AGRA report reveals 8 million Ghanaians face food crisis despite harvest surge
By: Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent Reporting highlights: Ghana stands at a precarious crossroads where overflowing warehouses meet empty stomachs. The November 2025 Food Security Monitor report by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)—produced with institutional support from the United Kingdom Government (FCDO), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the […]
The Ghanaian Harmony: How Religious Coexistence Illuminates Our National Beauty
By: Hawa Mutawakilu, a freelance journalist As the calendar pages turn towards the luminous glow of Christmas, the world often pauses to reflect on themes of peace, goodwill, and shared humanity. For many nations, this seasonal contemplation is necessary because coexistence remains a difficult aspiration. However, in the heart of West Africa, we, as Ghanaians, […]
Soldiers removed Alhaji Seidu Abagre from Bawku – Interior Ministry
By: Ashiadey Dotse The Minister of Interior, Mubarak Muntaka has Wednesday December 24, 2025, has confirmed in a press statement that Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have removed Alhaji Seidu Abagre, the rival Mamprusi chief, from Bawku Township in the Upper East Region. The action follows recommendations made by the mediation committee led […]
NPP Establishes Committee to Review CRC’s Final Report
By Sarah Baafi The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has formed a joint committee to examine the Constitution Review Committee (CRC)’s final recommendations, submitted to President John Dramani Mahama. The committee is to guide the party’s National Council on its stance. NPP National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye announced the development in a Facebook statement on Tuesday, […]
Shamima Muslim rallies media to pair freedom with responsibility
By Rebecca Ampah Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Shamima Muslim has urged Ghana’s media fraternity to match press freedom with professionalism and restraint, warning that misinformation and sensationalism pose real risks to national cohesion. Speaking at a 3rd Ghana Journalists Association dinner night on behalf of the Minister for Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, she […]
Constitutional Review Committee proposes lowering presidential age from 40 to 30
By Sarah Baafi The Constitution Review Committee, chaired by Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, has recommended a major change to Ghana’s presidential eligibility rules by proposing that the minimum age for a presidential candidate be reduced from forty years to thirty. The proposal is contained in the Committee’s final report, “Transforming Ghana: From Electoral Democracy to […]
A fair and independent media is not a threat to democracy but its strongest ally – Shamima Muslim
By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim has reaffirmed President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to press freedom, emphasizing that a fair and independent media is crucial to Ghana’s democracy. “As a long standing member of the Ghana Journalists Association, GJA, he (President Mahama) strongly believes that a fair and independent media is not […]
EDDT denies loss of land title and urges calm after Tse Addo encroachment incident
By Rebecca Ampah The East Dadekotopon Development Trust (EDDT) has dismissed claims that its land title at Tse Addo has been cancelled, describing the assertions as false and intended to deceive and extort money from legitimate landholders. At a press conference held in Accra on Monday, December 22, the Trust said no court of competent […]
Constitution Review Committee recommends separating executive from legislature
By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave The Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee, Professor Kwasi Prempeh, has recommended a separation of executive powers from the legislature to enable Parliament to focus fully on its constitutional responsibilities. “We are proposing that the executive be separated from the legislature so that we have a Parliament that focuses on its […]
Constitution review committee suggest five-year presidential term
By: Ashiadey Dotse Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has announced that the Committee is proposing an extension of Ghana’s presidential term from four years to five years to allow governments more time to govern effectively. Presenting the Committee’s report in Accra on Monday, December 22, 2025, Professor Prempeh clarified that […]
Chamber of Construction Industry urges gov’t to clear outstanding contractor payments
By Franklin Asare-Donkoh The President of the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry (GCCI), Emmanuel Cherry, has appealed to the government to take urgent action to settle outstanding payments owed to contractors. Meanwhile, Mr Cherry commended the government for steps taken to sanitise Ghana’s road construction sector. Speaking on Accra-based Channel One TV, the GCCI President […]
New e-visa policy and Ghana Airways revival aim to reclaim diaspora capital
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The potential return of Ghana Airways represents a shift from nostalgia to hard-nosed economic strategy. Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s update at the 2025 Diaspora Summit suggests the government is ready to stop the flight of capital. For decades, Ghana has watched billions in ticket revenue migrate […]
Rev Stephen Wengam urges leaders to shun wicked use of power at Parliament Carols Service
The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev Stephen Yenusom Wengam has spoken strongly against the abuse of power in political circles, the corporate world, work place, and marital homes as means to promote selfish interests or get undue advantage. “In the name of acquiring wealth, attaining political positions, or gaining promotion in the […]
Africa and its diaspora remain united despite history of slavery – Ablakwa
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the successful hosting of the 2025 Diaspora Summit in Accra has once again demonstrated that centuries of slavery and colonialism have failed to break the bonds between Africans on the continent and those in the diaspora. In a post reflecting on the summit, he wrote that […]
