FirstBank Nigeria has been honoured with the African Leadership Institutional Transformation & Digital Excellence Award by the African Leadership Organisation (ALO) at the 15th African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards ceremony held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel on Saturday, February 28, 2026. The prestigious event, which ran from February 27–28 under the theme […] The post FirstBank

By Constance Gbedzo The establishment of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) in 2025 stands as one of the most significant structural shifts in the history of Ghana’s extractive industry. It marks a definitive departure from the reactive and debt-dependent economic strategies that characterized the period 2017/24.  For decades, the nation’s gold sector operated under a […] The post Why

Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has revealed that thousands of tonnes of food supplied under government’s 2024 dry spell intervention cannot be accounted for after a special audit. According to him, the audit found discrepancies in the supply of rice and maize purchased by the Government of Ghana to support farmers and vulnerable … The post Audit

The Black Stars would be heading into the World Cup in June with their deepest pool of attacking talent since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Forwards such as Jordan Ayew, Antoine Semenyo, and Mohammed Kudus are set to have starring roles, but the spots next to them are heavily contested. Below are the primary […]

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has withdrawn charges against Kel Logistics director Albert Ankrah in the NPA corruption case and will use him as a prosecution witness against former NPA CEO Mustapha Hamid and nine others.

Ghana’s audit of government arrears and payables has validated GH¢45.4 billion of liabilities while rejecting GH¢8.1 billion in claims due to irregularities including unsupported documentation, duplication and falsified records, the Finance Ministry told Parliament. The verification exercise, conducted by the Ghana Audit Service with support from EY and PwC, reviewed GH¢68.7 billion submitted to the […] The post Audit

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday launched a five-day boot camp for incubator managers aimed at strengthening their ability to support startups across Africa. The initiative seeks to enhance the operational and programmatic capacity of incubators so they can deliver high-quality, standardised incubation support in line with timbuktoo’s continental innovation architecture. Incubator managers are … The post UNDP

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is expected to install about 1,500 new transformers nationwide by the end of this month as part of measures to ensure a steady and stable supply of electricity, the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has disclosed. This intervention, he said, aims to tackle frequent power … The post ECG to install 1,500

The Centre of the World Golf Club in Tema will be the centre of attraction for the golf fraternity when it hosts the PGA Heritage Cup 2026. At stake is a total prize purse of GH¢100,000, and the tournament is expected to attract professional golfers from across the country for what is the first major … The post Centre of the World Golf Club to host PGA Heritage Cup appeared first on

Ghanaian striker Naeem Mohammed has secured a new club after completing a move to South Korean side Chungnam Asan FC following the expiration of his contract with Swedish outfit Halmstads BK.The 29-year-old attacker was officially unveiled by the K League 2 club on Tuesday as they look to strengthen their attacking options ahead of the ongoing 2026 season.Mohammed left Halmstads at the end of the 2025 campaign after spending three seasons with the Swedish club.During his time with

The Ghana Police Service in the Bono East Region has arrested a 48-year-old tricycle rider after seizing 397 slabs of suspected cannabis in Techiman. According to the Bono East Regional Police Command, the suspect, identified as Robert Tannor, was arrested on March 8, 2026, at about 2:00 p.m. following a road accident involving an unregistered […]

M AJOR League Soccer (MLS) has handed lifetime bans to midfielder, Derrick Jones and winger, Yaw Yeboah, for violating its gambling policy, the league announced on Monday. Jones, 29, played 23 games for Columbus Crew in 2024 and 2025, while 28-year-old Yeboah was his teammate before joining Los Angeles FC in January 2025 after three … The post MLS bans Jones, Yeboah for life after gambling

The Deputy Minister for Transport, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has paid a working visit to the Jamestown Fishing Harbour in Accra, which has not been functioning since its commissioning in 2024. The purpose of the visit was to have insight and assess activities of the Habour and how to improve on the facility. Also with the Deputy […]

By Jesse AGYEPONG At some point in the last eighteen months, something changed quietly in the offices of Ghana’s marketing departments. The National Service personnel who arrived, fresh from university, carrying no particular professional mystique, began doing things that some of their supervisors could not. They were building campaign briefs with AI. Generating creative concepts […] The post Yesterday’s

A 35-year-old woman from Orlando, Florida, has been charged with attempted murder following a shooting at the home of pop superstar Rihanna, prosecutors said. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz is accused of firing a semiautomatic rifle at the singer’s Los Angeles mansion at 13:15 local time (21:15 GMT) on Sunday. No one was injured in the shooting. […]

A former Sec ond Lady, Mrs Matilda Amis sah-Arthur, has called for urgent action to bridge literacy gaps among young girls in the country to advance gender equality. She stressed that improving lit eracy among girls was essential not only for women’s empowerment but also for national development. “Addressing the literacy gap is not a … The post Take action to bridge

The Denkyirahemaa, Nana Ama Ayensua Saara III and Baffour Awuah II, the chief of Nyinawusu in the Upper Denkyira East District, in the Central region of Ghana, are engaged in hostilities over the Akwaboso lands, measuring about 9,666 acres. The impasse, bordering on ownership of the said lands, has culminated into a purported destoolment of […] The post Denkyirahemaa, Nyinawusuhene Fight

A fresh controversy has emerged over Ghana’s reserve management strategy after the Minority Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, criticised the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for selling part of the country’s gold reserves. The legislator, who also serves as Ranking Member on Parliament’s Committee on Economy and Development, raised concerns following a briefing […] The post KON Mad

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been appointed by the African Union (AU) to lead the AU’s Election Observation Mission for the upcoming presidential elections in the Republic of the Congo scheduled for March 15, 2026. According to a press release issued by the Office of the former president on Tuesday, March 10, Akufo-Addo […] The post Nana Leads AU Election Observation Mission

A policy think tank, Africa Policy Lens (APL), has filed a formal request under Ghana’s transparency laws seeking detailed disclosures from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) over the divestment of part of the country’s gold reserves in the final quarter of 2025. The request, submitted under the Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989), was […] The post Africa Policy Lens Demands Full