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GMet forecasts thunderstorms in northern Ghana as mist and fog affect southern areas

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) has forecast thunderstorms and rain over parts of northern and transition belt communities on Wednesday, while much of southern...

Ghana’s public debt hits GH¢720.8bn in May 2026

Ghana’s public debt hit GH¢720.8 billion in May 2026, equivalent to 45.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In dollar term, the public debt stock stood...

Contractors on $500m World Bank road projects to face sanctions for poor work – Agbodza

Roads and Highways Minister Kwame Governs Agbodza has assured Parliament that road projects to be funded under the newly approved US$500 million World Bank...

Two arrested at Asawase Market over suspected narcotics hidden in fertiliser sacks

The Manhyia District Police Command has arrested two men after an intelligence-led operation uncovered a large quantity of suspected narcotic drugs concealed in fertiliser...

Korle-Klottey, Tema and Accra Metro lead HIV table in Greater Accra – AIDS Commission

The Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed that about 337,435 people are currently living with HIV in Ghana, with the Greater Accra Region recording the...

Three killed, 11 injured in head-on collision at Ajumako Kokoben

Three people have died, while 11 others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a head-on collision involving two vehicles at Ajumako Kokoben in the...

NPP clears 34 aspirants for Ashanti Regional executive elections after vetting

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region has cleared 34 aspirants to contest in the upcoming regional executive elections. One candidate, Adwoa Adutwumwaa...

Wontumi chose trial over plea bargain – Deputy AG rejects NPP’s ‘political prisoner’ claim

Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has dismissed claims that the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman...

Five arrested over alleged human trafficking; 18 rescued at Kwabenya

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested five people for their alleged involvement in human trafficking and cyber-enabled criminal...

Gov’t Statistician highlights plans for register-based education data system after meeting with Education Minister

The Government Statistician, Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, has announced progress on Ghana’s Pilot Register-Based Education Statistics Project following a meeting involving the Ghana Statistical Service...

Delegation from Dagbon formally informs Otumfuo of Ya-Na Abukari II’s death

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, received a delegation from the Dagbon Traditional Council, which formally informed him of...

ECG announces planned power outages across Tema, Ashanti, Accra West, Central and Eastern Regions for Wednesday

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of planned maintenance exercises across the Tema, Ashanti, Accra West, Central and Eastern regions...

Wontumi’s lawyers only sought an adjournment, not to move motions – Deputy A-G

Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has rejected claims that Chairman Wontumi's legal team was prevented from arguing pending applications before...

GNFS relocates bee swarm after student, teacher attacked at Vakpo Secondary Technical School

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has safely removed and relocated a bee swarm from the Vakpo Secondary Technical School in the North Dayi...

Unemployed man jailed for attempting to steal police armoured vehicle

The Kwadaso Circuit Court in Kumasi has sentenced a 26-year-old unemployed man to one month in prison for attempting to steal a police armoured...

2 arrested for illegal mining near Adansi Asokwa Agenda 111 Hospital site

National Security operatives have arrested two people, including the owner of an illegal mining site located close to the Agenda 111 Hospital project at...

‘Don’t rush to scrap it’ – Adawudu defends criminal offensive conduct law

A member of the NDC’s legal team, Victor Kwadjoga Adawudu, has urged caution over growing calls to repeal the criminal offensive conduct provisions, insisting...

Fewer children got US-backed HIV treatment after aid cuts, study finds

Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in the year to ​October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year,...

9 weeks after IMF exit, gov’t is back for $1bn in loans – Oppong Nkrumah questions fiscal strategy

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has questioned the government’s fiscal strategy. He argues that barely nine weeks after Ghana...

Atta Akyea explains absence during Wontumi’s sentencing

Lead counsel for New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, Samuel Atta Akyea, has explained his...

Parliament approves US$300m World Bank facility to transform secondary education

Parliament has approved a US$300 million credit facility from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the Secondary Education Transformation for Access, Relevance and...

Wontumi’s appeal will be based on over 20 legal grounds – Lead counsel

Lead counsel for the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, says the defence...

Two people arrested for galamsey close to Agenda 111 Hospital

National Security operatives have arrested two people, including the owner of an illegal mining site cited close to an Agenda 111 hospital project site...

Three injured after timber logs crush vehicles on Oforikrom road

Three people sustained injuries after timber logs fell from an overturned truck onto two vehicles along the New Road in the Oforikrom Municipality of...

Bagbin orders MPs to obey ban on unauthorised sirens and police escorts

Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has directed all Members of Parliament (MPs) to comply fully with the government's directive banning the unauthorised...

Two ‘trafficking victims’ become suspects as CID arrests 11 in Tema cybercrime operation

An intelligence-led operation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has led to the arrest of 11 suspects at Fafa...

Six suspects arrested, GH¢300,000 recovered after robbery on Portor-Gurumpe highway

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested six suspects in connection with a highway robbery on the Portor-Gurumpe Highway and recovered GH¢300,000 allegedly...

I have been defamed, maligned; my wife has even packed her bags – Miracles Aboagye

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director at the Office of the Party’s Flagbearer, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, says the allegations surrounding his arrest by the...

GH¢55m claim is propaganda spin – Miracles Aboagye fires back at EOCO

Former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has rejected allegations that he was involved in the misappropriation...

Minority MPs wear black in Parliament to protest Wontumi’s conviction

Minority Members of Parliament on Tuesday appeared in black attire at Parliament House in protest against the conviction and 20-year prison sentence handed to...

SABC retracts false Ebola outbreak in Ghana report, apologises

South Africa's public broadcaster, SABC News, has apologised for wrongly reporting that Ghana had recorded thousands of Ebola infections and hundreds of deaths, a...

I will lead Ashanti with less speeches and more work – COKA optimistic of victory in NPP chairmanship race

Aspiring Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, says he is committed to reclaiming parliamentary seats lost to the...

Assembly man, brother remanded over death of 25-year-old driver at New Edubiase

A Magistrate Court at New Edubiase in the Ashanti Region has remanded two brothers over their alleged involvement in the shooting and death of...

GA/R: Police intercept 1,054 vehicles over unauthorised sirens, vehicle modifications

The Ghana Police Service has intercepted 1,054 vehicles in the Greater Accra Region as part of an ongoing nationwide enforcement exercise targeting the unauthorised...

Galamsey: 20 acres of degraded land reclaimed at Nweneso following National Security clamp down

About 20 acres of land degraded by illegal mining have been reclaimed at Nweneso No. 1 and No. 2 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District...

Reverse illegal deductions from service personnel allowances – Manasseh Azure Awuni to NSA

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has called on the Director-General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Ruth Dela Seddoh, to immediately reverse deductions made...

US immigration court has no jurisdiction over criminal case against Ofori-Atta – OSP

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has clarified that a transcript from a United States immigration court hearing involving former Finance Minister Kenneth...

National Service personnel call on EOCO, OSP and Attorney-General to probe GH¢60 monthly deductions from allowances

Some National Service Personnel (NSP) have called on the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), the Attorney...

Three critically injured as trailer crashes into eight vehicles at Asokwa flyover in Kumasi

Three people sustained critical injuries after a fully-loaded trailer reportedly suffered brake failure and crashed into eight vehicles at the Asokwa overpass in the...