According to PIAC, Ghana’s oil industry is under a lot of stress after oil revenue fell by almost $600 million, or 43.27%, from $1.36 billion in 2024 to $770.27 million in 2025. This downturn is mostly because crude oil production has been going down for six years in a row, from 71.44 million barrels in…
The National Service Authority (NSA) has cut its annual payroll from about GH₵1.6 billion to about GH₵700 million by making it harder to verify names and get rid of fake ones. During an interview on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, Lieutenant Colonel Moses Dok Nach Kpeungu, the Deputy Director General of Operations, said that this…
Ken Ofori-Atta, a former finance minister, has been freed from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a court order. His legal team says he is now back with his family in the United States. On April 8, 2026, solicitor Justice Kusi-Minkah Premo said that the detention was due to administrative “red flags” related…
According to a statement from April 9, 2026, the governments of Barbados and Ghana are working together to hire qualified allied health professionals to work in Barbados. The Ministry of Health in Ghana is in charge of the exercise, which is aimed at filling positions like cardiac perfusionists, ECG and EEG technicians, audiologists, radiographers, occupational,…
Ernest Brogya Genfi, the Deputy Defense Minister, has said that people who were disqualified from the medical stage of the 2025/2026 Ghana Armed Forces recruitment exercise can get a free medical review. He told candidates who were disqualified to check with their medical centers to find out why they were disqualified. He also told those…
Dr. John Abdulai Jinapor, the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, has promised that power purchase agreements (PPAs) will be more open. He said that his ministry would make a website where all of these contracts would be available to the public, saying, “Anyone who wants a power purchase agreement can go there and download…
Ken Ofori-Atta, who used to be the Minister of Finance, was let go by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on April 7, 2026, after a court order. His legal team says he is now back home with his family. On April 8, 2026, his lawyer said in a statement that he is still…
Abraham Amaliba, the Director-General of the NRSA, has made it clear that there is no official ban on Toyota Voxy vehicles. He said that recent reports were based on a presentation by a technical committee and not a final policy decision. He said that the 12-member committee, which was led by Godwin Kafui Ayetor from…
Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has told leaders to adopt faith-based, accountable leadership. He stressed that true authority is shown through restraint, integrity, and moral responsibility, not by using power. He spoke at the 2026 Greater Accra East Regional Annual Council Meeting of Assemblies of God Ghana and said that leadership is best tested in hard…
On April 6, 2026, a lot of fish died at the Tema Shipyard. This led to a joint investigation by the Food and Drugs Authority, Fisheries Commission, Tema Metropolitan Assembly, and the Ghana Police Service’s CID. Dead fish were found early in the morning in a small area, so a rapid-response team was sent in….
