John Dramani Mahama is a frustrated President.

On Friday, October 10, 2025, the Nobel Foundation, located in Stockholm, Sweden, awarded the 2025 prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, to Venezuela’s Opposition Leader, Maria Corina Machado, for her fight against dictatorship in Venezuela. 

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has started a more frequent economic growth measure, with the maiden monthly indicator of economic growth (MIEG), revealing a 4.5 per cent year-on-year growth in the economy for July 2025. 

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential campaign has degenerated into a theatre of unruliness — a noisy, chaotic spectacle growing louder by the day, fueled largely by the deafening silence of the two main contenders: former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. 

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has handed over a set of furniture to two schools in the metropolis. 

The Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has emphasised the government's commitment to restoring integrity and enhancing governance in Ghana’s real estate sector through targeted regulatory reforms. 

More than 1 million tickets have already been sold for next year’s World Cup, FIFA said Thursday in its first update on numbers since the official start of sales began earlier this month.

The highest demand, as would be expected, were from buyers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico — the three nations that will play host to the tournament.

FIFA said people from 212 different countries and territories have already purchased, even though only 28 of the 48 spots in the field have been filled.

Telecel Ghana has dismissed allegations by the Minority in Parliament suggesting its involvement in a secret takeover of AT Ghana, describing the claims as “misleading” and “inaccurate.”

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that China has approved an additional 200 million Renminbi (RMB)[official name of China's currency] grant to support Ghana’s development projects.

Archaeologists at Topraktepe, A mound in southern Turkey identified with the early Byzantine city of Irenopolis, unearthed five carbonized bread loaves dating to the seventh or eighth century CE. 

One loaf carried an image of Christ portrayed as a sower scattering grain above the Greek phrase With our gratitude to Blessed Jesus. 

The remaining four showed Maltese-cross impressions, a motif often stamped on Eucharistic bread.

A major legal claim has been filed in the UK against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, accusing the firm of knowingly selling baby powder contaminated with asbestos.

The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, which have been seen by the BBC.

Food and beverage giant Nestle said it will cut 16,000 jobs over the next two years, as its new CEO Philipp Navratil pushes to focus on products with the "highest potential returns".

Last Friday Grace Jin Drexel received a text from her father in China, the prominent pastor Jin Mingri, telling her to pray for another pastor who had gone missing.

The text said that the other pastor had been detained while visiting the southern city of Shenzhen.

President John Dramani Mahama is expected to launch the School Farm Initiative on Tuesday, October 21, in the Volta Region.

Ghana has unveiled a new, more frequent measure of its economic heartbeat, with the inaugural Monthly Indicator of Economic Growth (MIEG) revealing a 4.5 per cent year-on-year expansion for July 2025.

Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen’s Movement for Change has transformed into the United Party (UP Plus), a new political entity launched in Accra on Thursday. 

The country has the potential to increase rice production to 35 million tonnes annually and become a major exporter of the staple crop.

The trending news in the media, especially on social media, this past week has been the annual ritual of fresh lawyers being admitted to the roll of lawyers in Ghana. 

President John Dramani Mahama has encouraged Chinese businesses to invest more in Ghana, where there is sustainable peace and a conducive environment in doing business.

The Presidential Elections Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will embark on a nationwide constituency album verification and validation exercise in preparation for the party's presidential primary slated for Saturday, January 31, 2026.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has urged African countries to prioritise investment in human capacity to strengthen cybersecurity and digital finance systems. 

Last Sunday, October 12, was another shameful day.

Beatrice Tetteh, 57, a former kenkey seller, is appealing to the general public for financial assistance to support the upkeep of her grandchildren, 10-year-old triplets Peter, Paul, and Pearl Kotey, who are pupils of Odorkor Salaria One Basic School.

Ghana’s approach to natural resource governance took centre stage at a high-level meeting in Washington yesterday, as finance ministers from five African countries hailed the country’s pioneering the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) model as a benchmark for resource-led development across the continent.

The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) recorded a loss after tax of GH¢9.68 billion last year, depicting a 35.44 per cent deterioration of the GH¢7.14 billion losses recorded in the 2023 financial year.