The government has accepted a key recommendation of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) to extend the tenure of the President and Parliament from four years to five years, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr Dominic Ayine has announced. Presenting the government’s White Paper on the Constitutional Review Committee’s recommendations, Dr Ayine said the proposal…
The decision by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to revoke Zeepay Ghana Limited’s Dedicated Electronic Money Issuer (DEMI) licence has become one of the biggest developments in Ghana’s financial technology sector. It comes against the backdrop of legal disputes, debt recovery actions and rigorous regulatory scrutiny surrounding one of the best-known fintech companies in the…
The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has revealed that Dennis Miracles Aboagye has reportedly been granted bail in the sum of GH¢50 million with three sureties. Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to the NPP’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) at…
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has indicated that the arrest of Dennis Miracles Aboagye is linked to alleged financial and procurement-related irregularities involving about GH¢55 million, as a former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD). Miracles Aboagye was arrested together with the former accountant of the Secretariat, Gerald Appiah….
A National Service person attached to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has been charged with allegedly stealing GH¢308,300 through unauthorised Mobile Money transactions. Ebenezer Ghartey pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing when he appeared before the Accra Circuit Court. Inspector Frank Morgan Dorvi, prosecuting, told the court, presided over by Mrs…
The Ghanaian government has declined a planned state visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, citing concerns over the killing of a Ghanaian national and reported xenophobic attacks targeting Ghanaians in South Africa. The decision follows the death of 40-year-old Bashiru Isak, who Ghanaian authorities say was killed during demonstrations linked to renewed attacks against…
Ghanaian influencer Adwoa Tee has challenged claims made by her ex-boyfriend, Paradise, saying he’s deliberating lying about their relationship during a viral TikTok live session. “Kofi, you know you were lying about what you were telling people on TikTok. I literally fed you and clothed you,” she said In a post on her Instastories. She…
Nana Ama McBrown says her celebrity status has made it difficult for her to enjoy going to nightclubs the way she used to. McBrown said she sometimes wishes she could go to a nightclub simply to dance without attracting attention. “Do you know what? I feel like going to the club. I feel like going…
The remains of two persons suspected to have died in recent flooding have been retrieved at Adakope near Weija in the Weija Gbawe Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The bodies were discovered on the evening of Thursday, July 2, according to the Presiding Member for the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Assembly, Wilfred Ayitey Blankson, who confirmed…
The Ghana Armed Forces will lead a nationwide post-flood recovery and cleanup exercise following the June 29 flooding, with authorities indicating that structures illegally sited within waterways and drainage reservations may be removed as part of the operation. Briefing the public on Friday, July 3, 2026, Brigadier General Forster Okae-Yeboah, Director General of Joint Operations…
