Author: TNRgh

Fallout from the controversial ending to the 2025 CAF AFCON Final continues with the continent’s football governing body set to pass its ruling on Senegal’s attempted boycott from the game. Aside the boycott, another flashpoint that took place in the game was the apparent tussle between Senegal substitute goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf and ball boys over a towel that Edouard Mendy used in the game. The same flashpoint took place in Morocco’s semifinal win over Nigeria at the competition where Nigeria goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali was involved. In the CAF Confederation Cup just a week after the AFCON Final, another row took…

Music company Ground Up Chale and its founder Glen Boateng have filed a writ of summons at the High Court in Accra against Ghanaian musician Kwesi Arthur. Kwesi is accused of libel and as a result Glen and his company are seeking more than 10 million cedis in damages over comments he made in a social media post about a week ago. According to the writ of summons filed on 27th January 2026, made available to myjoyonline.com, the plaintiffs want the court to declare a series of statements by Kwesi Arthur as defamatory and libelous, demand the removal of the posts, restrain further…

as Bawumia Loyalist Targets Dissenting MP By Gifty BoatengA violent confrontation in the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Ashanti Region stronghold has exposed deep-seated factionalism and a campaign of intimidation targeting MPs who defy the party’s presidential frontrunner, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia. The incident, which saw hired enforcers assault dissenting delegates, centres on a vendetta by Bawumia’s key lieutenant against a first-term MP backing his rival.On 23 January, during a routine delegates’ meeting in the Ejisu constituency addressed by Dr Bawumia, his chief loyalist in the region, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, the MP for neighbouring Effiduase, made a calculated provocation.…

A quiet but intense debate is simmering within the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), threatening to destabilise its most reliable electoral stronghold. Senior party figures are expressing grave concern that the bloc leadership from the Volta Region the party’s traditional heartbeat and so-called ‘World Bank’ of votes is squandering strategic influence through insularity and perceived self-interest. Multiple party sources from across Ghana confirm a damaging perception: NDC leaders of Volta origin, when appointed to ministerial roles, board positions, or other influential posts, have historically not prioritised channeling opportunities back to their regional base. Unlike other powerful blocs within the party…

Skills development is one of the fundamental engines of growth for any industry. Training allows aspiring young people to enter the economy, passionate about building careers and contributing to the growth of the business. Their energy is infectious and vital, but it must be shaped through training. In creative industries, however, training has a wider effect. It not only equips emerging young professionals with skills; it drives shared value and enriches culture through the work and the content that those young creators go on to produce. Africa-wide training A case in point is the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF), an Africa-wide…

…Ghana Finally Reclaims Its Gold By Innocent Samuel Appiah More than six decades after independence, a visionary leader, President John Mahama, envisioned domestic gold refining, and helped in the landmark agreement that has come to fulfil a post-colonial promise and honour the pan-African legacy that bound Ghana and Egypt together. On a fine morning in Accra, as Sammy Gyamfi, CEO of the Ghana Gold Board, (GoldBod), appended his signature to one of Africa’s most consequential resource agreements, he was not merely signing a contract. He was completing a historical act that had stretched over six turbulent decades – a journey…

New Deputy reveals how Akufo Addo’s Appointee Hijacked State Fund, Stole Cash, Planted a Gun and Secretly Tracked His SuccessorBy Prince AhenkorahIn a scandal that reads like a spy thriller, the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Zongo Development Fund (ZDF), Dr. Arafat Sulemana Abdulai, is at the center of a breathtaking plot that has left a multi-million cedi state agency paralyzed, according to explosive revelations by his successor.Dr. Abdulai, who has since fled the country while under investigation, is accused of transforming the ZDF into his personal fiefdom hoarding official vehicles, siphoning public funds into private mobile money…

Dismisses Key NDC Election Challenge on Technicality By Prince AhenkorahA Supreme Court ruling has definitively secured the parliamentary seat of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Matthew Nyindam for the Kpandai constituency, extinguishing the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) best chance to gain a critical seat in the NDC dominated legislature. The 4-1 majority decision, delivered on 28 January, did not address the substantive allegations of electoral malpractice but turned on a procedural technicality regarding filing deadlines.The apex court overturned a 2025 ruling by the Tamale High Court (Commercial Division), which had nullified Nyindam’s 2024 election and ordered a rerun. The Supreme…

Decade-Old $200m Housing White Elephant Advances as Mahama Government Resurrects ProjectBy Gifty BoatengIn a dramatic move to rescue a national embarrassment, the government has launched a final attempt to complete the infamous Sagleme Affordable Housing Project a sprawling ghost town of 1,500 empty flats that has swallowed $200 million and become a symbol of Ghana’s failed housing promises for over a decade.Water Resources, Works and Housing Minister, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has revealed that a secret deal with a new private developer has been struck and the crucial documents are now with Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine for a make-or-break review, sparking…

By Philip AntohVice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has offered unusually strong public endorsement for Lands and Natural Resources Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, framing his leadership as a decisive turn in Ghana’s protracted and largely unsuccessful fight against illegal mining (galamsey). The high-profile commendation during a working visit on 27 January signals a strategic attempt to reinvigorate a politically toxic anti-galamsey agenda that has undermined previous administrations.Speaking to the Ministry’s senior staff, the Vice President characterized the Ministry under Buah as moving from “mere words to real actions,” specifically citing land reclamation and improved inter-agency coordination. She described the institution as…