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The National Petroleum Authority raised the petrol floor to GH¢14.53 a litre and diesel to GH¢15.60 for the first September pricing window. Oil marketers project higher pump prices even though the cedi strengthened, because international product costs rose faster.

The Education Ministry postponed the 2026/2027 CSSPS release from 31 August to Friday, 4 September so outstanding school choices can be uploaded. About 20,000 qualified students were still missing from the platform, the ministry said.

Large and medium operators placing cocoa on the EU market must show the beans are deforestation-free, legally produced and traceable to the farm plot. Ghana has rolled out a national cocoa traceability system and a 2020 forest map; the public record still does not put a firm price on what farmers and cooperatives will pay.

Provisional Ghana Statistical Service figures show real GDP up 6.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026. Services contributed nearly half of that growth, led by a 25.2% surge in information and communication; the data do not show how households shared the gain.

A single Supreme Court justice dismissed Solomon Asamoah’s bid to pause the High Court case while his certiorari application remains pending. The ruling does not decide guilt or quash the trial judge’s no-case ruling; the accused must still file their defences by 23 September 2026.

After a threatened nationwide walkout, three pre-tertiary unions agreed to suspend their planned strike once government committed to placing about 80,000 promoted teachers on their correct salary scales by the end of September, with arrears calculated from January 2026.

From 1 September, a class of licensed gold buyers can no longer ship unrefined metal out of the country. The Ghana Gold Board says they or their trading partners must pay for local refining first, but has not said what that will cost.