A vigorous campaign initiated last week for reparations to Africa in support of the decades-old push for the continent to be compensated for colonisation, slavery and other dehumanising injustices on the people has generated some interesting reactions from the public. The campaign followed President John Dramani Mahama’s call at the recent AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for reparations to ...

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has alleged that operatives of the National Security who raided the residence of former Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, on Wednesday, March 19, stole valuables, including cash and jewelry, from the household. According to Afenyo-Markin, the operatives, led by Richard Jakpa, Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat, took away an undisclosed ...

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has commended the Ghana Police Service for the arrest of a suspect in connection with the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale. The suspect, Daniel Owusu Koranteng, was arraigned before the Madina District Court on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. The court remanded him into police custody, with a scheduled reappearance on April 1, 2025. The ...

A private legal practitioner Kwaku Amoh Darteh, has described a claim by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas that he has been vindicated in the case against Kennedy Agyapong in the United States as preposterous. In the view of Mr Amoh Darteh, Anas is celebrating over nothing because the case has not yet been concluded. Anas Aremeyaw Anas had said that ...

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodau Frimpong has criticised the Mahama administration for the arrest of journalist Okatakyie Afrifa Menaah by security operatives on Wednesday, March 19. Kodua Frimpon says the arrest is a dangerous attack on democracy and freedom of speech! He posted on his Facebook page prior to the release of Oakatayoe that “The ...

Private legal practitioner and Convener of Fix The Country Movement Oliver Barker-Vormawor has demanded answers to why a journalist and an ardent critic of the Mahama administration, Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah was arrested by security operatives on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Afrifa Mensah, host of the popular social media show “FOR THE RECORDS”, was reportedly picked up, prompting widespread outrage. The NPP ...

President John Dramani Mahama made a surprise visit to the Black Stars’ training session at the Accra Sports Stadium on Wednesday, offering words of encouragement ahead of their 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Chad and Madagascar. Acknowledging the team’s recent struggles, Mahama reaffirmed his faith in their potential to bounce back. “We didn’t qualify for the AFCON. But even when ...

Media personality Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah has been released after his sudden arrest by security operatives on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, triggered a wave of condemnation from the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and some media freedom advocates. Afrifa Mensah, host of the popular social media show “FOR THE RECORDS”, was reportedly picked up, prompting widespread outrage. The NPP described the ...

The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has visited the former governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison after his house was raided by operatives of the National Security allegedly led by Richard Jakpa, Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat. The Effutu MP reportedly expressed outrage at the raid and consoled the former BoG Governor promising to ...

COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been reassigned from her current role to serve as the Technical Advisor to the Minister for the Interior, according to a directive from the President. A letter from the Office of the President, signed by the Secretary to the President, Callistus Mahama, Ph.D., formally conveyed the reassignment, stating that the directive takes immediate effect. ...