Here are the top headline stories pulled from the front pages of the provided Ghanaian newspapers.

The Dispatch

• Main: GHANA MUST KEEP TWO TERM PREZ LIMITS – ASIEDU NKETIA
• Secondary: IGP YOHUNO PROMOTES SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARRESTED SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH MURDER
• Also: MY JOURNEY FROM RUNNING MATE TO FORMER VEEP IS BY GOD’S DIVINE WILL – DR. BAWUMIA; BLACK STARS COACH QUEIROS TO STAY; REV. STEPHEN WENGAM LAUNCHES THE 10TH TRIENNIAL CONGRESS…

The Hawk Newspaper

• Main: MAHAMA DUMPS ASHIE MOORE (Over ‘Incompetence’ At Sankofa Gold)
• Secondary: FORMER CDS OFFERS BOOZ AND CASH TO KILL STORY; MAHAMA, OPEN YOUR EYES! – Obiri Boahen’s Chilling Warning: NPP ‘Mulling Evil’; SILENT THEN. OUTRAGED NOW – Anin-Yeboah’s Praise Exposes Critics’ Double Standards

The Overseer

• Main: MAHAMA SACKS NDC ‘SERIAL TROUBLEMAKER’ ASHIE-MOORE FROM SANKOFA GOLD
• Secondary: Free Primary Healthcare To Reach All 216 Districts By 2027 – Akandoh; Mahama Has Mobilized $1.7bn For Accra-Kumasi Expressway – Tamakloe; Ato Forson Thanks Constituents For 18 Years Of Support

The New Trust

• Main: Over 300k candidates chose category A schools despite 76,417 vacancies – Education Ministry
• Secondary: Ashanti NPP Women’s Wing cautions “Prophet” Owusu Bempah over attacks on Ayew Afriyie & Bawumia; Govt spent GH¢49.7m on 1,964 Ghanaians evacuated from SA – Ablakwa reveals; COKA swears in appointed deputy regional executives & others…urges them to work hard in unity

The National Enquirer

• Main: DON’T PAY ANYONE FOR SHS PLACEMENT – Dr. Apaak warns parents
• Secondary: National Security Nabs Notorious Illicit Drugs Pusher; TOR Seeks Strategic Int’l Partners; Minerals Commission Pushes Deeper Ghana-UK Mining Cooperation; NPA Gears Up – Takes petroleum safety campaign to Fetu Afahye in Cape Coast

The Spyder

• Main: Ayariga’s Cathedral Slip-Up: Chieftaincy Minister Tenure Starts on Wrong Footing
• Secondary: Controversial ‘Witches Conference’ Set for Accra; Former Army Boss’ Cash-And-Booze Trap Fails – Oppong-Peprah’s Journalist Trap Lands Him in Trouble; Do the Math: Students are Getting Smarter in Numbers, Dumber in Words – WAEC

Daily Graphic

• Main: Free Primary Healthcare goes live (Over 4,500 facilities ready • 135 Districts implement policy)
• Secondary: 53,000 Grade 9 BECE graduates given lifeline – They can do self-placement; Amansie Community Bank mobilises GH¢1bn deposits – Highest in Ashanti Region for 2025

Economy Times

• Main: BoG develops regulatory framework for cedi-backed stablecoins
• Secondary: Ghana’s 4-Year Bond issuance settles at 12% – …govt accepts bids of GH¢3.15 billion; Cedi turnaround delivers GH¢23.7bn FX upswing for SOEs

Day Break (Dated September 2, 2026)

• Main: Mahama Sued – …Over Council of State Vacancy
• Secondary: 1 In 4 Fibre Cuts By Galamsey – …Sam George Reveals; Be Like Zijin! – …Armah Buah Charges Ghanaian Mining Companies; Galamsey To Worsen – …Without Right Intelligence Architecture

The Government of Ghana has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to join the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM).

In the historic development that transforms a presidential directive into a tangible economic and health-security victory, the agreement instantly expands the addressable market for Ghanaian pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturers from a domestic base of 33 million people to over 1.4 billion consumers across the African continent.

The landmark agreement, inked on August 21, 2026, in Accra, delivers squarely on the directive issued by President John Mahama during the Ghana Vaccines Manufacturing Investment Forum held in August 2025.

At that forum, the President explicitly ordered reforms to prioritize locally produced vaccines and pharmaceuticals in public procurement and made a firm pledge to secure regional market access for Ghanaian producers—a promise now given practical effect through the leadership of the National Vaccine Institute (NVI).

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Minister for Health, who represented Ghana at the signing alongside Africa CDC Director-General H.E. Dr. Jean Kaseya, underscored the political weight of the occasion.

“This MoU gives practical effect to the commitment of H. E. President John Dramani Mahama at the Ghana Vaccines Manufacturing Investment Forum held in Accra in August 2025,” said Minister Akandoh.

A Continental Framework with Deep Legal Roots

A press release issued by the National Vaccine Institute (NVI) explained further that the APPM was not a fledgling initiative but a mature, continental market-shaping and pooled procurement mechanism firmly grounded in African Union law.

The APPM was established under African Union Assembly Decisions, which urges all Member States to join. By signing on, Ghana positions itself at the heart of the continent’s new health security architecture.

Transformative Implications for Ghanaian Industry

For Ghanaian manufacturers, the implications are nothing short of transformative:

• Unprecedented Market Access: Both established pharmaceutical firms and upcoming players within the Government’s planned Ghana Pharmaceutical Hub now have a structured pathway to supply quality-assured health products, vaccines, and medical equipment to all 55 AU Member States through Africa CDC’s demand aggregation.
• Sustainable and Predictable Demand: By solving the critical challenge of a small domestic market, the APPM ensures the long-term viability of local manufacturing investments, creating expanded, predictable demand for African-made products.
• Strengthened Health Security: The mechanism will improve access to affordable, quality-assured products while bolstering supply security, collective purchasing power, and intra-African trade—aligning perfectly with Africa CDC’s Strategic Plan (2023-2027) and the African Health Security and Sovereignty (AHSS) Framework.

Ghana’s Regulatory Sovereignty Preserved

Crucially, the MoU safeguards national regulatory authority. All procurement under the APPM remains subject to the exclusive regulatory oversight of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for marketing authorization, import control, batch release, and post-market surveillance. The Ghana FDA is well-respected across the continent as a WHO Maturity Level 3 Regulator for Medicines, ensuring that the highest standards of quality and safety will govern all products supplied under the mechanism.

NVI at the Forefront of Execution

Commenting on the signing, Dr. Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, Chief Executive Officer of the National Vaccine Institute, described the moment as a defining inflection point for both the institution and the nation.

“This is a defining moment for Ghana and for the NVI,” said Dr. Sodzi-Tettey. “For years, our local manufacturers have been constrained by a market of 33 million. With APPM, we now have access to a market of 1.4 billion Africans. This MoU delivers on President Mahama’s vision for Ghana to become a regional hub for vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing. It guarantees that when we manufacture Tetanus Diphtheria vaccines and Anti-tetanus Serum in 2026, and other essential products including Snake Venom anti-Serum which we have already manufactured in 2025, we have a continental market ready to buy. The NVI is fully committed to working with Africa CDC to make the Accra Regional Meeting in November a success with practical implications.”

Next Steps: Operationalization in Accra

In line with the MoU, the NVI and Africa CDC will jointly operationalize Ghana’s participation during the upcoming Regional Meeting on the APPM, scheduled to be hosted in Accra in November 2026. The meeting will bring together political leadership, policymakers, regulators, manufacturers, and procurement agencies to agree on the APPM Supply Catalogue, technical specifications, and detailed implementation arrangements.

The National Vaccine Institute said in the press statement that it looks forward to working with all stakeholders to realize Africa’s pharmaceutical manufacturing sovereignty.

The National Vaccine Institute, established by Act 1056 of 2023, is mandated to coordinate, supervise, and facilitate local manufacturing of vaccines and sera in Ghana.

Here are the top headlines from newspaper front pages for Monday, September 7, 2026.

DAILY GRAPHIC

• Main Headline: Don’t admit outside CSSPS – Minister directs SHS heads
• Side Headline: 1 in 5 Ghanaians battles elevated blood pressure – MoH rallies support to curb rising NCD burden
• Other: Equips young people at Senior Correctional Centre (Page 13)

DAILY GUIDE

• Main Headline: Parliament Backs OSP Probe Into ‘Fake’ GH¢70k Memo
• Side Headlines:
• NFS Goes Digital, Introduces Automated Fire Compliance System
• Influencer Dies After Penile Enlargement Procedure (Page 3)
• NPP Clears 47 For National Positions, Balloting Sept. 9 (Page 3)
• Mother, Son Arrested For Possessing Narcotics (Page 3)

THE CHRONICLE

• Main Headline: Agyarko Plots NPP’s Return To Power
• Side Headline: Akatsi North & South Sit On A Time Bomb – As Dispute Over ‘Avega’ Escalates
• Other: Unity Key To NPP’s 2028 Comeback – Asanteman COKA (from another image)

THE PUBLISHER

• Main Headline: Chief Justice Under Fire – ‘Optics’ of SOE Visits Spark Judicial Independence Fears
• Side Headlines:
• 47 Cleared! NPP’s National Leadership Race Kicks Off
• Classroom Crisis: English Hits 4-Year Low, WAEC Cancels 8,295 Results
• Heartbreak Detector: Ghana Launches App To Check If Your Partner Is Already Taken
• Gov’t Completes Evacuation of Citizens From South Africa

GHANAIAN TIMES

• Main Headline: Let’s protect country’s peace – Gonja Overlord urges Ghanaians (Page 12)
• Side Headlines:
• Ghana National Fire Service goes digital (Page 6)
• Minister puts contractors on notice over abandoned projects (Page 11)
• Women urged to acquire financial literacy, digital skills

THE CUSTODIAN

• Main Headline: Mahama Boots Out Ashie-Moore Over Governance Issues at Sankofa Gold Ltd.
• Side Headlines: Bawumia to Unveil New Cocoa Policy Soon – Annoh-Dompreh Hints
• Agyarko Promises to Empower NPP Executives For 2028 Victory

THE CANARY

• Main Headline: Over Clash With MD On Cars, Hotel Bills
• Side Headlines:
• Eric Opoku Eulogises First Agric Minister Under Fourth Republic (Page 2)
• Ato Forson Starts Groundwork For Mahama’s $10bn New Economy (Page 3)
• Dwumfour Challenges Virtue School To Prepare Students For Digital Economy
• Ashanti Region NPP Organises Thanksgiving Service After Successful Executive Elections (Page 2)

THE HERALD

• Headlines:
• Brekuohene Raises Alarm Over Adeiso Farm Destruction
• NPP Race: Eric Nana Agyemang Prempeh Endorses Nana B For 1st Vice Chairman Position
• Global Recognition: Dr. Sylvester Nyamekye Wins 2025 Best Paper Award

THE INSIDER

• Headlines:
• Bawumia To Outline Major Cocoa Policy – Annoh-Dompreh (Page 2)
• Unity Key To NPP’s 2028 Comeback – Asanteman COKA (Page 3)
• Dwumfour Calls For AI-Focused Education

THE NEW INDEPENDENT

• Headlines:
• Adomako Baafi: Nana B Is Best For NPP 1st Vice-Chair Job (Page 4)
• NPP Accepts All 47 Contenders For National Positions
• NDC’s Ashie Moore “Caused” Sankofa Gold Board Dissolution
• Annoh-Dompreh: Bawumia Has New Plan For Cocoa Farmers
• APD2027 Launched, Fixed For 27-29 January 2027

DAILY POST

• Headlines:
• Ayarko Targets Greater Accra For NPP’s 2028 Victory (Page 3)
• Galamsey Pits Swallow 38 – Armah Buah On Boasting Spree
• Task Force Failing (Page 3)
• Ayensuano MP Scouts For Football Players From Constituency (Page 9)
• Akufo-Addo Appointees Chase Ato Forson For Ex-Gratia (Page 2)
• Pastoral Message To Mahama: Ghana Is On Wrong Direction (Page 2)

THE NEW CRUSADING GUIDE

• Headlines:
• Accra Int’l Airport VIP Lounge to be completed by end of 2026 – Ablakwa
• Teshie climaxes Peaceful Homowo Celebration – With the traditional “Tsese-Bumo” rites
• Chief Justice should stop commenting on some political issues – Domelevo
• Atewa Forest: Forestry Commission arrests 12 illegal miners

B&FT

• Is COCOBOD All Set For Market Return…clears 2026 DDEP obligations
  • Other Headlines: No public funds for parties’ routine activities — IEA. See page 2
  • NIA has not introduced new Ghana Card fees — NIA. See page 5

GRAPHIC SPORTS

• Main Headline: Queiroz must deliver! – No more excuses for AFCON qualifying campaign – Leads Ghana’s AFCON failure, warns Afriyie
• Side Headlines:
• Dogboe walks away from boxing – Passes torch to next warriors (Back Page)
• Jordan Ayew – Currently unattached, Jordan close to Blackburn move (Page 7)

GRAPHIC BUSINESS

• Main Headline: 3 Entities, half the workforce – COCOBOD, GPHA, and ECG alone account for more than half of entire SOE workforce
• Side Headlines:
• Domestic costs push inflation to 5.0% (Page 2)
• Tennis: Ghana’s $5.5m golden ticket to economic revival (Back Page)

NATIONAL SECURITY / DRUGS STORY (Unclear publication)

• Headline: National Security Arrest Man and Wife for Drugs – Joint team arrests 51-year-old at Weija for cannabis and tramadol; firearm and ammunition also recovered

Summary of Dominant Themes Today (Sept. 7, 2026):