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The Office of the Special Persecutor (OSP) has gone public on the exact reasons for which former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and some six others and being investigated and have been sent to court for trial. On Tuesday, November 4, the OSP announced via Facebook that “Dr. Abdul-Hamid is alleged to have played a leading role in a grand extortion and laundering scheme that caused the State and petroleum sector losses exceeding GH¢291 million and over US$330,000.” The next court date is Thursday, November 13, 2025, the OSP noted. The statement reads in…

Every month, President John Mahama directly gives out an amount of GH₵ 20,000 to support each of the 276 Constituency offices of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), summing up to an amount of GH₵ 5,520,000 per month, Mustapha Foyo Gbande, Deputy General Secretary (Operations) of the NDC has claimed in a video now gone viral. “Today, as we speak, GH₵ 20,000 goes to the Constituency every month to service the Party and it comes straight from the President,” Gbande stated to an audience which appeared to be a selection of NDC members, Chief Executives appointed under the current regime and…

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a strong lead in the race to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the 2028 general elections, according to a new survey by Africa Policy Lens (APL). The survey results, released on November 1, 2025, revealed that 63.8% of NPP delegates across the country prefer Dr. Bawumia as their choice to lead the Party in the 2028 presidential elections. The study gathered views from 30,681 delegates across all 16 Regions of Ghana. Hon. Kennedy Agyapong came second with 28.9%, while other candidates such as Dr. Bryan Acheampong (4.6%), Yaw Osei Adutwum…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially distanced itself from remarks attributed to Kwaku Asante-Boateng, Member of Parliament for Asante Akim South, which have been interpreted by some to be derogatory and targeted at former Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia. The MP, Kwaku Asante-Boateng, has however denied making any such derogatory comments against Dr. Bawumia and argues that his remarks were taken out of context and twisted. The National Secretariat of the NPP, in a statement signed by General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong, distanced the Party from the Kwaku Asante Boateng language and said “as a political tradition founded on…

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has denied reports that Mr. Kevin Okyere, Chief Executive Officer of Springfield Energy, has been arrested in Dubai. In a press statement dated November 2, 2025, EOCO described the publication by an online news portal, Novareport, as false and misleading. The agency said the report, which claimed that Mr. Okyere had been detained following EOCO’s failure to act on a petition alleging fraud, was not based on facts. EOCO explained that it currently has two active investigations involving Springfield Energy: one concerning a petition against the company and another related to a case…

Minority Leader in Parliament and MP for Effutu, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin has criticized the Attorney General’s new appetite for holding press conferences ostensibly to accuse appointees of the former government of all manner of crimes instead of resorting to the law Courts to make his case if he truly has a case to make. According to Afenyo-Markin, the new style of the Attorney-General amounts to trial by media where all manner of unproven allegations and accusations are made against perceived political opponents with their reputations unfairly damaged in public. The Minority Leader, in a television interview with Joy New’s Evans…

GoldBod Jewellery, a subsidiary of the Ghana Gold Board, has officially appointed Ghana’s popular media personality Nathan Kwabena Anokye Adisi, widely known as Bola Ray, and celebrated actress Joselyn Dumas as its Brand Ambassadors. The announcement, made on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, through GoldBod’s official Facebook page, marks a major step in celebrating Ghana’s golden heritage. Speaking at a colourful unveiling ceremony held at the GoldBod Head Office in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sammy Gyamfi, Esq., expressed his excitement about the partnership, describing it as a strategic initiative to promote Ghanaian craftsmanship in both domestic and international jewellery…

The High Court in Kumasi yesterday, Tuesday October 28, dismissed an interlocutory injunction application filed to stop the external family of late Ghanaian musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, popularly known as Daddy Lumba from going ahead with his final funeral and burial rites scheduled for December 6, 2025. The injunction application filed by Akosua Serwaa Fosuh, claims she is the only widow of the late Ghanaian musician. Now that the Court has dismissed it, nothing stops the family from going ahead with the planned funeral and burial ceremony. The Presiding Judge, Dorinda Smith Arthur, in her ruling said under the Ghanaian…

Awentami Paul Afoko, a popular businessman and New Patriotic Party (NPP) politician, has officially confirmed he would contest for the Party’s National Chairmanship position when nominations are opened. “I am honoured to formally announce my intention to contest for the position of National Chairman in the upcoming election of national officers”, Mr. Afoko announced on Tuesday October 28, through a press statement that sparked excitement across political circles immediately it went public. The excitement could be because Paul Afoko, a dyed-in-the-wool NPP stalwart, rose through the ranks to be elected as the Party’s National Chairman in April 2014 but someway…

The late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, will be given a state burial in recognition of her remarkable contributions to Ghana’s national development, women’s empowerment, and public service. President John Dramani Mahama made this announcement during a visit to the Rawlings family residence on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, to express his condolences. “I just want to now announce as President, that we shall give her a state burial,” he said. President Mahama described the passing of the former First Lady as a deeply painful loss, recalling their last meeting when she was full of energy and passion for the…