Top News in Ghana Today

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has announced plans to intensify surveillance and operations at nightclubs, entertainment venues, pubs and public events across the country during the festive season.

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of 56 suspects in a series of intelligence-led operations across the Western North Region.

According to a police statement, the arrests, which took place in several towns and villages, were part of the police's Christmas Special Operations, aimed at ensuring security and maintaining law and order during the holiday period.

The operations, which were conducted over the course of the past week, targeted key areas including Sefwi-Bodi, Asawinsos, Dadieso, Juaboso, Akontombra, Sefwi Debiso, Enchi, Sefwi Bekwai, Donyina, and Bidiem.

These towns in the Western North Region have seen increased police presence as part of efforts to clamp down on various criminal activities, particularly during the busy Christmas season when lawlessness can sometimes spike.

President John Dramani Mahama has extended warm Christmas greetings to Ghanaians, marking his first festive message since returning to office.

A 21-year-old Ghanaian citizen, Cross Abu Cole, has been sentenced to time served of about seven months by a United States District Court after being convicted of interstate communications with intent to extort.

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested 54 suspects in a series of coordinated swoop operations aimed at clamping down on illegal drug peddling, drug use and robbery-related criminal activities across the region.

Here are the front pages of some of Ghana’s newspapers today.    

The Tema Regional Police Command has foiled an attempted armed robbery at Community 24 in the Adjei-Kojo District of Ashaiman, resulting in the death of three suspected robbers.

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced that the leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, together with two others, will be prosecuted for alleged forgery and related offences.

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced that the government will prosecute Wontumi Farms and its directors for allegedly defrauding Exim Bank, committing forgery, and causing a financial loss to the state exceeding GH₵24 million.

The Attorney-General, Dominic Ayine, has alleged that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, submitted a forged receipt to the Ghana Export-Import (EXIM) Bank to secure a GH¢4 million loan for the purported purchase of farming equipment.

Six people, including a three-month-old baby, have died after a fire gutted an apartment at Abuakwa Manhyia in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

The First Lady of Ghana, Lordina Mahama, has made generous donations to six orphanages across the country ahead of Christmas celebrations.

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced that the state will prosecute Wontumi Farms and its directors for alleged financial crimes involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank.

The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) will today, Monday, December 22, present its final report to President John Dramani Mahama.

The Northern Regional Police Command has detained two nurses and a security guard to assist with investigations into the alleged theft of a newborn baby at One Heart Hospital in Lamashegu, Tamale.