The detention of Ghana’s former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in Washington, D.C., has evolved into a complex legal and diplomatic crisis after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) apprehended him at about 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6, with the FBI also involved, indicating the matter goes beyond a routine visa issue, as he now…
Ghana’s much-needed industrial transformation is collapsing before our eyes, not because the idea was weak, but because the current NDC administration has quietly dismantled one of the country’s most promising economic engines, which is the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative. Instead of strengthening a productive national policy that created jobs and spread industrial growth,…
Ghana’s mineral sovereignty is under threat. What should be a transparent process for leveraging Ghana’s lithium, a critical mineral at the heart of the global green economy, has instead become a secretive negotiation table, restricted to elites with political connections, while ordinary Ghanaians and affected communities are kept in the dark. This is not governance;…
The Minister for Labour, Jobs, and Employment, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, said that the government is going to launch a Labour Market Information System. This is a digital platform that will connect job seekers with job openings across the country. The system will be a central place where people can find job openings in both the…
On January 11, 2026, the Tema Regional Police Command stopped 1,613 packages of suspected drugs along the Akosombo-Tema road. This was part of a coordinated operation after they got a tip on January 10 that drugs were being moved from the Volta Region to Tema. Surveillance at Agomeda Junction led to the arrest of 33-year-old…
On Monday, Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiama, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, called for a unified national response to the losses from the Gold-for-Reserves (G4R) program. He stressed that the program is still important for building reserves, even though it has lost a lot of money since 2021. He told the Public Accounts Committee…
As part of efforts to stop illegal water connections and improve discipline at the utility, Adam Mutawakilu, the Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), has said that 41 district managers will be moved to new jobs by January 15, 2026. Mr. Mutawakilu said that after an internal performance review, they had to take action…
Hopeson Adorye, the Director of Field Operations for the United Party, has called for strong action against the management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). He says that the company’s ongoing water shortages are a “clear negligence of duty” that continues to hurt ordinary Ghanaians. He also says that citizens should not have to…
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Ghana’s hard-won democracy is under a quiet but dangerous strain. Behind recent clashes over representation and institutions lies a greater threat, growing whispers and political manoeuvres that edge toward reinterpreting or amending the constitutional presidential term limits, potentially undermining the heart of Ghana’s democratic safeguard. This cannot, must not, and will not happen. Sovereignty belongs…
