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Ahmed Ibrahim describes ministerial reassignment as ‘divine intervention’

Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Ahmed Ibrahim, has described his reassignment from the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs as...

Afenyo-Markin calls for swift arrests over deadly New Winneba violence

Minority Leader and Effutu Member of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the police and other security agencies to swiftly investigate the deadly violence...

Beans seller recounts how she narrowly escaped New Winneba attack

A beans seller at New Ateitu near New Winneba in the Central Region, Rebecca Kukua, has recounted how she narrowly escaped an attack that...

Ga Central residents protest over perennial flooding, demand urgent drainage works

Residents of the Ga Central Municipality have taken to the streets to protest the recurring flooding that has affected communities in the area over...

Baba Sadiq arrives in Abuja to begin duty as Ghana’s High Commissioner-designate to Nigeria

Ghanaian media personality and politician Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abu has arrived in Abuja to begin his national assignment as Ghana’s High Commissioner-designate to the...

Ghana Muslim Mission chairman cautions religious leaders against provocative preaching

The National Chairman of the Ghana Muslim Mission, Dr Sheikh Amin Bonsu, has called on religious leaders to discourage provocative preaching that could inflame...

Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira MP Kofi Arko Nokoe commissions Apataim Clinic after 11 years

Member of Parliament for Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira, Kofi Arko Nokoe, has commissioned the Apataim Clinic, bringing to completion a healthcare project that had been ongoing for...

Honour promise to pay locked-up funds – Defunct Gold Coast customers tell Mahama

Aggrieved customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund Management have appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to honour his campaign commitment to settle their...

NSMQ 2026: Bright SHS makes history as first private school to reach semi-finals

Bright SHS has made history as the first private school to reach the semi-finals of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), completing a...

NSMQ 2026: Achimota School shatters Adisadel’s semi-final hopes to book penultimate spot

Adisadel College’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) ended in heartbreak after a promising start quickly...

Kumasi gears up for Otumfuo’s royal return on September 3

His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, is expected to return to Kumasi on Thursday, September 3, 2026, following an important trip to the...

Hotel Manager convicted for accumulating refuse behind hotel premises

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has convicted Dzikum Justice, Manager of Johnvic Memorial Hotel Ltd., for accumulating refuse behind the hotel premises.  The offence, the court says, is contrary to...

Man accused of threatening EOCO staff granted GH¢100K bail 

An Accra Circuit Court has granted Kweku Osei Korankye Asiedu, also known as Koka, a marketer, bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties, who must reside within...

IMANI engages Education Ministry as 10,730 public basic schools face classroom deficit

On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, the IMANI Center for Policy & Education held a policy engagement with the Ministry of Education. The meeting, led by...

Joyce Bawah Mogtari urges diaspora women to turn investments into generational wealth

Senior Presidential Advisor to President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has urged Ghanaian women in the diaspora to move beyond remittances and investments...

District Assembly elections set to become major flashpoint in constitutional review – Manhyia South MP

District Assembly elections are emerging as a major flashpoint in Ghana’s proposed constitutional reforms. Manhyia South MP and member of Parliament’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs...

Unemployed graduates with disabilities threaten fresh picketing over jobs

A coalition of unemployed graduates with disabilities has threatened to resume picketing after September 15 if the government fails to present a clear and...

Truck crashes into three cars near Tema Harbour

A horrific accident has occurred on the Tema New Town Fishing Harbour Road, involving a trailer and a taxi with registration number WR 2698-18. The...

‘Online pastor’ romance scam cases to be consolidated and moved to High Court

The Attorney-General’s Department has initiated steps to consolidate two separate cases against Nana Yaw Bonsu Kwarteng, the self-styled online pastor accused of defrauding women...

No legal basis for 24-hour wait to report missing persons – Lawyer asserts amid public outcry

A private legal practitioner has challenged the Ghana Police Service over its purported practice of forcing families to wait 24 hours before filing a...

Effutu MCE, Gomoa Central DCE appeal for calm after deadly New Winneba attack

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Effutu, Rev. Arthur Mensah, and the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa Central, Hackman Aidoo, have appealed for...

Air pollution sickens traders at Tema station in Korle Klottey

Traders operating at the Tema Lorry Station in the Korle Klottey Municipality have raised concerns over prolonged exposure to vehicle smoke, as health and...

Seven suspects arrested over deadly New Winneba attack

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested seven suspects in connection with the violent attack at New Winneba in the Central Region on Tuesday,...

Serial ‘butt sniffer’ arrested again after trying to smell people’s bums in shops

A serial bum sniffer has been arrested after he tried to sniff women's behinds again, police said. Registered sex offender Calese Crowder, 39, was arrested twice...

Kaneshie traders fear loss of livelihood as GARID project forces six-month relocation

Some traders at the Kaneshie Market in Accra say they are worried about losing their source of livelihood as construction works under the Greater...

Asiedu Nketia dismisses NPP’s GoldBod criticism as political distraction

National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has rejected criticisms of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) by the New...

KNUST study reveals sea defence system shifting tidal impacts to other Keta communities

A three-year study by researchers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has revealed worsening coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion and growing...

Asantehene, wife visit Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and his wife, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, have visited the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., as...

A-Plus calls for IGP intervention after New Winneba clash, urges calm

Gomoa Central Member of Parliament, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to intervene in the...

GNFS intensifies fire safety education across Ashanti Region

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has intensified fire safety education across the Ashanti Region as part of efforts to prevent fire outbreaks and...

A-Plus narrowly escapes attack by angry New Winneba residents

Gomoa Central Member of Parliament, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, narrowly escaped an attack by angry residents of New Winneba following a...

Ghana Armed Forces opens 2026 enlistment exercise for commissioned officers

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced its 2026 enlistment exercise for commissioned officers. According to a press release issued by the Department of Public...

‘I had about 60 questions’ — Atta Akyea explains need for extra cross-examination day in NSB case

Lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene has welcomed the Accra High Court's decision to grant the defence an extra day...

Six injured, two dead in crash on Accra–Kumasi Highway

Two people have died and six others sustained injuries in a road crash at Dr. Marbel Junction on the Accra–Kumasi Highway in the Eastern...

New Winneba violence under control as IGP deploys reinforcement team

The Ghana Police Service says it has brought under control violent disturbances that erupted at New Winneba in the Central Region on Tuesday, September...

John Dumelo donates school desks to Roman Ridge M/A Basic School

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency has donated school desks to the Roman Ridge M/A Basic School in the constituency following...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund marks first anniversary, expresses gratitude to Mahama, Akandoh and stakeholders

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund has marked its first anniversary, reflecting on a year of progress and expressing gratitude to all individuals and organisations...

Hon. Ayariga calls for major overhaul of Ghana’s waste management system

Newly appointed Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, has called for a major overhaul of Ghana’s waste management system...

OSP has become a liability instead of an asset to Ghana – Hopeson Adorye

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart Hopeson Adorye has described Ghana’s Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as a liability rather than an asset,...

What happened to E-Blocks, Agenda 111 should not happen to 24-hour markets – Ahmed Ibrahim

Outgoing Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has urged his successor, Mahama Ayariga, to ensure that projects under the government’s...