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Irish boxer Lee Reeves is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being stretchered from the ring following his bout against Gary Cully in Dublin on Saturday.

The 31-year-old from Limerick was challenging Cully for the vacant BUI Celtic super-lightweight title at the 3Arena when he was knocked out in the 10th round. Medical personnel immediately attended to Reeves before transferring him to hospital.

A spokesperson for Queensberry Promotions confirmed on Sunday that Reeves remains under close medical care.

‘Lee Reeves is still in hospital, in a critical but stable condition. We will know more in the coming days, and our thoughts and prayers remain with Lee and his family.’

Cully, who secured the title with the knockout victory, expressed concern for his opponent after the fight.

‘I hope he’s okay,’ Cully said. ‘He came in as a big underdog but showed he belongs at this level. Huge credit to him.’

Queensberry promoter Frank Warren also offered his support, saying everyone at the promotion is thinking of Reeves and remains in constant contact with his team while hoping for positive news.

The contest formed part of the undercard to the main event between Pierce O’Leary and Mark Chamberlain, which also ended with a 10th-round knockout victory for the visiting Chamberlain.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has busted a network of 10 Koforidua Technical University (KTU) students allegedly producing and selling cannabis-infused drinks and ice cream on campus.

Leading the operation, according to NACOC, was 23-year-old Priscilla Tetteh, named as the suspected ringleader of the group. The arrests were made during an intelligence-led swoop carried out during the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) Hall Week celebrations between Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1.

In a statement, NACOC said officers apprehended Priscilla Tetteh along with nine other students believed to be part of the trafficking network.

The suspects were allegedly caught selling the cannabis-laced products to students and other patrons attending the event.

The Commission noted that the operation was triggered by months of monitoring on campus, following reports of students packaging and distributing intoxicating consumables disguised as regular snacks and beverages.

All 10 suspects are currently in NACOC custody and assisting with investigations. They are expected to be processed for prosecution in accordance with the Narcotics Control Commission Act.

NACOC has warned students and vendors against the production and sale of drug-infused products, saying it will intensify surveillance in tertiary institutions to curb the trend. Authorities say the seized items have been sent to the lab for further analysis.

Meanwhile, the university management is yet to respond to the criminal case.

It would be recalled that the Narcotics Control Commission arrested five students of Central University during a targeted operation on campus over their alleged involvement in the sale and distribution of cannabis and cannabis-infused products.

The suspects, who are Level 100, Level 300, and Level 400 students, were picked up following intelligence gathered on illicit drug activities within the university community.

According to preliminary investigations, the students were allegedly engaged in the production and sale of cannabis-infused ice cream, sobolo, toffees, pepper, and eggs, while also dealing in raw cannabis.

The operation uncovered quantities of the suspected substances, which have been seized for forensic examination as part of ongoing investigations.

NACOC officials have reaffirmed their commitment to combating drug-related activities in educational institutions, warning students against involvement in the trafficking and consumption of narcotic substances.

Two individuals have lost their lives with seven others, including two females and five males, sustaining various degrees of injuries in the Birimso Bridge accident on the N6 Highway (Accra-Kumasi Highway).

The road traffic collision, which occurred yesterday, involved a fuel tanker, a Mitsubishi pick-up (GE-8602-17), a KIA Sorento (GT-8601-14), and an STC bus (GS-7050-22).

The fuel tanker, STC bus, and Mitsubishi pick-up were completely destroyed by fire, while the KIA Sorento sustained extensive damage.

Personnel from the Bunso fire station led by ADOI Samuel Doe and Suhum Municipal Fire Stations led by ADOI Moses Quaye were at the scene, working tirelessly to bring the situation under control.

DOIII Ohemeng Aaron, Regional Public Relations Officer, Eastern Regional Fire Command, in an interview, stated that, ‘We entreat motorists and other road users to cooperate fully with fire officers on the ground as they work to completely extinguish the fire and ensure the safety of everyone.’

At the time of filing this report, the Ghana Police Service Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) disclosed that motorists on the N6 Accra-Kumasi Highway should expect delays due to the accident. They added that personnel from the Eastern South Regional Police MTTD in Kibi were at the scene managing traffic.

As a temporary measure, traffic was diverted as follows: Accra-bound traffic: through Kibi at Nsutam, Kumasi-bound traffic: through Apedwa. The police urged all motorists and road users to cooperate with officers on the ground as efforts were underway to clear the wreckage and restore normal traffic flow. Road users were advised to exercise patience and follow diversion signs.

The Ledzokuku Municipal Director of Education, Mrs. Theresa Tetteh, has appealed to parents to take a keen interest in the ongoing school selection process, which takes place between Monday and Friday, for their children/ wards to ensure that they select the right school and also avoid making mistakes in the process.

She explained that parents taking an interest in the exercise would avert the possibility of wrong school selection as well as making mistakes, which will in the long run lead to the child not getting their school of choice and its attendant challenges.

Mrs. Tetteh announced this when she delivered her welcome address at a one-day sensitisation workshop on the 2026 school selection and placement for head teachers and in-school guidance and counselling coordinators of both public and private basic schools in the Ledzokuku Municipality last Thursday.

The participants were schooled on the school selection guidelines such as category of schools to select, dos and don’ts regarding the selection and placement system, a list of pilot private senior high schools they could choose from, among other topics.

The Municipal Director also cautioned parents not to leave their children’s/ward’s selection of schools to teachers and rather do it either together with the teacher or the parents themselves so they do not turn round and accuse the teacher of selecting wrong schools for their children/ward.

The Ledzokuku Municipal Examination Officer, Mr. David Gbedzi, urged the participants to follow the selection criteria very well and note the various updates for this year.

He also stressed on the need for the participants to take a critical note of the various codes to be used for the selection process to avoid wrong choices of schools.

The Ledzokuku Municipal Guidance and Counselling Coordinator, Madam Charity Willie-Doe, on her part, encouraged participants to take note of the course of study to be selected by the children and assist parents who will run to them for support.

She advised parents to consider allowing their children/wards to choose Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)/ Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programmes as their first-choice programme since they were equally important as the grammar programmes as well.

The Guidance and Counselling Coordinator reminded all students to look at their strength, passion and temperament before selecting courses, so that they do not regret after pursuing them.

Background

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results, creating the opportunity for all-qualified candidates to select the schools of their choice.

Ghana’s Black Queens slipped to a 1-0 defeat against Cameroon in their second Group C match at the 2026 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, leaving their qualification hopes hanging in the balance.

The Black Queens made an encouraging start, controlling possession and showing confidence in attack during the opening stages. However, Cameroon broke the deadlock in the first half after converting a penalty to take the lead.

Coach Kim Lars Björkegren’s side returned from the break with renewed determination, pressing high and creating several promising chances in search of an equaliser.

Despite their sustained attacking efforts, the Queens were unable to breach a disciplined Cameroonian defence.

Ghana remained organised at the back and prevented Cameroon from extending their advantage, but the solitary first-half penalty proved decisive as the Indomitable Lionesses claimed all three points.

The Black Queens thought they had equalised through Evelyn Badu’s 79th minute goal but it was chopped off for an offside in the buildup to the goal.

The defeat means the Black Queens must now deliver a positive result in their final Group C match to keep their hopes of reaching the knockout stage alive.

THE COURT of Appeal in Kumasi has upheld the decision of the High Court, affirming that the Asokwa District Court acted within its jurisdiction in entertaining an application to enforce a bond to be of good behaviour against Abdul Yussif Ganiyu, popularly known as Shola, a broadcaster with Zuriah FM in Kumasi.

The unanimous decision was delivered by a three-member panel comprising Justice Kwamina Baiden, who presided, Justice Dr. Poku Adusei, who read the lead judgment, and Justice Abature.

The appellate court dismissed Shola’s appeal, holding that the District Court neither acted in excess of jurisdiction nor wrongfully assumed jurisdiction when it entertained the prosecution’s application.

The case stems from Shola’s conviction on December 2, 2021, for offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace, contrary to Section 207 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

Following his conviction by the Asokwa District Court, the Zuriah FM broadcaster was fined 500 penalty units or, in default, to serve three months’ imprisonment. He was also ordered to execute a bond to be of good behaviour, which he complied with after paying the fine.

According to the court, the prosecution later alleged that Shola had engaged in further conduct likely to breach the peace while the bond remained in force.

Instead of filing fresh criminal charges, the Attorney General invoked Section 299(2) of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30), and applied to the District Court to enforce the bond by imposing a custodial sentence.

Shola challenged the application, arguing that the prosecution had adopted the wrong legal procedure and that any fresh allegation should have been prosecuted through a new charge sheet. He further maintained that the District Court had become functus officio after concluding the original criminal case and, therefore, lacked jurisdiction to hear the application.

The District Court dismissed the objection, prompting Shola to seek judicial review at the High Court through applications for certiorari and prohibition.

However, the High Court ruled that the District Court had acted within its jurisdiction and that any disagreement over the interpretation of the law should be addressed through the appellate process rather than judicial review.

Still dissatisfied, Shola proceeded to the Court of Appeal.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Dr. Adusei stated that the criminal jurisdiction of the District Court is conferred by statute and is not dependent on the statutory provisions cited by parties in their applications.

The court held that even if the prosecution relied on an incorrect statutory provision, that alone could not deprive the District Court of its jurisdiction.

The appellate court further explained that questions relating to the interpretation or application of statutory provisions are legal issues to be determined during proceedings or on appeal, and do not automatically render a court’s proceedings a nullity.

It also rejected Shola’s contention that the District Court had wrongfully assumed jurisdiction, stressing that every court has the authority to determine, as a preliminary issue, whether it has jurisdiction to hear a matter.

The Court of Appeal therefore affirmed the High Court’s decision and dismissed the appeal, clearing the way for the Asokwa District Court to continue hearing the application to enforce the bond.

Three members of Team Ghana have reportedly gone missing following the conclusion of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Games officially came to an end on Sunday, but officials of the Ghanaian delegation are said to be unable to account for the whereabouts of three athletes who reportedly left the team’s camp.

The missing athletes have been identified as para-athlete Zinabu Issah, boxer Daniel Plange and boxer Precious Akai Nettey.

Issah was one of Ghana’s standout performers at the Games, winning a bronze medal in the women’s shot put event.

Plange also claimed bronze in the men’s over-90kg boxing division, despite suffering a 5-0 defeat to Northern Ireland’s William John McCartan in his final bout.

Akai Nettey enjoyed a strong start to her campaign, defeating Fiji’s Elijah Qiokata by second-round stoppage at the SSE Hydro.

However, her medal hopes ended in the quarter-finals after a unanimous points defeat to Mauritius’ Merven Clair.

Team Ghana officials are reportedly making efforts to locate the three athletes, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Ghana sent a 40-athlete contingent to the 2026 Commonwealth Games and concluded the competition with two bronze medals.

And it came to pass that Ghana became entrapped in a pastime of scathing vitriolic. The youth especially took to social media in a frenzy, and their mission took the form of hurling insults at opponents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Traditional authorities, politicians, soldiers and even judges were not exempted from the insulting frenzy by the paid youth. It has not stopped as it is constantly watered by the paymasters.

The seed of insults on social media started when the NDC engaged youth with sharp-teeth to insult their political opponents.

Hate speech gained traction in our body-politics in the run-up to the last elections when a desperate flagbearer found in it an avenue to grab power.

It was surprising when last week during an engagement at his Assemblies of God Church, he lamented about the heightened spate of insults on social media.

Has he forgotten so soon how he himself was part of the insulting spree? Political leadership should learn to protect our values as a people.

The many insults our President unfortunately hurled at his opponents are varied, too long for the limited space at our disposal.

For an aspiring president to refer to a whole ethnic grouping as ‘Akyem Sakawa’ is to lower the standards of morality in our community, which we witnessed at the height of the last campaign season. Unfortunately, he had his way and continued.

When a former president as he was at the time decided to tell Asantes that they are ingrates and would not acknowledge his gesture even if he lines up their streets with gold, he had deliberately prepared the grounds for hate speech to flourish.

Should a leader speak this way in a multiethnic society?

We recall regrettably the insulting remark to former President John Agyekum Kufuor by President John Mahama when Kennedy Agyapong was the subject of political victimisation. All that former President John Agyekum Kufuor said was how using a sledgehammer to hit a mosquito was just too much in reference to the enormous state coercive power being brought to bear on the politician.

The response from President John Mahama was swift and scathing, neatly wrapped in sarcasm. ‘We would use a bulldozer not a sledgehammer,’ was the response.

‘Those who have never been presidents should stop passing comments about the presidency, for such persons know nothing about governance,’ was another reaction to commentaries.

Political insults in our country, without doubt, was initiated by the incumbent government and so we find it ridiculous when he laments the trend in front of church colleagues.

Unfortunately, the resort to arresting persons who have been encouraged to embark on the path of insults will not curb the germinating seeding of vitriolic brought about by the government.

Kevin Taylor has admitted to being engaged by President John Mahama to work for him, which assignment is well known to warrant explanation. Suffice it to point out that a massive social overhaul, sincere and thorough, would be needed to arrest the rising tide of insults.

It would be a Herculean task because those who allowed themselves to be used to hurl insults at the political opponents of the President have been handsomely rewarded, an attractive source of encouragement for others to follow suit.

With the New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth too now responding, the cacophonous state of social media is understandable, leaving our values in tatters.

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed heads of public tertiary educational institutions who hold both public office and political party executive positions to resign from their political party roles or be relieved of their public offices.

A statement issued on July 27, 2026 by the Commission called on leaders of educational institutions to uphold the principles of political neutrality, impartiality and public confidence in the administration of higher education.

GTEC stated that its outfit has observed reports suggesting that some leaders and senior managers of tertiary educational institutions are simultaneously holding executive positions in political parties.

This, the Commission mentioned, include positions such as Constituency Chairman, Constituency Secretary, Treasurer and other party executive offices, while continuing to serve in public office.

‘Accordingly, GTEC wishes to remind all heads of tertiary education institutions to ensure full compliance with these legal requirements. Governing Councils and institutional management are encouraged to take the necessary steps to ensure that officers serving in public institutions, particularly those occupying positions as Vice Chancellor/Principal, Pro-VC/Vice-Principal, Registrar, Director of Finance/Finance Officer, Deans, HOD’s etc. do not take elected political positions,’ it stated.

‘As a result, all individuals who find themselves in such situations are to resign from such political positions or be relieved of their offices,’ it added.

The Commission also made reference to Section 26 of the Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 574), which provides, among others, that: ‘A chief or a public officer shall not engage in canvassing in support of or against a political party or a candidate standing for a public election.’

It stated that the law further places restrictions on public officers occupying executive positions within political parties, which is intended to safeguard the neutrality and integrity of the Public Service as well as to prevent situations that may give rise to actual or perceived conflicts between official responsibilities and partisan political interests.

It also reiterated consistent calls by the Public Services Commission that public officers who intend to engage in active party politics or assume political party executive positions are expected to relinquish their public office before doing so, in accordance with the applicable constitutional and statutory provisions.

The Commission further urged all tertiary educational institutions to continue to uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and political neutrality in the discharge of their statutory mandates to assist the Commission to ensure the effective and efficient management of educational institutions in the country.

A High Court in Accra has confirmed an order freezing five bank accounts and four landed properties belonging to former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dennis Miracles Aboagye.

Aboagye is currently under investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over some alleged misappropriation, diversion and theft of approximately GHS55 million in public funds during his tenure at the state agency.

The freezing order covers bank accounts linked to former Accountant of IMCCoD, Gerald Appiah, and a company identified as Hillside Piggery and Meat Processing Limited.

EOCO had gone to court seeking an order to freeze the accounts and properties as the anti-graft agency conducts further investigations into the allegations made against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) official.

The order affects two landed properties in the Eastern Region – land and a house, residential apartments and properties in the Greater Accra Region as well as five bank accounts under investigations.

Arrest

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, who also served as a senior aide to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was arrested at the Accra International Airport on July 13 after officers of the Ghana Immigration Service executed a stop order placed on him by EOCO.

His arrest generated intense political debate, with the opposition NPP accusing the government of using state security agencies to intimidate political opponents.

The arrest came only hours after Mr. Aboagye publicly declared his intention to contest the position of National Communications Director of the NPP ahead of the party’s upcoming national delegates’ conference.

He was later granted a bail of GHS50 million with three sureties, two of whom must be justified with property.

Accusations

EOCO is accusing him and the former Accountant of IMCCoD, Gerald Appiah, and other unnamed persons over alleged financial and procurement-related irregularities at the Secretariat.

The two are facing allegation of multiple criminal offences, including conspiracy to steal, stealing, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of public funds, defrauding by false pretences and money laundering.

EOCO, in a statement, explained that the investigations originated from a forensic audit into the operations of IMCCoD covering the period from August 1, 2022, to February 2, 2025.

According to the agency, the current Executive Secretary of the Secretariat petitioned EOCO to undertake further investigations after reviewing the findings of the audit.

‘The investigations concern suspected misappropriation, misapplication, diversion and theft of public funds amounting to approximately GHS55 million,’ the statement noted.

EOCO said the investigations had been ongoing for several months and that Mr. Aboagye was already aware of the probe, having previously engaged with investigators.

The agency further disclosed that new findings obtained strengthened its suspicions regarding alleged fraud and theft, prompting investigators to initiate an operational plan to effect his arrest.

Denial

Mr. Aboagye, in a Facebook post after meeting the bail conditions, said EOCO did not discuss any matter relating to the alleged theft of GHS55 million public funds with him, contrary to claims circulating in sections of the media.

‘FOR THE RECORDS: THERE WAS NO Discussion OF ANY GHS55 million cedis with me by EOCO. None!!!’ Dennis Miracles Aboagye wrote in the post.

Mr. Aboagye described his arrest as an unsuccessful attempt by EOCO to intimidate him. He said his detention had instead strengthened his resolve to remain steadfast, adding that he was encouraged by the support he received from party members during his time in custody.

‘If the intention was to break me, it has failed. If the intention was to scare me, it has failed spectacularly. Fuel has only been added to fire. I will lead New Patriotic Party’s Communications Directorate to command the narrative, and no cell, no false story, no intimidation will change that,’ he stated.

‘You did not just defend Dennis Miracles Aboagye, you defended the principle that no voice can be intimidated into silence. Built to Lead. Ready to Win, #CommandTheNarrative,’ he added, urging supporters to move forward ‘stronger, louder, together.’