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Ghana launches new legal frameworks to strengthen social protection and gender equity

Ghana has launched three legal instruments aimed at strengthening social protection and promoting gender equity, with Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang calling for...

Ghana’s motto is ‘When you touch one Ghanaian, you touch all of us’ – Ablakwa

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the government’s swift evacuation of Ghanaians who felt unsafe in South Africa amid xenophobic attacks...

Items worth over GH¢43k destroyed in vulcanizing shop fire at Begoro

A fire at a vulcanizing shop near the Old ECG Office at Begoro Roundabout has destroyed a wooden structure, tyres and equipment, causing an...

DVLA to run 24-hour services in Kumasi and Takoradi from January 2027

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) will start 24-hour services at its Kumasi and Takoradi offices in January 2027. The Chief Executive Officer, Julius...

Ablakwa urges Africans not to view immigrants as threat to national progress

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged African countries to view immigrants as contributors to national development rather than threats to...

Foreign Affairs Ministry inaugurates committees to strengthen Ghana’s ECOWAS engagement

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has inaugurated the ECOWAS Community Levy and Finance Committee (CLFC) and the ECOWAS Sector Programme Committee (SPC) as part...

87-year-old man jailed for defiling 9-year-old girl at Ofankor

An 87-year-old man, identified as Yaw Gahornu, has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour after being convicted of defiling a nine-year-old...

Asogli State hails GMTF as laudable healthcare initiative

The Asogli State has described the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), popularly known as Mahama Cares, as a laudable initiative with the potential to...

Family announces funeral arrangements for CLOGSAG’s Bampoe Addo and twin brother

The family of the late Dr Isaac Bampoe Addo and his twin brother, Sidney Nii Oko Akuetteh Bampoe Addo, has announced arrangements for their...

It’s a shame – Miracles Aboagye criticises appointment of new EC deputy chairpersons

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Director of Communications, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticised the appointment of Emelia Afi Agbenyo as a Deputy Chairperson of...

‘The nation failed us’ – Okada Riders’ PRO defends young riders caught between survival and the law

Public Relations Officer of the Okada Riders Association, Evans Wadja, said for years, operating an Okada in Ghana meant operating outside the law and...

ECG announces planned power outages in parts of Central Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced planned maintenance works in parts of the Central Region on Wednesday, October 14, and Thursday, October...

Ghana working with global partners to tackle cybercrime – CSA

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) says Ghana is working with international partners and local security agencies to combat cybercrime, insisting that the growing threat...

Weta irrigation farmers petition Agric Ministry after floods destroy rice fields

Farmers and traditional leaders in Weta in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region have petitioned the Ministry of Food and Agriculture for...

Education Minister urges public universities to prepare for reopening amid GAUA strike

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has asked the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to direct public universities to communicate their reopening dates by the weekend...

Credible elections require collective national effort – New Deputy EC Chair

Newly sworn-in Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Joseph Kweku Asamoah, has assured Ghanaians that the Commission will carry out its electoral...

PAC orders eviction of former irrigation company MD from official residence

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to involve the police to remove the former Managing Director of...

Mahama urges new EC Deputy Chairpersons to remain impartial

President John Dramani Mahama has urged the newly appointed Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC) to demonstrate fairness and impartiality in the discharge...

Mahama swears in two new deputy Electoral Commission chairpersons

President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Emelia Afi Agbenyo and Dr Joseph Kwaku Asamoah as Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC), completing...

Nyaho Medical Centre referred to CID over expired data protection certificate

Nyaho Medical Centre has been directed to report to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to provide a statement over...

Data Protection Commission cracks whip on unregistered institutions

The Data Protection Commission has enforced compliance among institutions that have failed to register with it, as part of efforts to protect public data. The...

Plans in place to relocate children from under Atomic Roundabout Interchange – Founder of ‘Classroom on Wheels’

Dr Richard Selase Agboga, founder of the ‘Classroom on Wheels’ project under the Atomic Roundabout Interchange, says discussions are ongoing with social welfare authorities...

Man operating makeshift ‘school’ under Atomic Roundabout Interchange breaks silence (Video)

A social worker, Dr Richard Selase Agboga, who is operating a makeshift school under the Atomic Rounadbout Interchange, has set records straight on the...

‘Enough of the phantom promises!’ — Dr Bannor challenges Mahama over 40,000 security recruitment plan, questions funding

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Finance and Economy Committee spokesperson, Dr Frank Bannor, has challenged the government to explain how it intends to finance...

Government to begin Social Housing construction in 2027

The government is expected to commence construction of social housing projects in 2027 as part of efforts to make decent and affordable accommodation accessible...

Judicial Secretary directs court registrars to notify lawyers of cancelled sittings promptly

Judicial Secretary Musah Ahmed has directed court registrars and clerks to promptly inform lawyers and litigants whenever a scheduled court sitting cannot take place. The...

Dichemso M/A School teachers go house-to-house to get pupils back to class after strike suspension

The Headmistress of Dichemso M/A School, Helena Amponsah, says teachers are going house-to-house in the Dichemso suburb of Kumasi to encourage pupils to return...

Mahama Cares: Obuobia Darko-Opoku engages Volta stakeholders on specialised healthcare access

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Poku, has called for stronger collaboration among health professionals, traditional authorities, religious...

Muntaka vows to resist political pressure in arrest and prosecution of drug suspects

The Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, says he will not yield to political pressure to compromise efforts to arrest and prosecute people...

8 shops destroyed as fire guts Aboabo Bola Market

A fire outbreak at Aboabo Bola Market in Kumasi has destroyed eight shops dealing in metallic cooking wares and other appliances while firefighters managed...

Informant’s $20m demand cost NACOC a possible big drug bust – Interior Minister

The Interior Minister, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, has revealed that a possible major drug seizure fell through after an informant asked the Narcotics Control Commission...

KNUST Law Lecturer appointed Deputy EC Chair

A law lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Joseph Kwaku Asamoah has been appointed Deputy Chairperson of the...

DVLA renegotiates roadworthiness SLA from $155.4m to GH¢2m

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) says it has renegotiated its service-level agreement (SLA) for roadworthiness certificates, reducing the cost of the arrangement...

Gov’t introduces mental health and drug tests for security recruits amid suicide concerns – Interior Minister

The Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, has revealed that the government is introducing mental health assessments and drug testing into medical screening...

Ashanti cocoa farmers welcome COCOBOD Act, call for improved support and greater transparency

Cocoa farmers and traditional leaders in the Ashanti Region have expressed satisfaction with the Ghana Cocoa Board Act, 2026 (Act 1182), while acknowledging the...

German Embassy in Ghana inaugurates new CHPS compound in Koblimahagu

Koblimahagu, a community in the Northern Region, is set to benefit from improved access to healthcare following the inauguration of a new Community-based Health...

ECG attributes power outage in Aplaku to broken high-tension pole

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has attributed a power outage affecting parts of Aplaku in the Greater Accra Region to a broken high-tension...

DVLA generates over GH¢27m from temporary vehicle stickers in nine months

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) generated more than GH¢27 million from temporary vehicle registration stickers between January and September 2026, exceeding the...

Traffickers transporting cannabis with ambulances and bullion vans – Interior Minister

The Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, has alleged that suspected cannabis traffickers are using ambulances and bullion vans to transport the substance...

DVLA introduces six Ghanaian languages for computer-based driving tests

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has introduced six Ghanaian languages into its computer-based driving test system to make the licensing process more...