Author: Gifty Boateng

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested a teacher cum caretaker, seen in viral video engaging in brawl with a female student at the Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School (SHS). The arrest of Eric Buernortey Apafio, 39, was confirmed by the Police Service and the Ghana Education Service (GES) in separate statements on Tuesday, June 09, 2026. He was nabbed by the Nyinahin District Police Patrol Team, on Monday, 8 June 2026 at about 7:00pm, following reports of an assault on the 18-year old, Patience Chibu. In a video that has gone viral, the student, 17-years old final year student, was…

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loan Centre (MASLOC) Sedina Tamakloe Attionu has finally been extradited to Ghana from the United States (US). The pharmacist landed at the Accra International Airport on Tuesday, June 9, a statement released by the Minister for Government Communications Felix Kwakye Ofosu has said. She has been taken into custody by the Ghana Police and the Prisons Service and are making the necessary arrangements for her to commence her 10-years sentence. She was convicted on 70 plus corruption-related charges, including embezzling more than $6M equivalent in Ghanaian taxpayers funds. This comes…

The Majority Chief Whip in Parliament Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Defeamekpor has cautioned the media liaison at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, to exercise restraint when dealing with matters of governance. The South Dayi constituency lawmaker said working in the public sector or a ministry is a totally different thing all together and that, one needs to be circumspect when coming out in the public domain. Speaking on the public dispute between the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance that played out in the media space on Friday, June 5, he said Samuel Huntor, acted in…

A Vice President of policy think tank IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, has denied that he collapsed on a live show due to ill health. According to the private legal practitioner, he did not collapse but only fell on TV’3 Keypoints programme last Saturday, 30 May, due to a malfunctioned chair he was sitting on. The incident which was captured briefly live on the programme triggered concerns that he may have collapsed on the programme indicating a possible ill health. TV3, after learning about the rumour flying around issued a formal statement apologizing and clarifying what occurred on set which was seen…

Paul Yandoh, the Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has chastised the party’s members and fanatics who say they are disappointed in the leadership for attending the funeral of Andrews Kwame Amankwah. According to him, the party did nothing wrong solidarizing with families of the deceased who was buried on May 30. Amankwah, a Kumasi based businessman tragically lost his life after some armed robbers in February shot him dead and stole his car He happens to be the father in-law of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GoldBod and national Communication Officer…

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has revealed that no Ghanaian in South Africa (SA) processed or being for voluntary evacuation, has been found to be wanted by authorities. According to him, there is a clean bill of health for all citizens who are set to leave the country due to xenophobic attacks and the June 30 deadline issued by the March for March group led by convener, Jacinta Zuma. His remarks come in the wake of accusations by the group that other African nationals go back to their countries to fix them so they can fix theirs.…

The Vice President, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, on Thursday, June 4, joined the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC,) to mark this year’s June 4 celebration at Banda Ahenkro in the Bono Region. The celebration, one of the most important programmes on the NDC calendar, marks the 1979 uprising which saw the late Jerry John Rawlings become the head of state. The event was also attended by the national chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, general secretary Fifi Kwetey, members and supporters of the party. The Vice President was also accompanied by the former national chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and Alex…

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is set to commence the refining of Ghana’s crude as part of broader effort to get the state-owned company fully functional. President John Dramani, who is leading a high powered government delegation to the United Kingdom (UK) said this when he met the Ghanaian diaspora community in London. According to the President, the refining will start this month, June. He said the Refinery will officially be presented with a parcel of Ghana’s crude from the oil fields to process. “We are about to start refining our own crude, and so in June, we are delivery…

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Anani Quashie has disclosed that two chartered aircrafts, carrying citizens based in South Africa are expected in Ghana in the coming days. According to him, a total of 610 passengers from the two flights will be returning to beat the 30th May deadline issued against African migrants. Although he was unspecific about the exact day, he was convinced that, they will arrive “within two to three days”. It will be the second time the government is sponsoring Ghanaians less than a week after the first batch of 297 onboard an Ethiopian chartered airline,…

Calls are growing for the John Mahama administration not to renew the current mining lease for Goldfields after it expires. The South African company, has been mining in Ghana for over 30 years but it contract at Tarkwa in the Western Region will expire in 2027. “We are not going to give up in any way on Tarkwa. In November last year, we submitted a leave extension for the Tarkwa Mine, which would give us…another 20 years of mining at Tarkwa”, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Goldfields, Mike Fraser. One year to the end of the expiration of the lease,…