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The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has accepted an apology from the Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, following allegations of corruption linked to the ongoing recruitment into Ghana’s security services. The apology was delivered during parliamentary proceedings on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Before accepting the apology, the Interior Minister, …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has reportedly arrested Ato Boateng, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Finance and Administration at Ghana Cocoa Board, over allegations of conflict of interest linked to his former company. According to a report by TV3 Ghana, Boateng was arrested on Wednesday, March …

Ghanaian media personality and former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Paul Adom-Otchere, has strongly criticised the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, over remarks he made about the late Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings. Asiedu Nketiah made the comments during a campaign …

Tensions flared in Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, following a heated confrontation between the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, and the First Deputy Speaker, Bernard Ahiafor, during plenary proceedings. The standoff began when Assafuah attempted to pose supplementary questions to a sector minister. His …

Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Mahama Ayariga, has given firm assurances to the Minority Caucus that the government will not go beyond its stated target of appointing 60 ministers. Addressing the House during Friday’s sitting of the Parliament of Ghana, Ayariga said the administration remains fully committed to …

Former President John Evans Atta Mills has resurfaced in Ghana’s online conversation after comments by Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson triggered memories of similar warnings issued more than a decade ago. From Saturday, February 21, 2026, social media platforms—especially X—were flooded with throwback videos of the late president following Dr …

A video showing the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, playfully teasing New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has surfaced on social media. In the footage, Sam George, who also represents Ningo-Prampram in Parliament, is seen in a relaxed and humorous exchange with Kennedy …

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has delivered its ruling on a petition filed against the Board Chairman of Ghana National Gas Limited Company, Gerald Kofi Totobi Quakyi, over alleged failure to declare his assets in accordance with the law. In its decision, the Commission held that …

The Minority Leader in Parliament and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has explained the factors behind the overwhelming victory of former Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong in the Effutu Constituency during the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primaries. Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV on February 16, 2026, Afenyo-Markin …

Fresh controversy has erupted within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) following the emergence of a video showing members of the Majority Caucus openly endorsing Hajia Amina Adam, the widow of the late Ayawaso East MP, Mahama Naser Toure. The footage has reignited claims from sections of Parliament and the Presidency …