Author: TNRgh

Front-desk report Is Kennedy Agyapong preparing to burn the last bridge? Whispers emanating from the New Patriotic Party’s war room suggest the volatile but influential MP has finally cut ties with the party he has both defended and embarrassed in equal measure over two decades. While his spokesman dances around the question, a cold-eyed look at the political arithmetic suggests the rumour, if true, may be less an act of folly than a calculated gamble by a man running out of time.Political analyst Ralphael Ofori-Adineran, a German-based Ghanaian journalist and political analyst, has offered a stark demographic and electoral projection…

Thanksgiving Blunder, Empty Seats, and Missing Dons Open Wounds By Gifty Boateng The new NPP flagbearer’s attempt to frame his primary victory as a triumph over internal persecution has deepened party fissures, triggering a conspicuous boycott by his main rivals and raising questions about his unifying credentials.The Party’s much-touted “National Thanksgiving Service” held on Sunday at the UPSA auditorium was meant to be a coronation of unity a glossy photocall of a party healing after a bruising presidential primary. Instead, the empty seats where Kennedy Agyapong and Bryan Acheampong should have been sitting told a more accurate story of a…

As Ghana Capitalizes on social media Storm to Drive Textile Exports to Zambia By Gifty BoatengA diplomatic gaffe has become a trade windfall. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is orchestrating an aggressive export push for Ghana’s iconic fugu and kente textiles, capitalising on the unexpected buzz generated by President John Dramani Mahama’s recent state visit to Zambia.Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that government will mark the 69th Independence Day celebrations with a series of fairs showcasing the indigenous apparel first in Zambia, where the frenzy began, and subsequently at Ghanaian missions worldwide.The move transforms what started as social…

as Mahama Draws Red Line on Public LandsBy Philip AntohThe Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has drawn a line in the sand. Following a comprehensive audit of public land transactions conducted between 2017 and 2024, the government has announced a raft of reforms that centralise approval authority with the Minister and establish a dedicated task force to combat encroachment.Addressing the media yesterday, Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah revealed the scale of the review: 8,160 applications for public land leases have been scrutinised following President John Dramani Mahama’s directive of January 10, 2025, which imposed a temporary freeze on all public…

President Mahama’s Cabinet convened an emergency session on Wednesday to confront a deepening crisis in the cocoa sector, with Ghana’s beans now unsellable on the world market and the state marketing board effectively held hostage by a failed financing model, the Africa Confidential can reveal. At the heart of the malaise: COCOBOD cannot afford to hold its own crop. With buyers walking away because Ghana’s producer price is no longer competitive, and liquidity so constrained that stock-holding for hedging is impossible, the industry now faces its most perilous season in decades. The 2025/26 crop year began in August with a…

Opts for Equity and Partnership, as CEO Sells Mahama’s Vision at Indaba The Minerals Income Investment Fund has completed its most assertive Indaba campaign to date, deploying its chief executive, board members and sector minister in a coordinated offensive to reposition the Fund from passive royalty collector to active co-investor.Across three days of high-level engagements, MIIF delivered a consistent and deliberately provocative message: the old extractive compact is dead. What remains contested is who assumes the risk of building what comes next.DAY ONE: STREAMING TALKS AND SOCIAL LICENCEThe Fund opened Monday with chief executive Justina Nelson leading term sheet discussions with…

Pianim, Jonah, Dufuor, Yamson, Afede Features in Economic Rescue SquadBy Prince Ahenkorah President John Dramani Mahama has turned to a clutch of seasoned technocrats, retired central bankers, and corporate heavyweights to navigate Ghana’s turbulent economic waters.The 12-member Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, unveiled on Wednesday, reads like a who’s who of the country’s finance and policy establishment. Its mandate: diagnose the structural weaknesses, prescribe remedies, and perhaps most critically lend credibility to a government searching for a coherent recovery narrative.Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang sits on the committee, her presence signalling that this is no ornamental talking shop.…

The NPP Organiser Race Threatens to Consume Its Own By Gifty Boateng The New Patriotic Party’s impending national organiser contest is shaping up as a high-stakes elimination bout not between rival flagbearer camps, but within the house of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia himself.At least five declared aspirants, all bearing the 2028 presidential candidate’s political imprimatur, are preparing to slug it out for the party’s crucial mobilisation machinery. Incumbent Henry Nana Boakye is vacating the slot after a single term, seeking elevation to first national vice-chair.What should signal orderly succession is instead shaping up as fratricide.THE CONTENDERSDaniel Nii Kwatei Titus Glover arrives…

-Gov’t Races To Quell Farmer Revolt-Finance Minister to unveil emergency rescue package amid payment backlog, syndicated loan distressGhana’s cocoa sector is sliding towards its most severe liquidity crisis in a decade, forcing Cabinet into emergency session and setting the stage for a high-stakes national address by Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson Today, February 13th 2026.The minister is expected to announce an immediate intervention to clear unpaid farmer deliveries dating back to late 2025, alongside what officials describe as “comprehensive restructuring” of the debt-burdened Ghana Cocoa Board.Government Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu confirmed Tuesday night that Cabinet had concluded lengthy…

By Gifty Boateng Charles Nii Armah Mensah, better known as Shatta Wale, has thrown his weight and his wallet behind the government’s embattled poultry initiative, handing President John Dramani Mahama a publicity coup his ‘Nkonko Nketenkete’ programme badly needed.The dancehall star, who commands arguably the largest fan base in the country, paid a courtesy call on Gomoa Central MP Kwame Asare Obeng ‘A Plus’ to his fans at the constituency’s special economic zone headquarters, housed for now at Accra’s Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel. His message: he is officially in for poultry and meat processing.”Nkoko Nketenkete by H.E. John Dramani Mahama is…