The National Association of Institutional Suppliers (NAIS) has announced plans to picket theMinistry of Education on June 11, 2026, over the government’s failure to pay about GH¢50 millionowed under the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme. In a statement issued on June 3,the group said members have not been paid for supplies, including uniforms,…
The United States Department of State has announced a new partnership with SC Johnson and the Global Fund to deploy “Guardian,” a first-of-its-kind American spatial repellent designed to reduce the burden of malaria and save lives. Under the initiative, about 30 million Guardian repellents will be procured and distributed over the next three years to…
Military contractors working on the new Accra-Kumasi Expressway have assured affected residents and farmers that the government will provide adequate compensation for properties and farms destroyed to make way for the project. Speaking during an engagement with more than 200 aggrieved farmers at Akyem Asene near Oda, Major Evans Biney said the road corridor had…
The National Health Insurance Authority has disbursed more than GH¢157 million in claims to healthcare providers nationwide in two tranches — GH¢43.7 million on April 14, 2026, and GH¢113.6 million on April 30, 2026 — covering accrued unvetted claims dating back to 2019 and some vetted claims up to March 2026. According to the authority’s…
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has signed a refinery agreement with Royal Ghana Gold Refinery Limited to refine gold locally as part of the government’s agenda to end the export of raw minerals by 2030. Under the deal, GoldBod will supply up to one tonne of gold weekly for refining, marking its second refinery partnership…
A former Relationship Officer of Fidelity Bank, testifying as the third prosecution witness in the trial involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has confirmed before the Accra High Court that transactions captured in prosecution Exhibit 15 were reflected in the bank statement of the first accused person. During cross-examination by defence…
President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and final four-year term in January after overwhelmingly defeating challenger Stanley Osifo in the presidential primaries of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress on May 24. Tinubu secured nearly 11 million votes against Osifo’s 16,500, strengthening his position ahead of the election. The Nigerian leader has received praise from…
President John Dramani Mahama has launched Ghana’s new e-Visa application service at a ceremony in Accra, introducing an online platform that allows travellers to apply for visas electronically. Effective immediately, all African passport holders travelling to Ghana for business or tourism will apply exclusively through the e-Visa platform and will not pay visa fees for…
Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi, the longest-serving Minister of Local Government in the Fourth Republic, has warned that decentralisation, if not carefully managed, could fuel separatist tendencies and threaten Ghana’s unity, explaining that the country’s decentralisation system was deliberately designed with a weak regional structure to prevent secession and possible state disintegration. Speaking at a sensitisation and…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is advancing work on the e-cedi, a digital currency designed for cross-border settlements and wholesale payments to improve regional payment efficiency, following the successful completion of its pilot phase. The project, which has gone through design, implementation, and testing stages, is now focused on supporting faster international transactions, regional trade…
