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Police caution final-year students against violence, vandalism as WASSCE ends Friday

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned final-year SHS students to celebrate responsibly when the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) ends on Friday,...

Court gives Wontumi, A-G until July 6 to report on plea bargain talks in GH¢30m EXIM bank fraud case

An Accra High Court has granted the Attorney-General's Office and lawyers for Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman...

Local vaccine production could help defeat misinformation and boost public trust – Ho West Presiding Member

The success of Ghana’s drive to manufacture vaccines locally may depend not only on scientific breakthroughs and investment but also on its ability to...

NDC to rename National headquarters after Rawlings as party marks his 79th birthday

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), in partnership with the J.J. Rawlings Foundation, will commemorate the 79th birthday of its founder, former President Jerry John...

Ghana, Rwanda commemorate 32nd anniversary of 1994 genocide at Burma Camp

The Deputy Minister for Defence, Ernest Brogya Genfi, joined the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in laying wreaths in honour of...

Two Christ the King SHS students injured in cutlass attack

Two students of Christ the King (CKC) Senior High School in Obuasi are receiving treatment after sustaining cutlass wounds in a violent attack reportedly...

I nearly cancelled medical outreach in Nkwanta South due to conflict – Dr Koku Awoonor

The Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Health, Dr Koku Awoonor Williams, has disclosed that he nearly cancelled a medical outreach programme in the...

Fire guts newly constructed Asankrangwa court building

A newly constructed court building at Asankrangwa in the Western Region has been gutted by fire, leaving behind partial damage. The cause of the fire...

Collapsed Kwaobaah–Nyanoa–Mepom bridge cuts off communities in Upper West Akyem

Residents along the Kwaobaah–Nyanoa–Mepom stretch in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region have been left stranded after a 78-year-old concrete bridge...

South Africa returnee arrested at Airport with baby granted bail – Lawyer

Private legal practitioner Oliver Barker-Vormawor has revealed that a Ghanaian mother who was detained at the Accra International Airport with her baby upon her...

Salaga baby theft: Midwives granted GH¢150K bail each

The Tamale Circuit Court has granted bail to two midwives from the East Gonja District Hospital in Salaga who are standing trial in connection...

See the areas that will be affected by ECG’s planned maintenance today

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of power interruptions for Thursday, June 18, as the state-owned utility undertakes planned maintenance...

Ghana hosts global leaders for landmark Reparatory Justice Conference

Presidents, prime ministers, parliamentary leaders and ministers from more than 80 countries have arrived in Ghana to participate in the Next Steps Conference on...

Lands Ministry inaugurates Greater Accra Public Lands Protection Taskforce

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, inaugurated a 20-member Greater Accra Public Lands Protection Taskforce...

Ahafo Deputy Chief Imam calls for tougher enforcement to improve sanitation

The Deputy Chief Imam of the Ahafo Region, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Unus, has called on the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs...

59 inmates nationwide undergo successful surgeries at Nsawam Prisons Hospital

The Prisons Hospital in Nsawam has successfully conducted a nationwide surgical outreach programme, providing specialised medical care to inmates drawn from several prison establishments...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund engages Korle Bu management to review patient support programme

Officials of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund have paid a courtesy call on the management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) to assess...

Safety tips: How to prevent electrical fires during the rainy season

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) is urging households and businesses to strictly observe electrical safety measures as the rainy season intensifies, warning that...

NHIA takes free NHIS registration drive to Zoggu in Northern Region

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has registered and renewed National Health...

Minority commends Presbyterian Church’s anti-galamsey campaign

The Minority on Parliament's Select Committee on Lands and Natural Resources has commended the Presbyterian Church of Ghana's nationwide anti-galamsey campaign, describing it as...

Gifty Oware-Mensah trial: ADB processed initial transfer to secure deal — Witness

The head of Consumer Finance at the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Gilbert Serbeh-Yeboah, has told the Accra High Court that the bank processed an...

GHS launches 2026 mass drug campaign to eliminate river blindness, elephantiasis and bilharzia

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has officially launched its 2026 Integrated Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign aimed at eliminating three major Neglected Tropical Diseases...

Two arrested in Ashaiman with suspected stolen automobile spare parts

Two men have been arrested by the police after they were found in possession of automobile spare parts suspected to have been stolen during...

SSNIT eyes expansion of Labadi Beach Hotel as profits surge

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) plans to expand the Labadi Beach Hotel, citing the facility’s strong financial performance and its position...

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu leads Bawumia’s restructured office as Chief of Staff

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has restructured his personal office and put former Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei...

Resource Governance Forum challenges GoldBod’s land reclamation project

The Forum for Responsible Resource Governance (FRRG) has described the Ghana Gold Board’s (GoldBod) planned nationwide land reclamation initiative as unlawful, arguing that the...

Bats take over school building as teacher shortage hits Afram Plains

A three-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities constructed for Kamalo D/A Junior High School in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern...

Missionary flouting directives by Regional Minister to move from foot of Adaklu mountain

National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) disclosed this when the Ghana News Agency contacted him on Tuesday to find out if NADMO had condoned the...

Convicted persons must serve their sentences – Ahiagbah on Sedina Tamakloe’s case

The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has insisted that former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small...

Bulldozed at midnight: How a 70-year-old Wa school was reduced to rubble for a market

For seven decades, the red-brick walls of Tindamba Primary School sheltered more than classrooms. They nurtured generations of children from Sokpayiri, Kabenya and Wa Zongo,...

Mahama hosts Bono Regional House of Chiefs at Presidency

President John Dramani Mahama has assured the chiefs and people of Bono Region of their fair share of the national cake. He noted that under...

FACT CHECK: Kennedy Agyapong’s claim that NPP government didn’t do anything in 8 years to complete Afari hospital false

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Agyapong has said his party “didn’t do anything” to complete the 500-bed Afari Military Hospital during...

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu in prison custody, not under house arrest – Kwakye Ofosu

The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has dismissed claims that Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is under house arrest, insisting she...

Franklin Cudjoe demands clarity on Sedina’s whereabouts after extradition to Ghana

Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President of IMANI Africa, has called on authorities to provide greater transparency regarding the whereabouts and status of former Microfinance and...

Patience Abbah crowned Mama G 2026 as Geisha celebrates ten women who go beyond

Geisha has crowned Patience Abbah as Mama G 2026 at the grand finale of its inaugural Mama G campaign, a nationwide initiative created to...

MP questions removal of donated transformer at Kpandai Hospital

The Member of Parliament for Kpandai Constituency, Hon. Mathew Nyindam, has questioned the removal of an electricity transformer he donated to the Kpandai Hospital...

Kpandai MP supports 100 students with GH¢100,000 Educational Fund

The Member of Parliament for Kpandai, Matthew Nyindam, has disbursed a total of GH¢100,000 from his Educational Fund to support 100 students in the...

Equatorial Guinea government resigns after failing to meet barely 10% of its targets

Equatorial Guinea’s government has resigned after failing to meet its objectives, Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said. Obiang, who is also the son of President...

Man jailed for storing human faeces outside his home in Northern Nigeria

A man in northern Nigeria has been sentenced to two weeks in prison after neighbours complained that he was storing bags of human faeces...

Two suspects nabbed over fraudulent GH¢100,000 car sale

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with an alleged fraudulent online vehicle sale scheme that reportedly defrauded a...