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Torgbiga Amenya Fiti V Says Minister’s Statement Lacks Appreciation of Historical Realities During a two-day working visit to the Volta region on Monday, June 1, 2026, Interior Minister, Mohammed Mubarak-Muntaka made a statement: over one hundred illegal entry routes have been discovered in the Volta Region, a situation he alleged was responsible for the influx of foreign nationals into the country. In a scathing response to the Minister’s claims, Torgbiga Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief and President of the Aflao Traditional Council, who minced no words, described the claims as both troubling and disappointing. He asserted that the statement demonstrates…

The recent statement by the Honourable Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, claiming that over one hundred illegal entry routes have been discovered in the Volta Region is both troubling and disappointing. It is a statement that demonstrates a lack of appreciation of the historical realities, geographical peculiarities, and socio-economic circumstances of Ghana’s border communities. What makes this declaration particularly disturbing is the fact that only a few years ago, under the previous administration, similar accusations were recklessly levelled against Chiefs and people of the Volta Region. Distinguished traditional leaders, including myself, Togbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief…

John Dramani & Julius Debrah-An Unyielding Compact for National Renewal Through Coordinated Execution President John Dramani Mahama’s audacious blueprint to recalibrate the country and inaugurate a new chapter of progress has received resounding ratification from the apex of the Presidency. Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has declared, with granite conviction, his absolute fealty to the President’s agenda of transformation. In an epoch that demands decisive stewardship and seamless institutional alignment, Mr. Debrah stands as the linchpin of governmental cohesion. His focus is undiluted, his resolve unshaken, as the chief engineer of administrative synchrony. His mandate is crystalline thus to harmonize…

The Tema Regional Police Command has struck a decisive blow against illicit narcotics trafficking after intercepting 12 sacks and 80 parcels of compressed plant material suspected to be Indian hemp during a targeted operation along the Tema–Ada highway. The operation culminated in the arrest of a truck driver who attempted to evade law enforcement. The seizure took place on Sunday, May 31, 2026, when officers from the Tema Highway Patrol Unit flagged down a Hyundai Mighty II container truck. According to a police statement, the driver, identified as Bismark Koprneno, ignored directives to stop and attempted to flee. He was…

A head-on collision between a 33-seater Mercedes-Benz passenger bus (GR 3215-E) and a Mercedes-Benz container truck (WR 1553-C) at Peki-Tsame near Peki Senior High School in the early hours of Tuesday, 2nd June 2026, has killed 15 people and injured 25 others. The bus was travelling from Battor to Kabiti in the Oti Region, while the truck was heading from Nkwanta to Accra. Among the 40 persons involved, firefighters extricated 25 injured survivors, including two babies who tragically lost their mothers in the crash. The deceased—nine males and six females—have been deposited at the Peki Government Hospital mortuary. The injured…

By Lawrence Odoom Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has made a compelling case for urgent investment in rice production, framing it as a strategic economic asset for West Africa in the bid to curtail crippling food import dependence and fortify regional food security. Addressing stakeholders at the West Africa Rice Investment Roundtable in Accra on Tuesday, June 2, she asserted that scaling up rice cultivation and repositioning it as a commercially driven enterprise is imperative to meeting surging demand and alleviating the region’s staggering import burden. According to her, bolstering domestic rice production will not only enhance food security…

By Lawrence Odoom Minister of Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has issued a stern caution to the public, urging heightened vigilance against Ebola and underscoring that no approved therapeutic, medication, or vaccine currently exists to combat the lethal virus. Addressing the latent threat posed by the pathogen, the Minister emphasized the criticality of public sensitization and immediate reporting of suspected cases, noting that prompt clinical intervention remains the most efficacious response mechanism available. Ebola is primarily zoonotic in origin, transmitted to humans through contact with infected fruit bats or their excreta. Human-to-human transmission occurs via direct exposure to the blood, bodily…

By Lawrence Odoom President John Dramani Mahama has affirmed that Ghana’s diplomatic relations with South Africa remain intact despite a fresh wave of xenophobic violence that has compelled the voluntary evacuation of Ghanaian nationals. Speaking at Chatham House, the renowned policy institute in London, during his official visit to the United Kingdom, President Mahama decried the attacks as regrettable and voiced deep concern over the escalating hostility toward African migrants. He stressed that despite recurrent spasms of anti-foreign violence in South Africa, bilateral relations between Accra and Pretoria had not fractured. “We do not have any breach in our diplomatic…

By Lawrence Odoom Hon. Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff to the President, served as Special Guest of Honour at GIMPA’s 65th anniversary celebration and presided over the commissioning of the new offices of the Center for West African Studies, CWAS, for Digital Public Governance, situated on the university’s Greenhill campus. The state-of-the-art centre, birthed from a strategic academic alliance between the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, UESTC, is poised to serve as a crucible for the training of public administrators in contemporary communication technologies. Its mandate is unequivocal…

By Oscar Akaba, Contributor The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has called on security agencies operating at the Aflao Border to strengthen collaboration in protecting Ghana’s territorial integrity while facilitating legitimate trade and movement across the country’s eastern frontier. The Minister made the call during a working visit to the Aflao Border, where he was accompanied by the Volta Regional Minister, the Chief Director of the Ministry of the Interior, and regional and sector heads of the various security agencies. Addressing officers and stakeholders, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak commended personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Revenue Authority Customs Division,…