that they have gunned down three suspected armed robbers to prevent a planned highway robbery along the Anwiankwanta–Obuasi Highway in the Ashanti Region. The suspects, identified as Seidu Issah, Musah Yakubu, and Yahaya Munkaila, also known as Tijani, were gunned down on 24th December 2025 when they […]

The Police in the Ashanti Region have announced that they have gunned down three suspected armed robbers to prevent a planned highway robbery along the Anwiankwanta–Obuasi Highway in the Ashanti Region. The suspects, identified as Seidu Issah, Musah Yakubu, and Yahaya Munkaila, also known as Tijani, were gunned down on 24th December 2025 when they […]

About 4000 marginalised widows within the Sissala West Constituency of the Upper West Region have been gifted with hampers of assorted food items by the Member of Parliament (MP) Mohammed Adams Sukparu, to mark this year’s Christmas while also ushering in the 2026 new year. The items included 8000 bags of rice, and 4000 pieces […]

CEO of the Goldbod, Sammy Gyamfi, has said that the Minority made uninformed and unfounded claims on the 214 million reported Bank of Ghana gold loss. The Minority in Parliament had projected that the Bank of Ghana’s gold losses would hit 300 million by the end of the year. This projection was made by the […]

The Member of Parliament for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has reaffirmed his commitment to continue standing with widows and supporting initiatives that promote dignity, care and inclusion. He added that, leadership must always be guided by compassion. Francis Asenso-Boakye stated this when he held his annual Christmas engagement with widows in the constituency, providing food items […]

The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion for the establishment of ad hoc committee to investigate the Gold-for-Reserves programme and $214m gold losses by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that the purpose of the said Ad Hoc Committee shall be to inquire into, inter […]

World-renowned boxer Anthony Joshua was involved in a road accident today in Makun, Ogun State. Eyewitnesses report that the incident occurred along a busy highway of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway around past 11am on Monday afternoon. The vehicle carrying Joshua, a Lexus Jeep with the number plate, KRD 850 HN, reportedly collided with a stationary truck […]

CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has highlighted the economic benefits of locally refining crude oil. He makes the point that refining the crude oil locally will ease the pressure on the Cedi further and also impact the pricing regime greatly. Mr Tameklo was commenting on the resumption of operations of […]

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The $214 million Bank of Ghana’s gold losses should not be blamed on market fluctuations, the Minority in Parliament has said. The opposition lawmakers say it is a system that was designed to make the state bleed and incur losses. Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, made these comments at a press […]

The Minority in Parliament has projected that the Bank of Ghana’s gold losses will hit $300 million by the end of the year. This projection was made by the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, at a press conference in Parliament on Monday, December 29. Oppong Nkrumah called for an urgent bipartisan […]

The Minority in Parliament is demanding an urgent probe into the Bank of Ghana’s $214 million losses. Addressing a press conference on Monday, December 29, the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, called for an urgent bipartisan committee to inquire into this matter. He said, “The IMF has already mentioned that 214 […]

The government closed out its 2025 domestic borrowing calendar on a high note, recording an oversubscription in its final Treasury bill auction held on December 24. Against a target of GHC3.306billion across all tenors, the auction attracted total bids of GHC3.917 billion. Demonstrating a strategy of fiscal discipline, the government opted to accept GHC3.857billion, slightly […]

Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, have begun a nationwide protest through the hoisting of red flags against government’s decision to appoint a transaction advisor for the power distributor. The workers, under the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) say the move could threaten the future of ECG and warn of further industrial action […]