Ghana Pushes Plant-Based Foods to Strengthen Nutrition and Climate Defenses

Arora Supplies and the Naomi Mikafui Breast Cancer Foundation screened traders and residents on Accra's Spintex Road for free on October 27, 2026, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah will not seek re-election, fuelling speculation of a 2028 presidential bid as five aspirants battle to succeed him.

The Minority Caucus accuses Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa of financial irregularities in the GH¢49.7 million South Africa evacuation and demands his resignation.

The Gambia has adopted Ghana's Margins ID digital identity technology, with presidential adviser Ousman Bah calling Ghana's interoperability model the standard for African-led digitalisation.

The EPA is taking its Styrofoam ban awareness campaign to five northern regions ahead of the January 1, 2027 deadline, with a major stakeholder event in Tamale.

Augustine Boakye hit a 90th-minute winner for Saint-Etienne to reach six goals in ten games, as Inaki Williams and Daniel Kofi Kyereh also scored in a big weekend for Ghanaians abroad.

Sarkodie drew a record crowd to Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on October 24, 2026, as Rapperholic 2026 beat last year's homecoming edition.

President John Mahama told the 12th Tana Forum in Ethiopia that Africa must shape and fund its own future and resist becoming a battleground for foreign powers.

Ghana's Cyber Security Authority wants a national policy barring children under 13 from social media as cyberbullying and sextortion cases rise.

The Minority Caucus has asked President Mahama to dismiss GoldBod CEO Sammy Gyamfi over remarks suggesting miners can operate without licences outside protected areas.

MIIF CEO Justina Nelson says Ghana's mineral wealth must translate into better health for the women driving its economy, calling for sustained corporate action beyond October campaigns.

Mingus Reedus, son of Norman Reedus and Helena Christensen, walked free with no conviction after prosecutors folded six days before trial. The Olivia Cotter case, and her three online personas, explained.

On October 23, 2014, Ghana's top health bodies pledged not to shield Dr Ali-Gabass from justice, a promise kept with his 25-year sentence in 2015.

PRETAG says former Obuasi SHTS headmaster Zakaria Abdulai must face the law if guilty, but warns against branding all Ghanaian teachers as sexual predators.

A 14-year Ghanaian marriage collapsed on live television after a wife confessed that two of her three children were fathered by other men, prompting her husband to demand DNA tests and compensation.

Agonamanhene Obirikomfo Anokye Boakye II has banned Afigya Sekyere East MP Mavis Nkansah-Boadu from holding social events in his jurisdiction over a disputed invitation.

Six years after the Tarkwa-Nsuaem feud, Timothy Gariba admits his claims were lies and credits Bissue's mercy with saving his future.

COCOBOD's new cocoa notes are paying 11 per cent, beating the government's 9.71 per cent one-year Treasury bill and reshaping Ghana's domestic debt market.

Ghana's PHDC has signed a US$28 billion deal with a Global Sphere-led consortium to build a 300,000 bpd refinery, two petrochemical plants and storage at Jomoro, with work starting in early 2027.

Oppong Nkrumah challenges government to account for GH¢650 billion before unveiling a proposed $10 billion economic programme.

Africa's banks and crypto platforms have built near-identical AML controls but cannot share information, and that gap pushes remittance costs to 7.9%.

MTN Bright Scholarship beneficiary Solicity Amankwa-Taylor overcame family financial hardship to win three awards at UMaT and start her HSE career in Takoradi.

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has rejected the NPP Minority's audit of the GH¢49.7 million South Africa evacuation bill, calling the figures flawed.

<p>65 NDC aspirants in Ashanti cleared vetting as chairmanship rivals Nana Kwasi and Yaw Bonsu call for a clean, issue-based campaign ahead of November 14-15 regional elections.</p>

Hamdeyatu Seidu won first place in the maiden Ghana Through Our Eyes competition by NEO REPORT, earning 100 euros and international publication.

The GSA and Bank of Ghana ended their nationwide LOC sensitisation campaign on October 14, 2026, urging exporters to repatriate proceeds as rules ease.

Kwame Junior Asiemoah, known as JAK-UP, has filed his nomination for NDC Volta Regional Youth Organizer and launched a six-pillar manifesto centred on youth opportunity, skills and tourism-driven jobs.

Devtraco Plus has unveiled Lotus, Airport Residential, a premium twin-tower development two minutes from Kotoka International Airport, marking 30 years of real estate delivery in Ghana.

Fourteen civil society organisations have asked President Mahama to revoke offshore gold exploration licences covering 10,000 square kilometres of Ghana's continental shelf, saying fisheries and coastal livelihoods must come first.