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Afenyo-Markin questions EOCO decision to search Baffour Awuah’s home

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has questioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office's (EOCO) plan to search the residence of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei...

Gunshots reported as security agencies raid mining company office in Nsuapemso, two injured

Residents of Nsuapemso in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region were thrown into fear and panic on Thursday, October 1, 2026, after...

Soldiers assault blogger Sika Official, activist Ralph while covering Labadi Beach demolition

Popular Ghanaian blogger Sika Official and activist Ralph St. Williams were reportedly assaulted by military personnel while covering the ongoing demolition exercise at La...

Yutong bus catches fire on Accra-Kumasi Highway

A Yutong bus caught fire on the Accra-Kumasi Highway at Asuboi in the early hours of Thursday, October 1, 2026, prompting a swift response...

82-year-old woman reportedly dies from shock after alleged destruction of farmlands at Agona KTK

An 82-year-old woman has reportedly died from shock following the alleged destruction of more than 200 acres of farmland at Agona Kwesi-twikwaa, also known...

Media urged to promote accurate information on breast cancer

The media has been urged to provide health professionals with adequate airtime to educate the public on breast cancer and help dispel misconceptions about...

NACOC calls for stronger security coordination at Tema Harbour to curb narcotics trafficking

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has called for stronger coordination among security agencies operating at the Tema Harbour to prevent the port from being...

Stan Dogbe clarifies La beach demolition, says action was requested by Labadi Beach Hotel

Deputy Chief of Staff Stan Dogbe has clarified that the demolition exercise carried out along a section of the La beach front was not...

Avenor fire: AMA demolishes structures at Kofikrom

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), with support from the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, has demolished unauthorised structures at Kofikrom in...

NDC grassroots stalwart passes on

A veteran grassroots organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Sagnarigu Constituency, Alhaji Alhassan Kpema, has died. His death has triggered tributes from...

Agric Minister supports Pomaakrom vegetable farmers with irrigation equipment, 500 bags of fertiliser

The Minister of Food and Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Asunafo South, Dr Eric Opoku, has presented irrigation equipment and 500 bags of...

TMPC shuts down three Chinese-owned massage spas in Kumasi

The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has shut down three massage spas operated by Chinese nationals in the Ashanti Region for operating without the...

GAF Engineers demolish Polo Beach Club

Polo Beach Club, a popular entertainment destination near Labadi Beach Resort in Accra, has been pulled down as authorities extend a demolition exercise targeting...

Volta records 146 breast cancer cases, 10 deaths in 2026

The Volta Regional Health Directorate has recorded 146 breast cancer cases and 10 deaths so far in 2026, prompting renewed calls for residents to...

Mahama directs MMDCEs to hold bi-annual Accountability Series

President John Dramani Mahama has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in regions where he has already undertaken the Presidential Accountability Series...

Adipa landfill site: River Doboro pollution kills 500 crates of fish at Hebron fish farm

An estimated 500 crates of fish at the Hebron Fish Farm in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality of the Eastern Region have died following the pollution...

Mahama presents relief items to Hohoe flood victims

President John Dramani Mahama has announced additional support for residents whose homes were destroyed or collapsed in recent floods in Hohoe, with his brother,...

GIBA calls for constitutional protection of media freedom in ongoing review

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) is calling for key protections for media freedom to remain entrenched in Ghana’s Constitution as part of the...

Gender Ministry launches breast cancer awareness campaign in Ho

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has launched the 2026 Breast Cancer Screening and Awareness Campaign in...

28-year-old man crushed to death at Domenebo No. 2

A 28-year-old man was crushed to death at Domenebo No. 2 in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region following a...

Ghana to mark World Cleanup Day with National Sanitation Day on October 3

Ghana will on Saturday, October 3, 2026, observe National Sanitation Day across the country, with the exercise also serving as the country’s national commemoration...

‘Help me acquire a visa’ – Kwaku Bonsam appeals to Mahama, Ablakwa for US medical travel assistance

Traditional priest Nana Kwaku Bonsam has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama and Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to help him secure the...

Mercy Ships targets over 2,000 surgeries, 3,500 dental treatments during Ghana mission

Mercy Ships is targeting more than 2,000 free surgeries and about 3,500 dental treatments during its 10-month medical mission in Ghana, with the humanitarian...

La Dadekotopon MP raises concerns over demolition at La Pleasure Beach

The Member of Parliament for La Dadekotopon, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, has questioned the demolition exercise at La Pleasure Beach Resort, expressing concern over...

Heavy security as demolition begins at La Pleasure Beach (Video)

Demolition works have reached Pleasure Beach at La, Accra, with excavators pulling down buildings and shops along the beachfront as vendors complain they were...

‘I didn’t expect this under Mahama’ – Annoh-Dompreh reacts to Baffour Awuah’s detention at EOCO

Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh has criticised the inability to meet his colleague, Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, during a visit to...

Pump prices may stay unchanged as gov’t holds TOR, Sentuo prices

Fuel prices at the pumps are expected to remain unchanged for at least the next two weeks following a government directive to two local...

Galamsey: NAIMOS seizes 10 excavators in raid on sites blocking River Pra’s flow

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has seized 10 excavators and destroyed several pumping machines during an operation targeting illegal mining activities along...

Mahama welcomes Global Mercy Hospital Ships back to Ghana

President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday officially welcomed the Global Mercy Hospital Ships back to Ghana at the Tema Port, to provide free life-changing...

GMTF extends lifesaving equipment support to nine more hospitals

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has extended its nationwide healthcare support with the delivery of critical medical equipment to nine more hospitals as...

GRA welcomes Tribunal decision upholding US$393 million tax assessment

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday welcomed an arbitral tribunal’s decision upholding its US$393,091,993.70 tax assessment against Tullow Ghana Limited over business interruption...

COMAC wants fuel taxes frozen to ease pressure on consumers

The Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC) is calling for a freeze on fuel taxes and levies as government continues to subsidise diesel amid...

Agbodza didn’t accuse Adom Kyei’s church of blocking road — Spokesperson

The spokesperson to the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kojo Danquah, has dismissed reports that Minister Kwame Governs Agbodza accused the church linked to...

Torgbiga Wenya III opposes proposed elevation of 36 Anlo chiefs to Paramount status

The Dutor (Founder and Overlord) of the Anlo Dukor, Torgbiga Wenya III, has opposed a proposed elevation of the 36 settlements within the Anlo...

‘Baffour Awuah won’t die in EOCO custody; even if he dies there, that’s okay for us’ – John Boadu

New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman hopeful, John Boadu has criticised the detention of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah at the Economic...

Over 130 courts are without magistrates – JUSAG

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) says more than 130 courts across the country are currently without magistrates, a situation that requires...

Close salary gap between lower bench and superior court judges – JUSAG tells gov’t

The President of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), Samuel Afotey Otu, has called on government to urgently improve the pay and...

Manhyia South MP charged with money laundering and financial loss — Atta Akyea

Lawyer for Manhyia South Member of Parliament Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah says the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has formally charged his client...

Minority calls for suspension of Ghana-Colombia port, visa arrangements over cocaine concerns

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the suspension of Ghana’s maritime and port cooperation arrangements with Colombia, as well as the bilateral visa-waiver agreement...

ADB Ghana Medical Systems partners Otumfuo for landmark cancer center projects

Ghanaian healthcare solutions provider ADB Ghana Medical Systems Group Limited is leading the hospital engineering and infrastructure component of the $100 million Otumfuo Osei...