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Over 1.1m Ghanaians reached through nationwide child rights campaign – Gender Minister

More than 1.1 million people have been reached through nationwide child rights and protection campaigns as the government intensifies efforts to prevent abuse and...

Flowerpot Interchange: I apologised, gave banana seller GH¢5K after breaking her table – Titus-Glover

Aspiring National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, says he later apologised to...

Education Minister visits National Resolution Centre, assures parents of swift action

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has visited the National Resolution Centre to assess challenges confronting students and parents ahead of the reopening of schools. The visit...

Dafeamekpor questions items required in fresh SHS students’ prospectus

Majority Chief Whip and South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has questioned whether newly admitted Senior High School (SHS) students should be required to provide...

Gov’t to introduce new VAT incentives for local vehicle assembly

President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to introduce new VAT incentives for vehicle assembly companies, with firms required to meet specified local production...

GHS records more than 53,000 adolescent pregnancies in seven months 

Ghana recorded 53,415 adolescent pregnancies between January and July 2026, with 1,501 involving girls aged 10 to 14 years, data from the Ghana Health...

This could be the greatest public finance scandal of 4th Republic if confirmed – Dafeamekpor on COVID-19 audit

Majority Chief Whip and South Dayi MP Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has called for immediate arrests if allegations of concealed findings in the Auditor-General’s COVID-19 expenditure...

GNPC identifies over 1bn barrels of oil, 2.5trn cubic feet of gas in Tano Basin

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) says spatial data analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) could unlock over one billion barrels of oil and...

Mahama orders review of Airport enclave road network amid rising development

President John Dramani Mahama says the government has commenced a review of the road network within the Airport enclave and the central business district...

37 Nsawam inmates sit for Teacher Licensure Examination

Thirty-seven inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have sat for the Teacher Licensure Examination as part of efforts to equip them with skills...

Gastech 2026: Ghana Gas CEO leads team to Bangkok for strategic energy talks

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Gas Company Limited (Ghana Gas), Ms. Judith Adjobah Blay, is leading a delegation of senior officials to...

Dorcas Affo-Toffey supports over 1,000 SHS freshers in Jomoro

The pace setter for the scholarship package for candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) who are entering into various second-cycled institutions, Dorcas...

Deputy GMA boss denies alleged links with land guards

The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Mubarick Masawudu, has denied any links to the alleged use of land guards in a...

TikTok used to recruit Ghanaian Girls into sex trade in mining communities – Challenging Heights

Child protection organisation Challenging Heights has raised concerns over an active network allegedly recruiting Ghanaian children into the commercial sex trade through social media...

Six out of 10 businesses not complying with tax obligations – GRA

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says about six out of every ten businesses in Ghana are not complying with their tax obligations, a situation...

Two arrested as Police intercept 192 parcels of suspected cocaine in Wa

The Upper West Regional Police Command has intercepted 192 compressed parcels of a substance suspected to be cocaine and arrested two men believed to...

Atafram community gets first basic school after years without access to education

Residents of Atafram, a rural community in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region, can now access basic education after years of trekking several...

Mamponghene urges Dr Mike Amofa Dankwah to sustain humanitarian support

The Paramount Chief of Asante Mampong, Daasebre Osei Bonsu III, has urged Dr Mike Amofa Dankwah to sustain his humanitarian and social interventions in...

Galamsey: Forestry Commission arrests 12, impounds three excavators in South Formangso Forest Reserve

The Forestry Commission has arrested 12 suspected illegal miners and impounded three excavators during an operation in the South Formangso Forest Reserve in the...

Policeman charged with murder over death of law student in hit-and-run on Tema Motorway

General Corporal Robert Katey Koranteng of the Ghana Police Service has been arraigned at the Adabraka District Court in Accra and charged with murder...

Minority boycotts Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on South Africa evacuation

The Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has declined to attend a scheduled closed-door briefing on the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa,...

Covid-19: Auditor-General’s own audit objective raises questions over omission of Local Gov’t spending – Manasseh Awuni

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says the Auditor-General’s own stated objective for its COVID-19 expenditure audit raises questions over why the Ministry of Local...

Enchi-Elubo road: ‘Show up with your board by Friday or risk termination’ – Agbodza tells contractor

Roads and Highways Minister Governs Kwame Agbodza has issued a final ultimatum to Top International Construction, demanding that the company’s full Board of Directors...

‘We do not need to arrest people at this point’ – PAC Vice Chair on COVID-19 fumigation audit report

Vice Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, Davis Ansah Opoku, says there is no basis for arrests over the alleged omission of COVID-19 fumigation...

People should be arrested – Dafeamekpor demands action over audit claims

The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, is demanding immediate arrests if allegations emerging from investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni’s latest investigation into COVID-19 expenditure...

GH¢299m COVID fumigation spending was audited but left out of report – Manasseh Awuni

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says the Audit Service has confirmed it audited GH¢299 million spent by the Ministry of Local Government on COVID-19...

Minority demands breakdown of nearly GH¢50m spent on Ghanaian evacuation from South Africa

The Minority in Parliament has demanded a detailed breakdown of the nearly GH¢50 million spent by the government on the evacuation and reintegration of...

DCE sets record straight on Mankranso classroom block demolition for 24-hour market

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South West, Hon. Abubakar Sedik, has dismissed claims that a classroom block at Mankranso is being...

Novartis backs Ghana Medical Trust Fund to expand access to specialised healthcare

Global healthcare giant Novartis has thrown its weight behind the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), describing the initiative as a critical and timely intervention...

Mahama eyes national honour for Sentuo chairman

President praises Xu Ningquan’s long-term commitment to Ghana at Airport Garden City sod-cutting, linking investment to jobs, skills and national development. President John Dramani Mahama...

Mahama urges investors to comply with Ghana’s laws, prioritise local participation

President John Dramani Mahama has called on investors operating in Ghana to strictly adhere to the country’s laws and ensure their projects provide meaningful...

GES releases 2023 Capitation Grant arrears to schools

Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of Capitation Grant arrears for the 2023 academic year to various District Education Directorates for...

64.7% of Ghanaians say double-track system has lowered SHS education quality – IEA poll

A new nationwide poll by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has found that 64.7% of Ghanaians believe the double-track system has negatively affected...

Korle Bu Cardiothoracic Centre receives €75,000 equipment to boost open-heart surgeries

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital’s National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCTC) has received a €75,000 latest-generation LivaNova 3T heater-cooler unit from Quantum LC and WBHO Ltd...

Lands Minister calls for greater benefits to communities hosting mining activities

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has called for Ghana’s mineral resources to translate into meaningful development for communities where...

Police corporal charged with murder over Central University student’s death

The police officer who was arrested in connection with the death of 23-year-old Central University law student Ivan Apprey Baidoo has been arraigned at...

Sentuo Airport Garden City will position Accra to host major global conferences – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the Sentuo Airport Garden City Project will help address Accra’s shortage of hotel and conference facilities and...

Twin brother of late CLOGSAG Executive Secretary also passes on

The twin brother of the late Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe Addo, has also...

Nana Ayew Afriye sues Rev Owusu Bempah

Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore, Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, has sued the Head Pastor of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah,...

Amin Amidu Sulemani appointed ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation

Ghanaian engineer and former Roads and Highways Minister, Amin Amidu Sulemani, has been appointed Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalisation of the Economic Community...