COCOBOD bans LBCs from buying cocoa from farmers on credit
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has barred Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) from purchasing cocoa beans on credit from farmers, warning that companies that breach the...
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Ato Forson: I have no rift with Eric Opoku
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has dismissed claims of a rift between his ministry and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) over a...
FDA shuts down 44 food facilities over safety breaches
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has shut down 44 food manufacturing facilities, including sachet water producers and cold stores, for failing to comply with...
Ghanaians lose GH¢296,000 to online restaurant scams in six months
Ghanaians lost nearly GH¢300,000 to online restaurant impersonation scams in the first six months of 2026, as cyber criminals increasingly hijacked Google business listings to...
Ghana spends $350 million annually on poultry imports – Agric Minister
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has disclosed that Ghana spends approximately $350 million every year to import poultry products, noting that the...
NACOC intercepts GH¢100m tramadol shipment at Accra Int’l Airport, three arrested
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted a shipment containing approximately five million tramadol tablets with an estimated street value of GH¢100 million at the...
Eat some, but treat Nkoko Nkitinkiti as a business – Eric Opoku to beneficiaries
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has urged beneficiaries of the government’s Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative to treat the programme as a business venture...
Galamsey fight is difficult but we will not surrender – Lands Minister
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has acknowledged the significant challenges facing the government’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as...
Cabinet revokes E.I.144 to restore Achimota Forest Reserve
Cabinet has directed the immediate revocation of Executive Instrument (E.I.) 144, paving the way for the full restoration of the Achimota Forest to its original...
Gov’t general clean-up exercise will be sustained, not a one-off response – Felix Kwakye Ofosu
The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says the government’s National General Cleaning Exercise will become a sustained initiative rather...