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Eid today? Feelings tomorrow.
This is your official reminder that today is for soaking in the blessings... and some chevon and beef too. Forget your situationship, your unpaid ECG bills and even your job. If you’re not chewing, you’re doing Eid wrong. Just don’t wear tight jeans. That’s a rookie mistake.
Now, here are stories from the week that have led us to this moment:
Crime: Imagine ghosting your ex, but the ex is Ghana, and they called INTERPOL.
Regional: Tema Port is starting to feel like a JCB showroom. Every single day, over 200 excavators are touching down, and the transport minister is like, “Is this a construction site or a coup?”
Regional: Accra’s decongestion gave us space to breathe, but now the displaced traders are gasping for designated spots.
National: “If we’d known about the levy, that 15% fare reduction wouldn’t have been so generous,”
National: President Mahama just dropped a bombshell: Styrofoam (aka those classic white takeaway packs) will soon be banned in Ghana.
Fact of the Day: The Rubik’s cube is the best-selling toy of all time.
National: Akandoh is begging striking nurses to pull up to the negotiation table, but nurses are like, “Table for what? Where's our 2024 agreement?”
Entertainment: Patapaa’s not doing One Corner again o — this time he’s spinning straight into court if you come for him.
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Apparently, they’ve been trying to get Mr. Ofori-Atta to pull up and explain a few things: some sus money moves around the National Cathedral project (yes, that same one that’s still just vibes), and a revenue assurance deal with Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd that’s giving “hmm.” The man didn’t show. Gave doctor’s notes, legal reps, future promises. OSP said “Awww” then hit INTERPOL with his full stats. This isn’t even round one. In February, the man was already declared a fugitive. Then he promised to return in May, got un-listed, and even sued the OSP like it’s some legal UNO game. “Reverse. Skip. Draw four.” And now, here we are again. Read more
Over 200 excavators land at Tema Port daily, and Ghana’s Transport Minister is basically screaming “Earthmovers, assemble!” while galamseyers rub their hands like villains. Get the full deets in the Deep Dive section.
So the nurses are on strike, and the Health Minister, Akandoh, is basically doing a nationwide tour of vibes and empty wards. While he's out there inspecting the ghost town that used to be our hospitals, he’s gently telling nurses, “Please come back, let’s talk nicely.” But the nurses are not having it. They're standing firm like jollof on fire saying until the government fulfills its 2024 promises, they’re not budging. Patients are hanging, wards are quiet, and Akandoh is out here whispering apologies like a boyfriend who forgot your birthday. Read more
If you’ve been to Makola lately and didn’t have to squeeze past someone frying yam next to a trotro mirror seller, congrats — you’re experiencing post-decongestion Accra. The city is looking chef’s kiss orderly. But behind the freshly swept pavements and Instagrammable CBD glow-up, there’s a quiet hustle going extinct and the people affected are getting louder. Some like Salomey Adjetey are even cool with the new system. But without permanent places to operate, she and her peers fear they’ll be forced back onto the pavements, creating a vicious cycle of evict-and-return. They’re appealing to the city authorities: “Help us sell in peace, not pieces.” Read more
FACT OF THE DAY
The Rubik’s cube is the best-selling toy of all time.
Since it was introduced in 1980, over 350 million Rubik’s cubes have been sold.
GPRTU says the government did them dirty. After agreeing to cut transport fares by 15%, the union was hit with a GH₵1 hike in fuel levy and they’re not smiling. They feel blindsided, calling it a classic case of “You should’ve told us!” Now, they’ve issued a warning: reverse course or face a potential nationwide strike come June 10. The union says the levy basically cancels out the fare cut and leaves drivers at a loss. According to GPRTU’s Abass Imoro, if they had known this was coming, the fare slash would’ve been less deep or wouldn’t have happened at all. Read more
President Mahama says the days of the white bowl lifestyle are numbered. The familiar Styrofoam takeaway pack, beloved by waakye and gob3 fans nationwide is now enemy number one in Ghana’s fight against pollution. At the 2025 National Tree Planting launch, Mahama made it clear: the government is going green, and Styrofoam doesn’t make the cut. He called it one of the “biggest polluters”, especially because people just dump it after eating. Fair point: Styrofoam takes forever to break down, litters streets, and clogs drains.
Under the new policy, both importation and production of Styrofoam will be banned. Read more
You remember 2017? The year some people nearly broke their spines doing One Corner behind people’s cars and church pews. Patapaa gave us the most chaotic national cardio and somehow united the country with one beat and zero lyrics. Fast forward to now, man’s being dragged through the mud. Apparently, the trolling has hit DEFCON 1 levels. Some people are treating Patapaa’s name like pepper, sprinkling it in convos for clout and cruise. But his management has had enough and issued a defamation notice sharper than Patapaa’s ad-libs. So if you’ve been running your mouth like it’s a 100m dash, you might just catch a court date. Read more
DEEP DIVE
Excavator Invasion
You know how in every Ghanaian construction site, there’s that one excavator doing the Lord’s work, digging slowly but dramatically? Now imagine 200 of them entering Ghana daily like it’s a TikTok trend. The Minister for Transport, Joseph Nikpe Bukari, is shook. The man went to Tema Port, saw over 1,200 excavators queued like they were waiting for something and basically said, “Ei, this one diɛ, the country is under attack.”
This isn’t just about traffic jams at the port. The bigger fear? Illegal mining. Galamseyers have been playing Minecraft in real life for years. N ow they’re about to get an upgrade with industrial-grade toys. The Minister says intelligence reports are flagging 3,000 more diggers en route to Ghana by sea. At this rate, we don’t need a gold rush; we need a gold ban.
To curb the madness, the government introduced a new policy that’s giving customs officers main character energy: “No Permit, No Excavator.” If you’re not a legit contractor or licensed mining company, forget it. You and your excavator will be ghosted at the port like an ex who owes you money. The days of rolling up with a smile and a shipping receipt are over. Now, it’s vetting or vamoose.
So yeah, the fight against galamsey just got an equipment upgrade but this time, it’s the government doing the levelling. Let’s just hope it’s not another policy that starts with vim and ends with "eyy, but the boys dey inside too.” Because if we don’t get it right, it won’t be long before we start exporting rivers in sachets. Read more
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