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Kufuor has been instrumental in my decision to contest NPP chairmanship – Boakye Agyarko

New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman hopeful, Boakye Kyeremanteng Agyarko, has disclosed that former President John Agyekum Kufuor played a significant role in influencing...

Bawumia is my friend, don’t create confusion between us – Boakye Agyarko

New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman hopeful, Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, has dismissed suggestions of tension between himself and the party’s flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia,...

NSA gives students final opportunity to resolve biodata mismatch issues in Kumasi

The National Service Authority (NSA) has announced a special opportunity for prospective national service personnel affected by biodata mismatch issues to rectify their records...

GUTA urges GPHA to act swiftly to resolve Tema Port congestion

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) has called on the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to urgently engage shipping lines and other...

Mahama announces high-level UN event to advance global reparations campaign

President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans for Ghana to host a high-level side event on reparatory justice during the 81st Session of the...

Teacher unions suspend planned strike as government promises salary adjustments in September

The planned industrial action by major teacher unions over delays in the implementation of salary adjustments for promoted teachers has been suspended following an...

Rescue operation ends at Asaman Tamfoe, death toll stands at seven

Rescue operations have ended at Asaman Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region, after a mining pit collapsed within the concession...

Metro Mass Transit returns to profit with GH¢4.48m net gain in 2025

Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) returned to profitability in 2025 after recording higher ticket sales and increased revenue from hiring and school bus services. According...

Ghana’s road maintenance funding gap deepens as only 37% of needs met – World Bank

Ghana is facing a widening shortfall in funding for road maintenance, with available resources meeting just 37 per cent of estimated needs in 2024,...

Eastern Region records 30 mining-related deaths since January – NADMO

About 30 people have died in mining-related incidents across mining districts in the Eastern Region since January 2026, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO)...

Ghana loses $4.55bn annually to road crashes – World Bank

The World Bank has revealed that Ghana loses an estimated $4.55 billion every year to road crashes, a figure equal to 2.1% of the...

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...