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Audit Service rejects calls for restatement of MIIF 2024 financials; flags concerns over Agyapa

The Auditor-General’s Department has dismissed calls from the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) to review and restate its 2024 audited financial statements. The Audit Service...

Police seek diplomatic assistance to contact US woman who alleged kidnapping by officers

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed it is working through diplomatic channels to secure the cooperation of an American woman who posted a viral...

Unemployed Nurses and Midwives plan demonstration over delayed postings

The Graduate Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association (GUNMA) is preparing to launch a major demonstration in response to the government’s prolonged delay in recruiting...

Minerals Development Fund implements environmentally sustainable, profitable initiative for small-scale mining

The Minerals Development Fund (MDF) has launched an environmentally sustainable mining initiative to reduce water and land degradation in small-scale mining. The MDF Modular Sustainable...

GTEC rolls out strict measures against abuse of honorary academic titles

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has announced new measures to curb the growing misuse of honorary doctorate and professorial titles in the country. In...

Energy Ministry hits back at Minority, says 9% tariff hike modest compared to their 27%

The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has pushed back against criticisms from the Minority in Parliament following the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission’s (PURC)...

NALAG urges government to release outstanding allowances for Assembly Members

The National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) has appealed to the government to urgently release outstanding monthly allowances owed to Assembly Members...

Illicit Flows bleed Ghana dry: How billions lost are crippling science education and local research

The Mankranso senior high school and community was thrown into a state of frenzy after contestants of the school clinched a historic feat at...

DVLA launches new number plate enrollment in Oti Region

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has begun distributing new RFID-enabled license plates in the Oti Region, as part of its nationwide effort...

Environmental Protection: Communities in Ghana can resist illegal mining without losing their livelihoods

Awakwai is a farmer in the Sika Nti community at Asankragua in the Western Region. When he migrated to the community to work on...

Police arrest four students over Wa Technical Institute riot

The Upper West Regional Police Commander, DCOP Francis Yiribaare, has confirmed the arrest of four students in connection with the violent disturbances at the...

Six-year-trained medical lab scientists still jobless, demand government action

Medical Laboratory Scientist Dr. Kwasi Asante Okyere has called on the government to urgently address the prolonged delay in recruiting medical laboratory scientists into...

Mahama to receive final Bawku peace mediation report on December 11

President John Dramani Mahama is set to receive the final report on the Bawku peace mediation process on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at a...

Yamfo chiefs reject COH Principal’s transfer, warn of consequences

The chiefs of Yamfo in the Ahafo Region have strongly opposed the Ministry of Health’s decision to transfer the Principal of the College of...

Akrofuom MP donates motorbikes, laptops and cash to boost education

The Member of Parliament for Akrofuom, Joseph Azumah, has donated five motorbikes, laptops, a power plant, and financial support to the Akrofuom Education Directorate...

Ghana’s public debate too emotional, not driven by data – Prof Bokpin

Economics professor Godfred Bokpin has criticised the quality of Ghana’s national conversations, arguing that far too many public debates are shaped by emotion rather...

Ace Ankomah pushes overhaul: Calls for independent national prosecutions authority amid OSP debate

Private legal practitioner Ace Ankomah has proposed a new set of recommendations aimed at strengthening the autonomy and effectiveness of Ghana’s Office of the...

GNFS salvages GH¢35,000 worth of goods in storeroom fire at Mampong-Akuapem

Firefighters from the Akropong Fire Station have salvaged property worth an estimated GH¢35,000 after a domestic fire broke out at House No. 342 in...

IMANI files RTI request seeking details on new nationwide SIM registration

Policy think tank IMANI Africa has filed a Right to Information (RTI) request seeking full disclosure on the government’s planned nationwide SIM registration exercise...

NAIMOS ramps up Eastern Region clampdown, shuts major galamsey sites on Akyem Oda stretch

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has reinforced its relentless offensive against illegal mining, completing another high-impact operation across the Eastern Region on...

Prof. H. Kwasi Prempeh urges constitutional overhaul to fix OSP challenges

Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, is urging a full constitutional review to resolve the persistent controversies...

Cecilia Dapaah, Ofori-Atta cases ‘entrenched distrust’ in OSP – Mary Addah

Executive Director of Transparency International–Ghana, Mary Addah, says public trust in Ghana’s anti-corruption efforts has sunk even deeper because of how major cases involving...

Scrap it – Sam Okudzeto says Special Prosecutor’s office has achieved nothing

Former President of the Ghana Bar Association, Sam Okudzeto, has criticised the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), insisting that the institution has failed...

19-year-old faces court for theft, causing harm

A 19-year-old unemployed person has been remanded into prison custody on three charges by the Asante Abuakwa circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality.  Aaron Attah pleaded guilty to the charges of unlawful entry, attempted stealing and causing harm.  He will reappear...

John Dumelo shares farm produce with Ayawaso West residents ahead of Christmas

Farmer and Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has begun a community food support initiative across his constituency as the Christmas...

Kidnapped woman dies from shock after regaining freedom 

A 50-year-old woman abducted in Ezimo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, has died from shock just hours after she was released by...

Dozens injured after magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan

At least 30 people were injured after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit north-eastern Japan on Monday night, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their...

You might not need 8 hours of rest; here’s how to find your perfect sleep time

With so much to do heading into the busy holiday season, is anyone getting enough sleep? Most sleep experts advise that adults get seven to nine...

One dead, another injured in tragic accident on Akropong–Bogoso highway

A tragic accident occurred at dawn today along the Wassa Akropong–Bogoso highway, claiming the life of one person and leaving another seriously injured. According to...

Explainer: Why electricity and water tariffs have surged to 9.86% and 15.92%, respectively

Ghana’s utility landscape entered a phase of steady and cumulative pricing adjustments in 2025, with the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) approving a combined...

Driver trapped, 14 injured in accident at Airport Residential Area

A serious head-on collision between a DAF articulator truck and a Ford Transit minibus left fourteen passengers injured and the minibus driver trapped along...

NACOC nabs 3 in connection with 1,158kg suspected cocaine shipment to Belgium

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested three individuals in connection with a 1,158-kilogram consignment of a substance suspected to be cocaine, shipped from...

Release funds and pay teacher allowances to improve student performance – Ntim Fordjour

Former Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has urged the government to urgently release funds to the Ministry of Education and clear...

Ntim Fordjour demands retraction of GES statement on WASSCE results

Former Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has sharply criticised the Ghana Education Service (GES) over its recent press statement on the...

Parliament notifies EC of vacancy for Kpandai parliamentary rerun

The Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, has officially notified the Electoral Commission (EC) of a vacancy in the Kpandai Constituency, following a High...

Suspend announced tariff increase and engage – TUC tells gov’t

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on government to immediately suspend the recently announced increases in electricity and water tariffs, insisting that the...

Tension mounts as chieftaincy dispute erupts at Akyem Kwabeng in Atiwa West

A chieftaincy dispute has erupted in Akyem Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. This has heightened tension in the community. The Abusuapanin...

Fire ravages shop at Kukurantumi

A fire tore through a commercial shop at Kukurantumi-Banana Street on December 3, 2025, destroying merchandise and property before firefighters managed to bring it...

IPLS founder urges stronger collaboration to strengthen Ghana’s justice system

Alex Nartey, Founder of the Institute of Paralegal Training and Leadership Studies (IPLS), has called on stakeholders in Ghana’s justice sector to collaborate more...

OSP schedules next PPA CEO trial hearing for January after internal review

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has defended its handling of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) CEO scandal following criticism from the general...