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Lydia Quist of IMANI has argued that Ghana’s retail sector needs a shift from protectionism to openness, following President Mahama’s announcement at the Japan–Africa Summit to scrap the $1 million minimum capital requirement for foreign trading companies. Her analysis, published in IMANI’s Criticality Analysis of Governance and Economic Issues (August 17–23, 2025), points out that the rule under the GIPC Act was meant to protect local traders but has instead discouraged smaller foreign investors and stifled innovation. “The $1 million threshold has been a blunt instrument, a deterrent that blocked investment without meaningfully safeguarding local traders,” she noted. The Ghana…

Six people have been killed and 18 others injured in Gbiniyiri, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region, after clashes over land ownership turned violent on Sunday. The conflict forced women and children to flee, while properties were destroyed, leaving the community tense and unsettled. In response, the Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, led a team of top security officers to the area. About 300 personnel have been deployed from Accra to Gbiniyiri and adjoining communities to reinforce security and restore calm. Before his visit to Gbiniyiri, Mr. Yohuno met with the Regional Security…

Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Asiedu Nketia, has responded to reports suggesting that he is nursing a presidential ambition. According to him, it is too early to have such conversations, and therefore, “If we get to the bridge, we will cross it.” General Mosquito, as he is popularly called, believes the focus eight months after winning an election must never be about who takes over from President Mahama, but rather on how to ensure the government succeeds. He was speaking to Channel 1 Media when he espoused this position. The chairman of the NDC’s name has featured…

Johnson Asiedu Nketia has charged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its appointees to focus on ensuring that the current government succeeds. He says if there is success in the current government, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) stands to gain, as it will improve their chances in the 2028 elections. However, if the party, its members, and appointees focus on who will take over from John Dramani Mahama, then the party stands to lose gravely. Asiedu Nketia made this known in an interview with Channel 1 Media. “I have been monitoring this whole discussion about who is running…

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Asiedu Nketia, has responded to claims by some elements in the opposition that John Dramani Mahama wants to amend the constitution to allow for a third term for himself. According to him, the NDC has never run the party in ways that conflict with the national constitution. He says the party will stick to the country’s constitution and will not do anything to hamper the constitution. “We have never run our party in ways that conflict with the national constitution, and we don’t intend doing that. We will stick by the tenets…

A farmer named Baba Takwara from Kpasenkpe working in Yama near Walewale, drowned in the White Volta River on Monday evening, August 25, 2025. According to local Assembly Member Jacob Nluki, Takwara stayed behind to fetch water and food while his colleagues began harvesting across the river. He never returned, and his body was later found. He has since been buried under Islamic rites. Officials link the tragedy to rising river levels caused by the Bagre Dam spillage in Burkina Faso, which regularly floods northern Ghana during the rainy season. Just days earlier, SONABEL and NADMO had warned farmers to…

Dr. Randy Abbey has reportedly filed a GHC 20 million defamation lawsuit against Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP. The suit, filed on August 26, 2025, accuses Abronye of making false and malicious claims during a public broadcast, which later circulated widely on social media. According to court documents, Abronye alleged that Dr. Abbey abused state resources, including using multiple Land Cruisers to transport a personal chair to cocoa farms because he refused to sit on those provided by farmers. He also accused him of manipulating internal appointments at COCOBOD to enable…

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has rejected suggestions that the current government is plotting to remove suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office. Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26, Asiedu Nketiah insisted that the executive arm of government has taken no such steps. “The executive has done nothing about the removal of the Chief Justice,” he stated firmly. According to him, the executive has remained within the bounds of the constitution, carrying out its responsibilities without interfering in judicial matters. “If anything at all, the executive is undertaking their responsibilities as far as upholding the constitution…

Asiedu Nketiah has dismissed suggestions that the Akwatia constituency is a safe seat for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), insisting that the area has always been a swing constituency since the advent of the Fourth Republic. The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) rejected calls for the NDC to abandon Akwatia to the NPP, stressing that the party remains fully committed to contesting the seat. “Those saying we should leave Akwatia for the NPP, that comment does not hold water. Why was it necessary for us to file candidates in all 276 constituencies if we didn’t want…

Ghana News Agency is reporting that eight persons have been convicted for assaulting former Fisheries Minister Hawa Koomson at Ablekuma North during the rerun of 19 polling stations. The report said the eight persons pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit crime to wit, assault and three counts of assault. The eight persons include Mohammed Abubakar, a private security, Jijani Mahmud, a driver, Prince Dzakpasu, a businessman, and Anas Mohammed, an Estate Developer. The rest are Mohammed Hamda, a Mechanic, Darko Otibu Samuel, a businessman, Musah Muntari, a station manager, and Ali Saeed, a businessman. The court presided over…