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24-hour economy markets’ renamed District Economy Markets – Ayariga

The government has renamed its “24-hour economy markets” initiative as District Economy Markets, with a target to complete at least one model market in...

Government exceeds T-bills target by 30.5% as demand softens to GH¢2.93bn

The government exceeded its treasury bills target by 30.52% to the tune of GH¢2.93 billion. This is despite demand softening further last week. The Treasury accepted...

World Teachers’ Day: GNECC urges government to prioritise teacher welfare

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called on the government to prioritise teacher welfare and intensify negotiations with pre-tertiary teacher unions to...

Explainer: Why Ghana is banning preaching on moving buses and what the law says

For many Ghanaians, a journey on a long-distance bus or commercial vehicle can come with more than the usual sounds of engines, conversations and...

The rise of Kojo Bamba, the new face of NPP leadership

In the rough-and-tumble world of Ghanaian politics, few stories land quite like that of Kojo Fosu Boadu, better known as Kojo Bamba. The boy from...

BoG arrests seven for using Cedi notes to make money bouquets, cakes

The Bank of Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, has arrested seven people in Accra for allegedly using Ghana cedi banknotes to...

Revenue collector crushed to death on Kasoa-Winneba highway

A revenue collector working with the Gomoa East District Assembly has been knocked down and killed by an F-150 vehicle at Fetteh Kakraba on...

Gov’t plans major redevelopment of Agbogbloshie with industrial, housing zones

The government is preparing a comprehensive regeneration programme for the Agbogbloshie enclave, aimed at restoring the environment while creating new industrial and housing opportunities...

‘What kind of money can’t NPP raise with over 4 million supporters?’ John Boadu rejects financial struggle claims

Newly elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has rejected claims that the party is financially broke, arguing that the...

‘Who’s in charge doesn’t really matter; we’re all servants’ – John Boadu on leader of NPP

Newly elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, says the position of party chairman should not automatically come with the...

Teachers’ strike: Abosamso queen mother, assemblyman take over classroom

The Queen Mother of Abosamso in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti Region, Nana Akosua Nkyekyerenkye III, has stepped into the classroom alongside...

Ghana Jollof Case: Salomey Baffoe granted GH¢100,000 bail

Senior Nursing Officer Salomey Awiti Baffoe has been granted bail of GH¢100,000 in a case in which she has been accused of abetting the...

NPP will take calculated risks to win power in 2028 – John Boadu

Newly elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, says the party will take calculated risks and make difficult decisions as...

NPP would have had 77 seats in Parliament but for ‘skirt and blouse’ – John Boadu

Newly elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, says the party’s effective parliamentary strength stands at 77 seats, rather than...

NPP begins search for winnable parliamentary candidates ahead of 2028

The leader and presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the party has begun identifying potential parliamentary candidates ahead...

Tension mounts in Sekyekrom over alleged landguard attacks, farmland takeover

Tension is escalating in Sekyekrom and nearby communities in the Akwamu Traditional Area of the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality in the Eastern Region over a disputed...

Passengers escape death as moving bus catches fire on Bole-Sawla highway (Photos)

Sixteen passengers travelling from Kumasi to Wa narrowly escaped death after the Yutong bus they were travelling on caught fire at Gbogdaa, a farming...

GES identifies 800 promotion applicants with unreachable phone numbers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is asking about 800 applicants seeking promotion to the ranks of Director II and Director I to provide active...

I don’t see myself as better than anyone; NPP’s 2028 comeback must create opportunities for youth – Kojo Bamba

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) newly elected First Vice Chairman, Kwadwo Fosu Boadu, popularly known as Kojo Bamba, says the party’s next political chapter...

Oil slips as Middle East crude exports rise, G7 to release stocks

Oil prices edged lower on Monday as rising ​Middle East crude exports and a release of oil stocks by the Group of Seven ‌nations...

About 4,000 residents cut off after Kunfusi bridge collapses in Savannah region

About 4,000 residents in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region are struggling to access healthcare, markets and other essential services following the collapse...

GRA probes alleged GH¢600 extortion by Customs Officer at Airport

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched an investigation into an alleged extortion involving a Customs officer stationed at the Accra International Airport. The investigation...

REGSEC orders immediate demolition of building at Koforidua Jackson Park after fire incident

The Eastern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has ordered the immediate demolition of a fire-ravaged one-storey building near the Jackson Park traffic lights in Koforidua...

All six passengers presumed dead after plane went missing off US coast

Six people aboard a medical transport aircraft that went missing on Saturday while it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston are presumed dead, according...

COCOBOD raises GH¢3.39bn at 11% in first commercial paper tranche

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), through its wholly owned special-purpose vehicle, Cocoa Capital PLC, has raised GH¢3.39 billion from the first tranche of its...

‘I didn’t campaign for NDC to come and do this nonsense’ – Martin Kpebu on EOCO’s conduct

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has expressed disappointment with the conduct of some appointees of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, accusing them of...

BoG clears Attijariwafa Bank’s takeover of Société Générale Ghana

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a “No Objection” to the proposed takeover of Société Générale Ghana by Morocco-based Attijariwafa Bank, Joy Business...

28-year-old woman found dead in Kasoa Peace Town in suspected sexual assault

A 28-year-old woman has been found dead at her family compound in Kasoa Peace Town in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central...

Air ambulance vanishes after taking off from Bermuda for Boston

US authorities have found debris from a medical transport aircraft that went missing with six people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC...

NPP election: 8 participants suffer medical emergencies in Kumasi

Eight participants suffered medical emergencies during the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Conference and Election held at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The...

Fire tears through shops, residential properties in Koforidua

A late-night fire at Srodae in Koforidua has destroyed several shops and parts of residential properties, leaving a one-storey building severely damaged and sections...

Two unemployed men fined GH¢12,000 for stealing 

Two friends have been fined GHS 6,000.00 each by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region for...

Make cleanliness a daily habit beyond National Sanitation Day – Mayor urges traders

The Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has urged traders to make cleanliness a daily habit rather than treating sanitation as a responsibility reserved...

Police restore calm at Larteh following Odwira festival disturbance

Calm has been restored at Larteh Ahenease in the Eastern Region after a heated confrontation between two factions disrupted celebrations during the Ahenease Odwira...

John Boadu unveils new NPP strategy to win back youth and modernise party

Newly elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has outlined a strategy to rebuild the party from the grassroots while...

Meet the three newly elected NPP Vice Chairpersons

Kojo Fosu Boadu, popularly known as Kojo Bamba, has been elected First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the party’s national...

Titus Glover wins NPP National Organiser race

Former Greater accra Regional Minister Daniel Nii Kwartey Titus Glover has won the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Organiser race, succeeding on his second...

Hawa Koomson elected NPP’s National Women’s Organiser

Former Awutu senya East MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson has been elected National Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). She defeated her sole contender,...

New NPP executives elected in Kumasi: See the full list of winners

John Boadu has been elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), as delegates elected a new national executive at the party's delegates...