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The Acting Volta Regional Director, Department of Parks and Gardens, Emmanuel Agbebianu says lovers of plants and flowers always live healthy lives and never grow old. Referring to the adage “green is life and green is nature,” he said once a person decided to initiate something that added up to greening the environment, they were also prolonging their lifespan. “One thing many people don’t know in our part of the world is that people who love trees and flowers don’t grow old,” Agbebianu said. “The tree is green, the flowers too are green in nature, so anybody who has something…

Fresh polling data released by Global InfoAnalytics indicates that Hajia Amina Adam is leading the race to become the National Democratic Congress candidate in the upcoming Ayawaso East parliamentary by election, with 58 percent support among general voters. The findings place her well ahead of her closest contender, Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed, who is polling at 32 percent, as the party prepares to hold its primary ahead of the March 3, 2026 by election. The Ayawaso East seat became vacant following the death of the National Democratic Congress sitting Member of Parliament, Mahama Naser Toure, on January 4, 2026. In…

A group calling itself the Concerned Ewoyaa Lithium Affected People (CELAP) in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region has issued a stern warning to the government and Atlantic Lithium Mining Company, threatening to hit the streets over what they described as indefinite halt of their personal and economic developments. According to the group, since December 4, 2023, developmental activities in Abonko, Krofu, Ewoyaa, Krampahkrom, and the Krofu Hospital Area have been forcibly suspended to facilitate the Ewoyaa Lithium Project, yet affected residents have been left in a state of total financial abandonment, with their compensations still unpaid. Frank Acquah,…

The Ministry of Finance has officially announced the relocation of its offices to Kanda in Accra, a move it says is aimed at strengthening operational efficiency, coordination, and responsiveness in the delivery of its mandate. The relocation takes effect from Monday, February 9, 2026, when the Ministry will begin full operations from its new premises. In a press release issued on February 6, 2026, the Ministry informed the general public and stakeholders that all its administrative and official activities will henceforth be conducted from the Kanda offices. The announcement marks a significant shift in the physical location of one of…

In an alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), global food security experts have warned that famine thresholds for acute malnutrition had been surpassed in North Darfur state’s contested areas of Um Baru and Kernoi. The United Nations-backed experts warned that acute malnutrition has reached famine levels in these two more areas of western Sudan’s Darfur region, as a civil war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army has caused widespread hunger. The IPC alert is not a formal famine classification, but it highlights alarming levels of hunger based on the latest data.…

TNR Front Desk Report Ghana has officially signaled a shift in its industrial strategy, placing women, youth, and small enterprises at the epicenter of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Delivering a high-stakes keynote at the Africa Prosperity Dialogue (APD) 2026, the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, declared that the era of “ambition without action,” is over. For the Mahama administration, the single market is not merely a diplomatic trophy but a tool to be wielded for inclusive industrialization. The dialogue, held at the Accra International Conference Centre, served as a platform for the Minister to…

Ghanaians and Zambians travelling to either countries are no longer required to acquire visas. This follows the signing of ten agreements, including visa free travels between Ghana and Zambia, a major step toward deepening bilateral relations between the two nations. The agreements were announced by President John Dramani Mahama during his historic address to the Zambian Parliament as part of his three-day state visit to Lusaka, a visit aimed at strengthening political, economic, and social ties between the two African nations. Addressing lawmakers, President Mahama praised Zambia’s recent macroeconomic recovery efforts, describing the stabilisation of the Zambian economy and the…

As Africa accelerates efforts to deepen economic integration under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) , a central tension is becoming harder to ignore: open borders without effective security risk undermining the very trade the continent seeks to promote. Speaking at the 2026 Africa Prosperity Dialogue, Ghana’s Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak argued that security and border management must be treated as core economic infrastructure if AfCFTA is to deliver on its promise of seamless trade, investment flows and shared prosperity. In his view, free movement of goods, services and people cannot succeed on goodwill alone. It…

Ghana’s Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare has called for women, youth and small and medium-sized enterprises to be placed at the centre of Africa’s single market agenda, as countries move from ratification to full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area(AfCFTA). Speaking at the Africa Prosperity Dialogue 2026 in Accra, Ofosu-Adjare said Ghana is translating the AfCFTA’s ambitions into concrete industrial and trade actions focused on value addition, export growth and inclusive participation. She said women’s empowerment has been deliberately integrated across all pillars of Ghana’s trade and industrial policy. Delivering a keynote address on Day Two…

By Prof. Faith Ben-Daniels As Ghana edges closer to the 2028 presidential election, the political atmosphere is steadily transitioning from speculation to strategy. With the New Patriotic Party (NPP) having concluded its flagbearer selection process, attention is now turning to how the National Democratic Congress (NDC) positions itself for what promises to be a fiercely contested national race. At the heart of this evolving strategic conversation lies a question that, until recently, was considered improbable but is now increasingly unavoidable: what if the NDC presents an Ashanti flag bearer to contest the 2028 election against the NPP? This question carries…