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Dr. Gideon Boako: Tano North MP condemns galamsey but urges military to respect human rights in Ahafo operations

Tano North MP Dr. Gideon Boako has condemned galamsey activities but urged the Ghana Armed Forces to respect human rights in their anti-galamsey operations in the Ahafo Region

Full text: Mahama’s reset ‘2026 budget statement and economic policy’

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has presented Ghana’s 2026 Budget statement and economic policy of the government to Parliament

Parliament approves Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as new Chief Justice

Parliament has approved Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s new Chief Justice after a headcount vote of 163–69. He replaces Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo and has pledged judicial reform, transparency, and efficiency

“Let’s avoid politicizing the El-Wak tragedy” – Rev. Ntim Fordjour appeals

Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. Ntim Fordjour, urges Ghanaians to avoid politicizing the El-Wak recruitment stampede

El-Wak Stampede: Defence and Interior Committee commiserates with victims at 37 Military Hospital

The Defence and Interior Committee visits 37 Military Hospital to support victims of the El-Wak stampede during Ghana Armed Forces recruitment

Mustapha Hamid slaps OSP with GH¢20 million defamation suit over ‘false’ corruption claims

Former NPA CEO Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has filed a GH¢20 million defamation lawsuit against the Office of the Special Prosecutor over alleged false claims linking him to a GH¢1.3 billion UPPF scandal, seeking damages, apology, and retraction

Bagbin calls for rethink of military recruitment process after El-Wak deadly stampede

Speaker Alban Bagbin calls for a rethink of Ghana’s military recruitment system following the El-Wak tragedy, directing parliamentary investigation and offering condolences to victims’ families