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Dennis Miracles Aboagye calls for release of Efya Royal, questions police detention over video

Aspiring National Communications Director for New Patriotic Party , Dennis Miracles Aboagye has called on the Ghana Police Service to release social media personality...

Eduwatch analyst urges urgent review of CSSPS algorithm over placement challenges

Education Research and Policy Analyst, Divine Kpe, has called on the Ministry of Education to urgently review and improve the algorithm underpinning the Computerized...

Adu-Boahene trial: Defence given until September 25 to file no-case submission

The Accra High Court has given counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, until September 25 to file a submission of...

NPP Chairmanship race: Wontumi’s campaign team throws support behind John Boadu

The campaign of former Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party(NPP) Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has thrown its weight behind John...

NPP defends rural telephony record, demands status report from government

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected claims that previous governments failed to make significant investments in expanding telecommunications services to rural and underserved...

Former Education Minister proposes measures to ease SHS placement pressure

Former Education Minister and Bosomtwe MP, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called for a deliberate national strategy to create more high-performing Category A senior...

One year, 70 years of impact: KATH hails Ghana Medical Trust Fund as GH¢4m medical equipment boost arrives

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has paid a glowing tribute to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), declaring that the Trust Fund’s impact...

SHS placement: JHS leaver assigned School for the Deaf despite no impairment (Video)

A parent has raised concerns over the 2026 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) after his ward was assigned to the Mampong Akwapim...

Zoomlion intensifies public health protection activities in Sefwi Wiawso

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has intensified efforts to protect public health in the Western North Region with a two-day disinfection and disinfestation exercise at selected...

Pragyia rider jailed three months for biting Community Police Assistant

A 24-year-old tricycle (Pragyia) rider has been jailed for three months by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the...

SHS placement: Why Education Ministry, GES and CSSPS have a lot of work to do – IFEST boss

The Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), Dr Peter Anti, has called for greater transparency and public education on Ghana’s Senior...

Citizen sues Supreme Court to compel Mahama to appoint former Chief Justice to Council of State

A Ghanaian citizen, Samuel Bryan Buabeng, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking an order compelling President John Dramani Mahama to appoint...

Evacuate to forestall any eventuality – GWL urges Weija residents ahead of spillage

The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has urged residents living in unauthorised areas along the course of the Weija River to evacuate immediately ahead of...

Lands Ministry engages Asutifi North stakeholders on responsible mining initiative

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has engaged key stakeholders in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region on plans to introduce...

Foreign Ministry repatriates Barosky from UK, provides reintegration support

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has confirmed the repatriation of a Ghanaian musician Barosky from Manchester in the United Kingdom. In a Facebook post,...

‘We must identify, block the pipeline’ – Dr. Adutwum on galamsey crisis

Former Education Minister and Bosomtwe MP, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called for a broader approach to tackling illegal mining, insisting that efforts must...

‘NPP should stop being hypocritical’ – Nukpenu fires over demand for evacuation cost

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to allow the Auditor-General to scrutinise the...

It is a delicate policy – Dr. Adutwum on use of mother tongue as medium of instruction in schools

Former Education Minister and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has described the use of mother tongue as a language of...

NPP demands school placements for 54,985 BECE candidates, options for 183,233 WASSCE graduates

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is calling on the government to urgently provide concrete educational opportunities for two groups of students it says are...

Over 30K classrooms without teachers – Adutwum says as he questions 7,000 recruitment clearance

Former Education Minister and Bosomtwe MP, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has raised concerns over what he describes as a widening teacher shortage in Ghana’s...

Parents, JHS leavers converge at Kumasi Resolution Centre over SHS placement challenges

Parents and candidates grappling with challenges under the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) have trooped to the resolution centre at KTI Hall...

NPP demands urgent action amidst SHS placement, WASSCE concerns

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the government to urgently find concrete educational opportunities for 54,985 BECE candidates who were not initially...

Court rejects Mustapha Abdul-Hamid’s adjournment plea, orders trial to resume on Wednesday

The Accra High Court has rejected an open-court plea by lead counsel for former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mustapha...

‘You can’t abolish double-track just by talking’ – Asene Manso Akroso MP tells NDC

The Member of Parliament for Asene Manso Akroso, George Kwame Aboagye, has criticised the government over the challenges surrounding the placement of students into...

Dud cheque issuers risk 1-year credit ban under new BoG rules

Customers who repeatedly issue dud cheques risk being barred from accessing fresh credit from banks and financial institutions for one year under the Bank...

Tomato prices to drop sharply in coming weeks — John Dumelo

The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo, has projected a sharp decline in tomato prices in the coming weeks as farmers begin...

Two arrested over suspected cocaine seized at Wa bus station

Two people are in police custody in the Upper West Region after security operatives seized substances suspected to be narcotic drugs at the ESP...

Kaneshie-Abossey Okai residents demand urgent action as Ghana Water pipe leaks for over 3 months

Residents of Kaneshie-Abossey Okai, near the Obetsebi Lamptey Roundabout in Accra, are appealing to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to urgently fix a...

45-year-old Prang resident wins GH¢1 million in Telecel “M’Ahitti” promo

Forty-five-year-old Adiza Ibrahim, a resident of Prang in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region, has won GH¢1 million in the Telecel...

Local Government Minister inspects Aayalolo buses at Madina, Achimota and Kinbu

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga, has inspected facilities of the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE), operators of...

Glass door breaks as anxious parents seek SHS placement for wards at GNAT Hall (Photos)

Some parents whose children are yet to secure placement into Senior High Schools(SHSs) are appealing to the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Ministry of...

GIGS welcomes UN adoption of Equal Earth map as correction to ‘450 years of cartographic injustice’ against Africa

The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS) has welcomed a United Nations General Assembly resolution backing the Equal Earth map projection, describing the...

It is unacceptable; it shouldn’t have happened – Dr. Adutwum on 54,985 BECE candidates missing automatic placement

Former Education Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Bosomtwe, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has described the sharp increase in the number of BECE...

Angel Carbonu calls for urgent focus on public basic schools over declining English performance

Former President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has called for increased attention and investment in public basic schools to...

Christian Council commends GoldBod for responsible gold management

The Christian Council of Ghana has commended the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) for its efforts to promote transparency, responsible gold trading and environmental sustainability...

Two denied bail over alleged lynching of young man at Daboya

The Buipe District Magistrate Court has denied bail to two persons standing trial over the alleged lynching of a young man at Daboya in...

Grading system can’t be blamed for WASSCE performance – Prof Stephen Adei

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei, says the grading system used for the West African...

‎Food vendor jailed seven years over human trafficking, prostitution‎ 

The Accra Circuit Court Four has sentenced a food vendor to seven years’ imprisonment in hard labour for human trafficking and prostitution.‎‎  ‎Gift Chinyere Aminu,...

GNFS retrieves lifeless body of man in open drain at Wa SSNIT Residence

The body of a man in his late 30s has been retrieved from a water-filled open drainage system at SSNIT Residence in Wa in...

Abu Jinapor demands transparency over GH¢49.72m evacuation cost

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has called for greater transparency over the GH¢49.72 million spent by the government to...