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Cement manufacturers warn of price hike amid clinker delays at Port

Cement prices in Ghana could soon rise if persistent congestion at the country’s ports continues to delay the offloading of clinker, the primary raw...

National Teaching Council clarifies reports of licensure exams fee increment

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has refuted claims circulating on social media that it has increased fees for the teacher licensure examinations. At a press...

Education Minister engages stakeholders to finalise proposed 2026 GETFund allocation framework

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has held a high-level meeting with key stakeholders to review and finalise the proposed allocation formula for the...

Push them too hard, lose them to private hospitals – MP warns on doctors and rural postings

The Akim Oda MP, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has warned that forcing young doctors into rural postings without proper engagement could drive them into the...

Athletics clash: CID boss gives SWESBUS headmaster 24 hours to produce culprits

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Lydia Yarkor Donkor, has directed the Headmaster of Swedru School...

Three arrested over Obrachire student assault

The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the violent disturbances that...

Only 191 out of 318 ambulances are operational – Clinical auditor

The Clinical Auditor for the Southern Zone of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), Martin Ewuah Amoah, has revealed that a significant number of ambulances...

Eight injured, 3 in critical condition after athletics clash – Awutu Senya West DCE

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya, Eghan Kalala Nyamekye, has confirmed that eight students sustained injuries with three reported to be in...

Mahama appoints new Acting Customs Commissioner

John Dramani Mahama has named Aaron Kanor as Acting Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), with immediate effect. The announcement...

Sanitation time bomb looms as Kpone landfill nears capacity

Ahmed Ibrahim, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA) has raised alarm over an impending sanitation crisis in the eastern part...

15 killed after helicopter crashes during Peru flood rescue

Fifteen people have died after a military helicopter providing rescue services during severe flooding in southern Peru crashed on Sunday. The Peruvian Air Force said...

Simi breaks silence on backlash over old tweets

Nigerian singer Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has responded to the backlash following the resurfacing of her old tweets from over a...

Man stabbed to death over phone

A 26-year-old man, Wisdom Tetteh Assem, has been stabbed to death following a violent confrontation at Adorkorpe, near Ada Kasseh in the Greater Accra...

Mahama announces automatic cocoa pricing to protect farmers’ earnings

President John Mahama has unveiled plans for an automatic cocoa pricing system that will guarantee farmers 70 per cent of the international market price,...

Kotoka Int. Airport to introduce 3D scanners, end shoe removal for passengers

Passengers travelling through Terminal 2 at Kotoka International Airport will soon experience faster and more convenient security screening as Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL)...

Obrachire SHS victim demands justice after brutal attack at inter-schools event

A student of Obrachire Senior High Technical School has called for justice after he was violently attacked during a district inter-schools athletics competition at...

GNFS organizes fire safety quiz competition for market women in Sunyani

The Safety Department of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has organised an interactive fire safety quiz competition for market women at the Sunyani...

Food and Beverages Association demands full shutdown of affected imports via land routes

The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) is calling for a complete shutdown of affected imports through all land borders, insisting that the...

Muntaka presents food items to Prisons Service to support inmates during Ramadan

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has presented assorted food items to the Ghana Prisons Service to support inmates across the country during...

Miss Intercontinental Ghana winner sues organisers after title withdrawal

Chiaky Otuteye, a medical doctor and professional model, has sued Cloudz Entertainment, organisers of Miss Intercontinental Ghana, after her title was withdrawn weeks after...

Influencer who spent over $150k to look like Kim Kardashian dead

Influencer Jordan James Parke, otherwise known as the self-proclaimed "Lip King," has died. The British Botched star, a native of Dudley, England, who had reportedly spent over $150,000...

Ghana launches AU-GCF water investment reediness project

Ghana has launched the African Union’s Continental Africa Water Investment Programme, known as the Multi-Country Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Project, marking a significant...

A Plus seals three-year partnership with MGL for Gomoa Easter Carnival

The Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has signed a three-year media partnership deal with The Multimedia Group for...

Yaw Dabo drags Oboy Siki to court for alleged defamation

Ghanaian comic actor and football administrator Yaw Dabo has filed a defamation lawsuit against fellow Kumawood actor Oboy Siki at the Adum High Court,...

Korle Bu interdicts two doctors and two nurses over alleged negligence

Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has interdicted two medical doctors and two nurses over their alleged failure to provide emergency medical care...

Committee recommends major upgrades for 33 MMDAs to strengthen local governance

In a significant step towards advancing decentralisation and promoting equitable development across Ghana, the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has formally...

Local Gov’t Minister moves to avert looming sanitation crisis in Greater Accra

As the Greater Accra Region faces a rapidly escalating waste management crisis, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA), Ahmed Ibrahim,...

NAGRAT President calls for discipline over ban on inter-school sports festivals

In the wake of increasing violence and hooliganism at inter-school sports festivals across Ghana, the Central Regional Education Directorate has taken the drastic step...

Minority raises alarm over delayed rent allowances to Ghana Prisons Service officers

The Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Committee on Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions has expressed deep concern over the prolonged delay in the payment of...

Kotoka International Airport renamed Accra International Airport

The Government has officially reverted the name of Kotoka International Airport to Accra International Airport. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport, the...

4 arrested, one killed as police dismantles carjacking, murder syndicate in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command says it has dismantled a carjacking gang known as the 'Duku Syndicate' following a series of intelligence-led operations across...

GES will not tolerate violence in school games – PRO

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has described recent outbreaks of violence during inter-school sporting events as both worrying and unacceptable. Head of Public Relations at...

Foreign Affairs Ministry announces closure of premium passport application centres in Accra and Kumasi

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the closure of the Premium Passport Application Centres in Accra and Kumasi, effective February 20, 2026. A...

As of last Friday, he was still the main beneficiary of that trust – Old Tafo MP disputes Ato Boateng’s defence over Atlas Commodities...

The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has rejected explanations offered by the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance and...

Shisha, cigarette smoking fuels breast cancer in Ghana – Dr. Beatrice Wiafe sounds alarm

Founder of Breast Care International (BCI) and CEO of Peace and Love Hospitals, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, is calling for an urgent ban...

152 bales of suspected cannabis intercepted in Western Region, three arrested

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three persons and intercepted two Kia trucks loaded with substances suspected to be cannabis in separate operations...

Oppong Nkrumah sues Baba Jamal Konneh over “galamsey” claims

Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has filed a defamation suit at the Accra High Court against Jamal Konneh, Deputy Managing Director (Operations) of the...

ICS calls for a ban on cat and dog meat consumption

Institute of Community Sustainability Calls for Ban on Slaughter and Consumption of Cats and Dogs in Ghana The Institute of Community Sustainability (ICS) has urged...

Two reportedly killed in renewed Nkwanta tribal clash

Two people have been shot dead and another seriously wounded following a renewed tribal clash at the farming community of Keri in the Nkwanta-South...