Author: SAMUEL
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced a one-week extension for its nationwide recruitment exercise, granting prospective applicants a final opportunity to complete their submissions following initial technical disruptions. The deadline, originally set for October 31, 2025, has been officially moved to November 7, 2025. The crucial decision was formalized in a press release dated October 31, 2025, issued from the Department of Public Relations at the General Headquarters, Burma Camp. The statement confirmed the extension was necessary due to “technical challenges encountered on the recruitment portal” during the application’s initial phase, ensuring all qualified Ghanaian citizens get a fair…
The government’s concerted effort to combat illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’, has yielded results in the Ahafo Region. The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), carried out an operation successfully flushing out illegal miners from a site at Bronikrom – Hwediem. The operation was highlighted by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Minister for Government Communications, who posted details on his X handle. According to his update, NAIMOS “continues to strike at the heart of illegal mining,” arresting several “Galamsey operators,” including a Burkinabe national, at a site dangerously close to major infrastructure, approximately 10 meters…
Ghanaian social media influencer Hajia Bintu has announced that she has welcomed her first child. In a post shared on her X page, the TikTok star expressed her joy, describing motherhood as the most beautiful and humbling experience of her life. “On 3rd October, 2025, I became a mother and it’s been the most beautiful, humbling and joy filled journey I’ve ever known. This journey has been everything I dreamed of and more,” she wrote. Hajia Bintu, whose real name is Naomi Asiamah, rose to fame on TikTok and Instagram. She is one of Ghana’s most followed female influencers. Beyond…
Renegotiation to get more money from the NLA-KGL deal has been the position of KGL to Mahama’s government since January 2025. Both NLA and KGL are on the same page. Since 2019, payments made by KGL to NLA keep increasing through renegotiations as the business keeps expanding and without doubt, KGL payments to NLA will continue to increase from 2026 and beyond to more benefit the State and NLA. The most important thing is how NLA will prudently utilize the payments by KGL in the interest of the State and the public. Renegotiation has nothing to do with termination or…
Residents engaged in clean up exercise The District Chief Executive for Central Gonja, Mahama Fuseni, has called on residents to take responsibility for keeping their surroundings clean and not wait to be instructed before acting. According to him, cleanliness must become a habit for every citizen, as a dirty environment reflects poorly on its inhabitants. “Cleanliness should be a habit. When your environment is bad, it speaks about you,” he said. “Let us not only clean our rooms but also our frontage and public places.” Rubbish Speaking during a community clean-up exercise in Buipe, the district capital, the DCE noted…
The Bank of Ghana on Friday, October 31, 2025 hosted over 250 school pupils from five different schools at the Bank Square for a currency education session, focusing on the Cedi’s history and evolution, and fun games. The schools are Independence Avenue Basic School (1&2), St. George’s Anglican Basic School, Bishop Mixed Basic School, Accra Sempe School, and St. Barnabas Basic School. Governor Dr. Johnson Asiama encouraged the pupils to take their studies seriously, emphasising they are the country’s future. He shared words of wisdom with the pupils, alongside his deputies, Dr. Zakari Mumuni and Mrs. Matilda Asante-Asiedu. The day…
A table used by the students until the PTA intervened The dominant and key lines of the Zamse Technical Senior High anthem which reads “let’s fight hard to achieve our aim” is the motivating factor for the students at the school located in the Bolgatanga Municipality as they face overwhelming challenges. Students take their meals under a tree which serves as a dining hall and at the same time as the Assembly Hall. The school was formally established in 1976 as a Junior High School located in Bukere. However, on the 10th of October, 1979 it was changed to a…
Mr Ahmed Ibrahim The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has appealed to members of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) to reconsider their planned strike scheduled for November 7, 2025, as the government takes steps to resolve their grievances. Speaking to journalists after leading the November edition of the National Sanitation Day exercise in Accra on Saturday, November 1, the Minister said the concerns raised by ESPA were receiving urgent attention at the highest levels of government. “We are engaging with the leadership of ESPA and other key stakeholders to find a lasting solution. The…
Dr Bernard Okoe Boye says while the fight against misinformation is legitimate, criminal sanctions for online speech risk harming innocent citizens and silencing democratic participation. He agreed that fake news has become a threat but stressed that public officials must absorb criticism. “Oh, of course we have a problem with fake news,” he admitted on Good Morning Ghana monitored by MyNewsGh. “But democracy allows both the wise and the fool to speak. Some people do not even have the cognitive power to understand what they are saying, but you do not silence them.” He emphasised that legal consequences should be…
Former Health Minister Dr Bernard Okoe Boye has cautioned the government against passing the Cybersecurity Amendment Bill in a manner that undermines democratic freedoms, urging authorities to resist laws that can be abused to suppress dissent. He stressed that thriving nations are those that encourage open expression and diverse ideas. “In the book Why Nations Fail, it tells you that it is communities or societies that are open to ideas that are able to grow economically,” he said on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana monitored by Lovinghananews.com. “Those that stifle people’s ideas, thoughts and comments end up becoming stale or…