The Nigerian Navy said that its personnel busted and destroyed eight illegal crude oil refining sites in Delta State. The Navy also stated that it seized thousands of litres of stolen crude and refined products during the operations. Commanding Officer of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos, Navy Captain Ikenna Okoloagu, confirmed the operations while […] The post Navy destroys

President Bola Tinubu has condemned child bullying and is promising to create a better and more secure environment for children in the country.  This was the crux of Tinubu’s message on the 2025 Children’s Day celebration. In a statement he issued on Tuesday, President Tinubu said this year’s Children’s Day theme, “Stand Up, Speak Up: […] The post Children’s

The Ho High Court 1 in the Volta Region has convicted seven persons in connection with the robbery and murder of the late Mawutor Adzahli, former Assembly Member of Sogakope. The judgment, delivered on 22nd May, 2025 by Justice John Ekow Mensah, found the three accused persons guilty on charges of robbery and murder. Richard […] The post V/R: Ho High Court convicts

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is taking steps to ensure commercial drivers in the metropolis adhere to new transport fares following a 15 per cent reduction by transport unions. A statement issued by the public affairs directorate of the assembly and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi, said it had come to […] The post KMA to deploy police to enforce

U.S. Ambassador to Ghana (2022-2025) This is a love letter to Ghana: in praise of her democracy, stability, warmth, and entrepreneur­ialism but most of all tolerance – between faiths, between ethnic groups, even be­tween political rivals. I witnessed this tolerance firsthand when I saw Ghanaian civil society organ­isations, academics, and national leaders defend the principle … The post A love letter to Ghana

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC, United States, will be reopened tomorrow to resume full consular services. This move follows the uncover­ing of an Information Technology (IT) breach that led to a temporary closure of the Embassy, recall of Home-Based Staff and suspension of Local Staff. A … The post Ghana

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 10 new Mpox cases, increasing the total to 19.   The post

Governors of the African Development Bank Group will elect a new president on Thursday, May 29 at the ongoing 2025 Annual Meetings in in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The tenure of the current President Akinwumi Adesina comes to an end this year. In an emotional farewell speech during the meetings, Adesina gave an upbeat account of […] The post Governors of African Development

Lil Win says he rejected a $20K bribe to stop the filming of the Ibrahim Traoré biopic

Ghana has taken a significant step in the fight against illicit firearms trafficking by hosting a 3-day high-level Regional Planning Meeting for Operation KAFO VI in Accra, which aims at dismantling arms networks and enhancing regional security. Addressing participants, the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, said that ‘let this planning meeting not be remembered […] The post Ghana

Amend Article 88 (5) for effective anti-corruption fight – Comfort Aniagyei

By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU & Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU Foreign corporate investors continued to be the dominant force in the domestic equity market – accounting for nearly 86 percent of total shares value sold between January and April 2025, according to a recent report from the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The data show that foreign […] The post Offshore corporates drive equity turnover

By Juliet ETEFE ([email protected]) Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Stephen Blewett, has called on business leaders and policymakers to pursue bold and deliberate investments in digital infrastructure and innovation to support the country’s economic reset agenda. Mr. Blewett argued that robust digital infrastructure forms the backbone of any modern economy, explaining that countries that […] The post MTN

A News Desk Report Ghana and its African counterparts must urgently reposition their trade and industrial strategies in response to sweeping protectionist measures by the United States under President Donald Trump, according to a detailed analysis presented by international relations scholar Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso. The analysis warns that Trump’s tariff regime, which imposed a baseline […] The post Rethink

records GH¢ 3m profit before tax shareholders get 52% returns on current GH¢25 share price By Seth KRAMPAH, Fomena Adansi Rural Bank PLC at Fomena in the Adansi North District of Ashanti Region has held its 35th Annual General Meeting of shareholders and posted another impressive growth in all financial indicators for the 2024 year […] The post Adansi Rural Bank posts impressive