President John Dramani Mahama yesterday commissioned phases one and two of the Tema Port expansion project, describing it as the realisation of a long-held national dream and a strategic asset that will position Ghana as the gateway to West Africa.

Three governance experts have urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to prioritise national pressing issues over political rivalries.

The government has contacted families of the six young ladies who died during the military enlistment stampede at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra last Wednesday to convey the condolences of the nation for their loss, and to assure them of support.

Parliament has approved the President’s nominee, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, as Chief Justice.

The 2026 Budget Statement is expected to outline the government’s fiscal strategy, revenue measures, spending priorities and economic policies for the year ending December 31. 2026.

The government has announced plans to end the double-track system in all senior high schools by 2027 as part of reforms aimed at expanding access and improving quality in Ghana’s secondary education sector.

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has reaffirmed President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to fixing Ghana’s economic challenges and restoring sustainable growth.

He said the government inherited an economy “in distress, weighed down by debt and mismanagement,” but has since embarked on a reset agenda grounded in fiscal discipline, structural reforms, and economic resilience.

The Madina District Court II in Greater Accra has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to 12 months imprisonment each for attempting to obtain Ghana Cards using false identities.

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson declared that fiscal discipline and integrity will remain the cornerstone of Ghana’s economic recovery, warning that “never again must we allow recklessness, waste and indiscipline to define how we handle the people’s money.”

He made these remarks while presenting the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government for the year ending 31 December 2026, in Parliament on Thursday, November 13.

The police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of Nana Owusu Korkor, the destooled Akwamuhene of Tanoso in the Bono East Region. 

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed that Ghana’s total public debt fell sharply from GH¢726.7 billion in 2024 to GH¢630.2 billion by October 2025, marking one of the largest single-year reductions in the country’s history.

Parliament has approved the nomination of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s next Chief Justice, with 163 Members of Parliament voting in favour and 69 against. The approval was given on Thursday, November 13, 2025.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks, Mr John Awuah, has cautioned that Ghana’s current economic stability could be at risk next year if the government fails to address long-standing weaknesses within the agricultural value chain.

Following the tragic stampede at the El Wak Sports Stadium on November 12, which claimed the lives of six potential recruits into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and left several others injured, tributes have been pouring in from across the country.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, will present the 2026 Budget and Economic Statement of the government to Parliament today, amid heightened expectations among residents, various groups and stakeholders for their interests to be satisfied in the coming year. 

The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has adjourned to December 9, 2025, the taking of plea in the case involving former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and nine others who are facing charges of extortion and money laundering.

Parliament yesterday paid tribute to the six young persons who died at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in a military recruitment exercise for the Greater Accra Region.

Some youth in Tamale have embarked on a peaceful protest over what they describe as the persistent decline in the financial allocations of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to youth-focused institutions.

The Ministry of Defence has suspended the military recruitment exercise in the Greater Accra Region indefinitely.

This piece is about the Chief Justice nominee, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, who was being vetted as I wrote this.

President John Dramani Mahama has cut the sod for major infrastructure projects in the Upper West and Upper East regions, declaring that it is a historic day that signals "the rebirth of hope and the restoration of fairness for the people of northern Ghana.”

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has laid the lithium mining lease agreement between the government of Ghana and Barari DV Ghana Limited in Parliament.

In a display of royal generosity and recognition of journalistic excellence in Ghana, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has rewarded two of the top winners at the 29th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) award winners with GH¢50,000.

‎A middle-aged man was crushed to death by the Tema-Mpakadan moving train in the Bediako enclave, close to Afienya in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday evening. 

In response to a Right to Information (RTI) Act request on the academic credentials of Prof Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has complied and responded with full information on when he was promoted to the rank of senior lecturer in 2014 and Associate Professor in 2017, and the publications he submitted to meet the requirements for the promotions.

An alumnus of the Swiss Management Center (SMC) University, Kwame Simpe Ofori had petitioned UEW, GTEC Governing Board, and the Minister of Education, asking for the information.