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Government empowers 25 learners in Asutifi North District with training equipment under National Apprenticeship Programme

In a significant boost for vocational training, the government has provided essential equipment to 25 learners and their masters in the Asutifi North District...

Parliament approves petroleum agreements extensions

Parliament has approved an extension of the terms of the agreement between the government and some petroleum exploration companies to safeguard their continuity and...

What is the UK’s new travel system and how are dual nationals affected?

A new travel system for visitors to the UK comes into force from Wednesday for citizens of dozens of countries like the US and...

Two in court for allegedly robbing Yango driver

Two persons have been arraigned before a Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly robbing a Yango driver of his mobile phone and GH¢1,500 at...

Energy Ministry orders probe into rapid depletion of ECG prepaid credit

The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has directed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to investigate growing public concerns that prepaid electricity credit...

Gov’t calls for united front to fix Ghana’s transport crisis

Government is pushing for stronger collaboration among policymakers, financial institutions, academia and private operators to address the deep-rooted challenges affecting Ghana’s transport system. Speaking at...

Removing doctors from payroll over postings is unethical – Labour Expert

A Labour Expert at the Institute for Liberty and Policy Innovation, Peter Bismark Kwofie, has described as unethical the decision by the Minister of...

Mexico hunts 23 inmates sprung from jail during wave of violence

Police in Mexico are searching for a number of inmates sprung from a prison in Puerto Vallarta during a wave of attacks launched by...

‘Emergency ward kept me alive; it must work for every Ghanaian’ – Mahama Ayariga

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has called for swift accountability following reports that a hit-and-run victim was allegedly denied admission at three...

Gender Minister oversees safe discharge of rescued baby, settles medical bills and engages police on probe

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, on Tuesday, February 24, visited the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to witness the...

Teachers, parents petition Mahama over alleged bullying, mismanagement in Anloga District basic schools

Concerned teachers and parents in the Anloga Municipal District have petitioned President John Mahama, calling for urgent intervention to address alleged and proven administrative...

Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews

Dozens of FBI witness interviews from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein appear to be missing from the massive trove of files released by the...

Agona Swedru police seize 209 slaps of suspected narcotics, reject Gh¢100,000 bribe

The Agona Swedru District Police Command has arrested two men in connection with the alleged transport of 209 slaps of narcotic drugs in the...

Govt advises against non-essential travel to Mexico amid unrest over El Mencho killing

The Government of Ghana has issued a travel advisory for its nationals in Mexico following violent incidents linked to the killing of Nemesio Ruben...

Peripheral hospitals must be strengthened to ease ‘No Bed’ crisis — GMA

Dr Richard Selormey, General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), has urged the government to strengthen peripheral hospitals to prevent the persistent “no...

US Africa Command ready to support West Africa combat terrorism

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has expressed deep concern over the escalating terrorist threat in West Africa and signaled its readiness to support...

Popular Nigerian actor Okemesi passes on

Popular Nigerian comic actor Bamidele Tope Saint, professionally known as Okemesi, has died. Okemesi passed away at a hospital on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at...

Mahama swears in new Fire Service and Immigration heads [Photos]

John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sarpong as Chief Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service and Samuel Basintale Amadu...

Traders count losses as fire guts Zabzugu yam market

Traders are counting their losses after a fire ravaged the yam market in Zabzugu in the Northern Region, destroying several stalls and sheds. Eyewitnesses said...

Accra Mayor lobbies jobs for PWDs, youth during company tour

The Mayor of Accra, Hon. Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has appealed to corporate institutions to prioritise employment opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and the...

GRA interdicts five customs officers over suspected transit cargo breaches

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has interdicted five officers of its Customs Division with immediate effect, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into...

Inter-schools violence: Older generation failed to guide youth – Security expert

A security expert, Dr. Emmanuel Sowattey, has attributed the rising wave of violence in Senior High Schools to the older generation’s failure to provide...

Finance Minister lays Value for Money Office Bill before Parliament

The Minister for Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has laid the Value for Money Office Bill before Parliament, describing it as a decisive step to...

Rainstorms expected to hit parts of Volta, Eastern and Accra — GMet warns

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has issued an impact-based weather alert, warning that localised rainstorms and thunderstorms are expected to affect parts of the...

Police intercept truck carrying over 7,000 parcels of suspected marijuana in Nkwanta South

The Nkwanta South Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service has intercepted a suspected drug-laden container truck, retrieving more than 7,000 parcels of dried...

Afenyo-Markin urges Bagbin to summon Korle-Bu, Police, Ridge Hospitals over alleged denial of care to hit-and-run victim

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to direct the Health Committee to summon the management of Korle-Bu...

Many Ghanaians are confused and frustrated with the NDC – Miracles Aboagye

A former presidential staffer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, accusing it of...

No NDC appointee can talk about ORAL now; what they’re doing is worse – Miracles Aboagye

A former presidential staffer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the Operation Recover...

GRIDCo probes cause of power outage in parts of Tema

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has confirmed that an electrical fault at its Smelter II substation in Tema caused a power outage in...

First British baby born using transplanted womb from dead donor

A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to be born using a womb transplanted from a dead donor. Grace Bell, who...

Tow or be towed: New L.I targets traffic congestion and road safety

The Director of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Transport, Ghana, Eric Tetteh Addison, has revealed that a Legislative Instrument (L.I.) is currently before...

EPA says $35m needed to fully restore the polluted Birim River

The Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Nana Ama Brown Klutse, has revealed that an estimated $35 million will be required...

40 Ghanaian languages face extinction

The Executive Director of the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), Ziblim Alhassan Betintiche, has revealed that at least 40 Ghanaian languages are on the verge...

Abesim murder: Footballer sentenced to life in prison

The High Court in Accra has sentenced Richard Appiah, the footballer and draughtsman convicted of murdering two children in Abesim in the Bono Region,...

GNFS warns first-time drivers over dangerous Asukawkaw road

The Oti Regional Second-in-Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), D.O.1 Francis Agbavitor, has cautioned first-time drivers to exercise extreme care when using...

ECG grants metre readers authority to cut power over unpaid bills

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has introduced significant changes to its operations, empowering franchise officers, previously known as metre readers, to disconnect electricity...

Six Aggrey Memorial SHS students arrested over brutal attack on ADISCO student

The Ghana Police Service has arrested six students of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School for allegedly attacking a final-year student of Adisadel College in...

Ghana’s emergency healthcare system failing patients — Former GMA Vice President

Former Vice President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Justice Yankson, has raised serious concerns about Ghana’s emergency healthcare system, describing it as...

Police arrest three individuals in Ahafo Region for possessing illegal firearms

The Ahafo Regional Police Command has arrested three individuals on the Ayomso-Goaso road for allegedly possessing firearms unlawfully. During a press briefing in Goaso, the...