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Roads Minister pledges three months’ salary to Volta cardiac centre project

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has pledged an additional three months of his salary towards the construction of a proposed...

Police end rescue efforts for victims of fatal Odumase accident

Police have ended search efforts for a supposed victim of the Odumase road accident, which claimed 13 lives on the spot. After failed attempts to...

Two arrested as driver, mate are found dead in hotel at Nkawkaw

A driver and his mate have been found dead under mysterious circumstances at Elsie Hotel in Nkawkaw, in the Kwahu West Municipality of the...

MTN Foundation transforms under-resourced ICT block at New Asafo M/A Basic School into modern STEM hub

The MTN Ghana Foundation has commissioned a state-of-the-art ICT and Robotics Centre at the New Asafo M/A Basic School in the Asokwa Municipality of...

Asutifi South faces teacher shortage at basic schools – Collins Dauda

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has expressed concern over the shortage of teachers in basic schools across the constituency,...

MoMAG urges vigilance among MoMo agents after alleged GH₵10k cash swap scam

The Mobile Money Advocacy Group Ghana (MoMAG) has cautioned mobile money agents to remain vigilant and strictly follow transaction procedures following a cash swap...

Davis Opoku proposes AI auditing, contract portal to strengthen public financial accountability

The Vice Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Davis Ansah Opoku, has proposed a series of reforms, including artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted auditing and...

Consume some of the birds, but treat Nkoko Nkitinkiti as a business – Agric Minister to beneficiaries

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has urged beneficiaries of the government's Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative to treat the programme as a business...

Ecobank, Mantrac Ghana sign strategic deal to scale up business financing

Ecobank Ghana and Anglophone West Africa have signed a strategic partnership agreement with Mantrac Ghana to provide flexible equipment financing solutions for businesses across...

Two killed, several injured in accident on Fodoa–Nadeso road

Two people have died, while several others sustained injuries in a serious road accident on the Fodoa–Nadeso stretch of the Kumasi Highway in the...

HASAG demands migration of health accountants onto Controller and Accountant General’s payroll

The leadership of the Health Accounting Staff Association of Ghana (HASAG) is calling for the migration of its members onto the payroll platform of...

We’ll advise ourselves if… – Three teacher unions issue ultimatum to gov’t over conditions of service

The leadership of three major pre-tertiary teacher unions — the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and...

NPP would reverse tribunal system if elected – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has suggested that a future New Patriotic Party (NPP) government would reverse the tribunals system being introduced by the Mahama...

13 footbridges, 4 underpasses underway on Kasoa–Winneba Highway

Nag-Fairmont Construction Company has begun the installation of footbridges along the Kasoa–Winneba Highway as part of the ongoing dualisation project aimed at improving pedestrian...

Blackview officially launches first brand store in Ghana

Chinese technology giant Blackview has officially entered the Ghanaian market with the opening of its first offline brand store, bringing its range of rugged...

Dr Vera Beyuo distributes 500 free school uniforms to girls in Lambussie

Dr Mrs Vera Beyuo, wife of the Member of Parliament for Lambussie, Titus Beyuo, has begun distributing about 500 free school uniforms to girls...

Court jails 19-year-old for stealing nurse’s mobile phone and cash 

The Tarkwa District Magistrate Court One has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Shadrack Cobbinah, to five years' imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an iPhone...

Teacher jailed 12 years for defiling pupil under his care

The court, presided over by Kwasi Appiatse Abaidoo, convicted and sentenced the accused after the prosecution established the offence.  Chief Inspector Godsway Kromoah, who prosecuted the case, told the...

Police secure conviction of woman over offensive TikTok video targeting Mahama, First Lady

A 43-year-old woman, Camila Alhassan, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labour by the Accra Circuit Court after she was convicted...

Central Region moves to tackle cholera outbreak 

The Central Regional Health Directorate has launched an intensive public-education campaign urging stakeholders to strengthen cholera-prevention measures across the region. The initiative targeted market women,...

Adom Brands to host ‘Democracy Is Not For Sale’ forum in Takoradi today

Adom Brands of the Multimedia Group Limited will today, July 17, 2026, host the Western Regional edition of its “Democracy Is Not For Sale”...

Italy–Ghana Water Technology Workshop boosts partnerships to improve water sector solutions

The maiden Italy–Ghana Water Technology Workshop and Business-to-Business (B2B) Meetings 2026 has ended in Accra with renewed commitments to strengthen cooperation, innovation and investment...

I don’t have full control over galamsey hotspots due to police jurisdiction disputes – Juaben MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Eunice Ohenewaa Ansu, has raised concerns over what she describes as conflicting police...

Residents call for urgent attention after bridge linking Achiase and Anumso communities collapses

Residents of Achiase and Anumso in the Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region are appealing to the government to urgently reconstruct a collapsed bridge...

Parliament passes Tribunals Bill, 2026

Parliament has approved the Tribunals Bill, 2026, paving the way for the reintroduction of tribunals under a new legal framework aimed at strengthening Ghana's...

President Mahama directs health minister to re-open recruitment portal for nurses to clear backlog

The Ministry of Health is to reopen the recruitment portal to absorb 16,000 nurses in two phases, President John Dramani Mahama has announced. This is...

Kumasi to experience temporary power outages as GRIDCo begins major transmission line upgrade

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has announced that residents of Kumasi and parts of the Ashanti Region should brace...

Terminal 3 car park at Accra International Airport to close from July 20 for redevelopment

Management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced that the existing car park at Terminal 3 of the Accra International Airport (AIA)...

GACL to relocate Terminal 3 car park from July 20

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced the temporary closure and relocation of the existing Terminal 3 Car Park at the Accra International...

Mahama nominates three for Supreme Court bench

President John Dramani Mahama has nominated three individuals for appointment to Ghana's Supreme Court, subject to parliamentary approval. The nominees are Court of Appeal Justices...

Afenyo-Markin, Attorney General clash over proposed Public Tribunals Bill

A heated debate erupted in Parliament on Thursday, July 16, as Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin and Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine clashed over the...

NIA opens Ghana Card registration centre in Spain for Ghanaians abroad

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has established a Ghana Card registration centre in Spain, extending its identity registration services to Ghanaians living in the...

Judiciary’s strength lies in public confidence – Chief Justice

Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has described the confidence Ghanaians have in the Supreme Court as the judiciary's greatest asset, stressing that every person who...

Mobile Money Agents Association announces end of current executives’ tenure

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) has announced the expiration of the tenure of its current National Executive Administration, paving the way...

Odumase accident: Death toll rises to 14, hospitalised victims in stable condition

The death toll of Wednesday night's tragic road accident at Odumase in the Ashanti region has increased to 14, as the body of a...

Weija Children’s Hospital set to open after EOCO secures handover agreement

The Weija Children's Hospital is set to open to the public following a successful agreement brokered by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)...

FDA shuts down Osu food joints over hygiene permit

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has temporarily closed some food service establishments along Oxford Street, Osu, for operating without the mandatory Food Hygiene...

I have not received any notice of NPP’s annulment of Ashanti constituency elections – Wontumi

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, says he has not received any official communication...

Teacher gets 12-year jail term for defiling 12-year-old girl

A 32-year-old teacher who defiled his 12-year-old pupil has been sentenced to 12 years by the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court. Hondana Mensah is reported to have...

Two arrested in connection with viral assault of 18-year-old Pragia rider at Diaso

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the viral assault of an 18-year-old Pragia rider at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District...