Ghana Politics

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has cautioned the public to brace for more heavy and frequent rainfall in the coming days as the country enters the peak of the major rainy season. This alert follows torrential rains over the weekend that caused flooding in parts of the Greater Accra Region, …

Police in the Volta Region have intercepted a fuel tanker loaded not with petrol, but with cocoa beans, in what is suspected to be an attempt to smuggle the commodity into neighbouring Togo. The vehicle, bearing registration number GN 3801-13, was traveling from Madina in Accra to Jasikan when it …

The Ga Mashie Traditional Council has summoned 15 churches, including Calvary Baptist Church and Lighthouse Chapel, for allegedly violating the ban on drumming and noise-making, which began on May 12, 2025. According to Asafoatse Mankatta, leader of the taskforce enforcing the directive, the churches were caught clapping during services, a …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is appearing before the Energy Committee of Parliament today, Friday, May 16, 2025, to respond to growing concerns over the nation’s power supply challenges and the company’s financial crisis. This follows revelations by the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, who disclosed …

Fuel prices in Ghana are expected to drop significantly in the second pricing window of May 2025, following the recent appreciation of the cedi against the US dollar. This projection comes from the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), which anticipates a general decline in fuel costs of up to 10%. …

The Ghanaian cedi, after staging a remarkable 19% rally within a month to trade at GHS13.05 per US dollar, is projected to gradually weaken and end the year at around GHS14.19, according to Absa Bank’s latest “Ghana Market Insight” report released on May 12, 2025. The cedi’s recent surge, largely …

A newly inaugurated 11-member Board of Directors for the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has been tasked with the urgent mission of revitalizing the struggling cocoa sector. The board is chaired by Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and includes key government figures and stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors. The swearing-in …

National Security officers on Thursday, May 15, raided the residence of Maxwell Kofi Jumah, former Managing Director of GIHOC Distilleries, as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged financial misconduct during his tenure. The operation, which was carried out in his absence, aimed to recover vehicles suspected to be state …

Former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has taken a swipe at President John Dramani Mahama for what he describes as a lenient approach to the recent controversy surrounding Sammy Gyamfi, the acting CEO of the Ghana Gold Board. Speaking at the Entrepreneurship and National Leadership event at …

The National Service Authority (NSA) has successfully removed more than 2,000 ghost names from its payroll, a move expected to save the state over GH¢1 million. Announcing the development, NSA Director-General Felix Gyamfi stated that the exercise forms part of wider efforts to curb fraud and boost transparency within the …