Author: TNRgh

…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…

German-backed project cuts water use by up to 40% but faces sustainability hurdles By Leo Nelson A climate-smart agriculture scheme in Namiyela, West Mamprusi Municipality, has raised yields and reduced water consumption for more than 60 women smallholders. The initiative, funded by GIZ, EWS Group and Deutsche Postcode Lotterie via TU eMpower Africa e.V., combines solar-powered irrigation, post-harvest storage and cooperative marketing. Implemented by local NGO ReliefEcho Ghana, the project trains farmers in composting, mulching, organic pest control and irrigation scheduling. A 10,000 cubic metre water storage facility now feeds drip and spray tube systems; another of similar capacity is…

—NPP Kingpin Faces His Most Damning Test Yet Front Desk Report A confidential prosecutorial dossier filed at the High Court on 15 May 2026 has detonated what insiders describe as “one of the most brazen, politically‑protected financial schemes ever uncovered at a state bank.” The accused: Bernard Antwi‑Boasiako, better known as Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman and one of the opposition party’s most powerful grassroots financiers. The 19‑page charge sheet and accompanying brief of facts now in the custody of The New Republic paint a picture of a meticulously‑constructed deception that siphoned over GHC 30 million from the Ghana…

By Leo Nelson It is emerging that despite Ghana’s numerous agriculture legislations, millions of small holder farmers in the country, are still experiencing a gap between their realities and what these laws promise. On the surface, Ghana is a rising star of agricultural legislation. With a suite of new laws, including the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act 2025, the Social Protection Act 2025, and the Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act 2024, all aimed to protect the vulnerable, the nation’s human rights framework appears robust and ready to protect its people However, peasant farmers, artisanal fishers, and pastoralists, who serve as the…