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2026 WASSCE: 154 Sekondi College students barred from writing Chemistry paper

A total of 154 final-year students of Sekondi College were on Thursday, June 11, 2026, prevented from sitting their Chemistry examination after arriving late...

Titus Glover calls for Mintah Akandoh’s dismissal as Health Minister

Former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Titus Glover, has called for the dismissal of Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, expressing strong concern over what he...

Commuters stranded for hours as massive gridlock hits Ofankor–Achimota stretch

Commuters heading into Accra on the Ofankor–Achimota Highway were left stranded for hours on Monday, June 1, 2026, after a heavy traffic build-up brought...

Ahafo Police Command warns residents against child labour

The Ahafo Regional Police Command has cautioned residents against engaging in child labour, warning that anyone found culpable will face the full rigours of...

Bawumia highlights strong UK-Ghana partnership after meeting British High Commissioner

Former Vice President of Ghana and the New Patriotic Party’s 2028 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has underscored the importance of Ghana’s long-standing relationship...

Court grants Abronye leave to travel outside of Ghana

The High Court in Accra has granted the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC,...

High tension lines kill two tipper truck operators at Atwima Nwabiagya

Two tipper truck operators have died after their truck came into contact with a high-tension electricity cable at Bokankye in the Atwima Nwabiagya North...

Court strikes out application to dismiss East Legon property case 

An Accra High Court (Land Division) has struck out an application by defendants seeking to dismiss a suit filed by property developer Carlos Kwebena...

Charcoal is now Ghana’s biggest inflation driver as prices soar by 50% – Gov’t Statistician

Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu has revealed that charcoal has become the single biggest driver of inflation in Ghana, with prices surging by more...

Driver remanded for breaking into lawyer’s chambers and stealing GH¢750,000

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into lawful custody a driver accused of GH¢750,000 from a lawyer’s office.  Theophilus Terkpernor, 45, is said to have...

Kpone-Katamanso MCE condemns cattle invasion of school after viral video

Samuel Tetteh Kwashie Morton, the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has condemned the invasion of the Kpone Community Preparatory School by stray cattle after...

Andy Appiah Kubi files motion to withdraw from Samreboi illegal mining case

Counsel for Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi has filed a motion to withdraw...

Seeking plea bargain does not amount to admission of guilt – Wontumi’s lawyer

Counsel for Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has rejected suggestions that his client’s request for...

I am not bound by Presidential directives – Speaker Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has reiterated that he is not obligated to follow directives from the President, stressing that his primary allegiance is...

Energy Minister receives Akosombo Substation fire report, commends investigative committee

Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, has received the final report of the committee established to investigate the fire outbreak...

Dredge Masters intensifies desilting of Accra’s storm drains

Following the three-day anti-flood clean-up operation launched by Zoomlion Ghana Limited and its partners, Dredge Masters Limited on Thursday, June 11, deployed specialised equipment...

NACOC, GSA begin scientific testing of seized drugs ahead of court-ordered destruction

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has commenced scientific examination of narcotic exhibits earmarked for destruction as...

Tension rises in Ofoase-Ayirebi as NPP holds coordinator elections despite court injunction

Tension is mounting in the Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency of the Eastern Region after executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) allegedly proceeded with Electoral Area...

High-profile criminal cases should be televised – Andy Appiah Kubi

Lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi, counsel for Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has called for high-profile criminal cases to...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing cocoa beans at Akyem Asuboa

The Akim Oda Police Division in the Eastern Region has arrested one suspect in connection with the alleged theft of cocoa beans from a...

DVLA rejects 4,896 Ghana driver licence applicants over failed eye examinations in 2025

More than 4,000 driver's licence applicants were denied licences in 2025 after failing mandatory eye examinations conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority...

Traffic light components in front of police headquarters in Accra stolen by thieves – Roads Minister tells Parliament

One of the major problems facing the roads sector, especially with malfunctioning traffic lights across the country, is vandalism, the Minister of Roads, Governs...

Concerned Drivers Association demands probe into fuel price increases

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) has raised concerns over what it describes as unauthorised increases in fuel prices at some filling stations...

GIS warns of abuses in the implementation of the ECOWAS free movement protocol

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has raised concerns over rising abuses of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol by ECOWAS Community citizens, warning that irregular...

GNFS rescues two in Nkawkaw gas tanker crash, prevents potential explosion

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has rescued two injured persons following a road traffic accident involving a gas tanker at Apesika near Nkawkaw...

Education Minister assures Free SHS suppliers of payment within one week

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has assured members of the National Association of Institutional Suppliers (NAIS) that government will take steps to settle outstanding payments...

Weija flooding: Don’t they see people building on waterways? – GWL questions assemblies [Audio]

The Director of Communications at Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Stanley Martey, says the continuous construction of buildings on waterways is worsening flooding in parts...

Akosombo Substation fire not a sabotage, caused by insulation failure – Investigation Committee

The committee set up to investigate the fire outbreak at the Akosombo Substation has concluded that the incident was caused by insulation failure resulting...

NAIMOS gets new Director of Operations

Colonel K.S. Appiah has taken office as the new Director of Operations at the National Anti-illlegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), taking over from Colonel...

Ablekuma North Assembly patches flood-damaged Dansoman Junction road, awaits funding for permanent fix

The Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly has begun temporary repair works on a flood-damaged stretch of road at Dansoman Junction, filling potholes with sand and...

Akufo-Addo failed Ashanti Region on Afari Hospital project – Akwatia MP

Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has accused the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration of failing the people of the Ashanti...

Ambulance Service trains KNUST Pharm D students in life-saving emergency care skills

The National Ambulance Service (NAS), Ashanti Region, has trained final-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...

GWCL inaugurates G-Water Bottling board to drive growth and expand market reach

Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has inaugurated the Board of Directors of G-Water Bottling Limited, charging members to transform the subsidiary into one of...

Investigation uncovers irregularities in US$150 million World Bank fish farming project in Talensi

An investigation conducted by journalist Moses Apiah has uncovered discrepancies in the implementation of a livelihood project funded under the Gulf of Guinea Northern...

Wontumi seeks plea deal in GH¢30m Exim Bank fraud trial — AG notifies High Court

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has formally requested a plea negotiation with...

2 rescued alive after road crash on Kpeve–Peki highway

Two people were rescued alive following a road traffic accident on the Kpeve–Peki stretch in the Volta Region, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)...

Accept sentence, rebuild your life – Vanderpuye to Sedina Tamakloe

The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has urged former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu to...

Major KNUST roads flooded, students stranded as academic activities disrupted

Heavy flooding on major roads within the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus disrupted movement and academic activities on Thursday morning. The...

Mahama will not intervene in Sedina Tamakloe’s case – Vanderpuye

President John Dramani Mahama will not intervene to secure a pardon for extradited former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, National Coordinator of the...

Greater Accra REGSEC lists flood-prone areas as GMet forecasts 100–150mm rainfall in June

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has identified several flood-prone communities across the region for heightened monitoring and intervention following forecasts of increased...