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By Prince Ahenkorah Security concerns are mounting over Ghana’s northern borders following the arrest and swift release of 17 heavily armed Burkina Faso soldiers in Tumu, a farming community in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region. The soldiers were arrested by officials of the Ghana Immigration Service on December 30, 2025, after residents reported suspicious activities involving armed men digging and fortifying a position with sandbags within Ghanaian territory. However, within four hours of their arrest, the suspects were released, and their weapons and explosives were handed over to Burkinabe authorities through the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE)…

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is not taking betrayal lightly. The firebrand New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful has launched a blistering attack on his former protégé, ex-Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, accusing him of political treachery for backing Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the party’s flagbearer race.In a charged address to delegates in the Central Region, Agyapong didn’t mince words. “He will face natural justice,” he declared, visibly pained by what he described as a deep personal and political betrayal. “I picked him from nowhere. Today, he’s turned his back on me for someone who was nowhere when I was fighting for…

By: Nana Kwasi Appiah Israela Aggrey, a student of Achimota Senior High School, has passed away amid allegations of negligence by school authorities. The mother of the late Israela Aggrey, Clementina Erchiah, has raised concerns about what she describes as a lack of responsibility and transparency on the part of the school authorities in handling her daughter’s medical emergency and the events leading to her death. Speaking to our reporter, Clementina Erchiah said that, based on the sequence of events communicated to her, she believes critical information surrounding her daughter’s condition and the school’s response prior to her transfer to…

Wins Praise from Power Firms and Unions By Gifty Boateng Government through the Finance Ministry, has announced the payment of a whopping US$1.4billion debt owned sector including Independent Power Generators (IPGs) after years of non-servicing by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government, bringing a huge relief to the sector and it players. Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, first announced the favourable news through a statement issued on Monday, January 12, 2026. According to the Ajumako Enyan Essiam constituency Member of Parliament (MP), as of December 31, 2025, the John Mahama administration had repaid a total of US$1.47 billion to rescue and…

as GCAA Labour Crisis DeepensA long-simmering labour dispute at the heart of Ghana’s aviation infrastructure is nearing boiling point, as the Ghana Air Traffic Safety Electronics Association (GhATSEA) has issued a formal strike notice, accusing the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of duplicity, neglect, and institutional bad faith.The engineers responsible for maintaining the electronic backbone of Ghana’s air traffic safety systems say they’ve been strung along for nearly a decade with broken promises, contradictory legal postures, and what they describe as a deliberate strategy of delay and denial by GCAA management.At the centre of the latest flare-up is a legal…

Nigerian Bank Guns for Ghana Judge after DDEP Bond Heist FalloutNigerian interloper First Atlantic Bank is weaponising a Chief Justice petition to kneecap a Ghanaian judge, dodging a GHS 8.5m High Court slap after its rogue DDEP bond grab blew up in Commercial Court 6. Suit GJ/0737/2023 (Vihama Energy v First Atlantic) exposed the bank’s gall: snatching Vihama’s GoG-26 and ESLA-31 bonds prime loan collateral and force-feeding them into the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) without the owners consent. Vihama, loan repayments ticked off, lost GHS 8.5m coupons in the mess. Bonds bounced back post-suit, nuking First Atlantic’s “doom-loop” excuse…

In a carefully choreographed charm offensive, Ghanaian real estate heavyweight Devtraco Group rolled out the red carpet for the media and key stakeholders at its inaugural Press Soirée, using the occasion to unveil its latest trophy asset: The Pelican Hotel. The event, held under the banner “Introducing The Pelican Hotel,” was more than a corporate mixer it was a strategic signal. After three decades of shaping skylines and suburban enclaves, Devtraco is now pivoting into premium hospitality, betting that Ghana’s urban leisure and investment appetite is ripe for disruption. Sidney Quaye, the Group’s Director of Development, set the tone with…

GH₵74M-2022, GH₵2.15 Billion- 2023, GH₵4.84 Billion-2024 By Prince AhenkorahThe numbers are in, and they’re damning. The much-hyped Gold-for-Oil (G4O) and Gold-for-Refinery (G4R) schemes once paraded as silver bullets for forex woes have hemorrhaged over GH₵7 billion in just three years. Interestingly,  the very architects of this fiscal sinkhole have rebranded themselves as economic prophets, now leading the charge against the very mess they engineered. According to Bank of Ghana data released in response to a Right to Information request, the G4O/G4R programmes recorded losses of GH₵74 million in 2022, GH₵2.15 billion in 2023, and a staggering GH₵4.84 billion in 2024.…

By Nelson Ayivor As Ghana’s economy regains it’s stability, the World Bank is urging the government of Ghana to also focus on poverty alleviation alongside job creation ambitions to further sustain the gains. According to the World Bank, Ghana’s economic progress gained in the past year has often been implied to translate to job creation to support the youth, but less on its ability to target poverty reduction. The Bank argued that poverty reduction should be tabled alongside growth and job creation projects and initiatives to either reduce the adverse impact of reforms on the poor or contribute measures to…

By Nelson Ayivor President John Dramani Mahama has pledged to make his second mandate count by lifting Ghana’s economy and governance to a level that no future administration can easily reverse, declaring that the country has reached a decisive moment that calls for discipline, continuity and collective national effort. He made the commitment at the opening ceremony of the University of Ghana’s 77th Annual New Year School and Conference, where he delivered a wide-ranging address on governance, democracy, and sustainable development. Addressing an audience of academics, policymakers, public officials, and civil society leaders, President Mahama said Ghana stood at a…