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COPEC calls for fuel tax cuts, return to strategic reserve programme

The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has called on government to reduce some taxes on petroleum products and...

Bosome Freho Assembly invests first trench Common Fund in water and education projects for 19 rural communities

The Bosome Freho District Assembly in the Ashanti Region is investing the first trench of the assembly’s Common Fund to provide mechanized boreholes and...

Police arrest six suspected notorious armed robbers in Kumasi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested six persons suspected to be members of an organised armed robbery syndicate operating within the Ashanti Region. The...

Youth Employment Agency records GH¢110.45m surplus after 2024 deficit

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has significantly improved its financial position, recording a GH¢110.45 million surplus in 2025 after posting a deficit of GH¢77.58...

SIGA proposes liquidation of Ghana Railway Company while GRDA absorbs employees

The State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) has proposed a major restructuring of Ghana’s railway sector, including the liquidation of the Ghana Railway Company...

STC cuts net loss by 92.6% to GH¢5.18m in 2025

Intercity STC Coaches Limited significantly reduced its net loss in 2025 despite a decline in revenue, with cost-control measures helping to narrow the company’s...

Akwasidae celebration in the US projects Asante heritage and Ghanaian unity

The sixth Akwasidae Festival in the United States was held on Sunday, August 30, at Bowie State University in Maryland, drawing traditional leaders, members...

Interior Minister warns against glorifying unexplained wealth

Interior Minister and Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has cautioned Ghanaians against a growing tendency to celebrate people for their wealth...

KNUST SHS considers slashing admissions over infrastructure deficit

The KNUST Senior High School in Kumasi is considering reducing its admissions in the coming academic years due to a severe infrastructure deficit that...

Challenging Heights rescues 25 trafficked children from forced labour on Lake Volta

Challenging Heights has rescued twenty-five (25) trafficked children, aged between six and fourteen years, from forced labour on Lake Volta in a weekend operation...

‘Nobody has any video of me embarrassing myself’ – Afenyo-Markin on ‘extortion’ allegation

Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has dismissed suggestions that there are videos of him engaging in conduct that could embarrass him, his family...

Chiefs appeal for ambulance training school at Hwidiem

The Hwidiem Traditional Council in the Ahafo Region has appealed to the government to establish an ambulance training school in the community to create...

NSA reopens PIN code application portal for defaulters, private candidates

The National Service Authority (NSA) has reopened its online portal for eligible applicants seeking PIN codes under the defaulter and private candidate categories for...

John Boadu denies being part of Akufo-Addo’s ‘kitchen cabinet’

New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman aspirant John Boadu has denied claims that he was a member of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s...

Tanker drivers threaten strike over deplorable VALCO-TOR-Kpone road

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has threatened to embark on a sit-down strike over the deplorable condition of the road stretching from...

Yusif Sulemana celebrates Gonja unity at Damba Festival

Bole-Bamboi MP and Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Yusif Sulemana, has celebrated the unity and rich cultural heritage of the Gonja people...

Special court established to fast-track drug cases – Interior Minister

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has announced the establishment of a special court dedicated to the prosecution of drug-related offences as...

Manasseh sets record straight on Northshore Apparel GH, dispels 1D1F claim

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has outlined what he describes as the facts surrounding the establishment of Northshore Apparel GH, particularly the extent of...

Gov’t extends GH¢2 diesel subsidy

Government has decided to extend the GH¢2 per litre reduction in the regulatory margin on diesel for the next pricing window to cushion consumers...

Supreme Court dismisses injunction bid seeking to halt Skytrain trial

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Solomon Asamoah, seeking to...

GNACOPS reveals cause of frequent textbook changes (Listen)

The Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Obenfo Nana Kwasi Gyetuah, has attributed the frequent changes in textbooks and...

‘Powder Guy’ denies $32,000 visa fraud charges

Ibrahim Kailani Kpa, alias “Powder Guy”, a social media influencer, has denied charges of defrauding seven persons of $32,000 under the pretext of securing...

“Schools should not be a place for extortion” – NCPTA appeals for review of textbook prices

The Public Relations Officer of the National Council of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Irene Sam, has appealed to private schools to review the prices...

Gov’t to develop 150-acre air cargo hub at Tamale Airport

Government is set to develop an approximately 150-acre air cargo hub at the Tamale International Airport to facilitate the export of vegetables, fruits and...

Family allegedly abandons woman at St. Gregory Hospital while receiving treatment

A woman believed to be in her early 30s and living with a mental health condition has allegedly been abandoned by her family at...

Ghana to host high-level UNGA side event on reparatory justice in September – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana will host a high-level side event during the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly...

GAFM rejects GTEC’s ‘unrecognised university’ classification, threatens legal action

The Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM) has rejected its inclusion on the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission’s (GTEC) latest list of unrecognised institutions,...

Sand-winning destroys over 50 acres of farmland at Tsumkpo

More than 50 acres of farmland cultivated with maize, groundnuts, pepper and cassava have reportedly been destroyed by sand-winning activities at Tsumkpo in the...

Amin Adam pays tribute to late Tolon Paramount Chief

Karaga MP and former Finance Minister, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has paid tribute to the late Paramount Chief of the Tolon Traditional Area, Naa...

SOEs swing from GH¢2.25bn loss to GH¢19.8bn profit in 2025 – Government

Government has highlighted a significant improvement in the financial performance of Ghana’s State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), citing data from the State Interests and Governance Authority...

Central REGSEC restricts Akwasidae celebrations in Denkyira to palace premises

The Central Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has directed that all Akwasidae celebrations in the Denkyira Traditional Area be held strictly within palace premises, citing...

Ayariga inspects stalled Kejetia Phase II, Krofrom Market projects

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga, has inspected the long-delayed Kejetia Market Phase II and Krofrom Market projects in...

NPA increases price floor from September 1; Petrol to sell at GH¢14.53, diesel at GH¢15.60

The prices of petroleum products are likely to increase at the pumps from September 1, 2026. This is because the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has increased...

NYA CEO Osman Ayariga rallies youth to fight drug abuse with ‘Red Means Stop’ campaign

Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Osman Abdulai Ayariga, has urged Ghana’s youth to reject drug and substance abuse as the...

Former Minister for Food and Agriculture passes on

Former Member of Parliament for Choggu/Tishigu and ex-Minister for Food and Agriculture, Ibrahim Adam, has reportedly died. Mr Adam, an animal scientist and veteran politician,...

Sam Jonah urges African investors to prioritise local investment

Ghanaian business leader Sir Sam Jonah has challenged African institutional investors to invest more of their capital on the continent, warning that Africa risks...

Improved roads bring new vehicle options to Tumu-Bolga, Tumu-Tamale, Tumu-Wa routes

The ongoing improvement of the Tumu–Bolgatanga and Tumu–Tamale roads has opened new opportunities for vehicle operators, given passengers more transportation options, and improved the...

10 security recruits dismissed for violating phone ban – Muntaka

Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak has disclosed that at least 10 recruits have been dismissed from Ghana’s security services training schools for violating a...

Abotaose Market fire: One dead, several injured

A fire that swept through the Abotaose Market in the Biakoye District of the Oti region has reportedly resulted in the death of...

Education Ministry reschedules 2026/2027 SHS placement results to September 4

The Ministry of Education has rescheduled the release of the 2026/2027 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) results from Monday, August 31 to...