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Mid-year budget review: Gov’t collected more taxes despite scrapping nuisance taxes — Ato Forson

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says Ghana recorded higher non-oil tax revenue in 2025 despite abolishing several taxes, including the Electronic Transfer Levy...

2026 mid-year budget review: I’m not here to seek supplementary estimates – Ato Forson

The Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that the government will not return to Parliament to seek supplementary budget estimates for the...

2026 mid-year budget: Gov’t allocates additional funds for flood control

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has announced the release of additional funds to support ongoing dredging and drainage projects following the devastating floods...

‘There’s no date for Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s funeral’ — Family dismisses viral posters

The family of the late Apostle Prof. Dr. Emeritus Kwadwo Safo Kantanka has dismissed reports circulating on social media suggesting that his funeral has...

Kantanka family accuses Adwoa Safo of demanding GH¢3.7m before burial of Father

The family of the late Apostle Prof. Emeritus Ing. Kwadwo Safo, founder and leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana, has accused his...

Concerned National Service Personnel threaten nationwide demo over GH¢60 deductions

Concerned National Service Personnel have threatened to embark on nationwide demonstrations if the GH¢60 allegedly deducted from their monthly allowances is not refunded. The personnel...

Mid-year budget review to highlight key infrastructure projects — Dr. Acheampong

Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Dr Theophilius Acheampong, has indicated that the government's 2026 mid-year budget review will provide Parliament with updates...

Mid-year budget review: Prof. Quartey proposes 5 priority areas that must be addressed

Former Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, has urged the Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson,...

Firefighters rescue 25 after accident on Peki–Anyensu road

Firefighters have rescued 25 people, including four children, after a Benz Transit bus was involved in a road crash on the Peki–Anyensu stretch of...

Bawumia leads NPP delegation to Ashanti Regional Office for meeting on Wontumi conviction

Former Vice President and the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) 2028 flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has led a high-powered delegation of party officials to the...

Court rejects former Buffer Stock CEO’s bid to strike out case against him

The Accra High Court has dismissed an application by lawyers for the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan...

Fire guts fashion training centre at Kumasi Top High, destroys materials worth thousands of cedis

A devastating fire has gutted a fashion training centre at Top High in Kumasi, destroying property worth thousands of cedis. The fire broke out at...

Two in critical condition after fire destroys CKC SHS boys’ dormitory in Obuasi

A fire outbreak has destroyed the boys’ dormitory of CKC Senior High School (SHS) in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, leaving two people in...

Galamsey: I’m not involved or being investigated; anyone with evidence against me should bring it – Joseph Yamin

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Yamin, has challenged persons accusing him of involvement in illegal mining activities to produce...

NIA to deploy police-backed taskforce to enforce biometric verification

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has warned public and private institutions against photocopying or visually inspecting Ghana Cards for identity verification, stressing that biometric...

Biometric verification of Ghana Card now mandatory for all transactions – NIA boss

Biometric verification has become the mandatory method for confirming the identity of Ghana Card holders in all transactions requiring identification, following the enforcement of...

OSP boosts anti-corruption fight with €700,000 EU-funded forensic lab, interview facilities

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has strengthened its investigative capacity with the completion of an ISO-standard forensic laboratory and four modern investigative...

Ghana Card services to run 24 hours as NIA expands operations

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it is expanding its operations to provide 24-hour Ghana Card services to make registration and replacement of cards...

Atta Mills dismissed me twice, but I speak well of him because he was a good man — Frimpong-Boateng

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has paid tribute to late President John Evans Atta Mills, saying his admiration...

Swift police response leads to arrest of robbery suspect in Asokore Mampong

Police have arrested a 19-year-old robbery suspect following a swift response by a night patrol team at Asabi in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of...

Mahama signs Ghana Investment Promotion Authority Bill into law

President John Dramani Mahama has signed into law the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPA) Bill, repealing the former Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act. A statement...

NDC suspends Awutu Senya East Chairman

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended its Awutu Senya East Constituency Chairman, Stephen Ofosu Agyare, from office for five months following a petition...

KMA breaks silence on viral video of armed police officer confronting towing personnel

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has clarified circumstances surrounding a viral video showing a police officer brandishing a firearm during a confrontation with personnel...

NSA pushes to raise National Service allowance from GH¢715 to GH¢1,200

The National Service Authority (NSA) is seeking an increase in the monthly allowance for National Service Personnel from GH¢715 to at least GH¢1,200, with...

Court to determine whether or not to strike out charges against former NAFCO boss today

The Accra High Court will today, July 23, 2026, determine whether or not to strike out 16 counts of offences against former National Food...

Ramaphosa sends delegation to Mahama over xenophobic attacks in South Africa

President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently sent a delegation to Ghana to discuss recurring xenophobic attacks against...

CHRAJ debunks false claim linking Deputy Commissioner to Wontumi sentencing

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has dismissed as false claims circulating on social media that its Deputy Commissioner, Mercy Larbi,...

SEC warns public against 23 unlicensed investment platforms

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public against engaging with 23 entities promoting and offering unlicensed investment products through social media...

AUC urges South Africa to handle illegal migrants through lawful means

The African Union Commission (AUC) has urged South African authorities to address concerns over undocumented migrants through legal processes rather than violence against African...

GoldBod introduces stricter rules for Tier 2 gold buyers accessing trade financing

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has introduced new mandatory procedures for Tier 2 licensed gold buyers seeking access to its trade financing programme through...

UniMAC students to represent Ghana at Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Australia

Two students of the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC), Precious Akos Agrobesa and Titus Owusu Darko, will represent Ghana at the 13th...

We don’t have a trust crisis – BoG urges vigilance against rising digital fraud

The Head of the Fintech and Innovation Department at the Bank of Ghana, Elhanan Owureku Asare, says Ghana's digital economy is not facing a...

Majority rejects claims on fiscal surplus, cites IMF backing for gov’t economic performance

The Majority in Parliament has dismissed claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the government's fiscal gains were achieved mainly through expenditure...

EOCO rescues 39 in Hohoe raid on suspected travel fraud, human trafficking syndicate

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, has rescued 39 persons during an intelligence-led operation targeting a...

What would be the condition of Ghana if late Prof. Mills had completed his tenure? – Prof Frimpong-Boateng

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has challenged Ghanaians to reflect on how differently the country might have developed...

Prof. Frimpong-Boateng blames Ghana’s recurring floods on institutional failures, not just poor waste disposal

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has attributed Ghana’s recurring flooding to years of institutional neglect and weak enforcement...

Stakeholders assess Ghana’s preparedness for Sahel security threats

Stakeholders have begun discussions on Ghana’s preparedness to address security threats linked to instability in the central Sahel ahead of a national forum in...

GTEC directs universities to stop using entrance exams as mandatory precondition for admission

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed all tertiary institutions to stop making entrance examinations a mandatory requirement for admission, saying the practice...

Suspect arrested after dramatic police chase over alleged bank robbery in Tema

A suspected robber has been arrested after a dramatic chase through Tema Community 5 following the alleged robbery of a bank customer. According to eyewitnesses,...

Bawumia visits Chairman Wontumi in prison after conviction

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the 2028 elections, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, visited the party's Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly...