The CEO of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi, has called for Kimberley Process (KP) participants to resume stalled reforms and take a more adaptable stance to issues facing the world diamond trade. Speaking at the KP Ministerial Meeting in Dubai, he pointed out that while traditional violent violence has decreased in areas that produce…
Eleven more nations have been added to the UK Foreign Office’s list of nations that are at danger of methanol poisoning due to contaminated alcoholic beverages. Following “a global increase in the number of reported cases” of methanol poisoning, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Rwanda are all…
While welcoming the de facto ruler of the country to the White House, US President Donald Trump claimed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing” about the 2018 murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi.Trump’s remarks seemed to be at odds with a 2021 US intelligence assessment that found the crown prince had given his…
Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey will meet in Ankara on Wednesday. The Ukrainian president stated his desire to “intensify” peace talks.”Bringing the end of the war closer with all our might is Ukraine’s top priority,” Zelensky said, adding that efforts will also concentrate on restarting prisoner exchanges.It was uncertain whether…
A new policy authorizing the elimination of import taxes and customs on a single car for foreign service personnel returning from abroad assignments was announced by President John Dramani Mahama.During the commissioning of eleven recently appointed Ambassadors and High Commissioners on Tuesday, November 19, he made the news.President Mahama claims that the program is a…
PwC, a professional services organization, is urging the government to be committed to achieving the goals set out in the national budget for 2026.Although Ghanaians have generally embraced the budget, the company emphasized that efficient use of its funds must be given top priority.Vish Ashiagbor, a Country Senior Partner at PwC Ghana, spoke at the…
Three Regional Ministers have been accused of unlawful mining, and the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been asked to begin a formal inquiry.Daniel Sasu Omari filed the petition on November 19, 2025, in response to statements made by Democracy Hub’s Head of Mobilization, Wendell Nana Yaw Yeboah, in a live broadcast on…
Just days after his attorneys were successful in lowering his bail from GH¢60 million to GH¢30 million with two sureties, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has returned to the High Court with a new application seeking stricter bail conditions for former BOST Managing Director Edwin Provencal.Provencal is being investigated for allegedly causing financial…
Isaac Boamah-Nyarko, the Member of Parliament for Effia, has demanded that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) be immediately reevaluated, claiming that the organization has not shown its worth since it was founded.Speaking on Wednesday, November 19, on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily, the Effia MP expressed doubts about the efficacy of the OSP…
Following the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) decision to charge former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and other individuals over the contentious revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML), private attorney Martin Kpebu has demanded the dismissal of Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, as well as two…
