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A Heavy-duty truck loaded with lumber has killed a nursery pupil at Adugyama in Ahafo Ano South East District of the Ashanti Region. The victim identified as Daniel died in a tragic accident on October 28, 2025 when a heavy-duty truck loaded with lumber lost control and killed the pupil at Aburaso near Adugyama in the Ashanti Region. Two other children who were trapped under the logs have also been injured and are receiving treatment at the Bechem Hospital. According to 3News sources, the child was trapped under cyber logs that fell from a long vehicle truck with registration number…

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Paris, France, to participate in the 8th Edition of the Paris Peace Forum, scheduled for October 29 and October 30, 2025. A statement issued by the Spokesperson to the President and Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu said from Paris, the President will travel to Cairo, Egypt, as a guest of the Egyptian President, to attend the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, November 1, 2025. The President is expected to return to Ghana on Sunday, November 2, 2025. In his absence, the Vice President, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang shall…

Auditor-General’s Report The Auditor General has released the full report on the forensic audit it conducted into the National Service Authority from 2018 to 2024. Here are some highlights: – The total financial “irregularities” over the period were 2.5 billion cedis. Over 1 billion was in payments exceeding 13 months. Another 989 million cedis was paid to personnel without the required biometric or monthly attendance verification. -There was also 302 million cedis paid to vendors without contracts, invoices, or evidence of work done. – The audit found the software used by the NSA to be fit for purpose despite some…

The National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values has renewed calls for Parliament to expedite the passage of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, urging that it be treated as a public bill rather than a private member’s bill. At a press conference held on October 28, 2025, Secretary General Moses Foh-Amoaning emphasized that the bill reflects the will of the Ghanaian people. “It would be good if the President’s desire for a public bill brought by the Attorney-General is fulfilled. Ghanaians voted for the President with this issue as a key concern. That’s what the people want, it should…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has begun processes to review all significant contracts, including its contract with Hubtel. According to the Acting Managing Director, Julius Kpekpena the review forms part of a renewed effort to improve compliance and guarantee value for money in accordance with the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act. He disclosed this during his appearance before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. He said ECG has engaged a lawyer to evaluate all significant contracts to make sure they adhere to the legal requirements. He revealed that the contract with Hubtel is one…

The former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab. The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has filed multiple criminal charges against Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), and four others, over alleged acts of stealing, money laundering, and causing financial loss to the state. According to court documents filed at the High Court in Accra, the accused persons — Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, Faiza Seidu Wuni, Richard Sam-Asante (currently at large), The Aludiba Foundation, and Energy Partners Limited — are…

Wole Soyinka Nigeria’s Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year and he was told to reapply if he wished to try again to visit the U.S. The 91-year-old writer said in 2016 that he had torn up his U.S. green card and renounced his American residency in protest at the first election of President Donald Trump. The Nobel laureate has had regular teaching stints at America’s Ivy League universities since the mid-1990s following his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. On Tuesday, Soyinka showed reporters a copy of…

The Supreme Court has in a 5-0 unanimous decision dismissed an application to prohibit the presiding judge in the Kwabena Adu Boahene criminal trial from further hearing the case on grounds of bias. Lawyers of the former National Signals Bureau Director filed the application to prohibit the High Court judge, Justice Eugene Nyadu Nyantei, from further hearing the case, citing alleged bias on his part. In court on Wednesday, October 29, lead counsel for Adu Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea argued on the grounds of allegations that the trial judge blocked the disclosure of exculpatory evidence, took special interest in the…

Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie The Minority in Parliament is demanding the suspension of the Appointment Committee’s vetting of Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Chief Justice until all outstanding legal challenges concerning the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo are resolved in court. In a motion filed at the Speaker’s office, the NPP lawmakers are asking the Speaker to halt all processes by the Appointments Committee, citing current cases at the High Court and the ECOWAS court. “That this Honourable House, having regard to Articles 110(1), 125-127, 144(1) and 146 of the 1992 Constitution and Standing Orders 57(1)-(3), 93, 103(f), 216 and 217, resolves…

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