Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, a former Minister of Finance, has turned down help from the Ghana Embassy in Washington, DC. He said he would only talk to embassy officials if his legal team was there. This was confirmed in a press release from Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Victor Emmanuel Smith, on January 10,…
The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC, has confirmed that the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Ghana’s former Minister for Finance, Mr. Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta. In a statement released on Saturday, January 10, 2025, the embassy said that it became aware of the situation and immediately took steps to verify…
After what they called “constructive talks” that reset relations between the two groups, the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has renewed its commitment to working with the Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA). The two groups met on January 9, 2026, to discuss how to work together again based on mutual respect, dialogue, and…
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the Bawumia Campaign’s Director of Communications, says that the cost of living has gone up since the NDC took power. He calls the situation a “reverse” rather than a reset, even though inflation and the cedi have gone down. At the People’s Forum, where he talked about the government’s first year, he…
Source: Nigeria Post Nigerian actress Regina Daniels has finally submitted to a drug test, sharing a video on Instagram from the hospital where she stated, “Hi guys, so I’m here at the hospital, I’m about to run my drug test,” nearly three months after her husband, politician Senator Ned Nwoko, accused her of substance abuse…
After Morocco’s 2-0 quarterfinal win over Cameroon in the 2025 AFCON hosted in Morocco, Brahim Diaz scored, bringing his tournament total to five goals in five games. Cameroon felt wronged when referee Dahane Beida from Mauritania denied a penalty when forward Bryan Mbeumo went down in the box. Regragui said in the post-game press conference,…
Bryan Acheampong, a presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has downplayed the effect of 118 former NPP parliamentary candidates endorsing former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. They say it won’t affect their momentum ahead of the party’s January 31 presidential primary. Speaking to Citi News, Mpraeso MP and campaign team member Davies Opoku…
Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has detailed the circumstances surrounding the arrest of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in the United States, describing it as a targeted operation, explaining on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on Saturday, January 10, 2026, that sources confirmed Ofori-Atta was arrested around 11 a.m. on January 6 at…
The government has secured a US$200 million funding package from the World Bank, with the possibility of scaling it up to US$250 million, to support the conversion of selected Category B and C Senior High Schools into Category A institutions and to expand infrastructure in some existing Category A schools, a move aimed at improving…
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has urged oil executives to commit at least $100bn (£75bn) in investment to revive Venezuela’s oil industry following a 3 January raid in which US forces seized leader Nicolas Maduro, but received a cautious response at a White House meeting where industry leaders described the country as currently “uninvestable,”…
