The Bank of Ghana has announced a series of reforms to improve pricing and operational efficiency in the downstream segment of its Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP), beginning January 2026. The reforms, approved by the Bank’s Board, aim to reduce intermediation fees, enhance cost-efficiency, and ensure competitive yet economically sound gold buying prices. According to...
Author: Baina Media (Baina Media)
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Foreign Affairs Ministry Honors Long-Serving Embassy Staff
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a new award scheme to recognize the dedication of locally recruited staff serving in Ghana’s diplomatic missions abroad, with the first set of honorees celebrated during a carols service. In a Facebook post, Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced that Mr. Oriel Chinthaka Ariyaratna Paiyagala Linyanage,...
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Ghana’s Ambassador Visits Detained Nationals in Philadelphia
Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Victor Emmanuel Smith, has led a team from the Ghana Embassy to visit Ghanaians being held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Philadelphia. The visit took place at a center operated in partnership with private prison company GEO Group, which manages several ICE facilities including...
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Lawyer, Two Others Face Court Over GH¢800,000 Excavator Fraud
A 34-year-old lawyer, Divine Effah-Dartey, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent excavator transaction that cost a businessman GH¢800,000. Effah-Dartey is accused of assisting two other suspects to trick a prospective buyer into paying GH¢800,000 as part payment for an excavator that was never legitimately owned by the...
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Government Targets 99.9% Electricity Access by 2030
The government has reiterated its determination to achieve near-universal electricity coverage, pledging to raise the national access rate from the current 89.03 per cent to 99.9 per cent by 2030. Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Richard Gyan Mensah, said the target is crucial for driving socio-economic growth, especially in communities that have long...
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Afenyo-Markin Urges NPP to Rebuild After 2024 Defeat
Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to move past sympathy and concentrate on rebuilding the party following its loss in the 2024 general election. Delivering a Christmas message to supporters on December 25, 2025, Mr Afenyo-Markin reflected on the party’s defeat and...
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AMA to Collect Tolls, Fees Throughout Christmas and New Year
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that the collection of approved tolls and fees will continue throughout the Christmas and New Year festivities, including weekends, as part of measures to sustain essential city services during the peak festive season. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the Assembly said the decision affects traders, transport...
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IMF Rates Ghana’s Bailout Progress as Broadly Satisfactory, Notes Reform Delays
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has assessed Ghana’s performance under its bailout programme as generally satisfactory, even though the country has experienced some setbacks in executing complex structural reforms. In its most recent Staff Report on Ghana, the Bretton Woods institution confirmed that all quantitative performance benchmarks and indicative targets for the fifth review were...
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DVLA Halts Rollout of New Licence Plates Amid Legal and Regulatory Setbacks
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced a pause in the planned introduction of new vehicle licence plates, which had been slated to begin on January 2, 2026. According to the Authority, the postponement stems from the inability to secure amendments to the Road Traffic Regulation, 2012 (L.I. 2180), the legislation that outlines...
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Interior Minister Commissions Bono Regional Command of National Signals Bureau
Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has commissioned the Bono Regional Command of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), reaffirming government’s commitment to strengthening Ghana’s national security architecture. The new command, located in Sunyani, will serve as a hub for signals and intelligence operations, providing real-time and actionable intelligence to support security agencies in tackling threats...