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NSMQ 2026: St. Augustine’s College march into third straight final, beat Prempeh and Pope John

St. Augustine’s College has secured a place in the NSMQ 2026 Grand Finale to be held in Accra at the University of Ghana on...

Strike disrupts Premix fuel supply across Ghana

The National Premix Fuel Secretariat has announced a temporary disruption in the supply of premix fuel following an ongoing strike by members of the...

Police arrest two with suspected contraband at Jema, Sodium Cyanide found in maize shipment

The Bono East Regional Police have arrested two suspects after intercepting a Kia Rhino vehicle loaded with suspected contraband items at Jema on September...

More than 8,000 candidates vie for only 800 spots at Aburi Girls’ SHS – CSSPS

More than 8,000 candidates who selected Aburi Girls’ Senior High School as their preferred school in the 2026 Computerised School Selection and Placement System...

Dr. Busia Highway closure: Minister urges contractor to minimise traffic disruptions

The Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Ahmed Ibrahim, has inspected preparations for the temporary closure of the Pamprom Junction to First Light...

Thousands flood Kumasi streets to give Asantehene rousing welcome from USA (Photos)

Thousands of residents have poured onto the principal streets of Kumasi in the Ashanti region to give the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a...

Agbodza orders contractor back to site to complete Wa-Bulenga Road

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has directed Aschal Investment Limited to immediately resume work on the 37-kilometre Wa-Bulenga Road in...

Prison Service holds sign language training for officers

The Sekondi Prisons Complex has organised a two-day Ghanaian Sign Language (GhSL) training programme for officers to improve communication with persons with hearing impairments...

Two security guards charged with defilement of 14-year-old BOGISS student granted bail

Two male security guards of the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School (BOGISS) have been officially charged at the Bolgatanga Circuit Court with defilement of...

Ayariga, Ahmed Ibrahim given 14 days to end TMA-TDC turf war

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources and the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs...

GNACOPS proposes 85 private SHSs to absorb 54,985 candidates without placement

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has called on the government to activate an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the Free...

Asutifi South Assembly distributes 1,500 bags of fertiliser to farmers

The Asutifi South District Assembly in the Ahafo Region has distributed 1,500 bags of fertiliser to farmers as part of efforts to increase agricultural...

Enough is enough – GIF demands immediate justice for slain forest guards

The Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF) has expressed concern over what it describes as the slow pace of prosecution of persons implicated in the...

Underage riders driving rise in motorcycle crashes – Motor Riders Union

The National Public Relations Officer of the Commercial National Motor Riders Union, Setsoafia Quarshie Pascal, has attributed a significant number of motorcycle crashes on...

Accra–Kumasi Expressway: GAF clears 170km corridor, only 6km left

The Ghana Armed Forces Engineers have cleared 170 kilometres of the 176-kilometre corridor earmarked for the proposed Accra–Kumasi Expressway, leaving just six kilometres to...

NPP demands Chief Justice’s resignation over alleged partisan conduct

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has demanded the immediate resignation of the Chief Justice, accusing him of abandoning judicial neutrality and openly aligning himself...

GNFS rolls out automated fire compliance system

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has rolled out the Automated Fire Compliance and Safety System (AFCAS), a digital platform for the online application...

CSSPS placement results to be released on Friday – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has announced that the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) results will be released tomorrow, Friday, September 4, after...

Call A-Plus to order – Effutu Traditional Council tells gov’t after deadly New Winneba violence

The Effutu Traditional Council has called on the government to caution Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus,...

Hospital management must take responsibility for facility standards – Former UGMC CEO

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), Dr Darius Osei, has urged hospital managers to take greater responsibility...

‘Chief Justice misspoke; it was a political comparison’ – Kwasi Kwarteng on SOE remarks

Lawyer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator Kwasi Kwarteng has criticised Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie over his recent comments on the performance of state-owned...

Goldbod Jewellery invites corporate institutions to join Gold Access Programme

GoldBod Jewellery Limited has invited corporate institutions across Ghana to participate in its Corporate Gold Access Programme, which provides employees with convenient access to...

It was free speech; he spoke as a citizen – Eric Adjei defends CJ’s remarks on SOEs performance

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Eric Adjei, has defended Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie’s comments on the performance...

We will build a wall between them – Minister reveals as Police keep watch over Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHS

The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, says plans are underway to construct a wall between Okuapeman Senior High School (SHS) and Mount...

Eastern Regional Minister recounts events that sparked Okuapeman-Mount Sinai clash [Listen]

The shared boundary between Okuapeman and Mount Sinai Senior High Schools has emerged as a key factor in the tensions that recently escalated into...

Parents of culprits must pay for damages – Sammi Awuku on Okuapeman-Mount Sinai SHS clashes

Akuapem North Member of Parliament (MP), Sammi Awuku, says parents of students found to have participated in the violent clashes between Okuapeman Senior High...

Foreign Affairs Ministry bans alleged middleman after The Fourth Estate investigation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to an undercover investigation by The Fourth Estate into alleged irregularities surrounding attestation services at state institutions. In...

Okuapeman-Mount Sinai clashes: Students stockpile stones like ammunition – Akuapem North MP

Akuapem North Member of Parliament (MP), Sammi Awuku, has raised alarm over what he describes as a dangerous stockpile of stones kept by students...

Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings calls for unity, discipline and accountability in environmental management

Minister of Science and Environment, Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings, has called for collective action, discipline, transparency and accountability to help Ghana address its growing environmental...

I’m shocked by extent of damage; it runs into millions of cedis – Sammi Awuku on Okuapeman- Mount Sinai clashes

Akuapem North Member of Parliament (MP), Sammi Awuku, says the destruction caused by the violent clashes between students of Okuapeman Senior High School (SHS)...

“We want to clear the mess” – Ayariga announces Korle Lagoon redevelopment plan

The government plans to redevelop the slum along the Korle Lagoon in Accra into high-rise container housing as part of efforts to tackle sanitation...

Kaneshie-Winneba Highway project is a national security issue – Housing Minister warns

The planned drainage improvement works and temporary road closure on the busy Kaneshie-Winneba Highway will not proceed without the involvement of key government ministries,...

GNFS reveals cause of accident that claimed 13 lives on Aflao Highway

Thirteen people died in a crash involving a Toyota Hiace and a Ford Transit on the Accra-Aflao highway at MotherKope, near God’s Love Herbal...

About 565,000 BECE candidates qualify for SHS placement – CSSPS

The Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat Coordinator, Sherif Sulemana, has disclosed that about 565,000 candidates who sat for the 2026 Basic...

Presidency orders TMA-TDC to resolve development dispute

The Office of the President has directed the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and TDC Ghana Limited to resolve their long-standing dispute and establish a...

Okuapeman-Mount Sinai attacks: Anyone involved will face accountability – Dr Apaak

Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Clement Apaak, has disclosed that investigations into the violent confrontation between Okuapeman Senior High School and Mount Sinai Senior...

Judicial independence requires political restraint – Kwaku Azar cautions Chief Justice

Legal scholar Prof Kwaku Asare has cautioned Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to exercise restraint in his public comments, particularly where his remarks could be...

Banking sector faces fresh risk if cedi starts sliding again – Dr Atuahene

Banking and Corporate Governance Consultant, Dr Richmond Atuahene, has cautioned that Ghana’s improving State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) finances could come under severe pressure if the...

GNFS safely relocates swarm of bees at Srodae

Firefighters from the New Juaben North Municipal Fire Station have safely removed a large swarm of bees that posed a potential threat to residents...

National Harmonised Prospectus released for 2026/27 SHS admissions

The National Harmonised Prospectus for the 2026/2027 academic year has been released for prospective Senior High School (SHS) and Senior High Technical School (SHTS)...