MTN Group Chairman Mcebisi Jonas has called on South Africans to reject xenophobia, describing anti-foreigner sentiment as a threat to both the country’s democratic values and its long-term economic prospects. Addressing mourners at a funeral service in South Africa, Jonas argued that growing hostility toward foreign nationals risks diverting attention from the country’s more pressing…
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to introduce a mandatory daily anti-drug awareness message in all pre-tertiary schools as part of efforts to combat rising substance abuse among schoolchildren. The directive forms part of a nationwide Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) campaign launched by the Ministry of Education in…
The government, in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group, has reopened the Achimota-Abofu Transfer Station to restore waste collection services and address sanitation challenges caused by recent floods across the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, announced the intervention during a…
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Asiama, has highlighted Ghana’s economic recovery from crisis as evidence of the importance of developing resilient domestic debt markets across Africa. Speaking at the BIS Roundtable of Governors from African Central Banks in Basel on Saturday, June 27, 2026, Dr Asiama shared lessons from Ghana’s economic…
A sales boy who stole GH¢353,471 from his employer under the pretext of using the money to marry has been convicted and fined by the Adentan Circuit Court, following the exposure of a wider fraud scheme involving multiple accomplices. The convict, Alfred Mensah, was charged with stealing and pleaded guilty. The court subsequently ordered him…
An awkward moment unfolded during Ghana’s post-match media engagements when Ghana Football Association (GFA) Communications Director Henry Asante Twum stepped in and ushered Black Stars captain Jordan Ayew away from a journalist’s question regarding the controversy involving England defender Djed Spence and Thomas Partey. A video circulating on social media shows a journalist attempting to…
Some South African traders are reportedly raising concerns over mounting losses, claiming that large quantities of their produce are going unsold and beginning to rot amid ongoing consumer boycotts and disruptions to trade. The complaints come as anti-South African sentiment continues to grow in parts of the continent following recent xenophobic incidents that have sparked…
The Federal Government has announced plans to review the ₦70,000 national minimum wage in response to Nigeria’s rising cost of living and prevailing economic realities. Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed that the President Bola Tinubu administration is committed to ensuring that workers’ wages reflect inflationary trends and changing economic conditions. According…
Tension has escalated in parts of Benue State following the killing of the state chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Risku Muhammad, and his associate, Yakubu Isah, by suspected gunmen shortly after a peace meeting in Ohinmini Local Government Area. The attack, which occurred on Friday at Okudu village…
President John Dramani Mahama has called for the strengthening of democratic governance, increased citizen participation, and the adoption of a development model driven by Ghana’s own capacities and institutions. Speaking at the 4th Annual Convening of the Ghana Civil Society Forum, President Mahama reflected on Ghana’s democratic journey since the establishment of the Fourth Republic,…
