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Vice President inspects proposed Free Zones Industrial Park site at Gomoa Central

Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on Wednesday led a delegation to inspect the proposed site for the Free Zones Industrial Park in Gomoa...

15-year-old pupil dies after being hit by vehicle during night float in Takoradi

A 15-year-old basic school pupil, Emmanuel Quansah, has died after he was knocked down by a vehicle during a night float in the Sekondi-Takoradi...

Firefighters rescue trapped victim after accident at Adasoase

A road traffic accident occurred on the under-construction Accra–Kumasi Bypass at Adasoase on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Firefighters from the Anyinam Fire Station responded swiftly...

MMDAs must lead market redevelopment to prevent fire outbreaks – Dr Agyemang

The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has reiterated the need for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to take responsibility...

CRC Chairman makes strong case for capping of ministerial appointments

Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC), Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has clarified that proposals to cap the number of ministers are intended primarily...

Mahama reveals plans to replace TV licence with Media levy

President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that Cabinet is reviewing Ghana’s current television licence system and will submit proposed legal amendments to Parliament after...

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie loses son

One of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's toddler twins has died, her family has confirmed. An official family statement said that 21-month-old boy Nkanu Nnamdi,...

Beginning the Year Right: Entrepreneurship isn’t the only route to success – Jeremiah Buabeng

Entrepreneur, conference speaker and corporate trainer, Jeremiah Buabeng, has challenged the popular notion that entrepreneurship is the only path to success, urging Ghanaians to...

Firefighters who assaulted Class FM journalist interdicted – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) officers involved in the assault of Class FM journalist Samuel Addo...

Bawumia poised to win over 65% in NPP primaries – Egyapa Mercer

Former Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has expressed confidence that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will secure more than 65 per cent of...

Gold-for-Reserves was the brainchild of the NPP gov’t but Mahama expanded it ‘recklessly’ – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Mahama administration of recklessly expanding the Gold-for-Reserves programme, blaming the government for what it describes as a...

Ofori-Atta’s lawyers move to block deportation, seek US stay extension for medical treatment

Lawyers for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are preparing to challenge efforts that could see him deported to Ghana, following his detention by United...

Asempa FM’s Philip Osei Bonsu files RTI request over alleged $214m Goldbod losses

The host of Asempa FM's Ekosiisen show, Philip Osei Bonsu, has formally filed a Right to Information (RTI) request directed at the Bank of Ghana (BoG),...

Nana Akomea confident Bawumia will win all 16 regions in NPP primaries [Audio]

The Chairman of the Communications Directorate of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign, Nana Akomea, has expressed confidence that the former is poised to win all...

Chief of Sefwi Kwawkrom raises alarm over deaths from abandoned galamsey pits

The Chief of Sefwi Kwawkrom in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region has raised serious concerns over the increasing loss of lives...

NPP Primaries: Nana Akomea slams prophets for dragging God’s name into politics [Listen]

The Vice Chairman of the 2024 Bawumia Campaign Team, Nana Akomea, has slammed some prophets and pastors for what he described as the misuse...

Exclusion of students from scholarship board ‘unacceptable’ – NUGS

The President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Rashid Ibrahim, has demanded a categorical statement guaranteeing student representation on the Scholarship Authority...

Ho MP, Kekeli Foundation cut sod for CHPS compound at Horsita

The Member of Parliament for Ho Constituency, Edem Kofi Kpotosu, in partnership with the Kekeli Foundation, has cut sod for the construction of a...

Oti Fire Service forced to use DRIP water bowser as temporary fire tender

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region has been compelled to use a District Road Improvement...

US will control Venezuela oil sales ‘indefinitely’, official says

The US will control sales of sanctioned Venezuelan oil "indefinitely" as it prepares to roll back restrictions on the country's crude in global markets,...

I’ve been living with Parkinson’s disease for eight years – Franklin Cudjoe

The founder and president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has revealed that he has been living with Parkinson’s disease for the past eight years. In...

Gideon Boako urges NAIMOS to act on Tano North galamsey crisis

The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr. Gideon Boako, has called on the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) to take urgent action...

NPP race: Bawumia has remained calm despite provocations – Gideon Boako

The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr. Gideon Boako, has lauded former Vice President and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr....

GBC appeals to government to clear GH¢13.6 million electricity debt

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has called on the government to intervene and settle an outstanding electricity debt of GH¢13.6 million, describing it as...

Five former Kade SHTS students remanded over assault on teacher

The Kade District Court has remanded five individuals in connection with the assault on Michael Quayson, a teacher at Kade Senior High Technical School...

118 former NPP parliamentary candidates declare support for Bawumia

A total of 118 former parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have declared their support for presidential hopeful Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia ahead...

Interior Ministry announces dates for phase two of Prisons, Immigration, Police and GNFS recruitment

The Ghana Police Service will begin screening shortlisted applicants on Monday, January 12, 2026. Applicants who applied to join the Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National...

NPP primaries: I’m not sure Bawumia would contest again if… – Nana Akomea [Audio]

The Chairman of the Communications Directorate of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign, Nana Akomea, has insisted that the former Vice President’s candidature was not the...

NUGS protests Scholarship Authority Board over absence of student representation

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has strongly objected to the inauguration of the Scholarship Authority Board, citing the absence of student representation...

Students’ food quality has improved under Mahama government – PAG

The Parents Association of Ghana (PAG) has praised improvements in the quality of food served to students across the country under President John Dramani...

Six killed in Abuakwa Manhyia house fire to be buried today

The final funeral rites of six individuals who lost their lives in a house fire at Abuakwa Manhyia in the Ashanti Region are currently...

Scenes from one-week celebration of Maame Tiwaa

Scores of mourners gathered on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, to commiserate with the family of the late legendary gospel musician, Maame Tiwaa, during her...

Gideon Boako hints at new GoldBod losses in Bank of Ghana audited accounts

Tano North Member of Parliament, Dr. Gideon Boako, has warned that further losses linked to GoldBod could soon appear in the Bank of Ghana’s...

GoldBod losses are not a design problem but an exchange rate policy issue – Gideon Boako

Tano North Member of Parliament, Dr. Gideon Boako, has attributed reported losses by GoldBod not to flaws in the gold trading framework, but to...

Gov’t will not issue white paper on constitutional review process – Haruna Iddrisu

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has clarified that the ongoing constitutional review process will not produce a white paper, dismissing what he described as widespread...

Abandon the 24-hour economy rhetoric immediately — Kwaku Kwarteng

Former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Obuasi West, Kwaku Kwarteng, has called on the government to abandon the 24-hour economy policy,...

Trump invites Colombian president to White House after threatening his country with military strike

President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he’d...

Heavy traffic at Circle overhead after truck accident

Heavy traffic built up around the Circle Overhead near the GOIL filling station on Thursday morning after a truck reportedly lost control and crashed. The...

What we know about the facility holding Ken Ofori-Atta

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is spending the night and possibly the next few days in the former Virginia Jail (Peumansend Creek Regional Jail),...

Two tricycle operators killed in an ambush at Bawku

Two tricycle operators were shot dead in an ambush at Zanamat, a suburb of Bawku in the Upper East Region, on Wednesday, January 7. The...