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GRDA raises safety concerns over encroachment, vandalism on Tema-Mpakadan railway line

The Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) has raised concerns over increasing safety threats along the Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line following a passenger train collision with...

If I have to choose between the court and public sentiment, I would side with the court – Manasseh Azure

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says he would trust the Court of Appeal's judgment over public opinion in the Sedina Tamakloe case, saying that...

Ghana Prisons Service joins security operation for Dagbon Regent’s enskinment

The Ghana Prisons Service deployed officers to support security arrangements during the enskinment of the Regent of Dagbon at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi...

Check out the 12 bills passed by Parliament at its second meeting

Parliament concluded the Second Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament by passing 12 key bills spanning taxation, investment, maritime security, defence, justice, local...

Police arrest two over viral video of 12-year-old driving articulated truck

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man following a viral video showing the minor driving a DAF XF...

I was scandalised after reading Sedina Tamakloe judgment – Solomon Owusu

Director of Communications for the United Party (UP), Solomon Owusu, says his initial anger over the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit and discharge...

Don’t pay anyone to facilitate your recruitment – Police

The Ghana Police Service has assured applicants in its ongoing 2025/2026 recruitment exercise that those who have not yet been invited to the next...

Akyem Sokode Dwaso chief swears oath of allegiance to Okyenhene, appeals for support for education

The Chief of Akyem Sokode Dwaso, Barimah (Dr) Kwabena Awuah I, has officially sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori...

NACOC arrests 10 over alleged cannabis distribution at KTU SRC Week

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested 10 suspects for allegedly engaging in the distribution of cannabis and cannabis-infused drinks during the Koforidua Technical...

Eldest son of late Ya-Na enskinned as Dagbon Regent – Mahama urges calm in selection of new Overlord

The Dagbon Kingdom, on Friday, July 31, entered a new phase in its customary succession process with the enskinment of Kampakuya Naa Yakubu, the...

Prosecutors must seek justice, not just convictions – Inusah Fuseini

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has stressed that prosecutors must focus on achieving justice rather than merely securing convictions, following...

Coconut seller fined GH¢360 for dumping husks into drain at Bubuashie

A coconut seller, Prince Nyame, has been fined GH¢360 by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for dumping coconut husks into a public...

OSP, Attorney General dispute unnecessary rivalry – Dr. Asante-Otchere

The Executive Director of the African Institute of Strategic Studies, Dr Jonathan Asante-Otchere, has described the legal challenge over the prosecutorial powers of the...

Oliver Barker-Vormawor demands broader state support for party primaries

Constitutional Rights and Policy Strategy Advisor at Democracy Hub, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has welcomed the Supreme Court's landmark decision mandating that all registered members in...

Sedina appeal ruling gives hope to Wontumi appeal — NPP legal director

The Legal Affairs Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gary Nimako Marfo, says the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit former Chief Executive...

It hurts when wrongdoing goes unpunished – Manasseh Azure laments accountability gap

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has voiced frustration over what he describes as Ghana's persistent accountability deficit, saying it is painful to spend years...

MOMO loan defaulters can’t escape – MTN Ghana

Dickson Amoung-Yam, MTN Ghana’s Field Service Manager (Network) in Kumasi, has urged customers of the Mobile Money (MOMO) to repay the loans they borrow...

Armed robbers attack two VIP JEOUN buses, five injured

Five people have sustained gunshot injuries after armed robbers attacked a VIP JEOUN passenger coach on the Accra–Kumasi Highway in one of two separate...

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s acquittal: Manasseh Azure expresses disappointment

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has expressed disappointment over the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit and discharge former Chief Executive Officer of the...

Two killed, 10 injured in Dompoase crash on Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway

Two people have been confirmed dead while ten others have sustained various degrees of injuries following a road crash at Dompoase on the Cape...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund boosts prison healthcare with major equipment donation

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), led by its Administrator, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has presented a full container load of life-saving medical equipment, consumables...

Free SHS can be improved to sustain its gains – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has called for sustained investment in Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free...

Why the Court of Appeal is unable to rule on AG’s stay application

A newly constituted Court of Appeal panel that sat on an emergency basis on Friday morning to hear the Attorney-General's application for a stay...

How Adwoa Safo disguised the casket to pull off her father’s burial

Sarah Adwoa Safo's team appears to have outwitted both police and rival family members to ensure her father, the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka,...

Sustain, Reform or Redesign: Calls grow for reforms as stakeholders debate the future of Free SHS

Stakeholders in Ghana's education sector have called for comprehensive reforms to the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, agreeing that while the programme...

Government cannot bear all Free SHS costs, parents must share responsibility – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has called for greater parental support in the...

Increased access under Free SHS has affected quality – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has said that while the Free Senior High...

Quality of Free SHS is not in doubt despite double-track concerns – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has defended the quality of Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS)...

Free SHS foundation was weak, needs reforms to improve quality – Kwasi Gyetuah

An education policy advocate, Kwasi Gyetuah, has argued that while Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy has succeeded in expanding access to...

Free SHS’s greatest achievement is expanding access – Kofi Asare

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has described expanded access to secondary education as the greatest success of Ghana's Free...

Parliament passes Energy Sector Levies amendment; fuel oil levy rises to GH¢1.93 per litre

Parliament has passed the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing changes to the Energy Sector Levies Act, 2025, aimed at strengthening revenue mobilisation...

Godfred Dame rejects blame over Sedina Attionu acquittal, accuses government of political orchestration

Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has dismissed claims that the Akufo-Addo administration or his tenure as Attorney-General was responsible for...

10 Ghanaian public figures whose legal battles challenged judicial system

For years, criminal trials involving Ghana’s political elite and public officials have generated intense public interest, often becoming more than courtroom battles. They have...

KMA demolishes unauthorised structures around Baba Yara Stadium

A joint security taskforce led by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has demolished unauthorised structures around the Baba Yara Sports Stadium as part of...

M.anifest reflects on Tsatsu Tsikata’s imprisonment, warns against politically influenced justice

The acquittal and discharge of former MASLOC Chief Executive Sedina Tamakloe Attionu has reignited conversations about politically charged prosecutions, miscarriages of justice and the...

Otumfuo orders hearing into alleged violence involving chiefs

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has directed the Kumasi Traditional Council to schedule hearings into petitions involving allegations of violence linked to some...

Ghanaian woman jailed 70 months in US for role in $1.6m romance scam

A Ghanaian woman has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison in the United States for laundering money from a nationwide romance scam...

NACOC grants Ghana’s first cannabis cultivation licences to two companies

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has issued Ghana's first licences for the legal cultivation of cannabis, marking a significant milestone in the country's emerging...

Neglected or delayed? Ghana’s creative arts industry awaits promised support

When the National Democratic Congress (NDC) unveiled its 2024 manifesto under the theme "Building a Thriving Creative Arts and Tourism Industry," it painted an...

Ho Teaching Hospital warns public against fake nursing recruitment scam

The Management of Ho Teaching Hospital has issued a public warning over a fake recruitment exercise targeting job seekers, stressing that the facility is...