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Bryan Acheampong set to dominate Northern Regions – Davis Ansah Opoku

Leading member of Dr. Bryan Acheampong’s campaign team and Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has expressed confidence that Acheampong will outperform...

US suspends immigrant visa processing for Nigeria, Ghana, and 73 other Countries [Full list]

The United States has announced a suspension of immigrant visa processing for 75 countries, including Nigeria and Ghana, in a move officials say is...

Oti Regional House of Chiefs pays courtesy call on NPA CEO

A delegation from the Oti Regional House of Chiefs on Wednesday, January 14, paid a courtesy call on the Chief Executive Officer of the...

Bawumia partly to blame for NPP’s 2024 election loss – Davis Ansah Opoku

The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso and a leading member of Dr. Bryan Acheampong’s campaign team, Davis Ansah Opoku, has attributed the New Patriotic...

Nkokɔnkitinkiti Poultry Programme: MCE calls on beneficiaries to ensure proper care

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante Akyem Central, Ebenezer Ekow Aidoo, has urged beneficiaries of the government’s Nkokɔnkitinkiti poultry programme to handle the...

Bryan Acheampong has the experience to manage Ghana’s economy – Davis Ansah Opoku

The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso and a leading member of Dr. Bryan Acheampong’s campaign team, Davis Ansah Opoku, has described Mr. Acheampong as...

Immigration Service begins repatriation of ex-convicts involved in illegal QNET operations

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has commenced processes to repatriate eight foreign nationals convicted for engaging in illegal QNET-related activities in the country. In a...

NPP Race: Don’t be swayed by polls – Davis Ansah Opoku

The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso and a key member of Dr. Bryan Acheampong’s campaign team, Davis Ansah Opoku, has urged New Patriotic Party...

Lawyer of Angela Attieh dismisses reports of her alleged arrest

The lawyer for Angela Attieh, formerly known as Angela List, the Chief Executive Officer of Nguvu Mining Limited, has dismissed reports claiming she was...

Ecobank rewards 3,500 customers nationwide as part of 35th anniversary promo draw

Ecobank Ghana has rewarded more than 3,500 customers nationwide in its latest monthly promotional draw held at Kasoa, as part of activities marking the...

Kofi Job Foundation saves dying cancer patient with GH₵80,000 medical support

Renowned road contractor Kofi Gyebi Job and his wife, Esther Gyebi, have saved the life of a young leukemia patient, Savior Agyei, through a...

David Asante defends GPCL’s financial health before new management

David Asante, former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL), has insisted that the company was financially sound and profitable prior...

Agenda 111 projects stall after millions paid – 35 Contractors ordered to refund $7.9m

The Ghana Audit Service has issued a surcharge against 35 contractors to pay $7.9 million (approximately GH¢94.6 million) to the state. The amount was paid...

Presidency forwards petitions against EC bosses, Kissi Agyebeng to Chief Justice

The Minister in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has announced that ten petitions filed against Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng and the Chairperson...

Ntim Fordjour demands Education Minister appear before Parliament over gender identity definition in SHS manual

Former Deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the Minister of Education to...

Akonta Mining manager granted GH¢10m bail in Wontumi illegal mining case

The Operations Manager of Akonta Mining, Kwadwo Owusu Bempah, has been granted bail by the court in the sum of GH¢10 million with three...

Interior and Education Ministries partner to boost local production for schools

The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Education have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the local production of sanitary...

Gender identity content in a teacher’s manual was deliberate, not an error – Ntim Fordjour insists

The Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has rejected claims that controversial gender-related content found in a teacher’s manual was...

GHS warns public as Meningitis cases remain a threat

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service, has issued a renewed public health alert on meningitis, urging Ghanaians to remain...

High sales targets fuel road accidents – C-DAG warns

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) has sounded the alarm over the increasing number of road accidents nationwide, linking the trend largely to...

GIADEC, Metalloid Investment and GIBDLC seal US$60m deal to boost Nyinahin bauxite project

The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has signed a US$60 million facility agreement with Metalloïd Resources Investment LLC-S.P.C and the Ghana Integrated...

Why are you still at post? Miracles Aboagye asks NaCCA Board Chair amidst teachers’ manual controversy

Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign Team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has called for the resignation or dismissal of the Board Chairman of the National...

Women Development Bank to be rolled out in 2026 – Kwakye Ofosu announces

The Minister of State in charge of Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has announced that preparations for the establishment of the Women Development Bank...

Transport Minister summons GPRTU over artificial scarcity in transport sector

The Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has summoned officials of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and other commercial transport operators over...

NaCCA-SHS teachers’ manual saga: Foh-Amoaning urges Constitution review

The Lead Advocate of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, has called for a review of Ghana’s...

NPP still sinking under self-inflicted crisis – Akwasi Boateng

A political scientist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Akwasi Amakye Boateng, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) remains...

Unlawful practices by drivers worsening Accra transport challenges – Kwakye Ofosu

The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has blamed the recent deterioration in transportation services in Accra on illegal...

Man arrested over alleged sale of 3-year-old son for GH¢1m in Akwatia

Police in the Eastern South Command have arrested a man identified as Coffie Agyemang for allegedly attempting to sell his three-year-old son for GH¢1...

Foh-Amoaning alleges attempt to introduce LGBTQ+ practices through backdoor in Constitution review

The Lead Advocate of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, has raised concerns over what he describes...

World Vision calls for free water supply after Teshie Desalination Plant shutdown

A World Vision official has appealed to Ghana Water Limited (GWL) to provide free water to residents of Teshie and surrounding communities following the...

Health Minister directs teaching hospitals to operate 24-hour OPD and lab services

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has directed all public teaching hospitals to immediately operate their Out-Patient Departments (OPDs), laboratories, and diagnostic centres...

Economy grows 3.8% in October 2025 as services sector dominate – GSS

Ghana’s economy recorded a provisional growth rate of 3.8% in October 2025, up from 3.0% in the same period last year, according to the...

US has assured Ghana it’ll not block extradition of Ofori‑Atta and Tamakloe – Ablakwa

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the United States government has assured Ghana that it will not stand in the way...

Police seek help to locate family of man found dead under bridge in Teshie

The Kpeshie Divisional Police Command in Nungua in the Greater Accra Region has appealed for help to identify an adult male, believed to be...

Three family members, one other arrested over armed robbery attack on small-scale miner at Sefwi Abrokofe

Police in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region have arrested four suspects, including three family members, in connection with a violent armed...

Director General of NaCCA must be fired for sleeping on the job – Ntim Fordjour

The Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has called for the immediate dismissal of the Director General of the National...

AGOA Extended: Ghana–US Trade ties Get fresh boost as exports, jobs Set to rise

Ghana’s trade relations with the United States are poised for a significant boost following the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)...

Customs intercepts 25 million suspected illicit drug tablets at Takoradi Port

Ghana Customs officials at the Takoradi Port have intercepted a large consignment of suspected illicit drugs concealed in two 40-foot containers at the Atlantic...

Foh-Amoaning urges inquiry into curriculum after NaCCA withdraws teacher manual over gender content

The Lead Advocate of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, has called for the establishment of an...

Prof. Bokpin calls on gov’t to apologise over NaCCA SHS teacher manual response

Professor Godfred Bokpin has urged the Government of Ghana and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) to apologise to the public following...