Author: Gifty Boateng

By Gifty Boateng The Ashanti Regional chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, is expected to meet the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today Monday May 26. It follows an invitation extended to him by the Department to assist investigations concerning his company, Akonta Mining, which previously under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government, was accused of entering the Tano Nimiri Forest. in the Western Region, in 2022, when he had no license to do so. Citizens Against Illegal Mining, a civil society group led by private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu and Ing, Ken Ashigbi in the past petitioned the…

By Gifty Boateng The Mayor of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has issued a stern warning to broadcaster and lawyer Ernest ‘Adakabre’ Frimpong Manso. The veteran broadcaster, who is also the General Manager (GM) of the VIP Jeoun Transport Company, has been directed to ensure the environs of the company, near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, is in proper sanitary condition. The Mayor, days ago stormed the premises of the company during his on-going decongestion exercise which commenced on Monday May 19 in the Accra metropolis. During the visit, it emerged that a part of the premises of…

By Gifty Boateng Operatives of the National Security have been busy today Friday May 23, after storming two residences of members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for separate reasons. The first to be visited and arrested was one Alfred Ababio Kumi after he petitioned President John Mahama, to dissolve a committee he set up to investigate three petitions brought against the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Esaaba Torkornoo. Popularly known as Adenta Kumi, he had alleged that he had evidence that some of the judges on the committee had met with one of the lawyers of one of the…

A member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Alfred Ababio Kumi popularly known as Adenta Kumi, has been picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), and operatives of the National Security. It is unclear what his crime is but the arrest The New Republic has gathered he was arrested on the morning of Friday May 23, 2025. General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, made the arrest public on his social media handle, Facebook. The post which has attracted thousands of comments and reactions, called on the party member to throng the home of the alleged suspect…

A furious New Patriotic Party (NPP) chief has sensationally branded his own colleagues “brainless” after they failed to stop a vicious public feud that rocked the party’s ‘thank you’ tour! Dankwa Smith Butey, the NPP’s first vice chairman, has unleashed a stinging attack on top party brass, including former presidential hopeful Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for their “common sense” failure to muzzle the warring factions of Ken Agyapong and Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC). The explosive bust-up, which saw Agyapong’s supporters stabbed in a shocking act of violence, has left the party reeling and sparked calls for a full-scale inquiry. Butey, in…

Some social media users have not taken it lightly with Aglow International for making Ghana’s intermittent power challenges also known as dumsor, one of their prayer topics. The group, on Saturday May 17, during their monthly intercessory prayer meeting proved for Ghana and the endless electricity challenges spanning from the 1990s. Led by their President and former Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) president Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie, women group prayed for the government to find lasting solution to the energy situation. They prayed so that the Ministers for Finance and Energy Dr Ato Forson and John Jinapor, will find the financial supports for…

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has met with the newly elected head of the Roman Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, at the Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Italy. The Sunday May 18 meeting, which forms part of the Inaugural Mass for the Pope, who was selected barely two weeks ago, replacing his predecessor Pope Francis. Francis died last month, Easter Monday, April 21 at age 88. Ablakwa, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for the North Tongu constituency, was at the privileged event in his capacity as Ghana and President John Dramani Mahama’s representative.…

Despite the changes in the leadership at the management level of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) with the Commissioner General, Anthony Kwasi Sarpong appointed by President John Dramani Mahama, apparatchiks of the erstwhile government are still in charge. They are still occupying very powerful and sensitive departments they were promoted into while the previous government was in place, controlling who and what goes where or not. Their continuous stay in these positions, many fear will in the long run likely lead to sabotage, aimed at making the government look bad, lose favour and goodwill from the general public. The expectation…

There is more trouble on the way of the suspended Chief Justice (CJ) Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo, after a prima facie case was established against her from three petitions submitted to President John Mahama, seeking her removal. The CJ, who has been home for about a month now as she faces a 5-member panel to answer for allegations contained in the petitions, has been caught in another deal involving her and her family members. Even before dust settles on the earlier matter being looked into by the Justice Gabriel Pwamang-led committee, which commenced sitting on Thursday May 15, the lid…

Founding president of policy think tank IMANI-Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has expressed his disappointment at the continuous engagement and payments of payments of funds to KelniGVG, despite the change in government. The outspoken social commentator, wants the Mahama government to immediately terminate the contract instead of waiting for it to end in 2028. KelniGVG, a private firm signed the controversial contract with the then Akufo-Addo government in 2018 under Minister for Communication Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, to monitor revenues from the telecommunication companies. IMANII was one of the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that kicked against the contractual agreement, saying the whole implementation and…