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By Leo Nelson Torgbiga Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional area, has warned that any attempt to delay, weaken, divert, or reassign the Government’s Big Push Road Project from Tokor Junction to Aflao would be a “serious disservice to the people of Aflao and a direct compromise of long-term national interest.” In a strongly worded statement, Torgbui Fiti V stressed that development must not be reduced to political convenience. “Development cannot be treated as political convenience; it must remain a matter of principle, equity, and survival,” he said. The Paramount Chief reiterated earlier calls on the…

By Lawrence Odoom The Office of the President has released its Annual Report on staffing architecture for the period spanning January 1 to December 31, 2025. Prepared pursuant to Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463), the report furnishes an exhaustive disaggregation of political appointees, civil servants, and public sector operatives stationed at Jubilee House and its ancillary offices. Politics The document establishes that the aggregate staff strength at the Presidency totals 808 personnel. This cadre comprises 233 political appointees and 575 civil and public service professionals. Here is the complete breakdown of the staffing positioning at…

Author: Richard Ahiagbah ​I have tried to approach this issue as apolitically as possible. Healthcare is not an NDC or NPP matter; it is a matter of life and death. Having personally experienced both the strengths and profound shortcomings of our healthcare system, I know firsthand the extraordinary sacrifices our doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals make every single day. Most of them are angels in human form. ​That is why I was stunned to learn yesterday about the government actively obstructing members of Parliament’s Health Committee from inspecting the Afari Military Hospital. ​What exactly is the government trying to…

…Pegs ‘Yellow Kufour Gallon’ at GH¢180.00 The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Arthur, has directed Landing Beach Committees across the country not to sell premix fuel above the approved price of GH¢180 per yellow “Kufour gallon,” warning that sanctions will be imposed on persons who flout the directive. Speaking in a recorded public address to fisherfolk and stakeholders within the fisheries sector, the minister stressed that the government’s premix fuel subsidy programme was intended to support artisanal fishermen and not to enrich middlemen or committee members. “Landing beach committees should not sell premix, the yellow Kufour gallon, beyond GH¢180.…

By Philip Antoh The Supreme Court has fixed July 29, 2026, to deliver a landmark judgment in a suit challenging the legality of the delegate system used by political parties in Ghana to elect parliamentary and presidential candidates. The suit, filed by former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, alongside Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe and former Lands and Forestry Minister Dr. Christine Amoako-Nuamah, argues that the current method violates democratic principles. In a related development, the seven-member panel presiding over the case dismissed an application by the Liberal Party of Ghana seeking to join the proceedings. The…

-How Andrew Takyi-Appiah’s ‘startup glamour’ collapsed under the weight of $11.6 million in court judgments -Investigations intensify, Subsidiary collapsed, Over $20m  Vanishes By David TamakloeThe Instagram posts told one story. The court documents told another.On a Thursday afternoon in late April 2026, Andrew Takyi-Appiah, the founder and managing director of Zeepay Ghana Limited, posted a video to his social media channels. He was in a bespoke suit, the gold cufflinks catching the Accra sun as he stood before a newly acquired property in East Legon’s most exclusive enclave. The caption read: “Building Africa’s fintech future, one brick at a time.”But…

As Court Strikes Out Hearsay Evidence By Prince Ahenkorah Seven years after the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service cleared former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, of wrongdoing in the widely publicized “Galamsey Fraud” exposé by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a fresh development in court has dealt a significant blow to the prosecution’s case. The High Court in Accra has struck out 24 paragraphs from the witness statement of a key prosecution witness in the ongoing corruption trial involving Mr Bissue and two former officials of the defunct IMCIM. The…

By Gifty BoatengThe contest for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary seat in Afigya Sekyere East (Ashanti Region) is turning ugly. Incumbent Mavis Nkansah-Boadu, a Bawumia loyalist, faces a spirited challenge from online broadcaster Kwame Afrifa Mensah known as Okatakyie Afrifa.But Afrifa’s campaign has hit a credibility crisis.At a Ghanaian community event in the United States, Afrifa was recorded appealing for funds to bankroll his parliamentary bid. That much is routine. What followed was not.He told the audience he had already delivered potable water projects to several towns in the constituency including Fufuni, Daban, and Kokotiasua.“I have constructed water projects…

Minority MPs Blocked From Unfinished Military HospitalBy Prince AhenkorahGhana’s parliamentary minority has escalated its political campaign against the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) over a derelict military hospital in the Ashanti Region. But the real drama unfolded on Wednesday, 10 June, when military personnel physically blocked the delegation from accessing the premises a move the MPs immediately branded as obstruction of parliamentary oversight.The Afari Military Hospital in Atwima Nwabiagya District was supposed to be a signature health infrastructure project. Conceived as a 500-bed facility bequeathed by the first John Mahama government in 2016 to relieve pressure on the region’s overwhelmed…

But Public Expectations Are RisingBy Prince Ahenkorah Ghana’s eighteen‑month‑old Mahama administration has received another boost from fresh polling by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), which reports that 58.9% of Ghanaians approve of the President’s job performance. But behind the headline numbers lies a more complex political economy story one that blends genuine macroeconomic gains with simmering public anxieties about electricity, corruption, and the pace at which reforms translate into daily relief.The IEA poll, conducted nationwide in May 2026, suggests that the administration’s aggressive macroeconomic stabilisation drive is resonating with voters. The data points are striking:• Inflation down from 23.5%…