Ken Ofori-Atta, who used to be the Minister of Finance, was let go by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on April 7, 2026, after a court order. His legal team says he is now back home with his family. On April 8, 2026, his lawyer said in a statement that he is still…
Abraham Amaliba, the Director-General of the NRSA, has made it clear that there is no official ban on Toyota Voxy vehicles. He said that recent reports were based on a presentation by a technical committee and not a final policy decision. He said that the 12-member committee, which was led by Godwin Kafui Ayetor from…
Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has told leaders to adopt faith-based, accountable leadership. He stressed that true authority is shown through restraint, integrity, and moral responsibility, not by using power. He spoke at the 2026 Greater Accra East Regional Annual Council Meeting of Assemblies of God Ghana and said that leadership is best tested in hard…
On April 6, 2026, a lot of fish died at the Tema Shipyard. This led to a joint investigation by the Food and Drugs Authority, Fisheries Commission, Tema Metropolitan Assembly, and the Ghana Police Service’s CID. Dead fish were found early in the morning in a small area, so a rapid-response team was sent in….
Isaac Yaw Opoku, a member of Parliament’s Food, Agriculture, and Cocoa Affairs Committee and the MP for Offinso South, has told cocoa farmers in the Ahafo Region not to give their farms to illegal miners (galamsey operators) even though they are getting more and more frustrated with the government’s slow payments. He said during a…
Amanda Clinton, Head of Chambers at Clinton Consultancy, has said that the immigration and extradition cases in the US involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta can happen at the same time and have a big impact on each other, even though they are legally separate. She said on Joy FM’s “Midday News” that immigration proceedings…
Martin Kpebu, a private lawyer, has questioned claims of due process in the case against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. He says that accountability must come before legal rights. On April 8, he talked about Ofori-Atta’s release on bail from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on JoyFM’s “Top Story.” He also talked about Ofori-Atta’s…
Dr. George A. N. Donkor, President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), has said that he wants to raise about UA 2 billion (US$2.69 billion) to pay for the Bank’s Growth, Resilience, and Optimization (GRO) Strategy from 2026 to 2030. This strategy aims to change the economy of West Africa. He said…
Speaker Alban Bagbin has ruled that a Private Member’s motion filed by Minority MPs led by Abena Osei-Asare, asking for a parliamentary investigation into the alleged sale of gold reserves by the Bank of Ghana, is not valid. This was reported in a memo from the Clerk to Parliament dated April 7 and sent to…
In Adamtey v. Attorney General, the Office of the Attorney General (AG) has filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court asking that parts of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Act, 2017 (Act 959) that give the OSP independent prosecutorial powers be thrown out. The AG says these powers violate Article 88 of the…
