Author: TNRgh

By Prince Ahenkorah The latest data from the Global Organized Crime Index 2025 confirms what security analysts have long suspected: West Africa’s entanglement with the Andean cocaine trade is no longer just a transit issue but a deep-rooted market phenomenon. The region’s cocaine sector has been clocked as its fastest-growing criminal enterprise, with a criminality score of 6.67, a significant leap from 5.20 in 2019.This explosive growth, mapped by Global Initiative’s West Africa Observatory (WEA-Obs), reveals a fundamental shift in the region’s illicit geography. Researchers point to a surge in synthetic drug activity, now present in 44% of identified criminal…

By Prince Ahenkorah Predictions of the cedi’s demise are once again animating market chatter, but the latest forecast from Databank Research offers a more measured, if cautious, prognosis for Ghana’s currency in 2026. In its newly released Economic Outlook, the Accra-based financial services group projects a controlled depreciation, with the cedi forecast to settle at GH¢12.85 to the US dollar by year-end a modest 7.2 per cent slide, barring any systemic shocks.This projection is far from a clean bill of health. Databank’s analysts point to familiar domestic pressure points that will continue to test the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) mettle.…

…ahead of crucial Ayawaso East By-election By Prince Ahenkorah The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cleared the decks for a high-stakes by-election in the Ayawaso East constituency on 3 March, after an Accra High Court struck out a last-ditch legal effort to disqualify its candidate, Baba Jamal. The ruling, delivered on 2 March by Justice Agyenim-Boateng, disposes of a suit filed by the pressure group Democracy Hub, which sought to annul the NDC’s primary results over alleged vote-buying. The court’s decision, which deemed the originating summons ‘incompetent’ on procedural grounds, removes a significant political distraction for the party, allowing…

By Prince Ahenkorah The Mahama administration has unveiled a significant policy intervention aimed at one of Ghana’s most intractable educational challenges: the reluctance of teachers to accept postings to rural and deprived communities. Deputy Education Minister Clement Apaak announced a 20 per cent salary top-up for teachers willing to serve in hard-to-reach areas, coupled with accommodation support, under the flagship “Teacher Dabre” Programme.The announcement, made during a courtesy call by top BECE awardees, is the latest expression of the government’s stated commitment to bridging the urban-rural divide in educational outcomes. But beneath the benevolent rhetoric lies a complex calculus of…

By Prince Ahenkorah Ghana’s anti-corruption chief, Kissi Agyebeng, is fighting a rearguard battle not just in the courts, but for his office’s reputation. Following a humiliating High Court rejection of its bid to freeze assets belonging to businessman Nana Yaw Duodu (‘Dr. Sledge’) and Goldridge Refinery, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has issued a defensive clarification: no charges have been filed, and the investigation is very much alive.The statement, rare in its detail, is a direct response to media narratives suggesting the court had ‘cleared’ Duodu of corruption. The OSP insists that no court has ruled on his…

Alleges Missing Docket and Police complexity in a potential covered up Plot By Phillip Antoh Grieving father Alfred Kwame Tettey Ehiamah has lodged explosive petitions with the presidency and security chiefs, alleging a high-level cover-up in the murder of his son a case intertwined with stolen state funds and police misconduct. The death of Anthony Kudjo Tettey Ehiamah, an IT specialist with Dizengoff Ghana Limited, is rapidly becoming a political litmus test for the Mahama administration’s commitment to institutional accountability.Anthony’s body was discovered at dawn on 18 September 2024, slumped in a urinal at the Church of Pentecost premises in…

as More Dossier Emerges on Amissah’s Tragic Death By Gifty BoatengThe death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah has torn the gauze off a festering wound in Ghana’s healthcare system exposing not merely a lack of beds, but a catastrophic failure of professional ethics, institutional rot, and political inertia that cost a young man his life.Amissah, an engineer with Promasidor Ghana Limited, was struck by a vehicle at the Circle Overpass in Accra on the night of 6 February 2026. What followed was a grim odyssey through the capital’s premier medical institutions all of which turned him away. The Police Hospital.…

By Gifty Boateng President John Dramani Mahama’s push for accountability in public spending is facing its first real test of patience. A promised forensic audit into the financial management of the 2023 African Games a project fraught with controversy under the previous administration is significantly overdue, raising eyebrows about potential political sensitivities and bureaucratic foot-dragging.In November 2025, Mahama ordered the Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, to conduct a comprehensive forensic probe into the over $195 million spent on infrastructure and an additional $46 million in operational costs for the event. The deadline was the second week of December. Yet, as February…

By Phillip Antoh The Mahama administration is placing a high-stakes bet on connectivity. With a cabinet directive to the National Communications Authority (NCA), the government has set an ambitious target: 70% 5G population coverage by Ghana’s 70th Independence anniversary in March 2027. The timeline is aggressive. The politics are intricate. And the stakes extend far beyond faster download speeds.Speaking at the NCA’s 30th anniversary launch in Accra on 25 February, Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George unveiled what insiders describe as a “policy pivot” away from the previous administration’s wholesale-only model toward a hybrid approach combining wholesale and network-led operations.”Our aim…

By Prince Ahenkorah A grassroots revolt is brewing in Ghana’s cocoa heartlands. Farmers in the Eastern Region have thrown down a gauntlet to the government, demanding the immediate prosecution of former executives of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) if allegations of massive financial mismanagement under the previous administration are to be believed. The challenge, issued during a high-level engagement at Jejeti in the Atiwa East District, exposes a deep credibility gap between government rhetoric and the lived reality of the farmers who form the backbone of the economy.The meeting, led by Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor, Director of the Presidential Initiative…