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U.S. Commerce flags Ghana’s new mining policy, port delays affecting American firms

Senior officials from the United States Department of Commerce have raised concerns over Ghana’s mining regulations, investor-related bottlenecks, and the status of Ghanaian students...

Joy FM Party in the Park kicks off as patrons flock in amid growing excitement

The highly anticipated Joy FM Party in the Park 2025 is officially underway, with a steady stream of patrons trooping into the Aburi Botanical...

Lawyer, two others face court over GH¢800k excavator fraud

A 34-year-old legal practitioner, Divine Effah-Dartey, has been hauled before an Accra Circuit Court over his alleged role in a fraudulent excavator deal that...

Man, 35, found dead after allegedly killing 65-year-old farmer at Sehwi Atwima

A 35-year-old man, popularly known as “Rasta,” has allegedly shot and killed a 65-year-old, James Nyankomago, farmer at Sehwi Atwima in the Bibiani Anhwiaso...

28-year-old arrested with 98 parcels of suspected cannabis in Tamale

The Ghana Police Service’s Special Operation Team has arrested a 28-year-old man, Mohammed Alhassan, for possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority in Tamale. According to...

Blue Water Guards warned against bribery in galamsey fight

A Minerals Commission board member, Nana Adwoa Foriwah has cautioned the Blue Water Guards against accepting bribes from illegal miners, urging them to...

Constitution review was inclusive, structured and effective – Prof. Prempeh

Professor Kwasi Henry Prempeh has described the review of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution as a smooth, thorough and well-coordinated process, attributing the outcome to clear...

GoldBod CEO explains ‘clear typo’ in foreign reserves claim

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD), Sammy Gyamfi, has explained that a reference he made to Ghana’s foreign reserves in...

Transport shortages hit Ashaiman during Christmas

Residents of Ashaiman are facing transportation challenges because of the Christmas season, as shortages of commercial vehicles affect mobility within the municipality. Some commercial motorcycle...

Ada PWDs boycott Assembly disbursement over procurement concerns

Some Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Ada East District on December 23, 2025, boycotted a planned disbursement exercise by the Ada East District...

Selective justice is destroying trust in Ghana’s anti-corruption system – Prof. Prempeh

Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee, Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, says selective justice has eroded public trust in Ghana’s anti-corruption system and weakened the...

Fire destroys containers in Takoradi

Firefighters from the Sekondi Metro Fire Station of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) have brought a major commercial fire outbreak under control at...

Deputy Finance minister commissions first-ever electricity for Awurahae and Sarpor

The Deputy Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman, Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has commissioned a major electricity project for the Awurahae and...

IGP inaugurates Ghana Police Music Academy 

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, on Wednesday inaugurated the Ghana Police Music Academy at the National Police Training School at...

Gov’t releases GH¢139.33m LEAP funds to support over 350,000 households

The government has disbursed GH¢139.33 million under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to support 350,580 vulnerable households across the country, benefiting an...

ICGC-Jesus Temple fêtes patients at Eastern Regional Hospital

Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC-Jesus Temple) who doubles as the overseer of Eastern and Volta ICGC Rev. Dickson Tuffour...

Gov’t pledges protection and compensation for journalists harmed in the line of duty

Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has assured that journalists injured while performing their duties will receive compensation, reiterating that...

Christmas Eve crash kills four at Twifo Ntafrewaso

Four people lost their lives in a tragic road traffic accident on Christmas Eve at Twifo Ntafrewaso along the Cape Coast–Twifo Praso road. The...

Awaso STEM SHS matron, cook remanded for allegedly stealing food items

The Sehwi Wiawso Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Eric Baah Boateng, has remanded the two suspects involved in the diversion of food...

Fact-Check: Claim by GoldBod CEO that Ghana’s foreign reserves was $9b in 2016 FALSE

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has issued a response to media reports that dragged his institution into...

IGP Yohuno promotes 13 police officers for distinguished service

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has approved the promotion of 13 senior officers of the Ghana Police Service in recognition of their...

Melcom Care Foundation extends Christmas support to dialysis patients at 37 Military Hospital

The Melcom Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Melcom Group of Companies, has spread Christmas cheer to dialysis patients at the 37 Military...

Ghana Embassy delegation visits nationals held at ICE Detention Centre in Pennsylvania

A delegation from the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C., led by Ambassador Victor Emmanuel Smith, has undertaken a working visit to a U.S....

GIADEC denies claims gov’t plans to award Nyinahin bauxite concession to Ibrahim Mahama

The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has dismissed reports suggesting that the government plans to award bauxite concessions at Nyinahin to businessman Ibrahim...

11 arrested over mass shooting in South Africa tavern

Eleven suspects have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting that left nine people dead at a tavern in South Africa on Sunday. Police launched a...

ECG to be privatised – IMF reveals in Staff Report

The Electricity Company of Ghana is expected to be taken over by a private sector player going forward, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...

GoldBod sets records straight on IMF’s claims of $214m losses under gold-for-reserves programme

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has moved to clear the air over claims contained in a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report suggesting that...

Ghana to push UN motion declaring slave trade humanity’s greatest crime

President John Mahama has declared that Ghana will not forget, excuse or downplay the horrors of slavery, as the country prepares to push a...

Kenyasi assault case: Woman jailed 15-months for injuring child

A Circuit Court in Tafo, Kumasi, has sentenced a 34-year-old Nigerian national, Beauty Alakwe, to 15 months imprisonment with hard labour for unlawfully causing...

13 inmates at Nsawam Prison granted bail under Justice for All Programme  

Thirteen inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have been granted bail as part of the Justice For All Programme. The inmates, who had been...

Illegal farming ravages Chai River forest reserve

A Ghana News Agency (GNA) investigation has uncovered extensive illegal farming and charcoal production within the Chai River Forest Reserve in the Krachi East...

Some MMDCEs reject uniform 24-Hour Economy Market model, seek flexible options

Daniel Yao Dushie, Deputy Managing Director of PPMC International Limited, the consulting firm overseeing the Aflao Market and the proposed 24-Hour Economy Market projects,...

This is not the time for excuses or silence – Mahama renews call for reparations

President John Mahama has renewed Africa’s call for reparative justice, insisting the continent has reached a point where “forgetting the past is no longer...

Two dead, 12 injured after accident on Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway

Two people lost their lives with 12 others sustaining various degrees of injuries following an accident at Abakam along the Cape Coast–Takoradi stretch of...

900 women die in childbirth in 2025 – Gender Ministry warns Ghana is off-track on maternal health

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has raised alarm over Ghana’s worsening maternal health situation, revealing that about 900 women have died...

Gov’t secures $30m Chinese grant for new University of Science and Technology in Damongo

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed that President John Dramani Mahama has earmarked a $30 million grant from the Chinese government to...

Gov’t secures $200m World Bank funding to end double-track system

The government has secured a $200 million financing facility from the World Bank to permanently end the double-track system in senior high schools, Education...

Soldiers remove rival Mamprusi chief from Bawku in line with Otumfuo’s mediation recommendations

Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have removed Alhaji Seidu Abagre, the rival Mamprusi chief, from Bawku Township in the Upper East Region,...

Teacher trainees call for urgent reforms

Delegates of the Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) from the 49 public Colleges of Education have issued a comprehensive communiqué calling for urgent...

GRA–SML case politically motivated; Ofori-Atta is not evading justice – US lawyer

Enayat Qasimi, an international legal practitioner and lead counsel for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has described the ongoing GRA–SML case as politically driven,...