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Police arrest two over viral video of 12-year-old driving articulated truck

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man following a viral video showing the minor driving a DAF XF...

GRDA raises safety concerns over encroachment, vandalism on Tema-Mpakadan railway line

The Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) has raised concerns over increasing safety threats along the Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line following a passenger train collision with...

If I have to choose between the court and public sentiment, I would side with the court – Manasseh Azure

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says he would trust the Court of Appeal's judgment over public opinion in the Sedina Tamakloe case, saying that...

Ghana Prisons Service joins security operation for Dagbon Regent’s enskinment

The Ghana Prisons Service deployed officers to support security arrangements during the enskinment of the Regent of Dagbon at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi...

Commercial tricycle rider jailed seven years for defiling minor

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced Nicholas Adjarlolo, a 23-year-old commercial Pragia (tricycle) rider, to seven years’ imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old Junior High...

Don’t pay anyone to facilitate your recruitment – Police

The Ghana Police Service has assured applicants in its ongoing 2025/2026 recruitment exercise that those who have not yet been invited to the next...

Commissioner General of Ghana Boundary Commission concludes five-day operational assessment in Oti region

The Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC), Major General Anthony Ntem, has concluded a 5-day operational assessment and stakeholder engagements along sections...

Akyem Sokode Dwaso chief swears oath of allegiance to Okyenhene, appeals for support for education

The Chief of Akyem Sokode Dwaso, Barimah (Dr) Kwabena Awuah I, has officially sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori...

NACOC arrests 10 over alleged cannabis distribution at KTU SRC Week

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested 10 suspects for allegedly engaging in the distribution of cannabis and cannabis-infused drinks during the Koforidua Technical...

Used vehicle dealers urge gov’t to review October deadline for new import regulation

The Chamber of Autodata Ghana has appealed to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to reconsider the October 1, 2026 deadline for enforcing new conformity...

Eldest son of late Ya-Na enskinned as Dagbon Regent – Mahama urges calm in selection of new Overlord

The Dagbon Kingdom, on Friday, July 31, entered a new phase in its customary succession process with the enskinment of Kampakuya Naa Yakubu, the...

Prosecutors must seek justice, not just convictions – Inusah Fuseini

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has stressed that prosecutors must focus on achieving justice rather than merely securing convictions, following...

Coconut seller fined GH¢360 for dumping husks into drain at Bubuashie

A coconut seller, Prince Nyame, has been fined GH¢360 by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for dumping coconut husks into a public...

Armed robbers attack two VIP JEOUN buses, five injured

Five people have sustained gunshot injuries after armed robbers attacked a VIP JEOUN passenger coach on the Accra–Kumasi Highway in one of two separate...

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s acquittal: Manasseh Azure expresses disappointment

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has expressed disappointment over the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit and discharge former Chief Executive Officer of the...

Two killed, 10 injured in Dompoase crash on Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway

Two people have been confirmed dead while ten others have sustained various degrees of injuries following a road crash at Dompoase on the Cape...

Free SHS can be improved to sustain its gains – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has called for sustained investment in Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free...

Why the Court of Appeal is unable to rule on AG’s stay application

A newly constituted Court of Appeal panel that sat on an emergency basis on Friday morning to hear the Attorney-General's application for a stay...

Make boarding SHS fully fee-paying; it’s unfair to taxpayers – GNACOPS to gov’t

Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Obenfo Nana Kwasi Gyetuah has called for boarding education under the Free Senior...

Free SHS: EduWatch boss calls for an end to ‘freebies’ with resources redirected to basic schools

Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has renewed calls for a review of Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, urging...

How Adwoa Safo disguised the casket to pull off her father’s burial

Sarah Adwoa Safo's team appears to have outwitted both police and rival family members to ensure her father, the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka,...

Sustain, Reform or Redesign: Calls grow for reforms as stakeholders debate the future of Free SHS

Stakeholders in Ghana's education sector have called for comprehensive reforms to the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, agreeing that while the programme...

Boarding should be optional under Free SHS, parents who can afford it should share the cost – Kwasi Gyetuah

Education policy advocate Kwasi Gyetuah has proposed reforms to Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, suggesting that government should focus on funding...

Free SHS has become too politicised to be reversed, but reforms are needed – Kofi Asare

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has called for reforms to strengthen Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy,...

Government cannot bear all Free SHS costs, parents must share responsibility – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has called for greater parental support in the...

Increased access under Free SHS has affected quality – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has said that while the Free Senior High...

Quality of Free SHS is not in doubt despite double-track concerns – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has defended the quality of Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS)...

Free SHS foundation was weak, needs reforms to improve quality – Kwasi Gyetuah

An education policy advocate, Kwasi Gyetuah, has argued that while Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy has succeeded in expanding access to...

Free SHS’s greatest achievement is expanding access – Kofi Asare

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has described expanded access to secondary education as the greatest success of Ghana's Free...

Kintampo North MP donates GH¢60,600 to repair ambulance serving constituency

The Member of Parliament for Kintampo North, Joseph Kwame Kuma, has donated GH¢60,600 to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to support the repair and...

297 flood-hit Ghana Armed Forces personnel receive relief support

Personnel of the Ghana Air Force were among 297 victims of the Ghana Armed Forces who received relief assistance after being affected by the...

Ho-Dome Queen Mother alleges GHS5k vote-buying in Volta Council of State election

The Queen Mother of Ho-Dome in the Asogli Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Mama Atrato II, has made explosive allegations of widespread vote-buying...

Family of Bukom crash victim visits Gender Minister ahead of funeral

The family of the late Esther Arthur, one of the victims of the tragic Bukom Junction accident, has paid a courtesy visit to the...

Godfred Dame rejects blame over Sedina Attionu acquittal, accuses government of political orchestration

Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has dismissed claims that the Akufo-Addo administration or his tenure as Attorney-General was responsible for...

Nana B’s criticism of Sedina Tamakloe acquittal is politically motivated – Edudzi Tamakloe

Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has dismissed criticisms by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the...

10 Ghanaian public figures whose legal battles challenged judicial system

For years, criminal trials involving Ghana’s political elite and public officials have generated intense public interest, often becoming more than courtroom battles. They have...

Minority rejects Parliament’s approval of six mining leases, calls process ‘defective rubber stamp’

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has rejected the approval of six mining leases, including two leases involving Damang Mining belonging to Engineers and Planners,...

Gabon President pays tribute to Jerry Rawlings with wreath-laying ceremony

Visiting Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has paid tribute to Ghana's late former President Jerry John Rawlings by laying a wreath at his...

KMA demolishes unauthorised structures around Baba Yara Stadium

A joint security taskforce led by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has demolished unauthorised structures around the Baba Yara Sports Stadium as part of...

Supreme Court’s ruling on OSP prosecutorial powers is ‘very sound’ – Lawyer

A legal practitioner, George Anti, has described the Supreme Court's ruling on the prosecutorial powers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as...