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How Adwoa Safo disguised the casket to pull off her father’s burial

Sarah Adwoa Safo's team appears to have outwitted both police and rival family members to ensure her father, the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka,...

Sustain, Reform or Redesign: Calls grow for reforms as stakeholders debate the future of Free SHS

Stakeholders in Ghana's education sector have called for comprehensive reforms to the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, agreeing that while the programme...

Boarding should be optional under Free SHS, parents who can afford it should share the cost – Kwasi Gyetuah

Education policy advocate Kwasi Gyetuah has proposed reforms to Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, suggesting that government should focus on funding...

Free SHS has become too politicised to be reversed, but reforms are needed – Kofi Asare

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has called for reforms to strengthen Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy,...

Government cannot bear all Free SHS costs, parents must share responsibility – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has called for greater parental support in the...

Increased access under Free SHS has affected quality – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has said that while the Free Senior High...

Quality of Free SHS is not in doubt despite double-track concerns – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has defended the quality of Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS)...

Free SHS foundation was weak, needs reforms to improve quality – Kwasi Gyetuah

An education policy advocate, Kwasi Gyetuah, has argued that while Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy has succeeded in expanding access to...

Free SHS’s greatest achievement is expanding access – Kofi Asare

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has described expanded access to secondary education as the greatest success of Ghana's Free...

Kintampo North MP donates GH¢60,600 to repair ambulance serving constituency

The Member of Parliament for Kintampo North, Joseph Kwame Kuma, has donated GH¢60,600 to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to support the repair and...

297 flood-hit Ghana Armed Forces personnel receive relief support

Personnel of the Ghana Air Force were among 297 victims of the Ghana Armed Forces who received relief assistance after being affected by the...

Ho-Dome Queen Mother alleges GHS5k vote-buying in Volta Council of State election

The Queen Mother of Ho-Dome in the Asogli Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Mama Atrato II, has made explosive allegations of widespread vote-buying...

Family of Bukom crash victim visits Gender Minister ahead of funeral

The family of the late Esther Arthur, one of the victims of the tragic Bukom Junction accident, has paid a courtesy visit to the...

Godfred Dame rejects blame over Sedina Attionu acquittal, accuses government of political orchestration

Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has dismissed claims that the Akufo-Addo administration or his tenure as Attorney-General was responsible for...

Nana B’s criticism of Sedina Tamakloe acquittal is politically motivated – Edudzi Tamakloe

Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has dismissed criticisms by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the...

10 Ghanaian public figures whose legal battles challenged judicial system

For years, criminal trials involving Ghana’s political elite and public officials have generated intense public interest, often becoming more than courtroom battles. They have...

Minority rejects Parliament’s approval of six mining leases, calls process ‘defective rubber stamp’

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has rejected the approval of six mining leases, including two leases involving Damang Mining belonging to Engineers and Planners,...

Gabon President pays tribute to Jerry Rawlings with wreath-laying ceremony

Visiting Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has paid tribute to Ghana's late former President Jerry John Rawlings by laying a wreath at his...

KMA demolishes unauthorised structures around Baba Yara Stadium

A joint security taskforce led by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has demolished unauthorised structures around the Baba Yara Sports Stadium as part of...

Supreme Court’s ruling on OSP prosecutorial powers is ‘very sound’ – Lawyer

A legal practitioner, George Anti, has described the Supreme Court's ruling on the prosecutorial powers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as...

NPP announces nationwide protest over tribunal law, Sedina Tamakloe ruling

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to stage a nationwide demonstration on August 6, 2026, to protest what it describes as growing...

Otumfuo orders hearing into alleged violence involving chiefs

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has directed the Kumasi Traditional Council to schedule hearings into petitions involving allegations of violence linked to some...

NACOC grants Ghana’s first cannabis cultivation licences to two companies

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has issued Ghana's first licences for the legal cultivation of cannabis, marking a significant milestone in the country's emerging...

Ho Teaching Hospital warns public against fake nursing recruitment scam

The Management of Ho Teaching Hospital has issued a public warning over a fake recruitment exercise targeting job seekers, stressing that the facility is...

John Boadu to begin nationwide tour as NPP national chairman hopeful

Aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, is set to embark on a nationwide engagement tour beginning Sunday, August 2,...

TMPC shuts down 30 traditional medicine facilities in Ashanti over regulatory breaches

The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has closed down 30 traditional medicine facilities in the Ashanti Region following a major compliance and enforcement exercise...

Yendi comes alive as Dagbon prepares to install Regent after Ya-Na’s passing

Thousands of sympathisers, traditional leaders and well-wishers have converged on Yendi, the traditional capital of the Dagbon Kingdom, for the installation of a Regent...

Big Push projects not for sale; report fraudsters – Roads Minister warns

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has warned the public against individuals claiming to be selling government road contracts under the...

Court of Appeal to seek Chief Justice’s warrant to sit during vacation for Tamakloe stay of execution ruling

The Court of Appeal will seek approval from the Chief Justice to sit during the legal vacation period to determine the Attorney-General’s urgent application...

She stood firm and buried her father – Church members commend Adwoa Safo [Video]

Church members of the Kristo Asafo Mission have expressed relief and satisfaction following the burial of the late Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, describing...

Wurumomso Assemblyman laments lack of development despite support for NDC

The Assembly Member for Wurumomso in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region, Ernest Karim, has expressed concern over what he describes as...

The Sedina Tamakloe judgment without tears; a break down of Court of Appeal’s ruling by Prof Kwaku Asare

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal unanimously allowed Sedinam Tamakloe’s appeal, quashed her convictions and sentences, and acquitted and discharged her. The...

All is set for Apostle Safo Kantanka’s funeral rites at Independence Square

Final preparations are underway at the Independence Square in Accra ahead of the second day of funeral rites for the late Apostle Dr Kwadwo...

MP apologises over ‘I will marry you’ comment to pupil

The Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South East, Yakubu Mohammed, has apologised over comments he made to a basic school pupil during a...

Gender Minister visits Dzorwulu accident victims, assures families of government support

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has visited children injured in the Dzorwulu road accident and assured...

MP under fire for telling minor ‘I will marry you’

Human Rights Advocate and Executive Director of the Purim African Youth Development Platform, Rev. Hornam Adzraku-Kevi, has criticised comments made by the Member of...

Mahama leads gov’t officials to bid farewell to Ambassador Victor Gbeho

President John Dramani Mahama, Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, senior government officials, diplomats and mourners on Friday paid their final respects to the...

Sahrawi Ambassador to Ghana honours Dr. Mohammed Shamsudeen Shardow

The Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Ghana has honoured Dr Mohammed Shamsudeen Shardow following the successful completion of his Doctor of...

Foreign Affairs Ministry to name facility after late Ambassador Gbeho

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced plans to name one of the facilities in its new ministerial block after the late Ambassador James...

Poor governance of Ghana’s natural resources threatens future generations – Prof. Twerefuo

An Economics Professor at the University of Ghana, Professor Daniel Kwabena Twerefou, has warned that Ghana risks leaving future generations worse off unless urgent...