Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for not doing anything about what he called “massive vote-buying” during its recent flagbearer race. This comes after some NPP members raised concerns about the NDC’s Ayawaso East parliamentary primary. Mr. Kwetey said on TV3’s Hot…
Former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has told members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to come together and work hard to win the 2028 general election. He said that the party will not get victory easily; it will take discipline, sacrifice, and hard work. After winning the party’s presidential primaries, he spoke at a national…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court has sent seven people—Samuel Aryeequaye, Evans Derry, Kwesi Milla, Richard Quintin Coffie, Seidu Aminu, Awuaaba Michael, and Quarcoo Ernest—to jail for open defecation after they didn’t pay a fine of 50 penalty units (GH¢600). An eighth offender, Raphael Adjetey, paid the fine for the same crime. Mr. Gilbert…
The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has said that public sector workers who don’t check their Ghana Card information on the new e-Payslip platform by March 15, 2026, could have their pay stopped. In a letter dated February 11, 2026, the Controller said that the improved system had found big problems with the data in…
Samuel Nartey George, Ghana’s Minister for Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovation, has said that the government has started the process of sending a Russian citizen back to Russia. The person is accused of secretly recording and posting private videos of Ghanaian women online. George promised that the person would face the full force of the…
Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader in Parliament, has said that Parliament will take strong action to make sure cocoa farmers get the money they are owed. He is worried about delays even though the sector has recently undergone reforms. At the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Thanksgiving service after Mahamudu Bawumia was elected as flagbearer, he…
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, has praised John Dramani Mahama and the country for getting all African Union (AU) member states to support a historic UN resolution that calls for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, including the return of stolen cultural artifacts. Mr. Ablakwa wrote on X that the move was a…
The National Council of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has called off its indefinite nationwide strike, which started on November 24, 2025, after the government released money to pay off some debts. The strike was first called because the government didn’t follow an arbitral award from the National Labour Commission (NLC)…
Sammy Gyamfi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), has warned licensed buyers not to hoard gold because it is a serious threat to Ghana’s foreign exchange inflows and economic stability. At a meeting with the Licensed Gold Buyers Association at the University of Professional Studies in Accra on February 13, he…
Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for president, says that Psalm 118:22, which talks about a rejected stone becoming the cornerstone, gives Ghanaians strength and resilience. He spoke at the National Thanksgiving Service at the University of Professional Studies in Accra on Sunday, February 15. He stressed the need for perseverance, unity, and…
