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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...

People are building on river buffers – GWL on Weija floods [Audio]

The Director of Communications at Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Stanley Martey, has attributed the flooding in parts of Weija to human activities along river...

Cracks appear on asphalt surface on Tema Motorway Interchange

Motorists and commuters using the Tema Motorway Interchange have expressed concern following the emergence of cracks on sections of the recently asphalted road surface...

Flooding not from dam spillage – GWL sets record straight on Weija situation [Audio]

Hundreds of homes in parts of Weija in Accra have been submerged following a controlled spillage of the Weija Dam, leaving many residents stranded...

Sewua Hospital to be operational by end of year – Titus Beyuo

The Member of Parliament for Lambussie, Prof. Titus Beyuo, has assured that the Sewua Hospital in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region will...

‘I did not block Minority MPs from inspecting Afari Hospital’ – Atwima Nwabiagya MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Atwima Nwabiagya, Wisdom Osei Boamah, has denied claims that he instructed individuals to block Minority MPs from accessing...

2026 World Cup: No nervousness ahead of Panama opener – Black Stars goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi

Black Stars goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi has dismissed suggestions that the team are feeling nervous ahead of their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign, insisting the...

US dismantles West African birth tourism network, revokes over 100 visas

The United States Department of State has announced that a U.S. embassy in West Africa has dismantled a birth tourism network involving more than...

Ministry of Health backs court ruling on Tema polyclinic assault case

The Ministry of Health has voiced its support for the conviction of the man found guilty of assaulting a midwife at the Tema Community...

See the areas that will be affected by ECG’s planned maintenance on Thursday (June 11, 2026)

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced planned power outages for Thursday, June 11, 2026, affecting communities in the Accra East and Western...

Edem Agbana dares Minority to name NDC MPs given World Cup slots

Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana, has dismissed claims that the government has allocated World Cup travel slots to National Democratic...

Free SHS suppliers to picket at Education Ministry over GH¢50m debt today

The National Association of Institutional Suppliers (NAIS) has vowed to proceed with its planned picketing at the Ministry of Education, despite fresh assurances from...

NTC, GES, T-TEL and five universities sign MoU to upgrade non-professional teachers

The National Teaching Council (NTC), in partnership with the Ghana Education Service (GES), Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL), and five universities, has signed...

Sex toys saving a lot of marriages – Nana Yaa Jantuah

Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah has sparked conversation after stating that sex toys are increasingly being used by married women to help sustain their...

Seized excavators to be used for nationwide desilting exercise – Interior Minister

The government has announced plans to hand over 70 excavators confiscated from illegal mining operators to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to support...

Newspaper headlines: Thursday, June 11, 2026

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

Ghanaians stranded in South Africa appeal to Mahama for help after evacuation exercise ends

A group of Ghanaians stranded in South Africa has made a passionate appeal to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene and facilitate their return...