The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has released GH¢2.6 billion to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) to facilitate payments to cocoa farmers across all producing regions. According to an official press release issued on Tuesday, July 2, 2026, a significant portion of the newly released funds will directly target outstanding institutional debts. Specifically, approximately GH¢1.4 billion from…
International relations consultant and social commentator in South Africa, Donovan Williams, has said that the ongoing anti-immigration protests in the country are being driven by a deeper crisis of public confidence in government and law enforcement, rather than immigration alone. Speaking on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Tuesday, June 30, Mr Williams said…
The Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I, has departed for a historic royal visit to the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, where he is expected to pay a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The visit is regarded as a significant milestone in strengthening the long-standing ties between the…
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…
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,…
A senior officer of the Ghana Prisons Service, Chief Officer Michael Osei-Bonsu, has been remanded into custody by the Kete-Krachi District Magistrate Court after being arrested over an alleged attempt to smuggle a substance suspected to be Indian hemp into the Kete-Krachi Local Prison.Facts about Ghana According to a statement from the Service on Wednesday,…
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has dismissed in its entirety all seven claims filed by former Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Gertrude Torkornoo, in her case against the Republic of Ghana, delivering a decisive ruling that clears the State of any breach of her alleged rights. The judgment, which has since been shared publicly by…
The Ministry of the Interior has announced Friday, July 3, 2026, as the day to be observed as Republic Day, a statutory public holiday. Although Republic Day falls on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, President John Dramani Mahama has, by Executive Instrument (E.I.) and in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days…
In the 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐯. 𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐮-𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞 & 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, the investigator has made damning revelations in his testimony today. Here is a brief of what he said with some extra information for those who may have forgotten the case details: 1. Kwabena Adu-Boahene is the former Director-General of Ghana’s National Signals Bureau. He has been…
