On behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson has laid before Parliament the Value for Money Office Bill, 2026, a landmark proposal aimed at tackling inefficiencies in Ghana’s public spending. The Bill seeks to confront long-standing challenges such as inflated contracts, abandoned projects, cost overruns, and waste in the use of...
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Police Arrest Four Members of Deadly Carjacking Syndicate in Kumasi
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested four suspected members of a notorious carjacking gang known as the “Duku Syndicate,” following the robbery and murder of Mr. Andrews Amankwah at Ohwim-Amanfrom on February 10. The breakthrough came after a coordinated intelligence-led operation ordered by the Inspector-General of Police. The operation involved the Regional Police Intelligence...
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GRIDCo Engineers Race to Restore Power After Tema Outage
Parts of Tema were plunged into darkness late Monday night after a fault occurred on a feeder at the Smelter-2 Substation. The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) confirmed that the incident happened at 10:58 p.m. on February 23, disrupting electricity supply to several customers in the industrial city. In a statement issued Tuesday, GRIDCo explained...
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Airport renaming doesn’t require parliamentary approval—Transport Minister
The Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has clarified that the renaming of the Kotoka International Airport will not require parliamentary approval, noting that it was originally named through a decree in 1969. Contrary to calls for a bill to provide legal backing for the decision, the Minister pointed out that airports in Ghana have...
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Concerned Ahanta West NDC executives petition President Mahama for MCE’s removal
Concerned branch executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ahanta West have petitioned the President to remove the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly, citing alleged misconduct, corruption, and incompetence. In a petition dated February 12, 2026, the group invoked Article 243(3) of the 1992 Constitution, which empowers the President...
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Six Aggrey Memorial Students Arrested Over Assault on Adisadel College Boy
The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of six juvenile students of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School in connection with the alleged assault of a final-year student of Adisadel College. According to a police statement, the suspects were handed over to the Kotokuraba Police Station by school authorities on February 20, 2026, following the...
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Ghana, Japan Sign US$20m Grant to Boost Health Delivery
Ghana and Japan have signed a US$20 million grant facility aimed at improving health delivery in selected hospitals across the Northern Region. The agreement was formalized at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Hiroshi Yoshimoto, signed the exchange of notes. The grant...
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Ghana, EU Strengthen Ties with Strategic Dialogue
Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has held what he described as a “very positive and mutually beneficial engagement” with His Excellency Rune Skinnebach, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Ghana. The meeting reaffirmed Ghana’s strong partnership with the EU, which has now become the country’s largest trading partner. Minister Ablakwa emphasized...
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OSP Probes GHS25.8m Palm Oil Diversion Scandal
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has launched a sweeping investigation into suspected corruption involving the diversion of fifty (50) containers of palm oil valued at GHS25.8 million. According to an official statement, the consignment was originally declared as in transit to Burkina Faso but was unlawfully diverted into Ghana’s local market without payment...
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President Mahama Urges Bold Private Sector Partnerships for Growth
President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghana’s private sector to forge bold partnerships with government to accelerate economic growth and national development. Speaking at a strategic Presidential Dialogue, the President emphasized the need to position Ghana as West Africa’s production hub. “We must work to make Ghana West Africa’s production hub,” he stated, urging...