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By Gifty Boateng A human rights court case exposes a quiet battle over presidential prerogative and prison service overreachNinety-eight days after President John Dramani Mahama granted amnesty to 987 prisoners, some of those freed men are still behind bars. Now they are suing. Felix Dzifa Abusa, an ex-military officer serving life, was among 51 lifers named in the 18 August amnesty. On 1 September, he and others packed their belongings to rejoin their families. Instead, they were summoned to the reception at Nsawam Medium Security Prison and told to pose for a photograph. Then came the news: they would serve…

…One Rescued, Midwife LinkedBy Phillip Antoh Arrests expose suspected network operating across Greater Accra and Central Region as investigators probe possible wider victim pool… Ghana’s Central East Regional Police Intelligence Directorate, working with DOVVSU in Kasoa, has dismantled a seven-member child trafficking syndicate. The group is suspected of stealing and selling children across Greater Accra, Central Region and beyond. Among those arrested is Lucinda Naomi Otchere, a midwife at Trust Mother and Child Hospital in Osu. Her alleged accomplices: Janet Larbie, Mary Dotse, Yvonne Twumasi, Sikena Umar, Grace Afriyie and Regina Agyeiwaa.A five-year-old girl has been rescued in Kasoa. Police…

as Ghana Raises Alert Level By Prince AhenkorahThe World Health Organization has classified the latest Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) a rare designation that triggers tighter surveillance and preparedness worldwide. Ghana’s Ministry of Health, in a statement signed by Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, said the decision reflects both the disease’s severity and the risk of cross-border spread. Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever with high fatality rates, transmits through direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated surfaces. No confirmed cases have been reported in West Africa, let alone Ghana. Yet the Ministry is urging…

…as twin scandals close in on NPP kingpinBy Prince AhenkorahA former deputy minister has gone into the witness box to salvage the Ashanti NPP chairman from one criminal trial even as a second, far more damaging fraud case threatens to engulf the party’s richest grassroots operator. But his defence may already be holed below the waterline. George Mireku Duker, who served as Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources until 2024, appeared before the High Court this week as the second defence witness for Bernard Antwi‑Boasiako better known as Chairman Wontumi and his company, Akonta Mining. The charge: illegally permitting…

The Clever Trap Behind Mosquito’s Sweet TalkBy Prince AhenkorahHe says he wants to protect party executives who worked hard for the NDC’s 2024 landslide. But inside sources say the national chairman is quietly building a political army for himself. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah is on the road. The NDC national chairman is crisscrossing the country on what his office calls a “thank you” tour. He hugs branch executives. He praises constituency chairmen. He tells them they have done a beautiful job. Then he drops the proposal: Do not change them. Keep them in office. “The work you did was beautiful,” Nketiah…

-But Questions Linger in Accra BarracksHe landed in Ottawa yesterday, May 20, diplomatic passport in his hand. But ask the soldiers at Burma Camp: how does a man who helped deliver the 2020 election for the NPP end up as a deputy ambassador for John Mahama? Thomas Oppong‑Peprah was no bystander to Ghana’s disputed 2020 victory. Insiders say the then‑CDS was instrumental in securing that narrow win for Akufo‑Addo’s brutal NPP government. Yet by the run‑up to 2024, something had cracked. A bitter fallout. A last‑minute defiance. When the NPP tried to divert the electoral tide, Oppong‑Peprah refused to play…

-Explosive Charges Reveal 8‑Year Looting Network Inside NAFCO – How a CEO Built a Multi‑Million‑Cedi Criminal Empire on the Backs of Schoolchildren Front Desk Report The prosecution of former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul‑Wahab Aludiba and his wife Faiza Seidu Wuni reveals what investigators describe as an eight‑year criminal enterprise embedded inside Ghana’s food security architecture. The case exposes a network of shell companies, compromised bank officers, and internal collaborators who allegedly helped siphon over GH₵160 million from an agency responsible for feeding millions of schoolchildren. The scandal is not merely financial. It is a national security failure, a governance collapse,…

By Prince Ahenkorah The detention of Asante Akyem North MP Ohene Kwame Frimpong at Schiphol Airport on 10 May has inadvertently shielded President John Dramani Mahama’s government from a potentially explosive domestic crisis. Had the FBI pursued extradition through Ghanaian courts, the administration would have faced an impossible choice: comply with Washington and risk a political firestorm over parliamentary immunity, or resist and strain ties with a key security partner.Frimpong, arrested while in transit from Accra to London on a KLM flight, is now facing possible extradition from the Netherlands to the United States. His constituents have already begun mounting…

Badu Kobi SaysGod Ordered Church By Gifty Boateng Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, founder of the Glorious Waves Church, has dismissed speculation that he is selling his church because of financial distress or abandonment by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In a media tour on Okay FM and Radio XYZ, he insisted the decision was a direct instruction from God and that his relationship with President John Dramani Mahama remains strong.Reports surfaced on 5 May that the outspoken prophet had put his Sakumono Estate church up for sale, with a self-described junior pastor claiming the price was $1.5 million. The unnamed…

By Prince Ahenkorah The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, has pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges brought against him in connection with an alleged fraudulent GH¢14.3 million transaction involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank (EXIM Bank). Chairman Wontumi appeared before the High Court in Accra alongside Wontumi Farms Limited, which was represented in court by Wontumi himself. The second accused person, identified as Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, was however not present in court and is currently reported to be at large. The accused persons firmly denied all charges levelled against…