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Cash salvaged as firefighters bring fire under control at Osu Castle Second Gate Estate

Firefighters battling a blaze at the Osu Castle Second Gate Estate near Mandela Park have been praised for salvaging cash from the affected property...

Ayawaso West MCE clarifies alleged demands for payment from landowners for eviction of squatters

The Ayawaso West Municipal Chief Executive(MCE), Michael Mensah, says the Assembly cannot simply evict squatters from land they have occupied for a prolonged period...

NPP alleges drug labs operating in Ghana under Mahama’s watch

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that drug traffickers have established laboratories in Ghana for processing illicit drugs, including cocaine, for export. Speaking at...

Ghana Water ordered to pay $235m over Teshie desalination plant dispute

Ghana Water Limited has been ordered to pay about US$235 million to the Spanish-owned company behind the Teshie desalination plant following a dispute over...

Police launch manhunt for suspect as five-month-old baby is stolen at Asafo market

Panic has gripped traders at the Asafo Market in Kumasi after a five-month-old baby boy was allegedly stolen by an unknown woman in the...

COPEC calls for salary review alongside transport fare hikes to cushion workers

Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, says workers’ salaries may need to be reviewed alongside any increase in transport...

Court adjourns Wontumi’s EXIM Bank over amended charge

The Accra High Court has adjourned the GH¢30 million Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) case involving the convicted former Ashanti Regional Chairman of...

GES probes SHS heads accused of selling prospectus items to parents

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said it is investigating some head teachers in some senior high schools over allegations that they were selling...

Forklift kills roadside pawpaw seller at Asokwa Brewery

A pall of grief hangs over the Brewery Traffic Light intersection in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region following a tragic accident that...

2027 AFCONQ: Antoine Semenyo withdraws from Ghana squad for Ivory Coast and Gambia games

Antoine Semenyo has withdrawn from Ghana's squad ahead of the Black Stars' opening matches in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers due...

SHS placement: Parents and students continue to queue at resolution centre in Kumasi

Parents and students in the Ashanti Region continue to troop the KTI Hall, the designated centre for resolving challenges with the Computerised School Selection...

Ghana Catholic Bishops demand urgent action against drug trafficking

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for urgent, coordinated national action to combat illicit drug trafficking and abuse, describing the menace as a...

‘Police are confused, embarking on fishing expedition’ – Lawyer on Ghana Jollof case

Lawyer for detained nurse Salomey Awity Baffoe, Enoch Afoakwah, has accused the Police Service of being confused over the identity of the person behind...

Mahama calls for urgent reforms amid global challenges

President John Dramani Mahama has called for accelerated structural reforms in the face of ongoing global geopolitical and economic challenges, arguing that periods of...

Ghana Jollof case: Why National Signals Bureau boss should have been arrested – Lawyer

Enoch Afoakwa, lawyer for detained nurse Salomey Awity Baffoe, has called for the arrest of the Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Dr...

Alan Kyerematen explains why he contested 2024 election under Movement for Change

Leader of the United Party (UP), Alan Kyerematen, has explained that the limited time between his resignation from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and...

‘Salomey Baffoe keeps saying she is unwell, but I have no proper access to her’ – Lawyer

Lawyer for detained nurse Salomey Baffoe, Enoch Afoakwa, says he has limited access to his client, who he claims has repeatedly complained of feeling...

Dangote credits Mahama’s leadership for Ghana’s economic turnaround

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has attributed Ghana’s recent economic recovery to growing investor confidence in President John Dramani Mahama’s leadership. Speaking at...

We are reforming systems, fighting corruption and improving use of public funds – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama says his administration is reforming Ghana’s governance systems to strengthen accountability, fight corruption and ensure public resources are used more...

Sammy Gyamfi backs NACOC’s return to port inspection

GoldBod Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sammy Gyamfi has welcomed President John Mahama’s directive to restore the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) to Ghana’s list of...

Ghanaian Professor Kofi Akamani shot dead in US; wife arrested

A Ghanaian academic based in the United States, Dr Kofi Akamani, has been shot dead in Illinois, where he worked as a lecturer at...

Two-year-old girl dies in Cantonments house fire

A two-year-old girl has died after being trapped inside a burning house at Cantonments in Accra. The fire broke out on Sunday, September 20, at...

T-bills: 91-day, 364-day yields to trade slightly higher in second half of 2026

The 91-day bill is expected to trade within 5.5%-7.5% in the second half of 2026, while the 364-day bill would trade within 12.5%-14.0%. According to...

Mahama leaves for New York to attend 81st UN General Assembly

President John Dramani Mahama has departed Accra for New York, where he is scheduled to participate in the 81st United Nations General Assembly. This year’s...

Ahafo Ano South West DCE laid to rest as Muslims hold final prayers

A deep sense of sorrow has engulfed Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region following the sudden death of...

Five arrested as police seize pistols, narcotics in Tamale

Five persons have been arrested following an intelligence-led police operation at the Tamale Aboabo Scrap Area, where firearms, ammunition, suspected narcotics and cash were...

Former Barclays Bank Ghana MD and Hollard Group CEO Patience Akyianu passes on

The former Managing Director of Barclays Bank Ghana and Group Chief Executive Officer of Hollard Ghana, Patience Enyonam Akyianu, has reportedly passed away. Her reported...

Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie leads new 11-member Council for Legal Education and Training Board

The Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET) has unveiled its new 11-member Board of Members, chaired by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. The board brings...

30% transport fare hike still on the table, talks resume Tuesday – GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has rejected claims by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) that its proposed 30% increase in transport fares...

Forklift crushes trader to death at Asokwa Brewery

A young pawpaw seller has been killed after a forklift reportedly lost control and crashed into roadside traders at the Brewery Traffic Light in...

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Ghana’s Constitution: Barker-Vormawor probes origins of Article 30

Legal scholar Oliver Barker-Vormawor has questioned whether the historical controversy surrounding Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusions influenced the wording of Ghana’s constitutional protection for...

Grief engulf Mankranso as residents mourn late DCE Abubakar Sedik

Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South West District has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of its District Chief Executive, Abubakar Sedik. The...

Veep honours Nkrumah on Founder’s Day

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has commemorated Founder’s Day by honouring the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. In a post...

CPP calls for protection and revival of state-owned enterprises to honour Nkrumah

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called for the protection, revival and proper management of Ghana’s state-owned enterprises as the country marks the 117th...

Mahama calls for unity, patriotism to advance Nkrumah’s vision

President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians to draw inspiration from the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, as the...

Kwesi Pratt urges Ghana to draw lessons from Nkrumah’s Seven-Year Development Plan

Veteran journalist and Pan-Africanist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has urged Ghana to draw lessons from Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s Seven-Year Development Plan as the country searches...

Mahama begins construction of 400-bed Mother and Child Block at Korle Bu

Government has commenced land preparation for the construction of a modern 400-bed Mother and Child Block at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The project, according...

Each Jehovah’s Witness member now decides whether to accept or donate main blood components

The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses announced on Friday that the decision to accept red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets from another person’s...

Kejetia market phase 1 shops bought for GH¢25k being resold for up to GH¢120k – Govt

The local government ministry is learning of what it describes as an unfair trend among shop owners at the phase one of the Kumasi...