The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Randy Abbey, has refiled his GH¢20million defamation suit against the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye, this time around, using a private legal practitioner.

At the close of 2025, a colleague within the media fraternity quietly declared his intention to resign from his station. That same evening, while driving through Kumasi, my attention was drawn to a conspicuous billboard announcing the arrival of yet another radio station in the city.

Within twenty-four hours, social media was awash with a flyer declaring that the entire on-air team of an established station had migrated wholesale to a competing network. One could only wish them well and hope that their professional commitment and hard work (Sompa) over the years would translate into brighter (Owia) prospects. Ironically, a new palace (Ahemfie) has been established at the Central Business of Kumasi with a PhD friend on board.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned that results from any polling centre compromised by misconduct or breaches of rules during its January 31 presidential primary will be cancelled.

The race to succeed the late National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ayawaso East, Mahama Naser Toure, has heated up as the party opens nominations on Saturday, January 24, 2026, for prospective aspirants to file to contest the party's parliamentary primary scheduled for Saturday, February 7, 2026.

Given the trend of our conversation, the question caught me off guard temporarily, though it did not totally surprise me!

About five years ago, I travelled to the Volta Region from Darkuman in Accra, using the Dodowa route.

Renowned Ghanaian musician, Rocky Dawuni, has called for a more nuanced understanding of the country's galamsey crisis, highlighting the human stories behind the environmental destruction.

President John Dramani Mahama has declared that Africa must “pull itself up by its own bootstraps” and shape the emerging global order rather than remain trapped in what he termed “triple dependency” on foreign security, donor aid and raw material exports.

The Central North Regional Police Command has successfully concluded a three-day intensive capacity-building and high-risk tactical training for 80 security personnel at Assin Fosu, aimed at strengthening security ahead of the New Patriotic Party presidential primary.

A 29-year-old labourer has been sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for stealing GH¢12,000 at Kumasi-Santasi.

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has rescued a dog that was trapped in a well at Amamorley Canada Junction in the Greater Accra Region, following a swift emergency response.

President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to advanced nations in the Global North to support the Accra Reset Initiative, describing it as a new framework for equitable global partnership and shared prosperity.

Ghana is set to deepen its trade and investment engagement with China with plans to open a new Trade Office in Nanjing, Shandong Province, in 2026, the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has announced.

Hajia Amina Adam, the widow of the late Member of Parliament for Ayawaso East has formally declared her intention to contest the National Democratic Congress parliamentary primary as part of the processes in finding a replacement Member of Parliament.

The five presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have signed a peace pact committing themselves to a peaceful, transparent and credible internal election ahead of the party’s presidential primary scheduled for January 31, 2026.

The Accra High Court has dismissed a defamation suit by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD, Randy Abbey, against the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye on grounds of being procedurally defective.

In its ruling delivered on Monday, January 19, 2026 the court presided over by Justice Halimah El- Alawa Abdul Baasit, described the writ as “procedurally defective” because it was issued by the Legal Department of COCOBOD with the Director of Legal of COCOBOD as lawyer for the plaintiff [Randy Abbey].

The Court of Appeal has ordered the Inspector General of Police to take immediate steps to promote forty (40) police chief inspectors who were excluded from a promotion exercise, while others were promoted to their appropriate ranks during a special amnesty exercise that considered all policemen who had upgraded their educational levels with a first degree while still in service between 2008 and 2020.

The Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry has reported a 41.21 per cent growth in non-traditional export (NTE) earnings for the first half of 2025, reaching $2.54 billion, as part of steps towards a $10 billion export target by 2030.

The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reiterated the country’s commitment to expanding trade, investment, and people-to-people relations with China.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold its parliamentary primary on February 7, 2026, to elect the party’s candidate for the Ayawaso East Constituency parliamentary by-election slated for March 3, 2026.

Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, says it will launch more than 5,400 satellites to create a new communications network.

The Ghana National Fire Service has successfully contained a commercial fire that broke out at Madina Zongo Junction in Accra, preventing it from spreading to adjoining buildings and averting possible casualties.

The proactive and consistent statements on grave global issues by government is not a shift from the country’s foreign policy direction, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said. 

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has robustly defended its decision to recruit nurses from Ghana, describing the move as a necessary intervention to address persistent staffing shortages and burnout within the country’s healthcare system.

The Minister of Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare has accused Ghanaians of acting as enablers of foreigners illegally operating in the country’s retail sector.