Samuel Nartey George, the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation and the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, has criticized the Ghana AIDS Commission for giving lubricants to men who have sex with men. He questioned the public health reasons for doing this. His remarks were made during a debate in Parliament on the Human…
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has had to put off a number of cases because a High Court ruling said that the OSP could not prosecute without first getting permission from the Attorney-General. Three cases were put on hold this week alone because defense lawyers used the ruling to question the OSP’s ability…
President John Dramani Mahama is sure that the La General Hospital will be rebuilt and ready to open by November 2027. He said this after visiting the project site. The President praised the contractors and workers for their steady progress and told them to keep it up so that the project could be finished on…
On April 20, 2026, Priscilla Ofori, who is better known as Odo Broni and is the widow of Ghanaian music legend Charles Kwadwo Fosuh (Daddy Lumba), filed a GHS10 million defamation lawsuit against TikToker Cyndy Emma Koomson, who is also known as Queen Emma, in the High Court of Justice in Accra. Court documents say…
Samuel Nartey George, the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation and the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, has criticized the Ghana AIDS Commission for giving lubricants to men who have sex with men. He questioned the public health reasons for doing this. His remarks were made during a debate in Parliament on the Human…
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has had to put off a number of cases because a High Court ruling said that the OSP could not prosecute without first getting permission from the Attorney-General. Three cases were put on hold this week alone because defense lawyers used the ruling to question the OSP’s ability…
President John Dramani Mahama is sure that the La General Hospital will be rebuilt and ready to open by November 2027. He said this after visiting the project site. The President praised the contractors and workers for their steady progress and told them to keep it up so that the project could be finished on…
On April 20, 2026, Priscilla Ofori, who is better known as Odo Broni and is the widow of Ghanaian music legend Charles Kwadwo Fosuh (Daddy Lumba), filed a GHS10 million defamation lawsuit against TikToker Cyndy Emma Koomson, who is also known as Queen Emma, in the High Court of Justice in Accra. Court documents say…
Ralph Poku-Adusei, a member of parliament for Bekwai, says that Ghana’s education system is in crisis on many levels, with problems affecting teachers, important programs, and the sector as a whole. During the handover of a renovated and retooled Queen Elizabeth II Day Nursery School in Bekwai, he criticized the government for taking too long…
The Minority in Parliament wants the proposed anti-LGBTQI bill to be rushed through and passed with a certificate of urgency when the House meets again in May. They say this will bring an end to what they call a long national debate. Hassan Tampuli, the Gushegu MP and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee,…
The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) has called for a nationwide protest with trainees from all 49 Colleges of Education to demand that the government act quickly on hiring and posting teachers. The protest is meant to put pressure on the government to allow more trained teachers to be hired and to bring back…
After the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee heard concerns from stakeholders, Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine has suggested that some parts of Clause 11 of the anti-LGBTQI bill currently before Parliament should not apply to certain important public institutions, such as health and human rights bodies. The Ghana AIDS Commission, CHRAJ, and other health advocacy…
According to its CEO, Goh Miah Kiat, Karex Bhd, the world’s largest condom maker, plans to raise prices by 20% to 30% because of problems in the supply chain that are getting worse because of the Iran war. The company makes more than 5 billion condoms a year for big brands like Durex and Trojan,…
The UK Parliament has passed the historic Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will make it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. The bill will do this by raising the legal smoking age each year until there is a “smoke-free generation.” King Charles III must now formally approve the…
