The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin says President John Dramani Mahama’s first 120 days in office was uninspiring.

He has therefore accused President Mahama of offering self-congratulatory praise without delivering real progress in his account of his first 120 days in office.

The Food and Beverage Association of Ghana (FABAG) has announced a reduction in the prices of some imported food items, but says consumers are yet to benefit fully because traders and retailers have not adjusted their prices to match.

Guinness World Records has disqualified Afua Asantewaa on her second Guinness World Records on the longest singing marathon by an individual attempt - Singathon.

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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the first 120 days of President John Dramani Mahama's government as an uninspiring one that is laced with failed promises and retardation across the various sectors.

The Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari II, has offered words of encouragement to former Vice President and the 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, urging him not to view his electoral defeat as the end of his presidential ambitions.

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old commercial sex worker to 20 years’ imprisonment for trafficking four young women from Nigeria to Ghana to engage in prostitution.

The new acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo has indicated that his priority was to further enhance the capacity of the hospital to fully meet the expectations of clients and not to pursue any personal agenda.

President John Dramani Mahama has received rave reviews from governance experts and academics for his performance in government as his administration chalked up 120 days in office.

The Minister for Government Communications, Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has explained that the GH₵20,000 threshold for undeclared gifts under the government's new Code of Conduct was determined based on what is deemed unlikely to affect the judgement of government officials.

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has reported to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service in connection with an alleged physical altercation involving a police officer during the recent ‘Save the Judiciary’ protest in Accra.

His appearance at the CID follows an official request to the Speaker of Parliament, enabling the lawmaker to assist with ongoing investigations into the incident, which drew attention after video footage of the confrontation went viral on social media.

Dredge Masters Limited (DML), a subsidiary of Jospong Group, has earned high praise from the Parliamentary Select Committee on Works and Housing for its ongoing dredging works in the Odaw River and the Korle Lagoon in Accra. 

The Ghana cedi has been named the world’s best-performing currency this month, after appreciating nearly 16 per cent against the US dollar since the start of April 2025 per Bloomberg. 

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Dr Murtala Mohammed Ibrahim, has expressed the government’s commitment to fund the remediation of polluted rivers and reclaim contaminated farmlands.

A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice William Atuguba says a “sudden notion of unfairness,” particularly from members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the ongoing constitutional process on three petitions asking for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo from office was questionable.

The Ghana Police Service has expressed its readiness to provide security for the collation of the Ablekuma North constituency 2024 parliamentary election results.

The former head of one of the three main agencies constituting Ghana's national security system is under trial for stealing public funds designated for intelligence operations.

Kwabena Adu-Boahene, a former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau who has been charged with stealing, along side three other persons including his wife has sent a memo to the current National Security Coordinator on how some of the monies were spent on national security operations.

President John Mahama has made substantial progress in fulfilling his 120-day social contract with Ghanaians, achieving 72 per cent of his 25 key pledges within the self-imposed timeframe. 

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of planned and emergency maintenance activities across multiple regions today, Thursday, May 8, 2025, as part of efforts to enhance service reliability and improve power distribution systems.

South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May.

President John Dramani Mahama has said he has reopened investigations into "several politically linked violent incidents," including the 2020 Techiman South election shooting and the 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election disturbances, pledging that justice will be pursued for all victims.

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his government’s intention to introduce legislation aimed at reforming the administration of government scholarships and barring political appointees from benefiting from them.

Speaking during a national address on Wednesday, May 7, to give an account of his performance in the first 120 days in office, President Mahama emphasized that the proposed bill will be presented to Parliament as part of broader efforts to promote transparency, fairness, and integrity in the allocation of state-sponsored scholarships.