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U.S. President Donald Trump will extend a June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok for 90 days despite a law that mandated a sale or shutdown absent significant progress, the White House said on Tuesday. Trump had already twice granted a reprieve from enforcement of a congressionally mandated ban on TikTok that was supposed to take effect in January. “President Trump will sign an additional executive order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. That would extend the deadline to mid-September. “President…

Two suspects arrestedThe Kete-Krachi Divisional Police Command’s Anti-Robbery team has apprehended two individuals, John Dzeble, 34, and Adzobi Mesiwotso, 24, for possession of substances believed to be Indian hemp.On June 15, 2025, the police team conducted an intelligence-led operation, intercepting an Opel Astra vehicle with registration number GT 6430-13 driven by Dzeble with Mesiwotso as a passenger.Upon searching the vehicle, officers discovered 86 compressed parcels of suspected Indian hemp concealed in various compartments, including the engine, doors, and boot. Additionally, a portable measuring scale machine and a roll of masking tape, likely used for packaging, were retrieved.The suspects and exhibits…

play videoAdelaide Yaa Agyeiwaa Ntim, Stephen Ntim and Nana B The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has taken exception to the public disclosure of the health condition of the party’s National Chairman, Stephen Ntim.Speaking in an interview on Movement TV on June 17, 2025, Nana B criticised both the family of the chairman and the Member of Parliament for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo, Adelaide Yaa Agyeiwaa Ntim, for allowing details of Ntim’s health to be discussed openly on television and radio.“Chairman Ntim is not a child, and this letter has brought disgrace…

A taxi driver, who pretended to be a stream god and defiled a 15-year-old girl in a bush, has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region. Raphael Agyiri, 22, pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement. Prosecuting, Chief Superintendent of Police Alex Odonkor told the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu that the complainant, is related to the victim and both lived in Bogoso, while Agyiri is a resident at Kokoase, all in Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality. He said on June 2, 2022, at about 6:30 pm,…

Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Minister of Finance, is expected to address the 2025 Ghana China Business Summit as a guest speaker on the sub-theme “Financing Growth: Strengthening Ghana-China Financial Partnership for Economic Development.”The general theme for the summit slated for June 23rd to June 28th is “Synergising opportunities: Strengthening the Ghana-China business relationship and fostering a 24-hour economy.”President John Dramani Mahama is set to open the premier Ghana-China Business Summit on Monday, June 23rd, to set the tone for the summit.In a statement issued by the Communication Department of the Ghana China Business Summit secretariat, Dr Ato Forson will use…

The widely reported complete absence of Mr. Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who also doubles as the National Democratic Congress-sponsored Member of Parliament for North-Tongu Constituency, in the Volta Region, from an apparent evasion of an executive summons by his fellow legislators, ought to soberly inform the Mahama 2.0 Presidency and the nation, at large, that the diktat or mandate of the largely NDC-crafted 1992 Republican Constitution, which permits most of our cabinet appointees to be culled from Parliament, in an obviously inartistic imitation of the British-fangled Westminster System of Democratic Governance, is wreaking untold havoc on leadership…

Health Minister Kwabena Mintah AkandohThe government is moving to eliminate the financial barrier of blood processing fees by introducing subsidies, aiming to make blood units free and accessible to all Ghanaians, especially the most vulnerable.Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh made this known during the national commemoration of World Blood Donor Day in Accra. According to him, the policy—part of the broader “Mahama Cares” framework—is awaiting parliamentary approval.“We have realised that the processing fee for blood donation has become a barrier, affecting the availability of blood in this country.Under the Mahama Cares policy framework, we are actively exploring ways to ease…

An Accra High Court, Commercial Division has adjourned the matter of alleged breach of the distribution agreement contract between Dram Oil and Trading Limited and Alfapetro Ghana Limited to October 13, 2025.   The trial, which was supposed to commence on June 10, 2025, was adjourned at the instance of the defence counsel.   A letter dated June 9, 2025, addressed to the Registrar of the Court, said, “We were recently instructed by Defendant in the matter and have been informed that the court has scheduled the commencement of trial for 10 June 2025.”   The letter said, unfortunately, Ace Anan Ankomah, who…

The Member of Parliament for Effia, Isaac Boamah-Nyarko, has called for strict accountability within the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over the accumulation of debt by private companies.According to him, the growing debts owed by private entities to ECG should not be happening in the first place if the right supervisory structures were working.He insists that the situation raises serious concerns about internal controls and responsibility within the power distributor.“How did they happen? Is it that ECG was unaware, and if they were aware, who allowed those debts to power?” he quizzed during a panel discussion on Accra-based Channel One…

Justice Janapare Bartels-Kodwo Supreme Court judge nominee, Justice Janapare Bartels-Kodwo, has firmly dismissed speculation surrounding the possibility of a third presidential term in Ghana, stating that the Constitution is unequivocal on the matter.Appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Tuesday, June 17, Justice Bartels-Kodwo was clear in her response: “It is crystal clear; the president cannot hold office for more than two terms. Period.”Her comments come amid renewed public debate over President John Mahama’s eligibility to seek a third term, a controversy that has sparked legal and constitutional conversations nationwide.Justice Bartels-Kodwo’s remarks echoed those of another Supreme Court nominee, Justice Senyo…