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GAUA-UDS declares indefinite strike

The University for Development Studies (UDS) branch of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has declared an indefinite strike effective May 27, 2025. The...

Gov’t reintroduces school selection before BECE

The Ministry of Education has announced the reintroduction of school selection prior to the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). As part of the new arrangement,...

‘I don’t consider myself an icon’ – Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson is an indisputable cultural icon, so it was only natural that the 10-time Billboard Hot 100-topping artist was honoured with the ICON...

Mahama Ayariga hails NDC’s economic reset; says “Forsonnomics is working”

Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has credited the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government with engineering one of the fastest economic recoveries in Ghana’s recent history. Delivering...

School selection for 2025 BECE candidates begins

The Ministry of Education, through the Free Senior High School (SHS) Secretariat, has begun the school selection process for 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination...

Date for re-opening Ghanaian Embassy in Washington DC announced

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced that the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C. will reopen for full consular and administrative...

Veteran journalist Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng passes on

Distinguished veteran journalist and renowned media trainer Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng has died after months of ill health. He passed away in London on Monday, May...

26 arrested for drug-related offences in Aflao

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested 26 individuals linked to drug-related offences around the Aflao border in the Volta Region. The suspects were apprehended...

Gov’t to extend Free SHS Policy to private schools from next academic year

The government has announced plans to extend the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy to include private senior high schools starting from the next...

McDan named Salt Mining CEO of the Year; championing Ghana’s industrial renaissance

Dr. Daniel McKorley, popularly known as McDan, has been honored as the Salt Mining CEO of the Year, recognizing his transformative impact on Ghana’s...

TEWU demands urgent meeting to conclude conditions of service

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Ghana, has called for an urgent meeting with the Fair Wages...

Aflao MoMo vendor’s death: 65-year-old father of key suspect arrested; 8 now in custody

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of another suspect in connection with the robbery and murder of mobile money vendor Christopher Ahordor...

NPP laid foundation for digital road tolls, not Mahama – Asenso Boakye

Former Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso Boakye, has disagreed with claims that President John Mahama’s plan to reintroduce road tolls via a...

I would resign if I were Ablakwa – Former Minister reacts to Veep’s private jet use

Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has called on Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to resign, accusing him of reneging on a promise he...

Police to enforce 15% fare reduction in Kumasi

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has announced plans to deploy police officers on major roads to ensure strict enforcement of the 15% reduction in...

Washington Embassy saga: Fred Kwarteng is a bad boy – Former staff makes damning revelation [Video]

A former Head of Information and Public Affairs at the Embassy of Ghana in the United States, Kofi Tonto, says he is not surprised...

Robbery gang jailed over major attacks in Accra

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of a five-member robbery gang responsible for two major attacks in...

GHS confirms 10 new Mpox cases, total infections rise to 19

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 10 new cases of Mpox, formerly known as Monkeypox, bringing the total number of recorded infections in...

Ho MCE vows to establish task force to combat flooding

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ho Central, Hon. Stephen Adom, has announced plans to set up a dedicated task force to address the...

Missing ECG containers retrieved

The Ministry of Energy has recovered 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), more than double the number previously reported as...

Menstrual Hygiene in schools: Atiwa West MP calls for clean changing facilities for girls

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa West, Korkor Asante, has called for intensified menstrual hygiene education and the establishment of dedicated safe spaces for...

Wontumi has never done anything wrong – Paul Yandor

The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandor, has mounted a strong defence for the party’s regional chairman, Bernard...

Chief Justice Torkornoo begs Supreme Court to halt removal process

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene and stop what she describes as a coordinated and degrading campaign to...

Tuesday May 27 2025 Newspaper Headlines

                       

Kennedy Agyapong offers to stand as surety for Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi

Former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has volunteered to serve as one of the sureties for Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, the former Board Chairman of...

Chairman Wontumi to report to CID again today

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, is expected to report to the Criminal...

I am not involved in galamsey – Wontumi insists

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has reiterated that he is not...

Parliament resumes today

Parliament will resume sitting today, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, for the second meeting of the first session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth...

Woman who stole church TV at Military Barracks jailed 12 months

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a 50-inch television at the Teshie Military Barracks in...

‘Fuel could sell at GH¢12 by Thursday’ – OMC boss pins hope on cedi stability

The Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs), Dr. Riverson Oppong, says Ghanaians may soon enjoy significantly lower fuel prices...

China student says college made her ‘take off trousers’ for period leave

A college in Beijing has found itself at the centre of public fury after it allegedly asked a student to prove she was on...

King prepares to give key speech backing Canada

King Charles III will deliver a significant speech in Canada's parliament later on Tuesday that is expected to offer his support in the country's...

Macron says he and wife were ‘horsing around’ in apparent fight caught on camera

French media on Monday tried to decipher the interaction that cameras spotted through the just-opened door of the plane as the couple disembarked in...

CID releases Chairman Wontumi

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has granted bail to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),...

Man, 30, arrested for possession of harmful drugs, firearm in Sabon Zongo

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man for trading harmful drugs and possessing an unlicensed firearm. The suspect, Aminu Amidu Mohammed...

Love without labels: Why the ‘talking stage’ is killing our emotional intelligence

We’re always “vibing,” but never arriving. Somewhere between “hey you up?” and “we’re just taking things slow,” a generation is losing the art of emotional...

Judge cautions against premature plea bargaining in Adu-Boahene’s case

The trial judge in the ongoing case involving the immediate past Director General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others...

17 arrested in anti-galamsey operation in Samreboi 

The Special Police Anti-galamsey Taskforce from the National Police Headquarters has arrested 17 suspects in connection with illegal mining activities, commonly known as galamsey...

Nursing mother found dead in uncompleted building at Awutu Bereku

A four-month-old nursing mother has been found dead at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The deceased has been...

National Day of Prayer will transform Ghana – Local Government Minister

The Minister for Local Government, Rural Development, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has described Ghana’s newly declared National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving...