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Government plans major evacuation of Jamestown waste to Adipa Engineered Landfill at Nsawam

The government has initiated preparations for a large-scale operation to remove accumulated waste from Jamestown in Accra and transport it to the Adipa Waste...

Western North Regional Minister inspects Bia West projects

The Western North Regional Minister, Wilbert Petty Brentum, has inspected ongoing development projects in the Bia West District as part of efforts by the...

NSA announces final window for rectification of biodata mismatch

The National Service Authority (NSA) has announced a final opportunity for students with discrepancies between their biodata and institutional records to complete the rectification...

Nawara Ltd. petitions CID boss for investigation into alleged armed raid

Nawara Company Limited has petitioned the Ghana Police Service to launch a comprehensive investigation into an alleged armed raid on its mining premises on...

12 wounded in New Winneba attack discharged, 7 remain on admission – Police

Twelve of the 19 people who sustained injuries during the recent violent attack at New Winneba in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region...

Education Minister confers with Chinese Ambassador over Damango University project

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has held discussions with the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Cong Song, on the proposed University of Science and...

Cases don’t go on leave – Chief Justice defends judges sitting during legal vacation

Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has weighed into the growing controversy over whether judges should sit during Ghana’s legal vacation, insisting that the courts cannot...

GNFS contains domestic fire at Denkyira Nyinawusu

Firefighters from the Diaso Fire Station have contained a domestic fire that broke out at Denkyira Nyinawusu in the Central Region, preventing the blaze...

GNFS contains fires at Teshie Fertilizer and Kotobabi, saves adjoining property

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has contained two separate fire incidents at Teshie Fertilizer and Kotobabi Down in the Greater Accra Region, preventing...

Ghana marks 2026 Children’s Day with call to amplify children’s voices on abuse

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, through the Department of Children, has marked the 2026 National Children’s Day with a call for...

63-year-old gospel musician Bernice Offei reported missing

Gospel musician Bernice Offei, 63, has been reported missing after she was last seen on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at Nyaho-Tamakloe Street, Agbogba, in...

Gifty Dumelo recalls special bond with late Agric Minister Ibrahim Adam

Gifty Nkornu Dumelo, wife of Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture John Dumelo and sister of Selassie Ibrahim, has paid an emotional tribute to...

IEA backs constitutional lifestyle, wealth audits for public officials

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has backed proposals to introduce lifestyle and wealth audits for public officials as part of efforts to detect...

Missing 42-year-old Fulani herdsman: Family in Dambai calls on IGP after 10 months

The family of a missing 42-year-old Fulani herdsman in Dambai, the capital of the Krachi East Municipality in the Oti Region, is appealing to...

Bawumia’s presidency is not an Islamic project – Mustapha Hamid

A religious scholar and First National Vice Chairman aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has dismissed claims that Dr Mahamudu...

FACT-CHECK: Bawumia played key role in introduction of Domestic Gold Purchase Programme

There is an ongoing debate over who introduced Ghana’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP), with claims over whether former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia...

Supreme Court throws out Oppong Nkrumah’s bid to reverse legal vacation trials ruling

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an application by the Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, seeking a review of an earlier...

Court dismisses bid to strike out charges in NPA–UPPF corruption case

The High Court has dismissed an application filed by accused persons in the ongoing NPA–UPPF corruption case seeking to strike out the charges against...

I didn’t mean to hurt you – Ayitey Powers apologises to NSA boss (Video)

Former Ghanaian boxer Ayitey Powers has apologised to National Sports Authority (NSA) Director-General, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, over comments he allegedly made that led to...

Mahama dissolves boards of nine state institutions

President John Dramani Mahama has dissolved the governing boards of nine state institutions with immediate effect. The affected institutions are: Prestea Sankofa Gold Limited Bulk Oil Storage...

Ayitey Powers takes ‘spiritual’ bath in sea after release (Watch)

Former Ghanaian boxer Michael Nii Ayitey Okai, popularly known as Ayitey Powers, has undergone a spiritual cleansing following his release from police custody. The exercise...

REGSEC closes Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHSs after violent reprisal attacks

The Eastern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has directed the closure of Okuapeman Senior High School (OKUASS) and Mount Sinai Senior High School in the...

‘Protect us or we’ll protect ourselves’ – A-Plus warns government over deadly Gomoa clashes

Gomoa Central Member of Parliament Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has warned that residents of Gomoa could take collective action if the...

Court adjourns case of Labone robbery suspect (Video)

The case involving alleged Labone robbery suspect Augustine Ogechukwu Maazi has been adjourned to September 16, 2026, for the prosecution to file its disclosures. Maazi,...

Military to prevent illegal dumping and squatting at cleared Jamestown site

The government plans to deploy the military to secure the Jamestown Transfer Station after the accumulated waste at the site is evacuated, Minister for Local Government,...

Six injured in violent clash between Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHS students

Six students of Okuapeman Senior High School (SHS) have sustained injuries following reprisal attacks involving students of Okuapeman SHS and Mount Sinai Senior High...

Asutifi North MP supports 150 commercial drivers, riders with DVLA registration

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, has supported 150 commercial drivers and riders to complete their...

Central Regional Minister visits victims of New Winneba attack

The Central Regional Minister has visited the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital to check on residents who sustained injuries during an attack in the...

Ayitey Powers freed as court drops alleged death threat case

Former Ghanaian boxer Michael Ayitey Okai, popularly known as Ayitey Powers, has been freed after the Dansoman Circuit Court discontinued the case against him...

CID boss confirms arrest of 68, seizure of over 800 devices in INTERPOL cybercrime operation

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 68 suspects and confiscated 835 digital devices in a coordinated operation with Interpol as part of efforts to...

Ghana Water MD admits ‘smart’ meters installed since 2017 still not fully activated

Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited, Adam Mutawakilu, has admitted that the company has been using smart meters since 2017 without fully activating their...

Ghana Water loses nearly half of daily supply to theft and leakages – Adam Mutawakilu

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Water Limited, Adam Mutawakilu, has disclosed that the company is unable to account for nearly...

HEFRA probes death of 31-year-old woman after C-section at Ridge Hospital

The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HEFRA) has commenced investigations into the death of a 31-year-old woman following a caesarean section at the Greater Accra...

13 reported dead, others injured in accident on Sege-Ada highway

At least 13 people have been killed in a fatal road crash involving a Ford Transit and a Toyota Hiace on the Sege-Ada Highway. The...

Dr Bawumia takes a stand against corruption

Former Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has taken a stand against corruption, warning that it diverts...

KMA announces temporary ban on new billboards

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has suspended the erection of new billboards across the Kumasi metropolis until further notice. The Assembly said the directive forms...

Ho Central MP donates office equipment to Ambulance Service

The Member of Parliament for Ho Central, Edem Kofi Kpotosu, has donated essential office equipment to the Ghana National Ambulance Service in the constituency...

Firefighters rescue 68 after accident involving 2 buses on Kumasi-Accra Highway

Sixty-eight people have been injured after two Granbird buses collided at Duapompo on the Kumasi-Accra Highway. The accident occurred at about 10:31 p.m. on Sunday,...

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...