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Police arrest two over viral video of 12-year-old driving articulated truck

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man following a viral video showing the minor driving a DAF XF...

Commercial tricycle rider jailed seven years for defiling minor

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced Nicholas Adjarlolo, a 23-year-old commercial Pragia (tricycle) rider, to seven years’ imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old Junior High...

Don’t pay anyone to facilitate your recruitment – Police

The Ghana Police Service has assured applicants in its ongoing 2025/2026 recruitment exercise that those who have not yet been invited to the next...

Commissioner General of Ghana Boundary Commission concludes five-day operational assessment in Oti region

The Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC), Major General Anthony Ntem, has concluded a 5-day operational assessment and stakeholder engagements along sections...

Akyem Sokode Dwaso chief swears oath of allegiance to Okyenhene, appeals for support for education

The Chief of Akyem Sokode Dwaso, Barimah (Dr) Kwabena Awuah I, has officially sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori...

NACOC arrests 10 over alleged cannabis distribution at KTU SRC Week

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested 10 suspects for allegedly engaging in the distribution of cannabis and cannabis-infused drinks during the Koforidua Technical...

Used vehicle dealers urge gov’t to review October deadline for new import regulation

The Chamber of Autodata Ghana has appealed to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to reconsider the October 1, 2026 deadline for enforcing new conformity...

Eldest son of late Ya-Na enskinned as Dagbon Regent – Mahama urges calm in selection of new Overlord

The Dagbon Kingdom, on Friday, July 31, entered a new phase in its customary succession process with the enskinment of Kampakuya Naa Yakubu, the...

Coconut seller fined GH¢360 for dumping husks into drain at Bubuashie

A coconut seller, Prince Nyame, has been fined GH¢360 by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for dumping coconut husks into a public...

Armed robbers attack two VIP JEOUN buses, five injured

Five people have sustained gunshot injuries after armed robbers attacked a VIP JEOUN passenger coach on the Accra–Kumasi Highway in one of two separate...

Two killed, 10 injured in Dompoase crash on Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway

Two people have been confirmed dead while ten others have sustained various degrees of injuries following a road crash at Dompoase on the Cape...

Free SHS can be improved to sustain its gains – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has called for sustained investment in Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free...

Why the Court of Appeal is unable to rule on AG’s stay application

A newly constituted Court of Appeal panel that sat on an emergency basis on Friday morning to hear the Attorney-General's application for a stay...

Make boarding SHS fully fee-paying; it’s unfair to taxpayers – GNACOPS to gov’t

Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Obenfo Nana Kwasi Gyetuah has called for boarding education under the Free Senior...

Free SHS: EduWatch boss calls for an end to ‘freebies’ with resources redirected to basic schools

Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has renewed calls for a review of Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, urging...

How Adwoa Safo disguised the casket to pull off her father’s burial

Sarah Adwoa Safo's team appears to have outwitted both police and rival family members to ensure her father, the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka,...

Sustain, Reform or Redesign: Calls grow for reforms as stakeholders debate the future of Free SHS

Stakeholders in Ghana's education sector have called for comprehensive reforms to the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, agreeing that while the programme...

Boarding should be optional under Free SHS, parents who can afford it should share the cost – Kwasi Gyetuah

Education policy advocate Kwasi Gyetuah has proposed reforms to Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, suggesting that government should focus on funding...

Free SHS has become too politicised to be reversed, but reforms are needed – Kofi Asare

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has called for reforms to strengthen Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy,...

Government cannot bear all Free SHS costs, parents must share responsibility – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has called for greater parental support in the...

Increased access under Free SHS has affected quality – Kofi Gapson

The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations in Ghana (NCPTA), Raphael Kofi Gapson, has said that while the Free Senior High...

Quality of Free SHS is not in doubt despite double-track concerns – Tabitha Ayillah

The Spokesperson for the NPP Policy Committee on Education, Tabitha Apegyine Ayillah, has defended the quality of Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS)...

Free SHS foundation was weak, needs reforms to improve quality – Kwasi Gyetuah

An education policy advocate, Kwasi Gyetuah, has argued that while Ghana's Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy has succeeded in expanding access to...

Free SHS’s greatest achievement is expanding access – Kofi Asare

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has described expanded access to secondary education as the greatest success of Ghana's Free...

Kintampo North MP donates GH¢60,600 to repair ambulance serving constituency

The Member of Parliament for Kintampo North, Joseph Kwame Kuma, has donated GH¢60,600 to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to support the repair and...

297 flood-hit Ghana Armed Forces personnel receive relief support

Personnel of the Ghana Air Force were among 297 victims of the Ghana Armed Forces who received relief assistance after being affected by the...

Ho-Dome Queen Mother alleges GHS5k vote-buying in Volta Council of State election

The Queen Mother of Ho-Dome in the Asogli Traditional Area in the Volta Region, Mama Atrato II, has made explosive allegations of widespread vote-buying...

Family of Bukom crash victim visits Gender Minister ahead of funeral

The family of the late Esther Arthur, one of the victims of the tragic Bukom Junction accident, has paid a courtesy visit to the...

Godfred Dame rejects blame over Sedina Attionu acquittal, accuses government of political orchestration

Former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has dismissed claims that the Akufo-Addo administration or his tenure as Attorney-General was responsible for...

Nana B’s criticism of Sedina Tamakloe acquittal is politically motivated – Edudzi Tamakloe

Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has dismissed criticisms by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the...

10 Ghanaian public figures whose legal battles challenged judicial system

For years, criminal trials involving Ghana’s political elite and public officials have generated intense public interest, often becoming more than courtroom battles. They have...

Minority rejects Parliament’s approval of six mining leases, calls process ‘defective rubber stamp’

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has rejected the approval of six mining leases, including two leases involving Damang Mining belonging to Engineers and Planners,...

Gabon President pays tribute to Jerry Rawlings with wreath-laying ceremony

Visiting Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has paid tribute to Ghana's late former President Jerry John Rawlings by laying a wreath at his...

KMA demolishes unauthorised structures around Baba Yara Stadium

A joint security taskforce led by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has demolished unauthorised structures around the Baba Yara Sports Stadium as part of...

Supreme Court’s ruling on OSP prosecutorial powers is ‘very sound’ – Lawyer

A legal practitioner, George Anti, has described the Supreme Court's ruling on the prosecutorial powers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as...

NPP announces nationwide protest over tribunal law, Sedina Tamakloe ruling

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to stage a nationwide demonstration on August 6, 2026, to protest what it describes as growing...

Otumfuo orders hearing into alleged violence involving chiefs

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has directed the Kumasi Traditional Council to schedule hearings into petitions involving allegations of violence linked to some...

NACOC grants Ghana’s first cannabis cultivation licences to two companies

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has issued Ghana's first licences for the legal cultivation of cannabis, marking a significant milestone in the country's emerging...

Ho Teaching Hospital warns public against fake nursing recruitment scam

The Management of Ho Teaching Hospital has issued a public warning over a fake recruitment exercise targeting job seekers, stressing that the facility is...

John Boadu to begin nationwide tour as NPP national chairman hopeful

Aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, is set to embark on a nationwide engagement tour beginning Sunday, August 2,...