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By Gifty BoatengThe preventable death of a 46-year-old woman at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on Sunday has reignited criticism of successive governments’ failure to resolve the teaching hospital’s chronic bed shortage, a crisis that has now claimed multiple lives in recent months. Laila, sister of popular musician Mzbel (Belinda Nana Akua Amoah), was rushed to the premier health facility in critical condition but was turned away because no bed was available. She died hours later, reportedly on the hospital floor. The tragedy follows the February death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah, whose demise after being denied care at three Accra hospitals,…

By Leo Nelson The government has activated a national post-flood recovery and mitigation programme aimed at restoring normalcy, safeguarding public health, and strengthening the country’s resilience against future flooding. Brigadier General Forster Okae-Yeboah, Director General of Joint Operations at the Ghana Armed Forces, addressed Ghanaians on the government’s response at the Jubilee House, outlining the scale and structure of the operation now underway. Brigadier General Okae-Yeboah explained that the response began with President John Dramani Mahama conducting an area reconnaissance of the affected communities. The President carried out the visit to obtain a first-hand assessment of the extent of the…

…DCE Accused of Complicity in Choosing Project Site …Residents Petition Government to Relocate Project to District Capital By Leo Nelson Tension is mounting in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region as residents have mounted fierce opposition to the proposed location of the government’s flagship 24-hour economy market, threatening to derail what many had anticipated would be a transformative development project. The controversy, which has rapidly become the talk of the District, has pitted sections of the local population against authorities over what residents describe as an “unacceptable and poorly conceived” decision to site the market at Ave-Xevi, a…

By Leo Nelson The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has released GH¢2.6 billion to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) to facilitate payments to cocoa farmers, with more than half of the amount earmarked to clear outstanding debts owed to farmers who supplied the crop on credit. According to a statement issued by the crop regulator, approximately GH¢1.4 billion of the latest disbursement has been allocated to settle the remaining balances owed by LBCs to affected farmers across the country’s cocoa-growing regions. The latest release brings the total amount paid by COCOBOD to Licensed Buying Companies since the start of the 2025/26 crop…

By Leo Nelson The Government of Ghana has condemned the killing of a Ghanaian national during anti immigrant protests in South Africa and called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, said Bashiru Isak, 40, was shot dead at Khayelitsha in Cape Town on June 30, 2026, during demonstrations linked to xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals. The protests coincided with a deadline set by anti immigrant groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa. The campaign, led principally by a movement known as…

Every rainy season, Accra behaves as if water has committed a surprise attack. The clouds gather. The drains overflow. Roads vanish under brown water. Homes flood. Shops shut. Drivers calculate risk with their tyres. Commuters remove their shoes and become emergency engineers. Radio stations open their phone lines. Officials tour affected areas. Everyone agrees the situation is serious. Then the sun returns, the water recedes, and Accra quietly prepares to forget. Until the next rain. The June 29 flooding should therefore not be treated as breaking news. It is a reminder. Heavy rains that began late on Sunday, June 28,…

-As Amoako Atta Leads Ken’s Trial-Party’s Disciplinary Committee Members Haunted By Their Own Scandals As They Move Against Firebrand MPBy Gifty BoatengThe New Patriotic Party has lit a fuse it may not be able to extinguish.In a move dripping with irony, former Roads Minister Kwasi Amoako Atta a man whose tenure was dogged by corruption allegations has been handed the gavel to chair an eight-member disciplinary committee against Kennedy Agyapong.The party has given the committee fourteen days to determine the fate of the Assin Central firebrand following a staggering ten petitions against him. But the move may prove to be…

Former Spy Chief Amassed 27-Unit Apartment, Seven Homes At Mayfair Garden Despite Earning GH¢5,000 MonthlyBy Prince AhenkorahEconomic and Organised Crime Office investigators have told a High Court that properties linked to former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen are grossly inconsistent with his known income, as the prosecution continues building its case in the GH¢49.1 million corruption trial. Frank Marshall Cromwell, an EOCO investigator and the prosecution’s fourth witness, testified on Wednesday that investigators scrutinised Adu-Boahen’s salary records covering 2017 to 2019. The documents showed the former spy chief earned approximately GH¢5,000 monthly in 2017, rising to GH¢6,000 in 2018…

…agrees US$4.4m restitution…Sentencing set for September as Ghanaian socialite trades denial for pleaBy Prince Ahenkorah Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng better known in Accra’s nightlife circuit as Dada Joe Remix has entered a guilty plea in a federal court in Arizona, ending a decade-long chase that stretched from Ghana’s political salons to the retirement homes of the American Midwest. The entrepreneur and self-styled socialite admitted to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and has agreed to pay roughly US$4.4 million in restitution to a string of elderly victims he and his co-conspirators systematically fleeced.The plea, entered before the U.S. District Court for…

Pesticide Levels Exceed Safety Limits By Philip Antoh A study conducted in June by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) has confirmed that cabbages sold at Accra’s Agbogbloshie and Madina markets are contaminated with pesticide residues above statutory limits. Every cabbage sample tested failed the safety standards for eight different chemical compounds.Okra performed marginally better: 67% of samples met the Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs). However, okra sourced directly from Agbogbloshie showed high concentrations of hazardous substances, indicating a market-specific contamination risk. The contaminated cabbages were traced to major farming supply hubs…