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Vivo Energy Ghana PLC, the Shell licensee has reaffirmed its commitment to operational excellence, customer-centricity and strategic partnerships following a successful Retail Conference and Awards ceremony at the Alisa Hotel, Accra. Held under the theme “Bigger, Bolder, Better Together,” the conference brought together retailers from across the country, the company’s leadership and employees to reflect on the successes of the past year, strengthen collaboration, celebrate outstanding achievements, share best practices and align on the strategic priorities that will shape the future of the company’s retail business. Delivering the keynote address, Managing Director of Vivo Energy Ghana, Mr. Christian Li, commended…

– Kusi Boateng Plays Emotional Victim Card as Forensic Noose TightensTNR FilesThe man of God who once sat at the very heart of Ghana’s most controversial public project is now singing a song of martyrdom and the timing couldn’t be more suspicious.Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, founder of Power Chapel Worldwide and former secretary to the Board of Trustees of the abandoned National Cathedral, has defiantly declared that he is “prepared to go to prison” an unprovoked outburst that has set tongues wagging across the political and religious spectrum.But why now? Why would a clergyman, known for his close ties to…

By Philip Antoh In a firm push to safeguard Ghana’s peace, the Minister of the Interior, Muhammad Muntaka Mubarak, has assured the Christian Council of Ghana that security agencies will remain strictly neutral, treating “crime as crime” regardless of who is involved. During a recent meeting in Accra with the Christian leadership, Muntaka explained that the visit was twofold: to thank the Council for its continuous role in stabilizing the country, and to offer an unambiguous guarantee of impartiality from the state. Citing Article 296 of the Constitution, which demands fairness and candour in the exercise of discretion, the Minister…

Mining Outside Permits, Foreign Subleases, Missing Approvals and Galamsey Done On Dame’s Legal Cover When Lands Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah upheld the revocation of Adamus Resources’ three mining leases on August 10, he closed a chapter on what regulators call sustained illegality but opened another on the conduct of a former Attorney General.The infractions that doomed Adamus unauthorised subleasing to foreign nationals, mining outside permitted areas, failure to secure environmental approvals, and over US$380 million in combined unpaid royalties, taxes and mineral rights fees were emboldened, according to multiple sources, by legal advice from Godfred Yeboah Dame. The advice, proffered…

As Corruption Cases Pile UpTNR FilesThe New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) regional executive elections last Saturday were meant to be a show of force, a display of unity ahead of the 2024 polls. Instead, what unfolded was a ghost town – and a damning silence from the very appointees who once ran the affairs of this nation.As delegates gathered across the country on August 15 to elect new regional executives, one glaring absence was impossible to ignore: the men and women who served in the Akufo-Addo government were nowhere to be found. The usual euphoria, the glad-handing, the cash spraying all…

Danquah Institute Attempts to Scrub NPP’s Filth with a Manufactured Moral IconTNR FILES The audacity is staggering. As the long arm of the law tightens around former National Petroleum Authority (NPA) boss Mustapha Abdul-Hamid over a monstrous GH¢280 million extortion racket, his handlers at the Danquah Institute (DI) are rolling out the red carpet to repackage him as a saint of religious tolerance.On August 25, 2026, the man facing the music for allegedly bleeding oil marketing companies dry will mount the podium at the Alisa Hotel’s Ridge Arena to deliver the DI’s prestigious Liberty Lecture. The theme? “One Nation, Many…

As TDC Ghana and Tema Metropolitan Assembly clash over paperwork, a state housing project faces shutdown despite government calling housing a national priority. A stop-work order against a state housing developer raises a question that goes beyond whether TDC Ghana Ltd should follow planning law; whether stopping a public housing project was a proportionate way to resolve an outstanding administrative matter. Government has repeatedly named housing delivery a national priority. Speaking after an inspection tour of TDC Ghana Ltd’s projects in Tema and Kpone in April, the Works, Housing and Water Resources Minister, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, said the sector remained…

By Philip Antoh Marking International Youth Day, a new body known as the Civil Society Coalition Against Transnational Crime has been launched in Accra. The coalition is calling for a united front between government agencies, civil society, traditional leaders, and the private sector to dismantle organized crime networks across the country. The coalition will coordinate civil society organizations operating across nine critical fronts: human trafficking, cybercrime, illicit finance, illegal mining, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, maritime crime, extremism, and corruption. This initiative builds on the momentum of a national forum held on July 30, 2026, titled “Trapped Behind the Scam,” which…

By Philip Antoh A recent study by the Institute of Liberty and Policy Innovation (ILAPI) has revealed that cumbersome bureaucratic processes are forcing over 40% of micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana to collapse or abandon their registration entirely. According to the research, navigating the country’s business formalization process is heavily delayed and financially draining, acting as a major deterrent for first-time entrepreneurs. The study found a stark contrast between Ghana and its peers: while registering a business takes just two to three days in other African countries, 40.8% of Ghanaian firms reported waiting between one week and…

By Philip Antoh The Ministry of Education has firmly dismissed widespread claims suggesting that the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, is attempting to force the teaching of Arabic on Ghanaian students. In a statement signed by the Minister’s Press Secretary, Hashmin Mohammed, the Ministry described the circulating narratives as misinformation, stating categorically that there is no policy or directive to impose the language on the general student populace. Addressing the religious undertones of the public backlash, the Ministry emphasized a basic fact: “Arabic is a language, not a religion.” It warned that the teaching and learning of the language should…