Author: TNRgh

…Ghana Finally Reclaims Its Gold By Innocent Samuel Appiah More than six decades after independence, a visionary leader, President John Mahama, envisioned domestic gold refining, and helped in the landmark agreement that has come to fulfil a post-colonial promise and honour the pan-African legacy that bound Ghana and Egypt together. On a fine morning in Accra, as Sammy Gyamfi, CEO of the Ghana Gold Board, (GoldBod), appended his signature to one of Africa’s most consequential resource agreements, he was not merely signing a contract. He was completing a historical act that had stretched over six turbulent decades – a journey…

New Deputy reveals how Akufo Addo’s Appointee Hijacked State Fund, Stole Cash, Planted a Gun and Secretly Tracked His SuccessorBy Prince AhenkorahIn a scandal that reads like a spy thriller, the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Zongo Development Fund (ZDF), Dr. Arafat Sulemana Abdulai, is at the center of a breathtaking plot that has left a multi-million cedi state agency paralyzed, according to explosive revelations by his successor.Dr. Abdulai, who has since fled the country while under investigation, is accused of transforming the ZDF into his personal fiefdom hoarding official vehicles, siphoning public funds into private mobile money…

Dismisses Key NDC Election Challenge on Technicality By Prince AhenkorahA Supreme Court ruling has definitively secured the parliamentary seat of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Matthew Nyindam for the Kpandai constituency, extinguishing the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) best chance to gain a critical seat in the NDC dominated legislature. The 4-1 majority decision, delivered on 28 January, did not address the substantive allegations of electoral malpractice but turned on a procedural technicality regarding filing deadlines.The apex court overturned a 2025 ruling by the Tamale High Court (Commercial Division), which had nullified Nyindam’s 2024 election and ordered a rerun. The Supreme…

Decade-Old $200m Housing White Elephant Advances as Mahama Government Resurrects ProjectBy Gifty BoatengIn a dramatic move to rescue a national embarrassment, the government has launched a final attempt to complete the infamous Sagleme Affordable Housing Project a sprawling ghost town of 1,500 empty flats that has swallowed $200 million and become a symbol of Ghana’s failed housing promises for over a decade.Water Resources, Works and Housing Minister, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has revealed that a secret deal with a new private developer has been struck and the crucial documents are now with Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine for a make-or-break review, sparking…

By Philip AntohVice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has offered unusually strong public endorsement for Lands and Natural Resources Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, framing his leadership as a decisive turn in Ghana’s protracted and largely unsuccessful fight against illegal mining (galamsey). The high-profile commendation during a working visit on 27 January signals a strategic attempt to reinvigorate a politically toxic anti-galamsey agenda that has undermined previous administrations.Speaking to the Ministry’s senior staff, the Vice President characterized the Ministry under Buah as moving from “mere words to real actions,” specifically citing land reclamation and improved inter-agency coordination. She described the institution as…

Turns Bawumiah’s Ashanti Reg Campaign Tour into Insults FiestaBy Phillip AntohDr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) has launched a scorched-earth political gamble that is now tearing the New Patriotic Party (NPP) apart. The former running mate, in a bid to flatter Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, declared that not a single member of ex-President Akufo-Addo’s cabinet was more intelligent than his boss.But insiders say this was no mere gaffe; it is a calculated but dangerous strategy by Napo to bait Bawumia into retaining him as the running mate for the 2028 elections by presenting himself as the loudest and most loyal…

Claims DDEP and IMF Bail-outs did the magicAs the Mahama administration steps up its campaign to frame Ghana’s economic stabilization as a divinely-blessed “miracle,” the parliamentary Minority has launched a forensic counter-offensive, arguing the recovery is a fragile construct built on IMF discipline, debt relief, and commodity windfalls not government competence.The critique, delivered in a comprehensive media engagement by the Minority Caucus, systematically deconstructs the President’s narrative, warning that the celebrated macroeconomic figures mask deep structural rot, a collapse in public services, and a “chop-chop” budget approach that risks future stability.Acknowledging the surface-level improvements inflation down from over 23% to…

By Prince Ahenkorah In a legal offensive that strikes at the foundational power structures of Ghana’s political establishment, a formidable coalition of veteran figures has petitioned the Supreme Court to dismantle the delegate-based electoral systems used by the country’s major parties.The plaintiffs—former Environment Minister Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, seasoned politician Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, and former Education Minister Dr. Christine Amoako-Nuamah—are challenging the constitutional legitimacy of the internal electoral mechanisms of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), and Convention People’s Party (CPP). Their suit targets the very architecture that enables party elites to control candidate selection and leadership succession.The…

Exemption for under 25yrs, GhC30 for first timers…. By Prince Ahenkorah The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced a significant overhaul of fees for Ghana Card services, a move critics warn could deepen financial exclusion and create a two-tiered system of citizenship in the digital age. The new charges, effective February 2, introduce a landmark fee for first-time adult registrations, marking a pivotal shift from the previously universal free enrolment.Under the revised structure, Ghanaians aged 25 and above will now pay GH¢30 for their first card, while those under 25 remain exempt. More steeply, the cost of replacing a lost…

Viper Bawumia and Ken Bulldog in Near-Brawls Shocker A public signing of a peace pact by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) five presidential aspirants has descended into a spectacular display of simmering internal warfare, exposing a party riven by deep-seated animosity and a crisis of discipline mere months after its election defeat.The event, held at the Alisa Hotel under the gaze of former President Nana Akufo-Addo, was meant to project unity. Instead, it has become the stage for a damaging controversy, revealing that the two front-runners, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and firebrand MP Kennedy Agyapong, came perilously close to…