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Gov’t pledges protection and compensation for journalists harmed in the line of duty

Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has assured that journalists injured while performing their duties will receive compensation, reiterating that...

Christmas Eve crash kills four at Twifo Ntafrewaso

Four people lost their lives in a tragic road traffic accident on Christmas Eve at Twifo Ntafrewaso along the Cape Coast–Twifo Praso road. The...

Awaso STEM SHS matron, cook remanded for allegedly stealing food items

The Sehwi Wiawso Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Eric Baah Boateng, has remanded the two suspects involved in the diversion of food...

Fact-Check: Claim by GoldBod CEO that Ghana’s foreign reserves was $9b in 2016 FALSE

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has issued a response to media reports that dragged his institution into...

IGP Yohuno promotes 13 police officers for distinguished service

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has approved the promotion of 13 senior officers of the Ghana Police Service in recognition of their...

Melcom Care Foundation extends Christmas support to dialysis patients at 37 Military Hospital

The Melcom Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Melcom Group of Companies, has spread Christmas cheer to dialysis patients at the 37 Military...

Ghana Embassy delegation visits nationals held at ICE Detention Centre in Pennsylvania

A delegation from the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C., led by Ambassador Victor Emmanuel Smith, has undertaken a working visit to a U.S....

GIADEC denies claims gov’t plans to award Nyinahin bauxite concession to Ibrahim Mahama

The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has dismissed reports suggesting that the government plans to award bauxite concessions at Nyinahin to businessman Ibrahim...

ECG to be privatised – IMF reveals in Staff Report

The Electricity Company of Ghana is expected to be taken over by a private sector player going forward, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...

GoldBod sets records straight on IMF’s claims of $214m losses under gold-for-reserves programme

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has moved to clear the air over claims contained in a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report suggesting that...

Ghana to push UN motion declaring slave trade humanity’s greatest crime

President John Mahama has declared that Ghana will not forget, excuse or downplay the horrors of slavery, as the country prepares to push a...

Kenyasi assault case: Woman jailed 15-months for injuring child

A Circuit Court in Tafo, Kumasi, has sentenced a 34-year-old Nigerian national, Beauty Alakwe, to 15 months imprisonment with hard labour for unlawfully causing...

13 inmates at Nsawam Prison granted bail under Justice for All Programme  

Thirteen inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have been granted bail as part of the Justice For All Programme. The inmates, who had been...

Illegal farming ravages Chai River forest reserve

A Ghana News Agency (GNA) investigation has uncovered extensive illegal farming and charcoal production within the Chai River Forest Reserve in the Krachi East...

Some MMDCEs reject uniform 24-Hour Economy Market model, seek flexible options

Daniel Yao Dushie, Deputy Managing Director of PPMC International Limited, the consulting firm overseeing the Aflao Market and the proposed 24-Hour Economy Market projects,...

This is not the time for excuses or silence – Mahama renews call for reparations

President John Mahama has renewed Africa’s call for reparative justice, insisting the continent has reached a point where “forgetting the past is no longer...

Two dead, 12 injured after accident on Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway

Two people lost their lives with 12 others sustaining various degrees of injuries following an accident at Abakam along the Cape Coast–Takoradi stretch of...

900 women die in childbirth in 2025 – Gender Ministry warns Ghana is off-track on maternal health

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has raised alarm over Ghana’s worsening maternal health situation, revealing that about 900 women have died...

Gov’t secures $30m Chinese grant for new University of Science and Technology in Damongo

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed that President John Dramani Mahama has earmarked a $30 million grant from the Chinese government to...

Gov’t secures $200m World Bank funding to end double-track system

The government has secured a $200 million financing facility from the World Bank to permanently end the double-track system in senior high schools, Education...

Soldiers remove rival Mamprusi chief from Bawku in line with Otumfuo’s mediation recommendations

Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have removed Alhaji Seidu Abagre, the rival Mamprusi chief, from Bawku Township in the Upper East Region,...

GRA–SML case politically motivated; Ofori-Atta is not evading justice – US lawyer

Enayat Qasimi, an international legal practitioner and lead counsel for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has described the ongoing GRA–SML case as politically driven,...

We’ll meet in court – DVLA boss tells VEMAG over new number plates injunction application

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, has reacted sharply to a court injunction filed...

Family seeks over GH¢200K to save young woman battling life-threatening brain haemorrhage

A family has launched an urgent public appeal for financial support to save the life of 36-year-old Rebecca Odarquaye, who is battling a life-threatening...

IET-Ghana President lauds engineers’ role in national development in Christmas message

The President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET–Ghana), Engr. Wonder S. Davor, has extended Christmas goodwill messages to engineering practitioners across...

Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem brings Christmas cheer to Weija Leprosarium

As part of its 2025 Christmas Eve outreach, the Adom FM morning show Dwaso Nsem spent the entire broadcast with residents of the Weija...

Chief Fire Officer Daniella Sarpong celebrates Christmas with Osu Children’s Home (Photos)

The Chief Fire Officer(CFO) of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sarpong, on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, made a generous Christmas...

One dead, three in critical condition after another accident on Nkwanta-Kpassa road

An accident on the Nkwanta–Kpassa road in the Oti region has claimed the life of a mobile phone accessories dealer, leaving three others in...

GoldBod exceeds 2025 small-scale gold export target, earns over $10bn

The Ghana Gold Board has announced that it has surpassed its 2025 target for small-scale gold exports, recording shipments of more than 100 tonnes...

DVLA suspends rollout of new number plates

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has suspended the planned rollout of the new vehicle licence plates, initially scheduled to take effect on...

48 arrested in cybercrime operation at Dawhenya

A joint nighttime operation led by the Cyber Security Authority with support from National Security and the Ghana Police Service, has led to the...

Forestry Commission seizes over 3,000 dried shark fins at Kotoka Airport

Staff of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission stationed at Kotoka International Airport have intercepted a large consignment of dried shark fins at...

Abu Trica, two others denied bail in cybercrime and money laundering case

Frederick Kumi, also known as Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng and Abu Trica, alongside two other suspects, has been denied bail and remanded in custody...

NPP started ‘Nkoko Nkintikiti’ as poultry intensification – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Bryan Acheampong has claimed that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) government’s Nkoko Nkintikiti programme was originally conceived and initiated...

Korle Bu to hold mass burial for 320 unclaimed bodies

The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has announced plans to undertake a mass burial of unclaimed, unknown, and unidentified bodies currently at...

Awaso STEM SHS matron, cook arrested for allegedly stealing food items

The matron, Nyamadi Benedicta and a cook of Awaso STEM Senior High School (SHS) have been arrested by the Sehwi Bekwai Police Command for...

Ampofo Adjei Band, Asante Mampong Hospital hold health screening exercise ahead of ‘Live in Concert’

The Ampofo Adjei Band, in partnership with the Asante Mampong Government Hospital, has organised a free health screening exercise ahead of the highly anticipated...

Kumasi Mayor orders traders to vacate Ahodwo–Asokwa interchange by Jan. 4

The Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Ofori-Agyemang Boadi, has instructed traders and other operators occupying the stretch between the Asokwa Interchange and the Ahodwo Roundabout...

Gov’t reopens Ussher and James forts, imposes strict new rules

In a reversal likely to boost festive season tourism, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts has announced the immediate reopening of two...

Agric Minister launches $147.3m PROSPER project to modernise agriculture, support 420,000 farmers

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has launched a national agricultural intervention project dubbed the Promoting Rural Opportunities, Sustainable Profits and Environmental...