The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, has revealed that Ghana is on the brink of a power crisis, with Karpowership, a major power supplier, threatening to shut down within seven days over unpaid bills.

A 2024 presidential candidate aspirant, Kennedy Agyapong, has formally withdrawn from the NPP ongoing “Thank You” tour, citing security threats to his supporters as the reason behind the decision.

Political Scientist Dr. Kwesi Amakye-Boateng has raised concerns over the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) ongoing “Thank You” tour, warning that rather than healing post-election rifts, the exercise appears to be aggravating old wounds.

The Movement for Change (MFC) says it is shocked at the Ghana Bar Association's (GBA) recent call for President John Mahama to suspend the suspension of Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, describing the appeal as a surprising deviation from constitutional principle.

Inusah Fuseini, a former Minister of Roads and Highways, and former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central has called on President John Dramani Mahama to urgently declare a state of emergency over Ghana’s water bodies and forest reserves, citing the growing destruction of the environment and its threat to public health and future generations.

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"My humble appeal to the wonderful medical doctors and health professionals at the Tamale Teaching Hospital is that I am the first person to take care of your interest. Therefore, let’s call off the strike and let’s all regroup and strategise going forward,"- Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, The Minister of Health.

The Minority Health Caucus in Parliament has condemned the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, for dismissing the Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital and are demanding “the immediate reversal of the decision to remove Dr Adam Atiku from office”.

Akonta Mining Company Limited has issued a strong rebuttal to what it describes as “reckless and baseless” accusations made by the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, over alleged illegal mining activities in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve.