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Security and Data Expert, Samuel Kwame Adomako, has thrown his support behind President John Dramani Mahama’s call for the regulation of social media platforms to curb hate speech and online incitement. Speaking on Ghanakoma morning show on Akoma 87.9fm in Kumasi with Sir John, on September 19,2025, Mr Adomako responded to the President’s remarks made during a media encounter held Wednesday, September 10, at Jubilee House. “As Security and data expert, content creators, we welcome such regulation,”. “The issue is how it’s going to be done so it doesn’t become government controlling and dictating how people should generally conduct themselves…

Ghana’s men’s 4x100m relay team made history on Saturday by setting a new national record of 37.79 seconds to qualify for the final of the World Athletics Championships. The quartet, made up of Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Paul Amoah, and Rasheed Saminu, delivered an outstanding performance that secured their place among the world’s best. Watch the impressive run below: This is how Ghana’s 4x100m relay team of Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Paul Amoah and Rasheed Saminu set a new national record of 37.79s to make it to the final of the event at the World Athletics Championships. #3Sports…

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspects in connection with an armed robbery incident that occurred at Spintex, Accra, in the early hours of September 14, 2025. According to the Director-General of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, the police received a report about a robbery at the residence of a 35-year-old man around 3:25 a.m. Two armed men allegedly broke into the home and made away with several valuable items, including gold jewelry, a laptop, wristwatches, handbags, clothing, and a total of $5,000 and GHS21,645 in cash. Officers who visited the crime scene retrieved…

The government has extended a financial lifeline to Asante Kotoko and Bibiani GoldStars, with each club receiving $50,000 to aid their preparations for upcoming CAF Inter-club competitions. The gesture is a demonstration of the government’s commitment to supporting local clubs in their quest for success at the highest levels of African football. As one of the most successful football nations in Africa, Ghana has consistently produced clubs capable of competing with the best on the continent. However, financial constraints often hinder the progress of these teams, making such governmental interventions critical. Asante Kotoko, Ghana’s most decorated club, will use the…

Ten stolen vehicles from the Netherlands have been recovered in Ghana through a joint effort between the Ghana Police Service, the Netherlands Embassy, and security firm Digitpol. The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, announced the recovery during a press briefing on Saturday, September 20. “Recently, the Police collaborated with the Netherlands Embassy and Digitpol, a security company that works closely with the Netherlands Police, to track and recover stolen vehicles trafficked into Ghana,” she said. The recovery operation was carried out between September 15 and 17, 2025. It led to the retrieval of eight…

Member of the National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Wonder Victor Kutor, has defended Ghana’s decision to receive deportees from the United States, saying the country acted appropriately on humanitarian grounds but acknowledging concerns over the procedure followed. “In terms of the substance, receiving the persons, there’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong with saving such persons,” Kutor said on Prime Insight on Joy Prime on Saturday, September 20. He emphasised that, from a legal and humanitarian perspective, the government acted correctly. “If you look at the various immigration rules across the world, on humanitarian grounds, as the…

Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign Team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has argued that former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo deserves credit for demonstrating that the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, could be won. Speaking on Newsfile on JoyNews, Aboagye maintained that Akufo-Addo’s administration was the first to show real progress in cleaning up Ghana’s polluted water bodies. “I think that the way the president and the NDC managed to turn the entire country against Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the way they managed to politicise galamsey, is one of the reasons why Akufo-Addo could not complete the…

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order slapping a $100,000 (about GH¢1.5 million) annual fee on applicants to the H-1B visa programme, America’s main pathway for skilled foreign workers. The order, which takes effect September 21, requires companies to pay the hefty sum for each worker they sponsor, potentially for up to six years. Previously, H-1B applicants paid only about $1,500 in administrative fees. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended the policy, insisting that firms must now “decide if the person is valuable enough to have a $100,000-a-year payment to the government, or they should head home, and…

NPA CEO, Edudzi Tameklo CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has said that the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference raised very important points in the statement they issued on the illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey). He stated that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and President John Dramani Mahama respect the views of the Catholic Bishops. “The NDC and President Mahama respect the views expressed by the Catholic bishops’ conference on galamsey,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday September 20. The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference urged President John Dramani Mahama to declare a state of emergency…

Mr Martin Kpebu Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has said that the Police should be allowed to fully handle the illegal mining (Galamsey) menace. He is not in support of the involvement of the Military. Kpebu expressed the confidence that the Police have the capacity to deal with this matter. “Let us exhaust the law. The Police can do the work. Under the law, currently, the Police can help; they are allowed to go and stop the galamseyer, and the president says that after they will have a prominent presence,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, September…