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Government removes taxes on school feeding caterers’ payments

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has announced the removal of taxes on payments made to caterers under the Ghana School Feeding...

July 3 declared public holiday for Republic Day observance

The Ministry of the Interior has announced that Friday, July 3, 2026, will be observed nationwide as Republic Day and treated as a statutory...

GUTA urges PURC to suspend planned utility tariff increases

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) has called on the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to suspend the implementation of its planned utility...

Government suspends issuance of new gun licences pending regulatory review

The Deputy Minister for the Interior, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, has announced that the government has placed a temporary embargo on the issuance of new...

Over 2,000 firearms to be destroyed under Gun Amnesty Programme – Deputy Interior Minister

Deputy Minister for the Interior, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, has disclosed that more than 4,000 firearms have been surrendered nationwide under the government's Gun Amnesty...

Stay off KNUST lands – Otumfuo warns land grabbers

The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has issued a stern warning to chiefs, individuals,...

NADMO demolishes three out of 16 unsafe structures in Accra

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) says three out of 16 unsafe structures identified for demolition across the Greater Accra Region have already been...

Drivers block Shama–Nyankrom road over poor condition; undertake self-help repairs

Taxi drivers and commercial motorbike riders operating on the Shama Nyankrom Junction–Nyankrom town road in the Western Region blocked the stretch to traffic on...

BRUHM honours five football legends including Odartey Lamptey, Osei Kofi and Mohammed Polo

BRUHM, one of Ghana’s leading home appliances and electronics brands, has officially launched BRUHM Honours Legends, a national tribute campaign dedicated to celebrating Ghanaian...

Government suspends operation to remove foreign children from streets over funding challenges – Gender Minister

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has disclosed that government operations aimed at removing foreign children from the...

GNFS rescue man trapped in hotel elevator at Osu [Video]

A man has been safely rescued after being trapped in a stalled elevator at a hotel in Osu, Accra, in the early hours of...

Ghana takes centre stage at 2026 CAISEC

The Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) and Chair of the Africa Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA), Divine Selase Agbeti, has positioned Ghana...

Why there will be no expansion of school feeding programme in 2026

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has announced that no additional schools will be added to the Ghana...

Man found dead in manhole at Bibiani Overseas

A man believed to be in his thirties has been found dead in a manhole at Overseas, a suburb of Bibiani in the Bibiani...

Rotary Club gives James Camp Prison major facelift

The Rotary Club of Accra South has undertaken a major facelift of the James Camp Prison kitchen in Accra, renovating the facility and donating...

Man jailed 5 years for stabbing sister’s eyes at Sefwi Abrokofe

The Sefwi Bodi Circuit Court has sentenced a 55-year-old man, William Gyamfi, also known as Kwasi Manso, to five years imprisonment with hard labour...

SWED Mining breaks silence on Bondaye concession row [Listen]

SWED Mining Ghana Limited says it remains the rightful 100 percent owner of the Bondae mining concession and has strongly dismissed comments made by...

Avenor building collapse: National Security yet to give green light for demolition – NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said it is awaiting final clearance from National Security before proceeding with the demolition of a structurally...

Kaneshie Market: Traders raise alarm over overflowing refuse container

Traders and residents around the Kaneshie Market are raising concerns over an overflowing refuse container at the market complex, warning that the situation poses...

Lead suspect in Australia-bound meth shipment arrested, NACOC destroys drugs worth GH¢37m

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested the alleged kingpin linked to the attempted export of methamphetamine to Australia, while efforts are ongoing to...

NACOC makes first arrest in $296m Meth haul smuggling case linked to Girraween storage facility in Australia

Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has made its first arrest in connection with a major transnational drug trafficking case involving about 320kg of methamphetamine,...

Muntaka warns Regional Ministers against partisan use of security agencies

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has cautioned Regional Ministers against the arbitrary or politically motivated use of state security agencies, stressing that...

NACOC links rising student indiscipline to growing drug abuse among youth

The Ashanti Regional Office of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has expressed concern over the increasing abuse of illicit drugs among young people, warning...

NPP internal race: Former Upper West MMDCEs endorse Boakye Agyarko for National Chairman

Former Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Upper West Region have endorsed Boakye Agyarko for the position of National Chairman of the...

Aspiring NPP National Chairman Boakye Agyarko rallies Upper East stakeholders behind vision for 2028

Aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Boakye Agyarko, has continued his nationwide stakeholder engagement tour with a meeting involving the Upper...

ECOWAS court dismisses Gertrude Torkonoo’s challenge against removal from office

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has unanimously dismissed an application filed by former Chief Justice...

The Kwabenya Shooting Incident: The story so far

It began as a dispute over church and family succession but has escalated into a full-blown criminal matter involving gunfire, multiple arrests, a suspended...

2026 WASSCE: What SHS graduates should do while waiting for their results

After my last WASSCE paper, I spent three weeks helping my uncle on his building site in Takoradi. Not because I wanted to, but...

Man fined GH¢1,200 for sweeping waste into rainwater in Takoradi

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has fined a man a sum of GH¢1,200 for sweeping plastic waste onto a public road during a downpour...

Prisons officer interdicted for attempting to smuggle Indian hemp into Kete-Krachi facility

The Ghana Prisons Service has interdicted No. 8566 Chief Officer Michael Osei-Bonsu following his arrest for allegedly attempting to smuggle a substance suspected to...

Ghana draws inspiration from Ethiopia’s world-renowned safety net programme

A high-level Ghanaian delegation led by the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, and the Minister for Gender, Children and...

Over 2,000 seized and surrendered firearms to be destroyed on July 9

The Ministry of the Interior, in collaboration with various security agencies, will publicly destroy more than 2,000 seized and surrendered firearms on Wednesday, July...

GES sets timeline for recruitment process; shortlisted applicants to be announced by July 20

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced key dates for its ongoing recruitment exercise, with shortlisted applicants expected to be released by July 20,...

Shooting incident: 48 bullets were fired at Adwoa Safo – Aunt alleges

An aunt of former Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has called for a thorough and impartial investigation into the shooting incident involving...

Education Ministry orders probe into viral video of student assaulting colleague

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has been directed to investigate a disturbing viral video showing a student violently assaulting a fellow student. Deputy Minister for...

Evidence: Afari Military Hospital is not 98% complete

The 500-bed military hospital at Afari in the Ashanti Region was not 98 per cent complete when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration was...

Sex worker remanded for trafficking two victims

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 43-year-old Nigerian woman for sentencing after she was convicted on charges of human trafficking and illegal entry...

Three Hohoe E.P SHS students arrested over post-WASSCE vandalism

The Volta North Regional Police Command has arrested three former students of Hohoe E.P. Senior High School for allegedly destroying school property after completing...

A/R: Police bust suspected human trafficking ring, arrest 186 including 100 foreign nationals

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 186 suspects, including 96 Nigerians and four Togolese nationals, in a major intelligence-led operation targeting organised crime in...

Adwoa Safo referred to Bank Hospital for removal of bullet pellets lodged in her head

Former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo has been referred from the 37 Military Hospital to the Bank Hospital in Accra for specialist treatment after...