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Engineers & Planners fails to comply with court order over $100 million gold mine

Engineers & Planners, the mining company founded by Ibrahim Mahama, is fighting efforts to enforce an international arbitration award over ownership and control of...

EOCO releases former NAFCO boss

The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, has been released from the custody...

The fraudsters don’t use hacking, they play on our minds – BoG’s Cab-Beyuo on Mobile Money Fraud

Fraud cases in Ghana's financial sector rose sharply in 2025, but the problem is concentrated in one area: mobile money, according to the Bank...

Haruna Iddrisu urges swift arrest of Bole SHS teacher over alleged sexual misconduct

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has called on the Ghana Police Service to intensify efforts to arrest a teacher at Bole Senior High...

NIA outlines Ghana Card registration requirements for citizens abroad

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has outlined the requirements for Ghanaians living abroad who wish to register for the Ghana Card. According to the Authority,...

We’ll codify chieftaincy succession to end disputes caused by corrupt kingmakers – Mahama

President John Mahama has announced plans by the government to codify chieftaincy succession processes in the Upper West Region as part of efforts to...

NADMO receives relief items worth $300,000 to support flood victims

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has received relief items valued at approximately $300,000 from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to...

GMet forecasts rain, thunderstorms and fog across parts of Ghana

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecast a mixed weather pattern across the country today, with light rainfall expected in some coastal communities, thunderstorms...

Three travel agents, tiler in court over narcotics

Four persons have appeared before an Accra court for allegedly concealing 4.6 kilogrammes of marijuana in a jute bag for delivery to Qatar through...

Frema Osei-Opare blames NPP defeat on weak grassroots engagement

Former Chief of Staff Frema Osei-Opare has attributed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 general elections to inadequate engagement with its...

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu warns of NPP leadership clashes

The Chief of Staff of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has cautioned that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) current leadership structure could...

Don’t turn digital finance into a tax trap – Prof Bokpin cautions government

Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Bokpin, has cautioned government against treating Ghana’s digital finance ecosystem mainly...

GRA allocates 18 truckloads of confiscated cargo to School Feeding Programme

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has confiscated 18 truckloads of transit cargo intercepted in an attempted diversion into the local market and, on the...

Agbodza warns contractors against using weather as excuse for road project delays

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has cautioned contractors working on road projects across the country against attributing delays in project...

Police intercept 188 vehicles in Ashanti Region for various traffic offences

The Ghana Police Service has intercepted 188 vehicles for various road traffic offences during a special enforcement exercise in the Ashanti Region. The operation, led...

NPP directs members to participate in post-flood clean-up exercise

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed its members nationwide to participate in the clean-up exercise scheduled for Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July...

Mahama announces plans for new airport in Wa

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the government will soon commence the procurement process for the construction of a new airport in Wa,...

Three dead, others including baby missing after canoe capsizes on River Oti

Three people have been confirmed dead while three others, including a baby, remain missing after a canoe carrying mourners capsized on the River Oti...

Eastern Corridor Road to undergo full asphalt reconstruction, not patch repairs – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has announced that the government will undertake a full reconstruction of sections of the Eastern...

Africa must stop exporting raw materials and build industries — Asiedu Nketia

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has urged African countries to shift away from the export of raw materials...

Auditor-General recovered almost GH¢12bn in disallowed expenditure in 2024 – PAC Chairperson

The Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Abena Osei-Asare, has disclosed that the Auditor-General recovered nearly GH¢12 billion in disallowed expenditure in 2024...

One injured as Kia Rhino overturns on Accra–Kumasi Highway

One person has sustained injuries after a Kia Rhino truck loaded with animal feed overturned at Omenako on the Accra–Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred on...

New Afram River bridge is a game-changer project – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaian investors to move quickly to take advantage of opportunities in the Afram Plains as government works to...

GNFS cracks down on hawkers, drivers blocking emergency routes at Madina Redco

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has begun a special enforcement exercise to remove commercial drivers and hawkers obstructing designated emergency access routes at...

Military officer, 2 others injured in clash between KMA taskforce and squatters at Asafo overpass

Three members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) taskforce, including a military officer, have been injured following a standoff with squatters at the Asafo...

‘It’s been tough’ – Opare Addo says gov’t needed 18 months to understand youth unemployment

Youth Development and Empowerment Minister George Opare Addo says the government spent its first 18 months in office trying to fully understand the country’s...

Parliament passes Community Service Bill to introduce alternative sentencing

Parliament has passed the Community Service Bill, 2026, introducing community service as an alternative to imprisonment for persons convicted of specified categories of offences. The...

We know how to solve flooding but lack the will to act – Kojo Adu Asare

Former Member of Parliament for Adentan, Kojo Adu Asare, has blamed recurring flooding in Accra on poor leadership, weak planning and a lack of...

Glikpome B/A headteacher allegedly found dead in Akatsi guesthouse

The Headteacher of Glikpome Basic School in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, 44-year-old Mr. Selorm Kwaku Tettey, has been found dead...

188 vehicles intercepted for traffic offences in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has intensified enforcement against road traffic violations in the Ashanti Region, resulting in the interception of 188 vehicles during a...

Sayerano shooting: Two police posts destroyed as DCE assures reconstruction

Two police posts in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region have been destroyed by unidentified persons following the recent police shooting incident...

ESPA proposes dedicated budget for national cleanup exercise

The Executive Secretary of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Ama Ofori Antwi, has called on the government to allocate a dedicated budget to...

Tapentadol not approved for use in Ghana; sale of ‘red’ is illegal – Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has declared that tapentadol is not approved for medical use in Ghana, warning that the sale, distribution...

Minority demands Attorney General’s removal over unlawful disbursement of GH¢350 million to support flood victims

The Minority in Parliament has demanded the immediate dismissal of Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr Dominic Ayine over what it describes as...

1,587 out of 4,767 traced Common Fund projects non-existent — Administrator

The Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Michael Harry Yamson, has disclosed that 1,587 out of 4,767 projects traced under the fund...

KMA demolition exercise turns chaotic amid squatters’ resistance

A demolition exercise by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) turned chaotic on Wednesday afternoon after squatters fiercely resisted the pulling down of unauthorized structures...

Health Minister calls for justice after Sayerano shooting claims three lives

The Minister for Health and Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their...

Heavy rains expose quality of road construction practices across Ghana – Minister

The Roads and Highways Minister, Governs Kwame Agbodza, says this year's heavy rains have laid bare the consequences of poor road construction practices, warning...

NSA boss calls for public education on pitch maintenance after viral video criticism

Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, has urged greater public education on football pitch maintenance, arguing that many criticisms...