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70% of schools no longer on double-track system – Adutwum

Former Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that 70% of Ghana's Senior High Schools (SHS) have successfully phased out the double-track system. In...

New Registrar of Births & Deaths to be reassigned after CLOGSAG’s resistance

President John Mahama is set to reassign the newly appointed Registrar of the Births and Deaths Registry, Samuel Adom Botchway, following concerns raised by...

ECG, GRIDCo to upgrade transformer to boost power supply in Ashanti Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have signed a strategic agreement to enhance electricity supply capacity in the...

Why should our son, Afenyo-Markin be denied land? – Effutu Traditional Council

the Effutu Traditional Council has strongly condemned criticism against its Member of Parliament and Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, over his acquisition of land from...

Foreign Affairs Ministry celebrate three Ghanaians on their election to AU Commission

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Foreign Affairs Minister, has celebrated the election of Jane Gasu Aheto, Kwami Edem Senanu and Amma A. Twum-Amoah to various...

Dwafoakwa farmers allegedly attacked by landguards in land dispute

Tensions are rising in Akyem Dwafoakwa in the Lower West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region, as peasant farmers and residents protest alleged attacks...

Ministry of Finance releases new report on Ghana’s VAT system

The Ministry of Finance has released a report reviewing Ghana’s Value Added Tax (VAT) structure, in collaboration with researchers from the Institute for Fiscal...

Five-month-old baby reportedly killed; mother beaten to pulp in Bawku

A five-month-old baby girl has died in Bawku in the Upper East Region after being smashed on the ground amidst the protracted conflict. According to...

Eastern Regional Minister reacts to burning of excavators in Atiwa Range Forest [Listen]

Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Adjei Awatey, has reacted to the destruction of four excavators during a dawn operation targeting illegal mining activities in the...

One in critical condition after fire guts three-bedroom house in Damongo

One person is in critical condition after fire ravaged a three-bedroom house in Damongo in the Savannah Region. According to the Municipal Fire Command, they...

Agric Minister to unveil policies for sector improvement in March

The Minister for Food and Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Asunafo South, Eric Opoku, has announced that he will unveil policies to revitalise...

Why didn’t you interview Ofori-Atta in the US as you did for Mahama’s brother? – NPP quizzes OSP

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticised the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, for not interviewing former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in the United States...

Karpowership engages gov’t over accumulated debt

Karpowership Ghana has assured the public that there is no immediate threat of a power shutdown despite ongoing discussions with the government regarding accumulated...

MoMo vendor shot dead at Krofrom in daylight robbery [Photos+Video]

A 27-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, Patricia Nimako, has been shot dead in a daylight robbery at Krofrom in Kumasi. The tragic incident occurred on...

Ahafo Regional Minister urges RCC staff to be transparent and time-conscious

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Charity Gardiner, has urged staff of the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to be transparent and time-conscious in their work to...

CIMG: Michael Abbiw is new President as new national executives are elected

The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has officially announced the results of its highly anticipated national elections. The voting process, overseen by the Electoral...

Government committed to addressing urgent challenges at 37 Military Hospital – Omane Boamah

The Minister for Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has assured Ghanaians that the government is making determined efforts to resolve pressing challenges facing the...

CDM condemns appointment of Dr Asiama as BoG Governor

The Center for Democratic Movement (CDM) has strongly condemned the appointment of Dr. Johnson Asiama as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG),...

Two children in critical condition after mother’s lover allegedly sets room on fire in Axim

A jealous lover, Joseph Richard, has allegedly set fire to the room of his girlfriend, Betty Herman, at Axim in the Western Region. The incident...

Meningitis situation is under control – Health Minister

Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has assured that the Meningitis situation in the Upper West Region is under control, calling for concerted efforts from...

Dumsor looms as Karpowership threatens shutdown over $379m debt

Ghana is on the brink of a power crisis as Karpowership, the operator of a floating power plant at Aboadze in the Western Region,...

Elizabeth Ohene writes: Maybe, I was just innocent

This is not a story I tell often, but after hearing of a group of armed soldiers forcibly entering the home of a former...

Local Government Ministry to restore chiefs’ power of summons to fight galamsey

The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Rural Development has assured traditional leaders of the restoration of their power of summons as part of...

Nine dead, 15 injured in fatal accident near Walewale

A tragic accident on the Walewale highway in the North East Region has claimed the lives of nine people and left 15 others severely...

Economist cautions government against hastily removing taxes

Economist Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour has warned the government against rushing to remove taxes it promised to scrap if doing so would negatively impact...

Fire destroys items worth over GHS 150,000 at Abuakwa Maakro

A tragic fire outbreak has left 31-year-old fashion designer and trainer, Mr. Eric Gyamfi, devastated after his entire fashion shop was reduced to ashes...

Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says

Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 11 more bodies of migrants from a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security...

TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in the US

TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban on the...

CLOGSAG declares strike over appointment of Births and Deaths Registrar

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has declared a nationwide strike effective Thursday, February 13, 2025. The action is to protest...

Cholera outbreak: Bury dead relatives immediately – Environmental Health Office warns

The Central Regional Environmental Health Office has cautioned families who lose their relatives to cholera to bury them immediately to protect the community. The office...

Ofori-Atta is traumatised, he’ll return and cooperate after treatment – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has confirmed that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will return to Ghana after completing his medical treatment abroad. Addressing Parliament on...

Manasseh Azure Awuni: Appiah Stadium, Mahama’s gadfly and discontinued prosecutions

In this piece, react to the Attorney General’s response to my position that Ghanaians needed to know the reason for the mass discontinuation of...

NPP fingers Richard Jakpa in raid on Ofori-Atta’s home

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has alleged that Richard Jakpa, the third accused person in the now-discontinued...

Interior Minister inaugurates 7-member committee to review security service recruitment

To enhance transparency and professionalism in the recruitment processes of Ghana’s security services, Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak has inaugurated a seven-member committee. The committee...

NPP ready to cooperate with investigations but… – Nana Boakye

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has assured the public that the party is fully prepared to cooperate...

You won’t hear of ghost names again under my watch – NSA boss assures

The Acting Director of the National Service Authority (NSS), Felix Gyamfi, has assured Ghanaians that the issue of ghost names will be a thing...

Missing Anyinam National Service borehole machine found in Swedru

The Acting Director of the Ghana National Service Authority (NSA), Felix Gyamfi, has revealed more irregularities at the secretariat, citing the disappearance of essential...

Mpraeso MP cautions Communications Minister on NCA’s independence and selective frequency audit

Mpraeso Member of Parliament, Davis Ansah Opoku (OPK), has cautioned the Minister for Communications, Samuel Nartey George, against undermining the independence of the National...

Education Minister urges teachers to create positive learning environments

The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the National Teaching Council, hosted a special appreciation breakfast to honour sponsors of the Ghana Teacher Prize. The...