Author: Gifty Baoateng

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…

On behalf of Ghanaians, President John Dramani Mahama, has donated relief items worth GHS10 million to three country across the world. This is the second time this year after government in August made a similar gesture to the people of Palestine who are going through war, The beneficiary countries are Jamaica, Cuba and Sudan struck by different disasters of huge proportion and war. Jamaica and Cuba were recently hit by hurricane Mellissa, a category 5 cyclone that swept through the Caribbean, affecting over 1.5 million people in the two countries and other Island. Sudan in Africa on the other hand…

A team of officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) together with some journalists had it tough carrying out their mandate after they were attacked at an illegal mining site in the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred at Dadwene, a community near Obuase on Thursday November 6, 2025. The team led by the boss of EPA, Prof. Nana Ama Klutse stormed the area on a mission to foil illegal mining activities in the area but they were met with stiff opposition from heavily armed men. They were being accompanied by soldiers and other sister security agencies. After assessing the situation…

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has provided update of electoral violence recorded in the last two general elections—2020 and 2024. The sector Minister has confirmed that through investigation, some 21 suspects have been identified in connection with violence incidents during these elections, leaving 15 people dead and 40 others injured. Briefing the media under the auspices of the Government Accountability Series on Tuesday, November 4, the Asawase constituency Member of Parliament (MP) said four suspects are currently on bail while five are on remand and the rest have warrants issued for their arrest. Providing further details, Muntaka said…

The Minister for Communications and Digital Innovations Samuel Nartey George and his team from the various agencies under him, on Monday November 3 appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. They were there to answer questions for infractions that occurred in the Auditor General’s report for the year 2024. But it looks like the Minister had his own agenda to do the chairperson of the Committee Abena Osei Asare what some appointees of President John Mahama, have all this while failed to do apparently due to the respect they have for the seat she occupies. Recall the recent…