The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is confronting a critical staffing challenge as approximately 300 health workers have departed the facility between January and June 2025 to seek employment abroad. This alarming brain drain has raised concerns about the future stability and quality of health services at Ghana’s premier teaching hospital.Deputy Medical Director, Dr. Harry Akoto, disclosed the staggering figure during …

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) affiliate, Teacher Education Workers Union (TEWU), has declared a nationwide indefinite strike set to begin on September 19, 2025. This industrial action is in response to unresolved issues concerning conditions of service, promotions, and allowances for its members. The union’s demands stem from ongoing dissatisfaction with how these critical employment matters have been handled, prompting …

Fred Duhoe, former Citi FM journalist, has recently come to the defense of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, calling on critics to reconsider their motivations and engage in respectful, fact-based debate. In his Facebook post, Duhoe lauds Ablakwa’s dedication, integrity, and commitment to public service, emphasizing the minister’s conviction and adherence to national interest despite facing opposition. This defense, …

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has come under fierce criticism over the government’s acceptance of some deportees from the USA. Ablakwa, in an interview with Channel One TV maintains that the arrangement is governed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US, and therefore does not require parliamentary ratification. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court, in Banful and …

US-based Ghanaian Lawyer and political activist, Pof. Stephen Kwaku Asare popularly known as Kwaku Azar has lashed heavily at Justice Bright Acquah of the Circuit Court, Accra for his poor handling of the Abronye case. In article published on his Facebook page on Sunday, Kwaku Azar underscored the need for judges, in their judgements, to “state the facts; state law; …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has refuted claims of extortion by one Jacob Amuah who is standing trial for his involvement in the ongoing National Petroleum Authority (NPA) saga. The Director of Strategy, Research and Communication at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Samuel Darko has dismissed the allegations in its entirety. Mr. Darko also revealed that the …

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has sharply criticized the continued detention of Bono Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen following the Accra Circuit Court’s recent decision to remand Abronye yet again, Kpebu declared that holding someone on a misdemeanour charge without bail for two weeks is unlawful and …

A former National Deputy Communications Director of the opposition NPP has scolded IGP Christian Tetteh Yohonu over recent arrest of NPP officers and activists without justifiable cause. In an article released on 10 September 2025, the respected NPP stalwart posited that, “The sleeping Beauty IGP Yohonu must wake up from his beauty sleep.”The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh …

Hon. Samuel Nartey George cannot shut down DSTV. The law and authority to do so do not rest with him. Even local free-to-air television stations are beyond his power to shut down, let alone DSTV—a well-established company that has fully complied with all regulatory requirements and continuously pays its taxes to the state. Ghanaians, it is important to lower your …

During the NPP era, especially around 2022–2023, I often found myself compelled to advise some colleagues who dismissed every form of criticism as NDC- or opposition-induced commentary. In many instances, however, one could clearly see that these were constructive criticisms, expressed without malicious intent. It was heartbreaking because, in some cases, these concerns came from party activists who had been …