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A violent armed robbery attack at Buduatta Junction on the Winneba Highway on Saturday night, July 5, 2025, left four passengers injured after armed men opened fire on a moving minibus. The victims were rushed to the Trauma and Specialist Hospital in Winneba, where they are currently receiving treatment. According to reports, police sources say the robbers ambushed vehicles travelling along the highway around 9:00 p.m. and forcefully took mobile phones, cash, and other belongings from passengers. Unfortunately for Saturday’s victims, the situation turned chaotic when the driver of a Toyota Hiace minibus tried to speed past the robbers. In…

The growing use of shisha, e-cigarettes, and other harmful substances among young people in Ghana has triggered calls for a nationwide ban to protect their health and future. Leading the call is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Osman Ayariga, who has raised serious concerns about the rising trend of substance abuse among the youth. Speaking on Channel One TV’s Newsroom with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Saturday, July 5, 2025, Mr. Ayariga expressed serious concern about the increasing trend of substance use among the youth, describing it as a dangerous threat. He strongly believes that products…

The Majority Leader in Parliament and Leader of Government Business, Mahama Ayariga, has disclosed that the House will add Mondays and Saturdays to its sittings days so as to allow for the maturity of certain Legislative Instruments before Parliament adjourns on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Mahama Ayariga explained that this week, some fifty-five Ministers are expected to appear before the House to respond to various questions. He said also scheduled to appear before the House is the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama. He said in addition to that, some Bills may be introduced for First…

CALAMITY STRUCK when a man, who was crossing the River Offin with a canoe in Atumtuma in the Ashanti Region got drowned after the canoe suddenly capsized. The deceased has since been found and identified by the Nkawie Divisional Police in the Ashanti Region as Kwaku Ekow, whose exact age was readily known by the police. According to the police, the now deceased man was crossing the Offin River to Atumtuma around 1:30pm on June 19, 2025 when the canoe turned upside down in a dangerous manner. Some Good Samaritans around, some of whom were expert swimmers, quickly dived deep…

“I look forward, in my lifetime, to seeing a new Ghana; a Ghana where our sons and daughters would not line up for visa in any embassy to travel out of the shores of this country for greener pastures but that our sons and our daughters would be born, raised, schooled, educated and live and work and flourish and thrive within the borders of Ghana and would only travel outside for vacation and holidays but not to go and seek greener pastures”, Ghanaian charismatic-preacher of global fame, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has prayed. Archbishop Duncan-Williams said this when he was called…

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, led the delegation of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership that attended the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving held in Accra on Tuesday July 1, 2025. Afenyo-Markin did the third scripture reading for the national ceremony which saw Ghanaians both home and abroad unite in prayer and gratitude to God. The National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving in an initiative of President John Mahama and this year’s is the debut.  The President explained that the aim is to unite Ghanaians of all faiths and express gratitude to God for the nation’s…

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…