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Gov’t trains over 20,000 school feeding caterers in nutrition standards

The government has trained 20,171 caterers and head cooks under the Ghana School Feeding Programme in practical nutrition standards as part of efforts to...

US limits visas for South African officials over alleged anti-white discrimination

The US has announced visa restrictions targeting people it accuses of discriminating against South Africa's white minority, in the latest escalation of tensions between...

Fuel prices rise as Star Oil raises petrol to GH¢16.77, diesel to GH¢17.77

Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun increasing pump prices for the second pricing window of September. Star Oil is among the first to adjust its...

Russian drones hit Ukrainian bus and train, killing five, officials say

Russian drones struck a passenger bus and ​a train in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing five people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow pressed on...

I am very worried – Alan Kyerematen on cancellation of 1D1F

Former Trade and Industry Minister and founder of the United Party (UP), Alan Kyerematen, has expressed concern over what he describes as the abandonment...

EPA enforces shutdown of Empire Cement over alleged air pollution breaches

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has moved to shut down Empire Cement Ghana Ltd. at Weija in the Greater Accra Region following investigations into...

‘Are we even serious as a country?’ – Alan Kyerematen laments SHS placement challenges

Founder and leader of the United Party (UP), Alan Kyerematen, has expressed concern over the challenges confronting the Computerised School Selection and Placement System...

NPP demands apology or dismissal of Education Minister over Arabic, Chinese language policy

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on President John Dramani Mahama to either apologise to Ghanaians or dismiss Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu over...

2024 election: ‘My exit contributed to NPP’s 2.1 million vote drop’ – Alan Kyerematen

Founder and leader of the United Party (UP), Alan Kyerematen, has claimed that his departure from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) contributed to the...

1,432 human trafficking victims receive rehabilitation support – Gender Minister

A total of 1,432 victims of human trafficking have received rehabilitation and reintegration support as the government expands interventions to protect survivors of exploitation...

After 34 years, we’re still struggling – Alan Kyerematen renews vow to break NPP-NDC duopoly

Founder and leader of the United Party (UP), Alan Kyerematen, has reaffirmed his determination to break the long-standing political duopoly of the New Patriotic...

Why NPP can’t forget about me despite my exit – Alan Kyerematen explains

Founder and leader of the United Party (UP), Alan Kyerematen, says the continued attention he receives from members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

Education Minister visits National Resolution Centre, assures parents of swift action

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has visited the National Resolution Centre to assess challenges confronting students and parents ahead of the reopening of schools. The visit...

Legendary Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs passes on at 84

Legendary Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs has died at the age of 84, bringing to an end a remarkable career spanning several decades in Nigeria’s...

GHS records more than 53,000 adolescent pregnancies in seven months 

Ghana recorded 53,415 adolescent pregnancies between January and July 2026, with 1,501 involving girls aged 10 to 14 years, data from the Ghana Health...

This could be the greatest public finance scandal of 4th Republic if confirmed – Dafeamekpor on COVID-19 audit

Majority Chief Whip and South Dayi MP Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has called for immediate arrests if allegations of concealed findings in the Auditor-General’s COVID-19 expenditure...

Two arrested as Police intercept 192 parcels of suspected cocaine in Wa

The Upper West Regional Police Command has intercepted 192 compressed parcels of a substance suspected to be cocaine and arrested two men believed to...

Galamsey: Forestry Commission arrests 12, impounds three excavators in South Formangso Forest Reserve

The Forestry Commission has arrested 12 suspected illegal miners and impounded three excavators during an operation in the South Formangso Forest Reserve in the...

Policeman charged with murder over death of law student in hit-and-run on Tema Motorway

General Corporal Robert Katey Koranteng of the Ghana Police Service has been arraigned at the Adabraka District Court in Accra and charged with murder...

Minority boycotts Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on South Africa evacuation

The Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has declined to attend a scheduled closed-door briefing on the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa,...

Oil falls as US crude inventories rise despite Saudi supply concerns

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after an unexpected build in U.S. crude inventories, while investors assessed supply risks after Saudi Arabia suspended ​oil loadings...

Covid-19: Auditor-General’s own audit objective raises questions over omission of Local Gov’t spending – Manasseh Awuni

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says the Auditor-General’s own stated objective for its COVID-19 expenditure audit raises questions over why the Ministry of Local...

Enchi-Elubo road: ‘Show up with your board by Friday or risk termination’ – Agbodza tells contractor

Roads and Highways Minister Governs Kwame Agbodza has issued a final ultimatum to Top International Construction, demanding that the company’s full Board of Directors...

‘We do not need to arrest people at this point’ – PAC Vice Chair on COVID-19 fumigation audit report

Vice Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, Davis Ansah Opoku, says there is no basis for arrests over the alleged omission of COVID-19 fumigation...

People should be arrested – Dafeamekpor demands action over audit claims

The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, is demanding immediate arrests if allegations emerging from investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni’s latest investigation into COVID-19 expenditure...

GH¢299m COVID fumigation spending was audited but left out of report – Manasseh Awuni

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says the Audit Service has confirmed it audited GH¢299 million spent by the Ministry of Local Government on COVID-19...

GRA targets more than doubling revenue collections by 2028 – Commissioner-General

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is targeting more than a doubling of its revenue collections by 2028, with the Commissioner-General, Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, stressing...

Minority demands breakdown of nearly GH¢50m spent on Ghanaian evacuation from South Africa

The Minority in Parliament has demanded a detailed breakdown of the nearly GH¢50 million spent by the government on the evacuation and reintegration of...

DCE sets record straight on Mankranso classroom block demolition for 24-hour market

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South West, Hon. Abubakar Sedik, has dismissed claims that a classroom block at Mankranso is being...

Mahama urges investors to comply with Ghana’s laws, prioritise local participation

President John Dramani Mahama has called on investors operating in Ghana to strictly adhere to the country’s laws and ensure their projects provide meaningful...

64.7% of Ghanaians say double-track system has lowered SHS education quality – IEA poll

A new nationwide poll by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has found that 64.7% of Ghanaians believe the double-track system has negatively affected...

Lands Minister calls for greater benefits to communities hosting mining activities

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has called for Ghana’s mineral resources to translate into meaningful development for communities where...

Police corporal charged with murder over Central University student’s death

The police officer who was arrested in connection with the death of 23-year-old Central University law student Ivan Apprey Baidoo has been arraigned at...

Sentuo Airport Garden City will position Accra to host major global conferences – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the Sentuo Airport Garden City Project will help address Accra’s shortage of hotel and conference facilities and...

Nana Ayew Afriye sues Rev Owusu Bempah

Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore, Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, has sued the Head Pastor of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah,...

“Ghana is open, Accra is rising” – Mahama cuts sod for US$1.3bn Sentuo Airport Garden City

President John Dramani Mahama has cut the sod for Sentuo Airport Garden City, a proposed US$1.3 billion mixed-use development near the Accra International Airport. The...

Sammi Awuku welcomes adjustment to high-level narcotics meeting invitation

Minority Member of Parliament for Akuapem North, Sammi Awuku, has welcomed the government’s decision to revise the invitation list for a high-level meeting on...

COVID-19 fumigation: Withholding or underreporting GH¢720m expenditure would be serious offence – Domelevo

Former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo says either withholding information from auditors or underreporting COVID-19 fumigation expenditure would constitute a serious offence. His comments follow an investigation...

Police announce full implementation of TRAFFITECH-GH in October

The Ghana Police Service will begin the full implementation of its TRAFFITECH-GH traffic enforcement programme from October 1, 2026, as part of efforts to...