Author: Gifty Baoateng

Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has paid a day’s working visit to the Ministry of Transport, at a time there is mass shortage of commercial buses popularly known as trotro in Accra. The shortage of buses has reportedly extended to Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital where videos have emerged a group of taskforce leashing attacks on drivers and their ‘mates’. The visit on Friday, January 16, is to afford her the opportunity to hold critical discussions with the sector minister, Joseph Bukari Nikpe to find ways to tackle the crisis in Accra. She was met upon arrival by the…

Francis Okoh Okai, the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DEVTRACO, has debunked claims that real estate developers are into money laundering. According to him, contrary to the perception, real estate developers are running genuine businesses that have nothing to do with money-laundering. His comments come years after the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ningo Prampram constituency, stated emphatically that he is aware these developers are working as money launderers but are disguising themselves as genuine real estate developers.\ Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, July 22, 2023, Samuel Nartey George, who is now the Minister for Communication and…

Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Victor Emmanuel Smith, has revealed that, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, has finally been arrested and detained. Mrs Tamakloe-Attionu jumped bail after she was granted permission to seek medical care abroad, while facing trial under the erstwhile President Akufo-Addo government. She is currently being held at the Nevada Southern Detention Centre in the US. In a brief statement signed by Victor Smith, on Thursday January 15, he confirmed that she is being detained as 2190 East Mesquite Avenue Pahrump, Nevada. He indicated…

A report filed by The1957News has revealed exclusive footage showing some alleged National Security officers assaulting staff of the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition. The disturbing incident is said to have occurred at Kasoa Amanfrom on the morning of Thursday, January 15, 2026. According to an eyewitness account, some staff of the Ministry, while traveling from Kasoa to the office on board an official bus, came across a pickup truck parked very close to the middle of the road, making it difficult for the Ministry’s staff bus to exit into the main road. Upon the bus exiting into the…

The Nungua Stool in the Greater Accra Region, has called on the Mahama government to act proactively to avert an impending clash waiting to happen between the people of Teshie and Nungua, two fishing communities who are also neighbours. The Stool wants prevention of communal conflicts, clashes, loss of properties and lives, uneasily calm as happened in parts of the country. They are demanding the setting up of a Committee of Enquiry to investigate the true owners of lands at Nmai Djor, suburb of Accra which have become a subject of controversy and litigation in court. “So now this is…

Dr Bryan Acheampong, one of the flagbearer aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has taken a swipe at a fellow contender, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for losing massively in the Savannah Region in the 2024 presidential election. The former Vice President, who is originally from the North East Region, could not win any of the constituencies in the Savannah Region, a neighbouring constituencies, as NPP’s flagbearer for that election. The constituencies were all won by President John Mahama, who hails from the region as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate. The only constituency the NPP won was the Damongo parliamentary…

It has emerged that troubled former Minister of Finance, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, who is being held in custody by United States (US) authorities, was offered support by Ghana’s High Commission. But the one time powerful government official, refused the offer without explanation, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the US, Victor Emmanuel Smith has disclosed. Per a statement issued by the High Commissioner on Saturday, January 10, Victor Smith confirmed both the detention by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the gesture extended to the detainee. “The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC, can confirm that Ghana’s former Minister…

One accused person in the Ashanti Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi, in the unlicensed mining (popularly known as galamsey) case, has been arrested. The individual was arrested by the Police last week and has been granted bail, according to the Deputy Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Justice Srem-Sai. Speaking exclusively on the Keypoints programme on TV3, on Saturday, January 10, Srem-Sai did not provide particulars of the accused person except to say he had previously been at large. “In that case, one of the accused persons was at large. We…

Veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratt, has called on the John Mahama administration, to immediately do away with the ‘forward operating base of the United States (US) army, situated in Ghana. The base was established under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government. It is located at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra. But Pratt, who has never hidden his strong opposition to the US when it comes to world politics thinks that is one solid move for Ghana to make to tell the world that it will not allow it territory to be used for any aggression against any country in the world…

President John Dramani Mahama has in his one year in office looked backed, reflecting on his government saying it has made difficult decisions that have laid the foundations for Ghana’s future development. Speaking during a non-denominational event at the forecourt of the Jubilee House on Wednesday, the President acknowledged that the results of these decisions may not be immediately visible but emphasised that they are designed to guide the country towards sustainable growth. “As we look back on the past year, we do so honestly. We have taken difficult decisions, we have undertaken difficult reforms, and we have laid the…