Current Affairs

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak says the government’s intensified fight against illicit drugs has resulted in 217 arrests and the initiation of 165 prosecutions in the period under review. Speaking at the Government Accountability Series, Mr Muntaka commended the Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and his team for what he described […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS The government has seized about GH¢6.9 million and $440,000 in cash linked to people suspected of involvement in illicit drug trafficking. Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak disclosed this during his appearance at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, August 24. He said the action formed part of an intelligence-led campaign targeting the financial […]

ELS: MBN360 POLITICS A member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Legal Directorate, Ishaq Ibrahim, has described as “very courageous” the decision by the Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, to challenge the Judiciary over the hearing of selected criminal cases during the 2026 legal vacation. Mr Ibrahim said it was particularly bold […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has rejected what he called false and defamatory allegations about his motives for questioning losses under the Bank of Ghana’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, announcing that he intends to pursue legal remedies over personal attacks made against him in the past week. The statement is the Effutu MP’s first […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS President John Dramani Mahama at his Inaugurationons under the 1992 Constitution, President Mahama credited the country’s two dominant political forces with a shared acceptance that democracy is the way to go, describing the pattern in plain terms. “So, we lose elections, we hand over. They lose elections, they hand over. It is […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWSOn that authority, the Court found nothing improper in the Attorney-General announcing his representation of the Chief Justice in this case. The Discrimination Argument Rejected The central plank of Oppong Nkrumah’s application was that assigning specific criminal cases to judges during the legal vacation violated the constitutional guarantee of equality and non-discrimination under […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Ofoase-Ayirebi Member of Parliament Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has hinted at seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s decision dismissing his application to halt selected criminal trials during the legal vacation. Justice Gabriel Pwamang, sitting as a single judge of the Supreme Court, dismissed Mr Oppong Nkrumah’s interlocutory injunction application on Friday, August […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has challenged Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin to produce evidence from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that directly implicates GoldBod in losses incurred by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP). The Minority Caucus has stood […]

ELS: MBN360 POLITICS The Minority in Parliament is questioning the role of the Bank of Ghana in the domestic gold purchasing programme operated in collaboration with GoldBod, particularly the manner in which financial risks associated with the transactions were allocated. The Minority Leader, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, says the reported losses linked to the programme expose what he describes as a […]

ELS; MBN360  Politics Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has warned that officials of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) could face tough bail conditions in the future if the standards being applied to some former government officials continue. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Mr Afenyo-Markin said public officials in the current […]