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By Leo NelsonOn paper, Ghana’s economy has rarely looked healthier. Inflation is down to single digits. Gross international reserves have climbed to an all-time high of US3 billion bailout, and Accra has transitioned to a non-financing Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI), a badge of policy credibility that officials hope will unlock investment-grade status.Yet the cedi tells a more complicated story. On June 15, the local currency traded at around 11.10 to the dollar on the interbank market, a slight improvement after weeks of steady decline. But that headline figure masks a persistent fragility: the cedi has depreciated by about 8.4 per…

By Prince Ahenkorah The exchange lasted barely ten seconds. At the Ghana CEO Summit in May, President John Dramani Mahama spotted Angela List, the embattled chief executive of Adamus Resources, and asked: “Ohh Angie, how are your troubles? Have you been sorted?” Her response was a shake of the head. “Find time and let’s talk,” the President replied.For the mining executive, the unsolicited acknowledgment from the nation’s highest office was a lifeline and for Ghana’s mining sector, a revealing signal.  Officially, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, backed by the Minerals Commission, is still prosecuting the case against Adamus…

Facing $11.6m judgment and a collapsed Caribbean subsidiary, Andrew Takyi-Appiah sends Ghost Lawyers With Empty Threat to bully a newspaper.TNR News Desk ReportAndrew Takyi-Appiah built Zeepay into a glittering fintech brand. He spoke at Davos. He posed with presidents. He potrays himself as elegant and rich, acquiring mansions, luxury cars, expensive watches and promising to build “Africa’s fintech future, one brick at a time.”Behind the gloss, the wheels were coming off. On 16 April 2026, the Commercial Division of the High Court ordered Zeepay and its founder to pay USD 11.58 million, EUR 8,500 and GHS 1.4 million to a…

…as July 3 Verdict Looms By Prince Ahenkorah With just eighteen days until the Accra High Court delivers judgment in his illegal mining trial, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) known to millions as Chairman Wontumi has parachuted in former minister Samuel Atta Akyea as his new lead counsel. The eleventh-hour manoeuvre, executed on Monday, follows the messy exit of his previous lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi, whose attempt to quit via a formal motion was tossed out by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay.The court’s ruling was a procedural brushback: in criminal matters, a lawyer needs no judicial…

‘We Inherited Akufo-Addo’s Salary Bill’ By Gifty Boateng The war of words over the presidency’s wage bill has exploded. The Mahama government on Monday dismissed as “ignorant propaganda” claims that the President has overseen a massive increase in compensation at Jubilee House despite slashing the number of political appointees.At a fiery press briefing, Government Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu dropped a bombshell: President Mahama has not added one cedi to the salaries of presidential staffers. The pay scales, he said, were inherited from the previous NPP administration.“President Mahama has not set up a committee to determine emoluments for Article 71 officeholders,”…

 as four CEOs head for the exitBy Prince Ahenkorah The trickle of resignations from President John Dramani Mahama’s government is fast becoming a stream. Barely weeks after Nii Lantey Vanderpuye stepped down as DRIP National Coordinator to pursue the NDC’s national chairmanship, The New Republic has learnt that no fewer than four chief executive officers are preparing to hand in their letters with more likely to follow as the party’s December 19 national delegates congress draws nearer.The exit queue is being driven by a firm directive from NDC General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, who has ordered all full-time government appointees…

– But Constitution Closes Door on Third TermBy Leo Nelson  President John Dramani Mahama has never been this popular. A new national tracking poll by Global InfoAnalytics puts his job approval at a record 71 percent the highest for any president in the firm’s regular tracking series since 2020. Sixty-six percent of Ghanaians believe the country is moving in the right direction. Fifty-seven percent report their living standards have improved over the past year.Yet for Mahama, this political triumph is shadowed by a constitutional reality he cannot alter: he is serving his second and final term. Article 66(2) of the…

By Prince Ahenkorah Two of the Electoral Commission’s three most senior officials are leaving their posts within weeks of each other, triggering a leadership transition that could reshape Ghana’s election management body in time for the next electoral cycle. But their departures, announced by government spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu on June 15, 2026, carry a subtext that official statements have conspicuously avoided: both men were repeatedly accused of political partisanship and professional misconduct, allegations that dogged their entire tenure.Dr. Bossman Asare, Deputy Chairperson in charge of Corporate Affairs, formally resigned effective July 31, citing a desire to return to academia.…

…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…