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CSSPS chaos: Parents allege payments to bypass queues at Kumasi resolution centre

Frustration over this year’s Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) is deepening in the Ashanti Region, with parents alleging that money is being...

Five suspected land guards in court over property demolition, assault at East legon

Five suspected land guards are in police custody for allegedly invading a property at East Legon, forcing out tenants, demolishing a four-bedroom house, and...

Plans in place to desilt Weija Dam reservoir when necessary – GWL

Ghana Water Limited (GWL) says the Weija Dam currently has sufficient capacity to supply water to the western part of Accra throughout the year,...

Police arrest two, seize 692 parcels of suspected Indian hemp at Dawhenya

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested two persons and seized 692 parcels of suspected Indian hemp during a snap-check operation at Dawhenya in...

NPP Vice Chair race: Mustapha Abdul-Hamid draws No. 1, Nana Akomea picks No. 12

Thirteen candidates are set to contest the Vice Chairperson position in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Delegates Conference scheduled for October 3,...

2026 BECE: Education Ministry clarifies SHS placement for candidates who failed one or two core subjects

The Ministry of Education has clarified that students who failed one or two core subjects in the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have...

Education Ministry cautions public against fake CSSPS placement slips on social media

The Ministry of Education has cautioned students, parents and guardians against relying on fake Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) placement slips being...

One injured in fire outbreak at Akyeremade, several tenants rendered homeless

A fire has gutted a compound house at Atwima Akyeremade in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region, leaving several tenants homeless and...

NPP Chairmanship race: John Boadu picks No. 1; check out full positions on ballot paper

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has held balloting for its national chairmanship hopefuls ahead of the national election scheduled for October 3, 2026. The election will...

FDA warns public over falsified ‘Dr Alfred Capsules’ adulterated with sildenafil citrate

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against the purchase and use of falsified ‘Dr Alfred Capsules’, a dietary supplement marketed...

University of Ghana extends undergraduate application deadline

The University of Ghana (UG) has extended the deadline for applicants to review and make changes to their undergraduate applications for the 2026/2027 academic...

State closes case against Kwabena Adu-Boahene, two others

The State has closed its case against Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others in the trial over an alleged GH¢49.1 million loss to the state. Deputy...

2027 AFCONQ: We are hoping Accra Sports Stadium will be ready for Gambia game – GFA

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it is confident the rehabilitation of the Accra Sports Stadium will be completed in time for Ghana's Africa...

Parents not directed to buy prospectus items from specific vendors – GES clarifies

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has clarified that it has not sanctioned, instructed or directed parents and students to pay money or purchase prospectus...

Husband of Tanzania’s president dies while undergoing treatment for heart condition

The husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan died Monday while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Zanzibar, the country’s vice president said. Hafidh Ameir...

Asuogyaman MP appeals for calm amid Gyakiti, Kamenaman/Pesse tensions

The Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman, Hon. Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has appealed for calm and restraint following recent exchanges involving the traditional leaders and...

Tunisian journalists protest over media crackdown after colleague’s arrest

Tunisian journalists protested on Tuesday to demand the release of prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, whose arrest has become a new flashpoint amid accusations ​that President Kais...

48 grounded Aayalolo buses repaired and deployed across Accra

The Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE) has expanded its operational fleet with the deployment of 48 repaired Aayalolo buses, in a move aimed...

Long queue at GNAT Hall as parents, BECE graduates seek SHS placement

Parents and prospective Senior High School (SHS) students are still facing long queues at the GNAT Hall in Accra as they seek solutions to...

There is no cause for alarm – NADMO assures as Weija Dam controlled spillage begins

Residents living downstream of the Weija Dam have been assured that there is no immediate threat following the controlled release of excess water from...

Pub owner, shop attendant sentenced for selling expired food, sanitary offences 

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has convicted a 31-year-old pub owner and her 19-year-old shop attendant for selling expired drinks, accumulating refuse behind the business premises, and selling food under insanitary conditions.  Christabel Afornorfe and Theodora Kornu,...

Downpour causes extensive damage to properties in Berekum Municipality  

A downpour that hit the Berekum Municipality in the Bono Region in the early hours of Tuesday caused extensive damage to properties and personal...

Ghana Water begins controlled spillage at Weija Dam, warns downstream communities

Ghana Water Ltd (GWL) has commenced controlled spillage at the Weija Dam following a significant rise in the water level caused by heavy rainfall...

Equatorial Guinea police pull guns on migrants deported by Trump, witnesses say

Police in Equatorial Guinea pulled firearms on migrants deported there from the United States, according to three witnesses and video ​footage shared with Reuters,...

Galamsey operator who posed as pastor, defiled JHS pupil jailed 15 years 

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old galamsey operator to 15 years’ imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old student after posing as a pastor.  The...

Kofi Amoabeng meets Mahama over matters of national interest

Businessman and former UT Bank Chief Executive Officer, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has paid a visit to President John Dramani Mahama at his private residence...

Collins Owusu Amankwah accuses Mahama of setting up Haruna Iddrisu over CSSPS crisis

Former Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has accused President John Dramani Mahama of deliberately assigning Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu to...

All 6,300 GES staff recruited in 2024 have been paid – Finance Ministry

The Ministry of Finance says all 6,300 Ghana Education Service (GES) staff recruited in 2024 without financial clearance have been paid their salaries and...

Ashanti GJA launches 2025 regional media awards to celebrate excellence in journalism

The Ashanti regional chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has officially launched the Ashanti Media Excellence Awards in Kumasi. The awards program is dedicated...

IEAG engages GMA fact-finding team on Tema port congestion

The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG), Samson Asaki Awingobit, on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, welcomed a fact-finding team...

CSSPS 2026: The Joy, tears and struggle behind Ghana’s school placement system

21 years on, Ghana’s school placement system is still testing the patience of parents and studentsAt 10 p.m. on September 4, 2026, thousands of...

It is not our responsibility to change schools – CSSPS tells parents

Officials of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) have told parents seeking to have the senior high school placements of their wards...

GES sets up help desk to resolve outstanding salary arrears for teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has established a dedicated Help Desk at its headquarters to assist teachers with unresolved concerns over outstanding salary arrears. The...

Selection of schools after BECE results a backward approach – Abuakwa South MP

Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has described the government’s decision to allow students to select senior high schools after the...

AMA to commission new multi-purpose abattoir in Accra

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is set to commission a new multi-purpose abattoir in the coming days as part of efforts to improve meat...

Akwaboa chiefs decry health and economic impact of deplorable roads in the area

Traditional authorities at Akwaboa in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region say they have become targets of insults and public ridicule...

GNFS responds to fire incidents at Anyinam and Akyem Asafo

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has responded to two separate fire incidents at Anyinam and Akyem Asafo in the Eastern Region, with no...

No bed syndrome: NAS trains officers on new digital system to help ambulances find available hospital beds

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is training its Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) to use a new digital referral system designed to help them identify...

President Mahama appoints Abdul-Baasit Aziz-Bamba as Acting Director-General of Value for Money Office

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr. Abdul-Baasit Aziz-Bamba as Acting Director-General of the Value for Money Office. According to a statement from the Presidency...

SHS placement: Why a student with aggregate 14 can get into a school while one with 7 misses out

Thousands of parents and their wards have trooped to the resolution centres across the country since Monday, September 7, 2026, seeking solutions to challenges...