Author: Political Desk

A student of Koforidua Senior High Technical School (SECTECH) has been stabbed during disturbances linked to the ongoing Eastern Regional Inter-Schools Sports Festival (commonly known as Interco) in Koforidua. The victim, identified as Jerome Appiah, was allegedly attacked by a group of Form Two students from New Juaben Senior High School (NJUASCO) while eating waakye on his way back to campus. He sustained a deep machete wound to the shoulder, resulting in heavy bleeding. Police from the Eastern Regional Command swiftly intervened, rushing the injured student to the Eastern Regional Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment and reported to…

Parliament has approved the 24-Hour Economy Authority Bill, 2025, paving the way for the establishment of a dedicated authority to oversee and coordinate the implementation of the government’s flagship 24-hour economy policy. The Bill, sponsored by Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, was laid before the House in late 2025 and progressed through second reading, committee consideration, and debate stages amid sharp divisions between the Majority and Minority sides. The object of the legislation is to create the 24-Hour Economy Authority as a central body to drive the integrated, sustainable transformation of national systems for economic production,…

International buyers are increasingly turning away from Ghanaian cocoa due to its relatively higher prices compared to beans from other producing countries, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has revealed. COCOBOD Chief Executive Officer Dr Randy Abbey disclosed this during a media briefing, noting that while more than 530,000 metric tonnes of cocoa have been sold under the current financing arrangement, nearly 50,000 metric tonnes remain unsold. “The buyers now find our beans as too expensive, and therefore they have shifted to other markets where they can get the beans far cheaper, because these are business decisions,” Dr Abbey explained. He…

The Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), Ms. Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has called on health professionals nationwide to join forces in advancing the Fund’s mission of providing life-saving medical care to Ghanaians in need. Visiting the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital on Friday, 6th February 2026, Ms. Darko-Opoku delivered a clear message that the Ghana Medical Trust Fund is committed to long-term service, but its success hinges on the dedication and advocacy of health workers across the country. During the visit, the Fund extended support to five critically ill patients as part of its ongoing 50-case pilot programme. Among…

President John Dramani Mahama has declared that Ghana is on track to successfully exit its International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme by April 2026, emphasising that the country will do so “with dignity” as a partner rather than a supplicant. Delivering his remarks at the Ghana–Zambia Business Dialogue in Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday, President Mahama highlighted the remarkable turnaround in the country’s macroeconomic indicators, driven by disciplined fiscal reforms and renewed investor confidence. He pointed to the significant drop in inflation — from over 23.4 per cent at the end of 2024 to just 3.8 per cent in January 2026 —…

President John Dramani Mahama has called on African nations to end their reliance on foreign aid and stop the practice of “begging” for support, emphasising the need for self-reliance and collective action to drive the continent’s development. Speaking in an interview with Joy News on Friday, February 6, following his address to the Zambian Parliament the previous day, President Mahama highlighted the decline in humanitarian assistance and urged African leaders to take responsibility for their own progress. “Humanitarian assistance has gone down. Africa cannot continue going cup in hand begging for that kind of support. We need to pull ourselves…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Osman Abdulai Ayariga, has warned that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) risks falling short of its promise if it is implemented as a goods-only agreement that ignores the mobility and protection of Africa’s youthful talent. Delivering a keynote address at the Africa Prosperity Dialogues on the theme, “Africa Without Borders: Youth, Creativity, and Power in an Integrated Africa,” Mr Ayariga stressed that Africa’s integration agenda must place young people, creativity and services at the centre. He noted that while AfCFTA has created a single market of over…

Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), shared a deeply personal reflection on her week spent visiting hospitals, highlighting the fragility and sacredness of life. Writing on Facebook on Friday, February 6, she recounted the profound lessons she learned amid corridors, waiting rooms, and hospital beds. “I watched how quickly life can shift. How a single moment separates normal from never the same again,” she wrote, describing the stark reality of hospital life. She noted how swiftly ordinary routines can be interrupted, leaving patients and families clinging to hope. “One minute, the world is loud and…

Amasaman High Court Judge Justice Solomon Oppong-Twumasi has cautioned that no prophet should claim credit for the reduction of controversial evangelist Nana Agradaa’s 15-year prison sentence to 12 calendar months, insisting the decision was based purely on facts, law, and evidence before the court. Delivering the ruling on February 5, 2026, Justice Oppong-Twumasi upheld the conviction of Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, on charges including charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretences, but described the original 15-year term imposed by the Accra Circuit Court on July 3, 2025, as “unusually harsh and excessive.” The judge varied the…

The High Court in Amasaman has reduced the 15-year jail term imposed on self-styled traditionalist turned evangelist Patricia Asiedu Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, to 12 months, describing the original sentence as “unusually harsh and excessive.” Delivering judgment on Thursday, February 5, 2026, Justice Solomon Oppong-Twumasi upheld Agradaa’s appeal against the sentence handed down by the Accra Circuit Court in July 2025. “Considering all the circumstances of the case together, I came to the irresistible conclusion that the sentence of 15 years imprisonment imposed on the Appellant was indeed unusually harsh and excessive,” Justice Oppong-Twumasi ruled. The reduced 12-month…