Author: Stanley

Unverified claim of fatal brain haemorrhage contradicted by state media images as succession uncertainty keeps world guessing North Korea has released photographs of leader Kim Jong Un attending a public event with his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, following an unverified claim circulating online that he had died from a brain haemorrhage in China. The photographs, published by state newspaper Rodong Sinmun, show the 42-year-old leader touring a clothing and footwear exhibition with his daughter and senior officials. Their release came hours after Wanjun Xie, a Chinese dissident based in the United States, alleged that Kim had been taken to a…

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is investigating an alleged criminal conspiracy that resulted in a financial loss of approximately GH¢27 million to SIC Savings and Loans Company Limited, with the Member of Parliament for Suame, John Darko, and the immediate past Managing Director of SIC Life Savings and Loans, Amma Frimpomaa Duwah, appearing before investigators. Mr Darko, who honoured an invitation from EOCO on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, has been granted enquiry bail after cooperating with investigators. Mrs Duwah has also honoured an invitation from the office and is assisting investigators with the ongoing probe. In a press…

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched an investigation into the alleged disappearance and unauthorised movement of 28 containers at the Tema Port, amid reports that some consignments were found empty while others were moved to private warehouses or removed without their owners’ consent. The investigation follows a petition submitted on September 29 by importers and their representatives to the GRA Commissioner-General, Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, demanding answers over the whereabouts of the affected consignments. The petition has triggered an inquiry into how the containers, which were at various stages of the customs clearance process, allegedly went missing or were moved…

Following the directive by President John Mahama for the Narcotics Control Commission to be restored to Ghana’s list of Port Inspection Agencies, NACOC has returned with a mean attitude. In response to the recent jumbo-drug bust in Dunkirk that has been traced to Ghana, the Commission has tailored a multi-layered search and surveillance regime that should give nightmares to any wannabe drug mule dreaming of trafficking through Ghana’s ports. Alexander Twum Barima, Deputy Director General, Enforcement and Elimination, explains the new regime and its mechanism. “Before you travel out of Accra International Airport, from today, whether with a local flight…

In a move that raises questions about whether the defence is seeking to delay the inevitable, NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, alias Chairman Wontumi, and his lawyers have launched a fresh legal offensive to portray the criminal case against him as a mere civil dispute. Chairman Wontumi and his lawyers appear determined to take the Exim Bank prosecution on a detour, filing an application at the High Court seeking declarations that the case against him is civil in nature rather than criminal. The application, which seeks to reframe the dispute over loans advanced to Wontumi Farms Limited, comes as…

The former Managing Director of SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited, Amma Frimpomaa Dwumah, has reportedly appeared before the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to assist investigations into alleged financial irregularities at the state-owned financial institution. Sources at EOCO told The New Republic that Ms Dwumah reported herself to the Office on Monday, October 5, 2026, following an invitation to answer questions about transactions allegedly undertaken during her tenure at the company. Her appearance comes amid an ongoing investigation into the alleged GH¢9.85 million financial loss to the state involving the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana…

It has now become officially verified that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) voted a convicted criminal into office as a national executive when it elected Kwadwo Fosu Bamba, alias Kojo Bamba, as its First National Vice Chairman on October 6, 2026. A Kumasi-based, illiterate mechanic gangbanger and founding member of the disbanded NPP goon squad, Delta Forces, Bamba was the leader of thirteen Delta Forces vigilantes who were convicted to a fine by the Asokwa District Court in Kumasi in 2017. Apparently high on wee, Bamba was the ring leader in charge when the 13 Delta Forces goons besieged…

TikTok has agreed to pay the State of Alabama at least US$100 million, and potentially as much as US$300 million, to settle allegations that the social media platform deliberately designed its service to be addictive to children and misled the public about the risks posed to young users. The settlement, reached just days before a scheduled trial, has raised questions about the potential financial exposure facing TikTok as it confronts similar lawsuits from other US states over alleged harm to children and teenagers. The Alabama case was not centred simply on concerns about excessive screen time. The state accused TikTok…

Ghana to Host African Regulators, Investors at Virtual Asset Summit Ghana will host regulators, investors, financial institutions and technology companies from across Africa in November for a summit expected to focus on how countries can coordinate regulation of virtual assets and use tokenisation to expand investment opportunities. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Ghana launched the Africa Virtual Asset Summit (AVAS) 2026 on Tuesday, with the two-day event scheduled for November 2 and 3 at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra. The summit will bring together securities regulators, central banks, finance ministries, financial intelligence units, banks, asset managers,…

The High Court has granted the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, GH¢10 million bail with two sureties following his arrest and interrogation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over alleged financial crimes involving SIC Life Savings and Loans. In granting the bail, the court held that the MP could not be considered a flight risk but directed him to remain available to investigators as investigations into the allegations against him continue. The two sureties are both parliamentary colleagues of the embattled MP, who is expected to reappear before the court on October 26…