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Police intercept 188 vehicles in Ashanti Region for various traffic offences

The Ghana Police Service has intercepted 188 vehicles for various road traffic offences during a special enforcement exercise in the Ashanti Region. The operation, led...

Mahama announces plans for new airport in Wa

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the government will soon commence the procurement process for the construction of a new airport in Wa,...

Three dead, others including baby missing after canoe capsizes on River Oti

Three people have been confirmed dead while three others, including a baby, remain missing after a canoe carrying mourners capsized on the River Oti...

Eastern Corridor Road to undergo full asphalt reconstruction, not patch repairs – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has announced that the government will undertake a full reconstruction of sections of the Eastern...

Auditor-General recovered almost GH¢12bn in disallowed expenditure in 2024 – PAC Chairperson

The Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Abena Osei-Asare, has disclosed that the Auditor-General recovered nearly GH¢12 billion in disallowed expenditure in 2024...

Nkwanta South Assembly ranks 2nd in Ghana’s 2025 PFM Compliance League Table

The Nkwanta South District Assembly in the Oti Region has emerged as the second-best-performing Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly (MMDA) in Ghana in the...

Inusah Mahama congratulates Salaga South Feed Ghana Brigade graduates

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) and Savannah Regional Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Inusah Mahama,...

Over 10 Bole-Bamboi constituents graduate as Feed Ghana Brigades

More than 10 young men and women from the Bole-Bamboi Constituency have successfully graduated as members of the Feed Ghana Brigades, a flagship initiative...

One injured as Kia Rhino overturns on Accra–Kumasi Highway

One person has sustained injuries after a Kia Rhino truck loaded with animal feed overturned at Omenako on the Accra–Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred on...

New Afram River bridge is a game-changer project – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaian investors to move quickly to take advantage of opportunities in the Afram Plains as government works to...

GNFS cracks down on hawkers, drivers blocking emergency routes at Madina Redco

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has begun a special enforcement exercise to remove commercial drivers and hawkers obstructing designated emergency access routes at...

Military officer, 2 others injured in clash between KMA taskforce and squatters at Asafo overpass

Three members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) taskforce, including a military officer, have been injured following a standoff with squatters at the Asafo...

‘It’s been tough’ – Opare Addo says gov’t needed 18 months to understand youth unemployment

Youth Development and Empowerment Minister George Opare Addo says the government spent its first 18 months in office trying to fully understand the country’s...

Parliament passes Community Service Bill to introduce alternative sentencing

Parliament has passed the Community Service Bill, 2026, introducing community service as an alternative to imprisonment for persons convicted of specified categories of offences. The...

GTEC warns against unaccredited university centres, expired institutions

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has cautioned prospective students, parents, guardians and the general public against enrolling in several unaccredited university learning centres...

ESPA backs President Mahama’s national clean-up exercise

The Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) has pledged its full support for the two-day National General Cleaning Exercise declared by President John Dramani Mahama...

Weija Children’s Hospital: Health Minister denies facility completion, and some equipment not installed

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has attributed the delay in operationalising the 120-bed Children's Specialist Hospital at Weija to the contractor's failure...

We know how to solve flooding but lack the will to act – Kojo Adu Asare

Former Member of Parliament for Adentan, Kojo Adu Asare, has blamed recurring flooding in Accra on poor leadership, weak planning and a lack of...

Glikpome B/A headteacher allegedly found dead in Akatsi guesthouse

The Headteacher of Glikpome Basic School in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, 44-year-old Mr. Selorm Kwaku Tettey, has been found dead...

Players must sing national anthem to play for Black Stars – Mahama jokes

President John Dramani Mahama has humorously critiqued the Black Stars, joking that players who cannot sing Ghana's national anthem should not be selected to...

Akufo-Addo government did more to tackle flooding than any other administration – Eugene Boakye Antwi

General Secretary hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Eugene Boakye Antwi, has defended the flood prevention efforts of the Akufo-Addo administration, arguing that...

Health Directorate denies claims of child neglect at Dodowa hospital, threatens legal action

The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate has rejected claims that a child died at the Shai-Osudoku District Hospital, Dodowa, due to neglect by medical...

Sayerano shooting: Two police posts destroyed as DCE assures reconstruction

Two police posts in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region have been destroyed by unidentified persons following the recent police shooting incident...

ESPA proposes dedicated budget for national cleanup exercise

The Executive Secretary of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Ama Ofori Antwi, has called on the government to allocate a dedicated budget to...

Tapentadol not approved for use in Ghana; sale of ‘red’ is illegal – Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has declared that tapentadol is not approved for medical use in Ghana, warning that the sale, distribution...

Minority demands Attorney General’s removal over unlawful disbursement of GH¢350 million to support flood victims

The Minority in Parliament has demanded the immediate dismissal of Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr Dominic Ayine over what it describes as...

1,587 out of 4,767 traced Common Fund projects non-existent — Administrator

The Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Michael Harry Yamson, has disclosed that 1,587 out of 4,767 projects traced under the fund...

KMA demolition exercise turns chaotic amid squatters’ resistance

A demolition exercise by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) turned chaotic on Wednesday afternoon after squatters fiercely resisted the pulling down of unauthorized structures...

Health Minister calls for justice after Sayerano shooting claims three lives

The Minister for Health and Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their...

Heavy rains expose quality of road construction practices across Ghana – Minister

The Roads and Highways Minister, Governs Kwame Agbodza, says this year's heavy rains have laid bare the consequences of poor road construction practices, warning...

Korea commits US$28 million to strengthen Digital STEM education

The Government of Ghana and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the...

‘Where will the waste go?’ – ESPA boss questions disposal plan for national clean-up exercise

The Executive Secretary of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Ama Ofori Antwi, has raised concerns over the disposal of waste expected to be...

Abu Trica rushed to Police Hospital as lawyer threatens legal action over access

Lawyer for Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, has disclosed that his client has been rushed to the Police Hospital, while raising fresh...

Ghana risks becoming a narco-state if drug networks infiltrate institutions – Prof Antwi-Danso

Security analyst Prof Vladimir Antwi-Danso has warned that the attempted export of methamphetamine from Ghana to Australia points to serious intelligence failures and the...

Public service success must be measured by citizens’ experiences – Vice President

The Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says the true measure of Ghana's public and civil service lies not only in its policies and...

Ghana AIDS Commission clarifies HIV testing protocols following security recruitment reports

The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has issued a clarification following media reports on HIV test results recorded during the recent security services recruitment exercise,...

Juaboso DCE commiserates with families of victims in Sefwi Sayerano police shooting

The Juaboso District Chief Executive, Alexander Adu Quist, has visited the families of victims of the recent police shooting at Sefwi Sayerano in the...

Ntim Fordjour demands names, prosecution of gov’t officials linked to $300m meth bust in Australia

The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the Minister for the Interior to name and...

Teacher patches potholes for 16 years to prevent road crashes

Potholes on roads continue to contribute significantly to road crashes in Ghana. The Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) and the National Road Safety...

Fire guts moving bus on Mankessim–Accra Highway

A fire completely destroyed a Yutong bus on the Mankessim–Accra Highway in the early hours of Wednesday, reducing passengers’ belongings and crates of drinks...