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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Bank of Ghana has reiterated its commitment to consolidating macroeconomic gains and strengthening long-term resilience during a high-level engagement with the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce at Bank Square. In his opening remarks, Governor Johnson Pandit Asiama highlighted the progress achieved through disciplined monetary policy and regulatory reforms, noting that these measures have contributed to...
The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, together with the Minister for Transport, Hon. Bukare Mikpe, on Monday visited Ghanaian tomato traders who survived a recent attack in Burkina Faso. The delegation, which included the Deputy Trade Minister and senior officials of the Ministry, called on the two injured traders — a...
Police in the Central Region have arrested three students of Swedru School of Business in connection with the assault of an Obrachire Senior High School student, an incident that was captured in a viral video. The arrests followed an engagement between the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, and the...