11 h. ago State Owned Enterprises Exceed Dividend Targets by Forty Six Percent

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/state-owned-enterprises-exceed-dividend-targets-by-forty-six-percent/Ghana’s State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are on track to deliver dividends significantly above projections for 2025, marking a potential shift in performance for entities long criticized for persistent losses and fiscal drains on the national treasury. According to data from the 2026 Budget Statement analyzed by The High Street Journal, government collected GH¢1.35 billion in […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/state-owned-enterprises-exceed-dividend-targets-by-forty-six-percent/

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12 h. ago Government Pledges Support for Diaspora Entrepreneurs at Accra Expo

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/government-pledges-support-for-diaspora-entrepreneurs-at-accra-expo/  Government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting diaspora and local entrepreneurs, with Tourism Minister Abla Dzifa Gomashie describing small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) as central to Ghana’s economic and cultural advancement. Speaking at Ahaspora’s Aha Ye De Diaspora Festival and Made-in-Ghana Expo held at the CAL Bank Head Office at Ridge, Accra, the Minister […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/government-pledges-support-for-diaspora-entrepreneurs-at-accra-expo/

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44 h. ago MP Baffour Awuah advocates for legal framework on presidential continuity, not term extension

The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has argued that Ghana’s governance challenges require legal provisions that ensure continuity of presidential leadership, rather than an extension of presidential term limits.

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64 h. ago Mamprugu Traditional Council Slams Government Over Arrest and Removal of Bawku Naaba

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mamprugu-traditional-council-slams-government-over-arrest-and-removal-of-bawku-naaba/The Mamprugu Traditional Council has strongly condemned the removal of the Bawku Naaba, Naa Sheriga Alhaji Seidu Abagre, from Bawku, describing the action as unlawful, unconstitutional, and deeply troubling. In a statement issued on December 26, 2025, the Nayiri, Overlord and King of Mamprugu, accused the Government of Ghana of carrying out indiscriminate arrests, intimidation […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mamprugu-traditional-council-slams-government-over-arrest-and-removal-of-bawku-naaba/

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65 h. ago Alliance of Sahel States Forms a Military Bloc to Confront Destabilization Efforts

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Abayomi Azikiwe, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/alliance-of-sahel-states-forms-a-military-bloc-to-confront-destabilization-efforts/These three West African countries are under pressure by Neo-Colonialism and Imperialism Geostrategic Analysis Three West African countries which comprise the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) have now created a 5,000-person military force to fight the threats of terrorism aimed at reinstituting a neo-colonial framework of governance dominated by France and the United States. Since […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Abayomi Azikiwe, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/alliance-of-sahel-states-forms-a-military-bloc-to-confront-destabilization-efforts/

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68 h. ago Nkrumah’s Son Blames Father’s Government for Bawku Chieftaincy Crisis

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nkrumahs-son-blames-fathers-government-for-bawku-chieftaincy-crisis/Sekou Nkrumah has attributed the origins of the protracted Bawku chieftaincy conflict to deliberate political interference by his father’s government shortly after independence, making a rare and emotionally charged admission that challenges conventional narratives about the dispute. Speaking on Asaase Radio, the son of Ghana’s first President argued that the Mamprusi Kusasi conflict emerged not […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/nkrumahs-son-blames-fathers-government-for-bawku-chieftaincy-crisis/

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2 d. ago Govt targets 99.9% electricity access by 2030 as Awurahae, Sapor Get Power

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/govt-targets-99-9-electricity-access-by-2030-as-awurahae-sapor-get-power/Government has reaffirmed its commitment to achieving near-universal access to electricity, pledging to raise the national access rate from the current 89.03 per cent to about 99.9 per cent by 2030. Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Richard Gyan Mensah, said the goal is central to accelerating socio-economic development, particularly in underserved communities. “Government […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/govt-targets-99-9-electricity-access-by-2030-as-awurahae-sapor-get-power/

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3 d. ago Gov’t releases GH¢139m in LEAP support for over 350,000 vulnerable households

The Government of Ghana has released GH¢139.33 million under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to assist 350,580 vulnerable households nationwide, reaching an estimated 1.5 million beneficiaries.

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4 d. ago Alarm Blows Over Devilish Plot By NPP Lawyer To Seek Removal of Sosu, Laadi Ayamba from GRA Board

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/alarm-blows-over-devilish-plot-by-npp-lawyer-to-seek-removal-of-sosu-laadi-ayamba-from-gra-board/A private legal action filed by New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawyer, Mr Tapha Tassah, seeking the removal of two National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Governing Board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has generated public debate and criticism. Mr Tassah, a die-hard NPP Lawyer based in Accra, filed a writ […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/alarm-blows-over-devilish-plot-by-npp-lawyer-to-seek-removal-of-sosu-laadi-ayamba-from-gra-board/

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4 d. ago Interior Minister assures Bono Region of enhanced security at NSB command opening

The Minister of the Interior has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to safeguarding Ghana’s peace, emphasising that sustainable national development can only flourish within a secure environment.

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4 d. ago Health Minister commends workers, pledges stronger health system in end

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has paid tribute to Ghana’s health professionals and reaffirmed government’s commitment to strengthening the national health system, as the country marks the close of the year.

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4 d. ago Interior Minister pledges government support to strengthen security services

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to addressing the pressing challenges faced by Ghana’s security personnel, including housing, morale, and logistics, in the coming year.

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5 d. ago Rethinking Presidential Tenure in Ghana, 4 years or 5? – Interrogating the CRC Report

The recommendation by the Constitutional Review Committee to extend Ghana’s presidential term from four to five years has reignited a national debate that strikes at the heart of democratic accountability. The proposal assumes that time, rather than leadership capacity and accountability, is the principal constraint on good governance. For many Ghanaians, that assumption is deeply contestable. The Committee’s justification - that four year is insufficient for governments to design, implement, and consolidate policy - appears logical on the surface. Yet for many Ghanaians, the proposal raises a more unsettling question: is time truly the problem, or is leadership?

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5 d. ago GUTA calls for stronger enforcement to protect local retail trade

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has appealed to government to intensify efforts in 2026 to address what it describes as the rising dominance of foreigners in Ghana’s retail trading space.

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5 d. ago Speaker Bagbin lauds media as ‘indispensable partner’ in democracy

The Speaker of Parliament has reaffirmed Parliament’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and open governance, emphasising the media’s crucial role in Ghana’s democratic development.  

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5 d. ago Bawku Mediation Report, State Censorship, Legality, Morality And  The Foundations Of The State Of Ghana

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bawku-mediation-report-state-censorship-legality-morality-and-the-foundations-of-the-state-of-ghana/STATE CENSORSHIP   Ghanaians did not vote on 7 December 2025 for a creeping dictatorship in which the  government resorts to censorship of critical articles written by citizens and published by the  state-owned media demanding answers to the constitutional and legal basis of the exercise of  executive power perceived to be arbitrary simply because the government […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bawku-mediation-report-state-censorship-legality-morality-and-the-foundations-of-the-state-of-ghana/

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5 d. ago Ghana Fixed Income Market Records Over 1.5 Billion Cedis in Trading

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-fixed-income-market-records-over-1-5-billion-cedis-in-trading/The Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) processed GH¢1,523,068,024 across 695 transactions on Monday, December 23, 2025, with government securities continuing to dominate trading activity as institutional investors maintained strong appetite for sovereign debt instruments. New Government of Ghana (GOG) notes and bonds led the session with GH¢744,092,039 traded through 52 separate transactions, representing approximately 49 […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-fixed-income-market-records-over-1-5-billion-cedis-in-trading/

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5 d. ago Wontumi Farms Fraud Case Exposes Corporate Governance Weaknesses in Ghana

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wontumi-farms-fraud-case-exposes-corporate-governance-weaknesses-in-ghana/What is emerging from the Wontumi Farms case is a broader conversation about how corporate governance works in practice in Ghana, as a program meant to create jobs for young people has instead become one of the country’s most instructive corporate fraud cases this year. Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr Dominic Ayine announced […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wontumi-farms-fraud-case-exposes-corporate-governance-weaknesses-in-ghana/

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5 d. ago Veep urges Ghanaians to embrace the Christmas spirit of hope and compassion

Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called on Ghanaians to embrace the true spirit of Christmas, hope, peace, love, and compassion as the country advances under the government’s “Resetting Ghana” agenda.

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5 d. ago Ablakwa Vows Justice for Ghanaian Student Who Died in Latvia

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ablakwa-vows-justice-for-ghanaian-student-who-died-in-latvia/Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has assured the family of Nana Agyei Ahyia, an 18-year-old Ghanaian student who died in Latvia, of government’s firm commitment to pursue justice in the case. In a Facebook post on Monday, the Minister said he met the family earlier in the day at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ablakwa-vows-justice-for-ghanaian-student-who-died-in-latvia/

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