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FUN FACT:
If you look closely, you’ll see that almost every single story from this week highlighted here has a little bit of a criminal background. *still speechless*
Crime: Former appointees are snitching like it’s Big Brother eviction week and the tea is piping.
Crime: NAPO’s name just entered the group chat… but it’s giving “let’s talk,” not “you’re going to jail.”
Crime: He wore a lab coat, had a stethoscope, and was diagnosing people with “Europe dreams” but turns out, this doc’s only specialty was fraud.
Crime: NSS said “National Service” but some folks heard “National Steal-vices.”
International: Ghana said “abeg, I just came to observe,” and Israel is like, “after everything we’ve been through??”
Fact of the Day: Have you heard of Marie Curie?
Crime: WAEC Invigilators be like: “I’ll write it for you, don’t worry”: 16 Arrested for BECE Malpractice.
QUICK BYTE
NAPO’s name is trending again, and no, it’s not because of a new “One Corner” remix. Word on the street is that the former Education and Energy Minister has been popping up at the NIB office like it’s part-time work. The reason? He’s being investigated over some ministry-level stuff that happened while he was in charge including that throwback controversy about mathematical sets. According to the Deputy AG, NAPO hasn’t been accused of anything yet. He’s just answering questions like everyone else who’s held public office. Apparently, investigations are being run across various ministries, and his name came up because… well, he was there. Read more
It’s not betrayal if it's in the name of accountability, right? According to Ghana’s Deputy AG, Dr. Justice Srem Sai, some of your fave former government officials have officially switched lanes from power players to prime informants. Yep, folks who once sat at the table are now knocking on the AG’s door, receipts in hand and guilt outsourced. Get the full deets in the Deep Dive section.
If Hollywood ever runs out of plot twists, they should just call Kasoa. Because what’s this script? A man let’s call him Dr. Deception was arrested after pulling the biggest hospital heist seen in a while. Dude had a white lab coat, stethoscope, and even IV drips. The only thing missing was a hospital because, plot twist, he didn’t actually work in one. Get the 411 in the Deep Dive section below
So the IAEA squad had a serious vote on whether Iran’s been dodging their nuclear homework. The chair? Ghana. The verdict? Ghana sat in the corner like “don’t involve me,” and chose to abstain.
Israel, meanwhile, was in their feelings. They thought Ghana would back them up like a real day-one but chale... Ghana ghosted the group project when it mattered most. Read more
FACT OF THE DAY
Marie Curie is the only person with two Nobel Prizes in different sciences.
This year’s BECE just turned into a real-life episode of Who Wants to Be an Invigilator Behind Bars? WAEC says 16 people have been arrested for malpractice, and guess what? 12 of them are actual invigilators. Yes, the ones who were supposed to supervise the exam. The arrest list included 1 supervisor, 3 randoms (including a “fashion designer” with photocopied answers, we’re screaming) Read more
If you ever thought your NSS money disappeared because of “technical challenges,” sorry oo, it was actually chilling in someone’s ghost account with a passport photo that didn’t exist. The Attorney General just dropped a hot list of 12 suspects who allegedly masterminded a GH¢548 million NSS ghost names scam. We’re talking ex-bosses, auditors, accounts heads, basically, the Avengers of Alleged NSS Looting. Some were re-arrested this week after new receipts surfaced. The government says they’re done investigating and ready to press charges. So yeah, the courtroom finna be packed like it’s a celebrity funeral. Read more
DEEP DIVE
It's giving “loyalty expired.
Turns out, the government’s post-Akufo-Addo clean-up is getting unexpected help…from the same people who were inside the kitchen when things were cooking. Dr. Srem Sai says the whistleblowers aren’t just low-level aides trying to save their necks; some are big names from the last administration. And they’re coming like a waterfall.
The real shocker? It's not just outsiders talking. It's insiders people who shared cabinet meetings and jollof at national events. The Deputy AG says the number of reported cases has jumped from 33 to over 50, thanks to this new gossip-fueled accountability movement. If this were a group project, someone just hit "reply all" with the full tea.
Dr. Srem Sai says it’s not about drama; it’s about justice. He credits the ORAL report as the turning point, the moment the silence cracked. Now, it’s a free-for-all. Lawyers are pulling up, evidence is piling in, and the AG’s office is lowkey becoming Ghana’s unofficial truth booth. Read more
Paging Dr. Fraud
Fredrick Papa Kow-Assifuah, the man behind the madness, was arrested by Ghana Police during an intelligence-led operation. Not only was he posing as a doctor at a fictional brain hospital in Mallam (yes, brain hospital), but he was also using his new title to catfish people into "intimate" relationships online. You’d think he was out here prescribing love potions but no, just good old-fashioned emotional fraud.
His ultimate scam? Selling the dream of a soft life in Europe. Victims were convinced to cough up their savings in exchange for travel deals that existed only in his WhatsApp chats. The police raided his spot and found a stash of doctor cosplay props: syringes, vaccines, even a roll of plaster. Man really said “Go big or go to jail.”
Right now, he’s in custody, assisting with investigations probably still trying to diagnose why his hustle went left. Moral of the story? Don’t let lab coats confuse you. And if someone tells you they work at United Brain Hospital in Mallam… maybe ask which hemisphere of the brain handles lies. 😏 Read more
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