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GRA clarifies mobile phone duty rules for travellers

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has clarified that travellers carrying more than two mobile phones into Ghana will not automatically be required to pay...

2026 NSMQ: Accra Academy breaks jinx; qualifies to finals for very first time

Accra Academy has broken its long-standing semi-final jinx in the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), qualifying for the grand finale for the first...

Year-long NAIMOS patrols clear Ankobra River of galamsey operators – Lands minister

The Ankobra River has been cleared of thousands of Changfan machines and illegal miners after a year of sustained patrols, Minister for Lands and...

NACOC partners CSIR to research medical and industrial uses of hemp

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have began a partnership to support the cultivation and development...

Notorious suspect killed in operation at Binduri, AK-47, ammunition retrieved

A joint security operation in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region has led to the recovery of an AK-47 assault rifle and...

Fire guts Atwima Akyeremade compound house, leaves several homeless

Fire has gutted a compound house at Atwima Akyeremade in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region, leaving several tenants homeless and one...

Body of unidentified woman found in gutter at Haatso

The body of a woman has reportedly been found in a gutter along the Haatso-Bohye Road near the New DVLA office. Residents are said to...

GRIDCo clarifies nationwide demolition exercise targeting structures near power lines

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has clarified that its planned demolition of buildings and other structures located within restricted areas along high-voltage transmission...

Green Communities Initiative launched at Godokpe

The Department of Community Development has launched the Green Communities Initiative at Godokpe in the Ho Central Municipality of the Volta Region to promote...

2026 GJA Awards: Female Journalist of the Year category removed

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has removed the Female Journalist of the Year category from the 2026 GJA Media Awards. GJA President Albert Kwabena Dwumfuor...

AMA announces Post-Homowo clean-up for September National Sanitation Day

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced a Post-Homowo clean-up exercise as part of the September edition of the National Sanitation Day in Accra. The...

Pharmacy technicians raise alarm over staff shortages, appeal for more recruitment

Pharmacy technicians across Ghana have raised concerns over inadequate staffing levels, warning that the shortage is increasing workloads and affecting the quality and efficiency...

GJA condemns attack on Adom Brands journalist in Nkwanta South, calls for swift probe

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned the alleged assault of Adom Brands’ Oti Regional Correspondent, Obrempongba Kwame Owusu, by suspected military personnel enforcing...

GPRTU, GRTCC submit request for review of public transport fares

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) have submitted a request to the Ministry of Transport...

Two arrested over murder, burning of man at Awutu Kwei

Two people have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder and burning of a man believed to be in his late 30s at...

‘Did he lie? The data speaks for itself – Franklin Cudjoe on Chief Justice’s comment

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has defended the Chief Justice’s comments on the performance of state institutions, dismissing suggestions that the remarks were...

NSMQ 2026: St. Augustine’s College march into third straight final, beat Prempeh and Pope John

St. Augustine’s College has secured a place in the NSMQ 2026 Grand Finale to be held in Accra at the University of Ghana on...

Strike disrupts Premix fuel supply across Ghana

The National Premix Fuel Secretariat has announced a temporary disruption in the supply of premix fuel following an ongoing strike by members of the...

Police arrest two with suspected contraband at Jema, Sodium Cyanide found in maize shipment

The Bono East Regional Police have arrested two suspects after intercepting a Kia Rhino vehicle loaded with suspected contraband items at Jema on September...

More than 8,000 candidates vie for only 800 spots at Aburi Girls’ SHS – CSSPS

More than 8,000 candidates who selected Aburi Girls’ Senior High School as their preferred school in the 2026 Computerised School Selection and Placement System...

Dr. Busia Highway closure: Minister urges contractor to minimise traffic disruptions

The Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Ahmed Ibrahim, has inspected preparations for the temporary closure of the Pamprom Junction to First Light...

Thousands flood Kumasi streets to give Asantehene rousing welcome from USA (Photos)

Thousands of residents have poured onto the principal streets of Kumasi in the Ashanti region to give the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a...

Agbodza orders contractor back to site to complete Wa-Bulenga Road

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has directed Aschal Investment Limited to immediately resume work on the 37-kilometre Wa-Bulenga Road in...

Prison Service holds sign language training for officers

The Sekondi Prisons Complex has organised a two-day Ghanaian Sign Language (GhSL) training programme for officers to improve communication with persons with hearing impairments...

Two security guards charged with defilement of 14-year-old BOGISS student granted bail

Two male security guards of the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School (BOGISS) have been officially charged at the Bolgatanga Circuit Court with defilement of...

Ayariga, Ahmed Ibrahim given 14 days to end TMA-TDC turf war

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources and the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs...

GNACOPS proposes 85 private SHSs to absorb 54,985 candidates without placement

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has called on the government to activate an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the Free...

Asutifi South Assembly distributes 1,500 bags of fertiliser to farmers

The Asutifi South District Assembly in the Ahafo Region has distributed 1,500 bags of fertiliser to farmers as part of efforts to increase agricultural...

Enough is enough – GIF demands immediate justice for slain forest guards

The Ghana Institute of Foresters (GIF) has expressed concern over what it describes as the slow pace of prosecution of persons implicated in the...

Underage riders driving rise in motorcycle crashes – Motor Riders Union

The National Public Relations Officer of the Commercial National Motor Riders Union, Setsoafia Quarshie Pascal, has attributed a significant number of motorcycle crashes on...

Accra–Kumasi Expressway: GAF clears 170km corridor, only 6km left

The Ghana Armed Forces Engineers have cleared 170 kilometres of the 176-kilometre corridor earmarked for the proposed Accra–Kumasi Expressway, leaving just six kilometres to...

NPP demands Chief Justice’s resignation over alleged partisan conduct

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has demanded the immediate resignation of the Chief Justice, accusing him of abandoning judicial neutrality and openly aligning himself...

GNFS rolls out automated fire compliance system

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has rolled out the Automated Fire Compliance and Safety System (AFCAS), a digital platform for the online application...

CSSPS placement results to be released on Friday – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has announced that the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) results will be released tomorrow, Friday, September 4, after...

Call A-Plus to order – Effutu Traditional Council tells gov’t after deadly New Winneba violence

The Effutu Traditional Council has called on the government to caution Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus,...

Hospital management must take responsibility for facility standards – Former UGMC CEO

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), Dr Darius Osei, has urged hospital managers to take greater responsibility...

‘Chief Justice misspoke; it was a political comparison’ – Kwasi Kwarteng on SOE remarks

Lawyer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator Kwasi Kwarteng has criticised Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie over his recent comments on the performance of state-owned...

Goldbod Jewellery invites corporate institutions to join Gold Access Programme

GoldBod Jewellery Limited has invited corporate institutions across Ghana to participate in its Corporate Gold Access Programme, which provides employees with convenient access to...

It was free speech; he spoke as a citizen – Eric Adjei defends CJ’s remarks on SOEs performance

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Eric Adjei, has defended Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie’s comments on the performance...

We will build a wall between them – Minister reveals as Police keep watch over Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHS

The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, says plans are underway to construct a wall between Okuapeman Senior High School (SHS) and Mount...