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By Prince Ahenkorah The Ghana Scholarships Authority (GSA) has urged beneficiaries of government scholarships to return to Ghana and serve the country after completing their approved programmes of study. The Authority said every beneficiary accepted a government scholarship subject to signing a scholarship bond, which includes an undertaking to return to Ghana within two months after completing the approved programme. The clarification was contained in a statement issued on Monday, August 10, 2026, and signed by the Director-General of the Ghana Scholarships Authority, Alexander Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, following concerns raised by executives of the UK PhD Cohort regarding the ongoing Oath…

By Prince Ahenkorah The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), are at odds over disparities in salaries, market premiums and allowances for senior members of public universities. The disagreement follows GAUA’s decision to reactivate its industrial action over what it describes as unfair disparities in remuneration between teaching and non-teaching staff. GAUA says the strike could significantly disrupt key administrative and professional services across public universities, while UTAG has rejected the association’s claim that differences in remuneration amount to discrimination. GAUA General Secretary, Charles Kojo Aidoo, said the strike would affect several…

Otabil Breaks Silence on Cathedral but Not on GH90M Liquidity Scandal TNR FILES The general overseer of the International Central Gospel Church has broken his eight-year silence on the controversial National Cathedral project with a blistering attack on Ghanaians Christians whom he accuses of “small-minded” partisanship for undermining the $97 million edifice. But the preacher’s sudden return to political commentary has reopened old wounds and uncomfortable questions about his own entanglement in Ghana’s most high-profile financial scandals.Speaking at the annual Greater Works programme in Accra, Dr Mensa Otabil expressed frustration at the stalled project, arguing that “others are building things…

…Blows Open a 3yrs cover-up by Akufo Addo’s Rotten RegimeTNR FILES The government’s decision to uphold the revocation of Adamus Resources’ mining leases marks the explosive culmination of a three-year corporate war that has laid bare the fragility of Ghana’s mining regulatory framework. Lands Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah confirmed on 10 August that the Minerals Commission would take administrative control of the Akango, Salman and Nkroful concessions but the regulatory violations tell only part of a far darker story.At the heart of the storm is businesswoman Angella List, whose disputed claim to ownership has paralysed the company’s governance and poisoned…

TNR Files A forensic audit into financial irregularities at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, DC has directly implicated former Ambassador Hajia Alima Mahama in an alleged $19.3 million scandal involving years of unauthorised fees collected from passport and visa applicants a scheme that operated for five years under her watch.The former Local Government and Rural Development Minister did not merely fail to act; the forensic audit concluded she gave formal legitimacy to the arrangement that accrued millions of dollars. Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, backed by President John Mahama, commissioned the audit after ordering the embassy’s temporary closure on 28 May…

Describes Party’s Office as Propaganda Factory where Lies a Cooked to Deceive Public for Votes By Prince Ahenkorah Sylvester Tetteh, a candidate for the New Patriotic Party’s General Secretary position, has sparked controversy with a candid admission that the party must rely on propaganda rather than facts to survive in opposition a statement that exposes the NPP’s struggle to adapt to life out of power after eight years in government.In a video circulating on social media, Tetteh told party members that the ruling National Democratic Congress was creating fear among NPP communicators through the arrest of TikTokers and other social…

EOCO Targets Assets as Berko Bribery Case Widens By Philip Antoh The conviction of former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Kwaku Berko in a Brooklyn courtroom has triggered a widening investigation in Ghana, with the Economic and Organised Crime Office placing asset tracing and recovery at the centre of its probe – signalling that it intends to pursue money and property as hard as it pursues criminal liability.Former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor has moved to sever any link between his name and the case, issuing a emphatic denial through lawyers K.T. Hammond of Cavendish Chambers. But the questions raised by…

TNR FILES Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party better known as Chairman Wontumi, is directing his campaign for the party’s National Chairmanship from a prison cell at Nsawam raising fundamental questions about the NPP’s internal governance and the limits of political ambition.Wontumi was sentenced on 20 July 2026 to 20 years’ imprisonment following his conviction in an illegal mining case. Yet despite his incarceration, his campaign team insists his bid for the party’s top executive position remains firmly on course.”Our ambition to become the National Chairman of the party is still very much alive,”…

By Philip Antoh A new survivor-informed coalition aimed at combating human trafficking and transnational organized crime will be officially launched in Accra on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, coinciding with International Youth Day. The Ghana Civil Society Coalition (GCSC) Against Transnational Crime was first announced on July 30 following the “Trapped Behind the Scam” national forum convened by Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) Ghana, the Democratic Network for Action (DNA), and Transnational Mobility Pathways (TMP). Organizers have now opened public sign-ups for the initiative. The Coalition is a direct response to the rising threat of “trafficking for forced criminality”—a trend where…

The Ga Mantse, His Royal Majesty Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has pledged his full support for the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), describing the Trust Fund as a critical national intervention capable of transforming access to specialised healthcare and restoring hope to thousands of Ghanaians battling chronic and life-threatening diseases. The assurance came when the Administrator of the GMTF, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, led a high-powered delegation, including Board Member Dr. Adu Agyei Gyamfi and members of the Fund’s management team, on a courtesy call to the Ga Mantse Palace ahead of this year’s Homowo Festival. The visit formed part of the Trust Fund’s…