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Local Gov’t Minister orders Ayawaso Central Assembly to account for GH¢400,000 disability fund

Local Government Minister Ahmed Ibrahim has directed the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly to provide detailed records of the utilisation of more than GH¢400,000 allocated...

SEKCO PTA to petition WAEC to allow 154 students barred from Chemistry exam resit

The Parent-Teacher Association of Sekondi College (SEKCO) has announced plans to petition the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to allow 154 candidates another opportunity...

Gov’t repatriates 327 stranded Ghanaians affected by demolitions in Côte d’Ivoire

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the repatriation of 327 Ghanaian nationals affected by an ongoing mass demolition exercise in the Port Bouët...

Ghana High Commission in Canada receives over 50,000 World Cup ticket requests

The Ghana High Commission in Ottawa, Canada, has disclosed that it has received more than 50,000 expressions of interest from Ghanaians seeking tickets for...

Twice in a year, Chairman Wontumi’s lead lawyer has walked away

Twice in just over a year, Andy Appiah-Kubi has walked away from Chairman Wontumi's defence, and once walked back to lead it. His second...

2026 WASSCE: 154 Sekondi College students barred from writing Chemistry paper

A total of 154 final-year students of Sekondi College were on Thursday, June 11, 2026, prevented from sitting their Chemistry examination after arriving late...

Titus Glover calls for Mintah Akandoh’s dismissal as Health Minister

Former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Titus Glover, has called for the dismissal of Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, expressing strong concern over what he...

Commuters stranded for hours as massive gridlock hits Ofankor–Achimota stretch

Commuters heading into Accra on the Ofankor–Achimota Highway were left stranded for hours on Monday, June 1, 2026, after a heavy traffic build-up brought...

Bawumia highlights strong UK-Ghana partnership after meeting British High Commissioner

Former Vice President of Ghana and the New Patriotic Party’s 2028 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has underscored the importance of Ghana’s long-standing relationship...

Court grants Abronye leave to travel outside of Ghana

The High Court in Accra has granted the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC,...

High tension lines kill two tipper truck operators at Atwima Nwabiagya

Two tipper truck operators have died after their truck came into contact with a high-tension electricity cable at Bokankye in the Atwima Nwabiagya North...

Sales boy captured on CCTV cameras stealing, jailed 36 months   

A 22-year-old sales boy captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras stealing from his employer was jailed for 36 months in hard labour by the...

Court strikes out application to dismiss East Legon property case 

An Accra High Court (Land Division) has struck out an application by defendants seeking to dismiss a suit filed by property developer Carlos Kwebena...

I’m ready to contest NDC National Chairmanship if… – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has declared his readiness to contest for the National Chairmanship...

Kpone-Katamanso MCE condemns cattle invasion of school after viral video

Samuel Tetteh Kwashie Morton, the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has condemned the invasion of the Kpone Community Preparatory School by stray cattle after...

Newspaper headlines: Friday, June 12, 2026

Here are the front pages of some of Ghana’s newspapers today.

Andy Appiah Kubi files motion to withdraw from Samreboi illegal mining case

Counsel for Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi has filed a motion to withdraw...

Seeking plea bargain does not amount to admission of guilt – Wontumi’s lawyer

Counsel for Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has rejected suggestions that his client’s request for...

Energy Minister receives Akosombo Substation fire report, commends investigative committee

Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, has received the final report of the committee established to investigate the fire outbreak...

High-profile criminal cases should be televised – Andy Appiah Kubi

Lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi, counsel for Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has called for high-profile criminal cases to...

Bawumia intervenes in NPP polling station election dispute in Akyem Swedru, Oda

Former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stepped in to help ease tensions following controversies that disrupted polling station executive elections in the Akyem...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing cocoa beans at Akyem Asuboa

The Akim Oda Police Division in the Eastern Region has arrested one suspect in connection with the alleged theft of cocoa beans from a...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill can be reconsidered despite passage – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says Parliament can still revisit the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025—popularly known as the Anti-LGBTQ+...

DVLA rejects 4,896 Ghana driver licence applicants over failed eye examinations in 2025

More than 4,000 driver's licence applicants were denied licences in 2025 after failing mandatory eye examinations conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority...

Traffic light components in front of police headquarters in Accra stolen by thieves – Roads Minister tells Parliament

One of the major problems facing the roads sector, especially with malfunctioning traffic lights across the country, is vandalism, the Minister of Roads, Governs...

GIS warns of abuses in the implementation of the ECOWAS free movement protocol

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has raised concerns over rising abuses of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol by ECOWAS Community citizens, warning that irregular...

GNFS rescues two in Nkawkaw gas tanker crash, prevents potential explosion

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has rescued two injured persons following a road traffic accident involving a gas tanker at Apesika near Nkawkaw...

Weija flooding: Don’t they see people building on waterways? – GWL questions assemblies [Audio]

The Director of Communications at Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Stanley Martey, says the continuous construction of buildings on waterways is worsening flooding in parts...

Akosombo Substation fire not a sabotage, caused by insulation failure – Investigation Committee

The committee set up to investigate the fire outbreak at the Akosombo Substation has concluded that the incident was caused by insulation failure resulting...

NAIMOS gets new Director of Operations

Colonel K.S. Appiah has taken office as the new Director of Operations at the National Anti-illlegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), taking over from Colonel...

Ablekuma North Assembly patches flood-damaged Dansoman Junction road, awaits funding for permanent fix

The Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly has begun temporary repair works on a flood-damaged stretch of road at Dansoman Junction, filling potholes with sand and...

Akufo-Addo failed Ashanti Region on Afari Hospital project – Akwatia MP

Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has accused the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration of failing the people of the Ashanti...

Wontumi seeks plea deal in GH¢30m Exim Bank fraud trial — AG notifies High Court

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has formally requested a plea negotiation with...

2 rescued alive after road crash on Kpeve–Peki highway

Two people were rescued alive following a road traffic accident on the Kpeve–Peki stretch in the Volta Region, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)...

Accept sentence, rebuild your life – Vanderpuye to Sedina Tamakloe

The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has urged former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu to...

Major KNUST roads flooded, students stranded as academic activities disrupted

Heavy flooding on major roads within the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus disrupted movement and academic activities on Thursday morning. The...

Mahama will not intervene in Sedina Tamakloe’s case – Vanderpuye

President John Dramani Mahama will not intervene to secure a pardon for extradited former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, National Coordinator of the...

Greater Accra REGSEC lists flood-prone areas as GMet forecasts 100–150mm rainfall in June

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has identified several flood-prone communities across the region for heightened monitoring and intervention following forecasts of increased...

Family of Apostle Kwadwo Safo briefs Speaker on funeral arrangements

The family of the late Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo, led by the head of the Kantanka family, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, has officially informed the...

We spend money that can build 6 classroom blocks every year on sensitisation – GWL [Audio]

The Director of Communications at Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Stanley Martey, says the amount of money spent annually on public sensitisation and announcements about...