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By Phillip Antoh More than half a million Ghanaian students began their final secondary school examinations on Wednesday, as the Ministry of Education warned candidates and invigilators against cheating and threatened legal action for any malpractice. A total of 509,862 candidates – 225,274 boys and 284,588 girls from 1,020 schools are registered for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at 1,017 centres across the country, the ministry said. The candidate figure represents a 10.4% increase from last year’s 461,736, according to ministry data. “We encourage candidates to remain calm, focused, and disciplined,” Deputy Minister of Education Clement…

By Leo Nelson A garment manufacturing firm based in the Bono Region is calling for government support to scale up production and create thousands of jobs within a short period. Michael Asare, Chief Executive Officer of McKenzie Ghana Limited, says his company has the capacity to generate up to 2,000 direct jobs within months if awarded production contracts and supported with expanded workspace. Asare, who has spent over three decades in the garment industry, specialises in the production of sportswear such as physical education kits, football jerseys, athletics vests and tracksuits for schools across the country. Speaking to The New…

NPP Factions shatter Tepa polling station vote By Phillip Antoh What should have been a routine internal polling station election for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ahafo Ano North descended into bloody chaos on Wednesday, with two persons stabbed, gunshots fired, and machetes wielded. The violence at Tepa Akwasiase Zongo polling station has exposed deep fractures in the constituency party ahead of the 2028 general election. Local members are now calling for national intervention, accusing the sitting MP, Nana Agyemang Prempeh, of rigging the process. Witnesses say fighting broke out after supporters discovered alleged manipulation of the electoral list.…

Former Speaker Aaron Mike Oquaye and former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo have thrown their weight against renewing Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mining lease, arguing that Ghana no longer needs foreign operators to manage its gold resources. Their intervention at an IEA forum on 13 May 2026 escalates a debate that pits resource sovereignty against investor confidence. The lease expires in 2027. Gold Fields has reportedly applied for a 20‑year extension. Government is still negotiating. “We are in a better position” Oquaye urged the state to reject automatic renewals. “In many countries, governments are renegotiating contracts that are still valid,” he said.…

Court Slams Door on Adu-Boahene’s Email & Pension EvidenceBy Prince Ahenkorah The Accra High Court has flatly rejected attempts by lawyers of Kwabena Adu-Boahene to sneak in email chats and pension papers as evidence in his GH¢49.1 million cyber theft trial. Justice Francis Apangabonu Achibonga, a Court of Appeal judge sitting as an additional High Court judge, delivered the knockout punch on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The prosecution objected. The defence fought back. The judge ruled: IRRELEVANT. “I do not see the relevance,” the judge declared, throwing out both the email correspondence and the SSNIT pension receipts. The drama unfolded…

-Detained MP pleads alibi -Invented Ghost Twin Brother to Escape FBI -Seek Diplomatic Cover in Dutch Cells Investigative Desk The handcuffs clicked shut. The Ghanaian MP, armed with a diplomatic passport, thought he could talk his way out.Instead, he invented a ghost.This paper can confirm that Ghanaian authorities have dispatched a team to Asante Akim North to confirm whether Ohene Kwame Frimpong, the Ghanaian Member of Parliament currently in the grip of the Dutch law enforcers, is a twin. Reliable sources close to the embassy in hague have disclosed to The New Republic that upon his arrest at Schiphol Airport…

…as Jinapor’s attempt to hijack Colleges Principals sparks revolt By Gifty Boateng Professor Ahmed Jinapor, Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), is treating the country’s Colleges of Education as his personal property. His latest manoeuvre a 14 April 2026 directive ordering a “stay of action” on all Principal and Vice Principal appointments has convinced stakeholders that the man shifts goalposts not for policy, but for personal convenience. The circular, signed by Institutional Support head Albert Akutetsu on Jinapor’s behalf, cites vague “transitional processes” and promises future consultations with the Ministry of Education. No timeline. No legal basis. Just…

By Leo Nelson Accra is preparing to request a Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) from the IMF once its current Extended Credit Facility (ECF) expires in August 2026. Officials present the move not as a sign of lingering weakness but as a strategic tool to lock in fiscal discipline and reassure skittish investors. Unlike the ECF, the PCI provides no financing. Instead, it offers a technical policy framework with regular IMF assessments. For President John Mahama’s administration, that signal matters more than cash. After one of Ghana’s deepest economic crises in recent history debt restructuring, currency collapse, and inflation spikes the…

One in ten paediatric pneumonia cases at KATH prove fatal as immunisation coverage stagnates at 56%By Leo NelsonGhana’s childhood pneumonia fight is faltering. Despite free vaccines and global progress, preventable deaths persist and vaccine hesitancy is largely to blame.Dr Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, paediatric pulmonologist at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), paints a sobering picture from the country’s second-largest referral centre. Over the past five years, one in every ten children admitted with pneumonia has died.”That is worrying,” she told The New Republic ahead of World Immunization Week. “We want to reduce it to less than that.”Globally, the tide has turned.…

Insiders reveal process began in 2024By Leo Nelson Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi is selling his Tema Glorious Wave Church International. That much is now established. Why he is selling and whether the Mahama administration has anything to do with it has become a battlefield of competing narratives.Last week, a man claiming to be a junior pastor of 23 years went viral on TikTok. His message was devastating: Badu Kobi’s association with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had destroyed his ministry. “When you follow politicians, you end up selling your church,” he declared. The asking price, he alleged: $1.5 million.The implication…