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Let’s not politicise issues – Mustapha Gbande urges united front to combat drug trafficking

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has called for a united national response to Ghana’s growing drug trafficking concerns,...

Drug trafficking: ‘Assist investigations with your evidence or give us a break’ – Mustapha Gbande tells NPP

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to give President John Mahama room...

NPP demands immediate removal of institutional heads over drug trafficking cases

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding the immediate removal of heads of key state institutions responsible for port operations, maritime security, narcotics control,...

Ghana Women’s Movement to embark on “Women’s Voices Matter” demo

The Ghana Women’s Movement has announced plans to hold a demonstration in Accra to demand justice, equality, dignity, and the protection of the constitutional...

Landowner petitions IGP over police handling of Teshie-Manet land dispute

A Spintex-Manet businessman, Habib Musah Adams, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, over the handling of a land dispute at...

West Africa to scale education solutions for children affected by crises

West African countries are set to intensify efforts to ensure children and young people affected by conflict, displacement, climate-related disasters, public health emergencies and...

MoFFA shuts down poor standard morgue facilities in Ashanti Region

The Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA) has shut down some public and private morgue facilities in the Ashanti Region for failing to meet...

National Security names pastor as suspect in alleged counterfeit currency syndicate

The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has named Ghanaian pastor Rev. Emmanuel Boakye-Danquah as one of several suspects wanted in connection with a nationwide...

Four granted bail over alleged kidnapping of MoMo fraudster

The Assin Fosu District Court has granted a cumulative GH¢320,000 bail to four suspects standing trial over the alleged kidnapping, torture and extortion of...

Ghana Jollof case: High Court to hear Salomey Baffoe’s bail application today

The High Court is today, September 23, expected to hear the bail application filed by lawyers for senior nursing officer Salomey Awity Baffoe, who...

NACOC declares Frank Danquah wanted over suspected drug offences

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has declared Frank Danquah, born on September 11, 1978, wanted over his alleged involvement in suspected narcotics-related offences. In a...

Security agencies may invite NPP to clarify alleged drug laboratories – Tanko-Computer

The NDC Deputy Director of Elections and IT, Rashid Tanko-Computer, says members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be invited by security...

Scale of recent drug trafficking cases worrying – Security analyst

Security analyst Adib Saani says the frequency and scale of recent drug trafficking cases linked to Ghana are worrying and could have serious implications...

Gov’t must answer how 80 bags of cocaine passed through Ghana’s ports – Miracles Aboagye

he Director of Communications aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has challenged the government to explain how large quantities of...

Mahama orders NACOC back into port container inspections

The Deputy Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko-Computer, says President John Mahama has ordered the Narcotics Control...

Brazilian President Lula commends Mahama for leading global reparatory justice push

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has commended President John Dramani Mahama and the people of Ghana for their leadership in advancing the...

Poor land acquisition for development projects pushing people into poverty – Helen Essandoh

Director of the Regional Transport, Research and Education Centre (TRECK) at the KNUST, Prof. Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh, has observed that many people are...

Ghana TVET Service, UNESCO, KPMG, Microsoft to train 100,000 facilitators in AI, digital skills

The Ghana TVET Service has signed a strategic partnership with UNESCO, KPMG and Microsoft to train at least 100,000 Technical and Vocational Education and...

Agbodza warns encroachers on Dome-Kwabenya road project against compensation claims

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has warned property owners and developers along the Dome-Kwabenya–Berekuso–Kitase corridor that they will not receive...

Travellers stranded as bridge linking four communities in Bawku washes away

Residents and travellers along the Bawku-Garu-Tempane-Pusiga road are appealing for urgent intervention after a bridge on the route was washed away. The collapse has disrupted...

Drug busts: Mahama must scrutinise his appointees – Justin Kodua

New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong has questioned the government’s response to a series of major drug seizures linked to Ghana,...

Site clearing begins for new 400-bed maternity block at Korle Bu

Site clearing has begun at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for the construction of a new 400-bed maternity block to expand and modernise maternal...

Teacher unions give government September 24 deadline to resolve promotion arrears

The three teacher unions have given the government until midday on Thursday, September 24, 2026, to resolve outstanding issues concerning the payment of promotion...

Drug bust: I’m beginning to suspect NPP members may be involved – Mustapha Gbande

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy General Secretary, Mustapha Gbande, says he is beginning to suspect that some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

Two arrested after alleged attempt to bribe police with GH¢30,000 in narcotics case

The Greater Accra Police Command has arrested two men who allegedly attempted to bribe a police officer with GH¢30,000 following the seizure of a...

Nana B calls for parliamentary inquiry into cocaine trafficking concerns

National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has called for a parliamentary inquiry into reported...

Cantonments fire: One more victim dead

The Cantonments fire incident that claimed the life of a two-year-old girl on Sunday has claimed another life after her elder brother died while...

MTN Ghana Foundation to support 150 PWDs, women and entrepreneurs across Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions

MTN Ghana, through the MTN Ghana Foundation, is set to support 150 persons with disabilities, women and young entrepreneurs operating small-scale businesses across the...

Phone dealer reported missing after meeting client at Teshie

Phone dealer Nana Yaw Kyere, popularly known as Terry or Dinero, has reportedly gone missing after allegedly meeting a client at Teshie in Accra. Terry,...

Mahama exhibiting weak leadership, ‘pampering’ drug trade – Nana B

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has accused President John Dramani Mahama of weak leadership and inaction over...

16 arrested, over $5.8m in counterfeit currency seized in NSCS crackdown

Sixteen Ghanaians and foreign nationals have been arrested in a crackdown by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) on suspected counterfeit currency syndicates operating...

Jomoro MP supports GHABA graduates in Half Assini

The Deputy Transport Minister and Member of Parliament for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has supported graduating students of the Half Assini branch of the Ghana...

Cash salvaged as firefighters bring fire under control at Osu Castle Second Gate Estate

Firefighters battling a blaze at the Osu Castle Second Gate Estate near Mandela Park have been praised for salvaging cash from the affected property...

Ayawaso West MCE clarifies alleged demands for payment from landowners for eviction of squatters

The Ayawaso West Municipal Chief Executive(MCE), Michael Mensah, says the Assembly cannot simply evict squatters from land they have occupied for a prolonged period...

Adequate provisions made for feeding in Senior High Schools —Education Minister

Adequate provisions have been made to ensure uninterrupted feeding in all senior high schools (SHSs) as they reopen for the 2026/2027 academic year, the...

Asiedu Nketiah urges investment in media sustainability to protect journalistic independence

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has called for greater investment in media institutions to enable journalists to uphold...

Ghana Water ordered to pay $235m over Teshie desalination plant dispute

Ghana Water Limited has been ordered to pay about US$235 million to the Spanish-owned company behind the Teshie desalination plant following a dispute over...

Stalled Dome-Kwabenya-Berekuso-Kitase road works to resume September 24

Work on the 23-kilometre Dome-Kwabenya–Berekuso–Kitase road, which has been stalled for several years, is set to resume on Thursday, September 24, after the...

Police launch manhunt for suspect as five-month-old baby is stolen at Asafo market

Panic has gripped traders at the Asafo Market in Kumasi after a five-month-old baby boy was allegedly stolen by an unknown woman in the...

Court adjourns Wontumi’s EXIM Bank over amended charge

The Accra High Court has adjourned the GH¢30 million Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) case involving the convicted former Ashanti Regional Chairman of...