Author: Gifty Baoateng

Veteran singer and leader of the Asomafo Band, Yaw Sarpong, has reportedly died. The talented musician died today, Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at Emena Hospital in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region. He had been in that facility receiving medical treatment until his passing today. His manager, Nana Poku Ashis, confirmed the news, bringing an end to years of public concern over the musician’s health. Yaw Sarpong had battled ill health for some time and had occasionally withdrawn from performances to focus on recovery. Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of contemporary Ghanaian gospel music, Yaw Sarpong rose to national…

Former parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), for the Korle Klottey constituency, Valentino Nii Noi Nortey, has been arrested in the United States (US). The failed parliamentary aspirant reportedly stabbed his wife leading to the arrest by authorities. According to media reports, the young politician allegedly stabbed his wife after a heated argument that resulted in violence. He is currently in US prison custody. Nii Noi burst into the political scene during the 2016 general election. He contested that election but lost to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings who has occupied the…

In the wake of consistent fuel prices reduction, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of leading Oil Marketing Company, (OMC) Star Oil, Philip Kwame Tieku, has been thinking of doing even more for their esteem customers. He is suggesting a conducive business environment where the company can sell fuel lower during off-peak but he is worried this cannot work due National Petroleum Authority (NPA) price floor police which sets a minimum price below which fuel cannot be sold. Tieku said they are thinking of introducing a nightsales where fuel will be sold at GHs9:50p per litre each night from 10pm to…

The latest on the embattled former Minister for Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, who was arrested and detained by United States (US) authorities is that, he has been moved from the centre he was previously held. According to Victor Emmanuel Smith, he has been moved from the Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Caroline Detention Facility in Virginia, to a yet to be disclosed environment. Speaking exclusively on the Keypoints programme on TV3, on Saturday January 17, the ambassador also disclosed that, Ofori-Atta is slated to appear in court on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. That court hearing, he revealed,…

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…