Author: Gifty Boateng

Highlife musician Ofori Amponsah has stirred public conversation after openly expressing his desire to vote for President John Mahama should the President be permitted to run again after completing his current and final term. According to the Otoolege hitmaker, President Mahama’s performance so far has been exceptional, and he would gladly show his appreciation at the ballot box if the Constitution allowed the President to seek another term. In an interview, Amponsah explained that the President’s achievements within a short period have convinced him that the country is moving in the right direction. “If President Mahama is coming for another…

The investigative committee tasked to investigate the tragic helicopter crash, has disclosed the cause. It emerged from their probe that, a sudden and powerful downdraft caused horrendous helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight prominent Ghanaians including to ministers on Wednesday 6 August 2025. This was confirmed by Captain Paul Forjoe, an Investigator and Retired Pilot with the Aircraft Accidents Investigations Bureau of Ghana (AAIBG) at a briefing today, Tuesday, November 11 at the Jubilee House in Accra. It comes barely 24-hours after the report was presented to President John Mahama by the acting Minister for Defence, Dr Ato…

Ghanaian economist and political risk analyst, Dr Theophilus Acheampong, has allegedly been appointed to the Finance Ministry. He heads to the Ministry as an economic advisor. He goes there with rich insight, background and knowledge in not only in the area of the economy but petroleum as an expert. He has over the years been working with private investors, governments and international organisations on the intersections between natural resource extraction and public financial management. He adds to a number of professionals appointed by the government to the Ministry to ensure the firm stability of the economy. Dr Acheampong has himself…

Journalists across the country have been assured of a conducive environment as they go about their duties as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, President John Dramani Mahama has said. As a committed member of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mahama said it will not be under his watch that journalists will seek asylum elsewhere because of threats to their lives due to their work. He reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering commitment to free, safe and efficient media, indicating there is no way he will tolerate any form of intimidation, interference or attack on practitioners. President who has been applauded both…

Journalists across the country have been assured of a conducive environment as they go about their duties as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, President John Dramani Mahama has said. As a committed member of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mahama said it will not be under his watch that journalists will seek asylum elsewhere because of threats to their lives due to their work. He reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering commitment to free, safe and efficient media, indicating there is no way he will tolerate any form of intimidation, interference or attack on practitioners. President who has been applauded both…

The Appointments Committee of Parliament, will today Monday November 10 vet the nominee for the Chief Justice (CJ) position, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. The most senior judge of the Supreme Court, has been in acting capacity since April 2025 after his predecessor, Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo, was suspended and later removed from office after a 5-member committee put together to investigate her accused her on grounds of stated misdemeanor. The 69-year old was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama in September 2025, at a time Parliament was on break. Last week when the decision was announced on the floor of…

The committee tasked to probe the tragic helicopter crash that claim eight prominent Ghanaians on August 6, is ready to be presented. The presentation ceremony to the National Secretary Council will be carried out today, Monday, November 10. On Tuesday, details of the report will be made public at a media briefing, the Minister for Government Communications and spokesperson to the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has said. The announcement by the minister, comes four clear months after the deceased were involved in a devastating helicopter accident at a forest near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The 8 were traveling to…

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariatt (NAIMOS) this dawn, Saturday, November 8, conducted a swoop in the Eastern Region arresting 36 illegal miners. The arrested are several Nigeriens (32) and 4 Ghanaians. The exercise was conducted specifically at Osino in the Fanteakwa South District of the region. Pictures accompanying the report show miners mining near a house in the town. It comes amidst earlier confusion and confrontation between NAIMOS and some thugs a week ago at Hwidiem in the Asutifi South constituency in the Ahafo Region, implicating two Members of Parliament (MPs), Collins Dauda and Ebenezer Kwaku Addo of Asutifi…

Pressure is mounting on authorities especially the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, to take decisive action following the death of a 16-year old boy, allegedly molestated by his coach. It follows Ransford Owusu-Ansah death earlier this year after his coach at Siano Football Academy, at Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region, Ibrahim Anyass, allegedly sodomized him, developing a terminal disease, resulting in his demise in March. The incident apparently occurred in December 2024 but the boy confessed in 2025. He was initially sent to a hospital but his health deteriorated forcing his mother Ama Asantewaa to move him…

The Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has inaugurated the new Board of Ghana GOLDBOD Jewellery Limited, formerly Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) Jewellery. Led by Sammy Gyamfi (Chairman) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GOLDBOD, the 5-member board will steer efforts to add value to Ghana’s gold and make the state-owned company a leader in Africa’s jewellery market. Deputy Minister Ampem praised GOLDBOD’s impact, saying Ghana can now “count its gold” and curb smuggling. He urged the new board to drive local interest in Made-in-Ghana gold jewellery. Chairman Sammy Gyamfi assured that the restructured company backed with $30…