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The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has announced that Members of Parliament (MPs) will soon be allowed to speak in their mother tongues during debates in the Chamber. With this initiative now put in place, Parliament is about to sound a lot more Ghanaian. The announcement was made at the launch of the Open Parliament Steering Committee Inauguration & Launch Action Plan on Monday 30th, June, 2025 in Accra. According to Mr. Bagbin, this is part of the efforts to promote Ghana’s cultural identity and deepen citizen participation in democratic governance. He believes that the use…

A 33-year-old Ghanaian man, Samuel Yeboah, has been stabbed with a pair of scissors to death during a fight over an unpaid loan. The incident happened at Mile 11 in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, on the evening of Monday, June 30, 2025. According to Angel TV’s correspondent, Kweku Asedi, the conflict began when Samuel Yeboah went to their co-tenant, who sells food, to remind her about a debt she owed his sister. READ ALSO: Tanker Crash Kills Unborn Baby Plus 13 More Reports suggest that the co-tenant, a Nigerian, owed the money for over three months,…

The Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has raised serious concerns over the increasing threat of illegal and unregulated sand winning activities, revealing that parts of the Volta Lake, Ghana’s largest inland water body, have now become targets for sand extraction. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in response to a statement made by the Hon. Member of Parliament for Ayensuano, Ida Adjoa Asiedu, Frank Annoh-Dompreh commended the Speaker of Parliament for graciously admitting the statement and praised his colleague MP for shedding light on the scale of the…

Members of the Minority Caucus in Parliament who serve on the Appointments Committee have voted against all seven Appeal Court judges nominated by President John Mahama to be vetted and approved as justices to the Supreme Court. Committee Chairman, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, in presenting the Committee’s report on the vetted seven nominees revealed that they had to be passed by a majority decision because the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarians on the Committee voted for the nominees. Parliament went ahead and approved the nomination of all seven justices for appointment to the Supreme Court but that…

A jaw-dropping video that captured two male adults subjecting a child to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under the pretext of a punishment sparked a public outrage on Tuesday when it went viral on social media. The video captured the child, a 12-year-old boy, completely naked and both wrists tied with a rope and hanged to the wooden bars of a roof. His entire body was dangling to and fro in the air while a bare-chested male adult used a stick to beat him up red and blue without mercy. The male adult beating up the child did not exercise…

Schoolgirl Gloria Segoe, who had reportedly gone to Kasoa to visit her boyfriend, was found dead in a pool of water at Tomefa, located in the Ga South Municipality near Kasoa on Monday night, June 23, 2025. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) retrieved the body of a young schoolgirl. According to a statement posted on the GNFS Facebook page, the rescue team began their operation at exactly 10:02 p.m. and completed it by 10:42 p.m. Sadly, by the time they recovered her body, she had already passed away. It is still unclear what led to Gloria’s death, but the…

The Lawra Municipality in the Upper West Region is mourning the death of its newly appointed Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Alhaji Adam Muazu. Family sources confirmed that Alhaji Muazu died in Accra after a long illness. He was sworn into office in April 2025 but had been unwell before his appointment. Relatives say he had sought medical treatment in various hospitals across the country. His death is another sad moment for the Lawra community, which is still recovering from the recent drowning of seven students from Lawra Senior High School in the Dikpe River. Alhaji Muazu’s last public duty as…

Exactly a week from today would be Tuesday July 1, 2025 and all things being equal, would be observed as a statutory public holiday in Ghana, in fulfilment of a pledge by  President John Mahama. July 1, has over the years been observed as Republic Day in Ghana and a national holiday until 2019 when the then President Nana Akufo-Addo gave his  assent to the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2019 and scrapped it off the holiday list. The new President, John Mahama, has however been explaining why July 1 should be reinstated as a national public holiday and marked as…

Two-term failed parliamentary aspirant, James Kofi Annan, has been ordered to stop using the title ‘Dr.’  unless he is able to prove that he indeed has a credible Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from an accredited academic institution. The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has officially written to James Kofi Annan, founder of Challenging Heights, a non-profit organisation and cautioned him that it is misleading and inconsistent with academic protocols for him to use academic titles that have not been duly earned or conferred through a recognized academic process. “Should you be unable to provide the required documentation; you will…

Popular Ghanaian Actress and former model, Kulsoume Sinare Baffoe has been nominated for appointment as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, the Presidency has announced. Kulsoume Sinare Baffoe was nominated with some 14 others to serve as Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul-Generals designated for various countries. The nomination for appointment of the 15 persons was done by President John Mahama following consultation with the Council of State. They are the first batch of ambassadorial appointees to be announced under President Mahama’s new government. The nomination of actress Kulsoume has sparked excitement among her film making colleagues and fans who have…