Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL PLC) has posted a resilient yet nuanced financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, as detailed in its latest unaudited statements. 

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to non-investment grade and withdrawn its ratings, citing concerns about the lender’s exposure to Ghana’s sovereign debt restructuring and a reassessment of its risk profile.

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong voted at the Assin Central constituency of the Central Region in the NPP presidential primary.

He is in the flagbearer race as one of the keen contestants with Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

Voting is currently underway in all the 18 constituencies across the Northern Region in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential primary.

A total of 12,474 delegates are expected to cast their ballots at 19 designated voting centres in the region.

Today’s presidential primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) can only produce a winner if any of the five candidates obtains more than 50 per cent of the votes. 

Anything short of that will call for a run-off between the two leading candidates in 14 days.

Then the time came for us to welcome newcomers at church, a young man of about 25 years came forward holding a piece of paper.

Today’s presidential primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) can only produce a winner if any of the five candidates obtains more than 50 per cent of the votes. 

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has declared an enclave within Borteyman, popularly known as Nmai Djor-Trasacco, a security zone and ordered the suspension of all development activities there.

As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) goes to the polls to elect its presidential flag candidate for the 2028 general election, the exercise once again draws national attention to the party’s long-established tradition of internal democracy.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, Dr Ernest Norgbey, has called for an investigation into the use of funds allocated under the previous government’s One Million Dollars Per Constituency initiative after raising concerns over an unfinished toilet facility allegedly constructed with the constituency’s allocation.

TDC Ghana Ltd has recorded a strong financial recovery in 2024, posting significant growth in profits and assets, and recommending a GH¢3 million dividend for its sole shareholder, the Government of Ghana.

The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, has expressed satisfaction with the pace of infrastructural development in the constituency following an extensive inspection of ongoing and completed projects across several communities.

As US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada the 51st State of America to seizing and renaming the Panama Canal, and now taking Greenland by any means, if he cannot get the Nobel Peace Prize, spare a thought for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned the increasing attacks on journalists, warning that such acts undermine the country’s reputation as a beacon of press freedom and democratic stability in Africa. 

The salaries of 2,563 government employees have been abruptly halted after they failed to present themselves for a critical nationwide headcount, the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has announced. 

The Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations, Mr Stan Dogbe, has issued an apology to a soldier following an altercation at the Ghana Military Academy graduation ceremony in Accra on Friday, January 30, 2026.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced plans to deploy franchise officers across all its district operational areas nationwide from February 2026, in a move aimed at improving service delivery and operational efficiency.

The intricate logistical machinery of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be put to the test tomorrow, Saturday, January 31, 2026, as over 200,000 delegates converge on a meticulously planned network of 277 voting centres to elect the party’s presidential aspirant for the 2028 general election.

The National Service Authority (NSA) has issued a directive to all 2025/2026 national service personnel in the teaching and nursing sectors, mandating them to register on a newly activated online portal to secure their allowances.

The Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Administration and Finance, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, last Thursday, donated assorted items to the Dzorwulu Special School ahead of her 60th birthday, on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

She also sponsored a free eye screening exercise for students, teachers, and other staff as part of activities to mark her Diamond Jubilee celebration on the theme: “Celebrating 60 Years of Purpose: Nana Oye Bampoe Addo Reaffirms Commitment to the Vulnerable and Marginalised”.

Immanuel Kant argued that truth is non-negotiable. To lie is to rob people of autonomy and to deny them the dignity of making informed choices. That principle applies not only to individuals but also to nations. When powerful states manipulate rules, they strip weaker nations of their sovereignty and reduce them to pawns.

Five candidates united by political ideology but split by individual ambitions head to the polls tomorrow when the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) elects a flag bearer to lead the party to the 2028 general election. 

President John Dramani Mahama has cautioned that Ghana’s security environment remains fragile amid growing instability across the West African sub-region, stressing that safeguarding the country requires a united national effort beyond the work of the security services alone.

Sales of the iPhone hit an all-time high in the final three months of last year, tech firm Apple reported on Thursday.

The police, acting on a tip-off, has arrested a taxi driver who was transporting suspected narcotics.

He was intercepted with the taxicab, which was travelling from Dzolokpuita in the Ho West District towards Ho.

According to the police, they found 37 parcels containing dried leaves suspected to be marijuana beneath the back seat during a search.

The driver, identified by the police as Innocent Kpeglo, a 36-year-old man, was subsequently arrested and placed in custody.

The vehicle, an Opel taxicab, with registration number CR 675-12 has also been impounded.