Nathan

Gov’t Reconsiders Saglemi Housing Deal (Focus Returns to Affordable Public Homes!)

Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister for Government Communications, has said that the government is looking into the decision by the previous Akufo-Addo administration to give the Saglemi Housing Project to a private developer. He said this is because they are worried that it goes against the project’s original goal of providing affordable public housing. On…

Read More

Judicial Service Staff Declare Indefinite Strike (Unpaid 8-Month Arrears Spark Nationwide Shutdown!)

On Monday, January 19, judicial service workers all over Ghana will go on an indefinite nationwide strike because they haven’t been paid their back wages. The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) said that the government did not pay eight months’ worth of salary that was due last year, even though the President approved…

Read More

Ntim Fordjour Demands Full SHS Curriculum Review (NaCCA Recalls Manuals Over Gender Identity Row!)

Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, who used to be the Deputy Minister of Education, has asked for a full review of the Senior High School (SHS) curriculum and all the teaching materials that go with it. This is because there are concerns about a controversial definition of gender identity in the Physical Education and Health teachers’…

Read More

Nyaho-Tamakloe: ‘We’ll Save NPP from Those Destroying It (Frimpong-Boateng Deserves Respect!)

Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, a long-time member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has promised not to let some party members destroy it. He warned that the current leadership’s actions are leading the party toward destruction after they decided to kick out founding member Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng over comments they thought were disrespectful. On TV3’s…

Read More

Ofori-Atta Deemed Fit for US Detention (Embassy Denied Access as Ex-Minister Seeks Only Legal Counsel)

Victor Smith, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United States, said on Joy News’ PM Express on Monday that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) examined former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and found him fit for detention. He went on to say that ICE arranged for medical professionals at the detention center to check on him…

Read More

Ethiopia Launches $12.5B Bishoftu Airport (Set to Be Africa’s Biggest by 2030)

Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday, January 10, officially launched a $12.5 billion construction project for what officials describe as Africa’s biggest airport, the Bishoftu International Airport, which is scheduled for completion in 2030 in the town of Bishoftu, about 45 km southeast of Addis Ababa, with the state-owned airline awarded the contract to design the four-runway…

Read More

Ex-MP Hails Ato Forson’s ‘Common Sense’ Fiscal Reforms (Overspending, Borrowing Now Curbed)

Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, former MP for New Juaben South, has praised Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson for implementing what he describes as “common-sensical” fiscal controls that are curbing overspending, unchecked borrowing, and the perennial accumulation of government arrears, stating in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on…

Read More

World Bank: Global Growth Holds Steady, But 2020s Set to Be Slowest Decade Since 1960s

The World Bank says the global economy is showing greater resilience than expected despite trade tensions and policy uncertainty, with its latest Global Economic Prospects report projecting global growth to remain broadly stable, easing to 2.6 per cent in 2026 before rising to 2.7 per cent in 2027—both upward revisions driven largely by stronger-than-expected performance…

Read More