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Laud Nartey is a current affairs editor with the MG News team at Media General, serving TV3 Ghana, 3News, Onua TV and more platforms.
Legal analyst and governance commentator A. Kwabena Brako-Powers has questioned the growing number of petitions filed against the leadership of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), stressing that accountability must remain central to Ghana’s democracy. Accord
Technical Advisor & Second Gas Processing Plant Focal Point at the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition, Dr Yussif Sulemana, has urged Civil Society organisations (CSOs) to give the government the benefit of the doubt to do a proper job in the engagement with Springfield. His comment comes at a t
The Manhyia Palace has announced that the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II would be submitting his report with his proposals on the Bawku chieftaincy crisis to President John Dramani Mahama in the next few days. The Palace said he hoped that the President would act expeditiously and convene a formal
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced enhanced security cooperation efforts between the Government of Ghana and the United States. In accordance with the longstanding bilateral Defence Cooperation Agreement, he said that Ghana and the United States have increased i
During the 127th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sitting, a member of the committee voted for the policy rate to be reduced by 450 basis points to 17 per cent, although the majority of the committee members settled on 18 per cent. The member argued that global growth remained strong in the first eig
At the 127th Monetary Policy Committee meetings held from 24 to 26 November 2025, the Committee, by a majority decision, reduced the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 350 basis points to 18.0 percent. In addition, the Bank will revert to the use of the 14-day bill as its main instrument for conducting O
An advisor to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), who is also leading the team to create a non-interest banking and finance in Ghana, Professor John Gatsi, has stressed the need for a non-interest banking and finance in Ghana. He made the point that the global financial landsca
The Government of Ghana has reaffirmed its strong commitment to deepening collaboration with the African Development Bank, AfDB as it advances its national transformation agenda. This assurance was given by the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, during the signing ceremony of the grant ag
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has shared information on some of the projects to be rolled out by the Ministry in 2026. The projects are the STRIDE Initiative, the establishment of a data centre and the implementation of e-visa with relevant stakeholders, he said. In stren
The Ministry of Transport has presented an overview of its 2025 budget report outlining its funding plans and updates on ongoing projects as well as its 2026 budget on forthcoming projections, to the Committee on Roads and Transport. The Ministry also highlighted its challenges, including unfunded c
The accused person in the murder of former NPP Upper East Regional Chairman has been discharged by the Accra High Court. Gregory Afoko had been accused of conspiracy to commit murder, while Asabke Alangdi had been convicted of murder in April 2024. Presiding judge Marie Louise Simmons discharged Gre
Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has said the 2018 contract with Zipline requires payment of $ 88,000 a month per centre (6 Centres), amounting to about $ 520,000 a month. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, December 1, he said that the audit reveals that only 12% of areas serv
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has said that the uncapping of the National Health Insurance Levy has revitalised Ghana’s social health financing architecture. He gave the breakdown as: NHIF allocation for 2026 GHS11.416 billion with GHS9.037 billion dedicated strictly to NHIS operat
Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has said that the 2026 Budget provides the largest capital investment in health infrastructure in recent years. Key projects include: New regional hospitals for Savannah, Oti and Western North (GHS600 million allocated). Completion of longstanding projects
The Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has said that President John Dramani Mahama has followed the process in forwarding the petitions for the removal of the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa and the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to the Chief Justice
