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Vice President inspects proposed Free Zones Industrial Park site at Gomoa Central

Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on Wednesday led a delegation to inspect the proposed site for the Free Zones Industrial Park in Gomoa...

15-year-old pupil dies after being hit by vehicle during night float in Takoradi

A 15-year-old basic school pupil, Emmanuel Quansah, has died after he was knocked down by a vehicle during a night float in the Sekondi-Takoradi...

Alhaji Agongo commends Mahama, calls for justice and press freedom after assault on Class Media journalist

Alhaji Seidu Agongo, on behalf of the Class Media Group, has commended President John Dramani Mahama for confirming the interdiction of officers of the...

Firefighters rescue trapped victim after accident at Adasoase

A road traffic accident occurred on the under-construction Accra–Kumasi Bypass at Adasoase on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Firefighters from the Anyinam Fire Station responded swiftly...

MMDAs must lead market redevelopment to prevent fire outbreaks – Dr Agyemang

The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has reiterated the need for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to take responsibility...

CRC Chairman makes strong case for capping of ministerial appointments

Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC), Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has clarified that proposals to cap the number of ministers are intended primarily...

Mahama reveals plans to replace TV licence with Media levy

President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that Cabinet is reviewing Ghana’s current television licence system and will submit proposed legal amendments to Parliament after...

Beginning the Year Right: Entrepreneurship isn’t the only route to success – Jeremiah Buabeng

Entrepreneur, conference speaker and corporate trainer, Jeremiah Buabeng, has challenged the popular notion that entrepreneurship is the only path to success, urging Ghanaians to...

Firefighters who assaulted Class FM journalist interdicted – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) officers involved in the assault of Class FM journalist Samuel Addo...

Bawumia poised to win over 65% in NPP primaries – Egyapa Mercer

Former Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has expressed confidence that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will secure more than 65 per cent of...

Ofori-Atta’s lawyers move to block deportation, seek US stay extension for medical treatment

Lawyers for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are preparing to challenge efforts that could see him deported to Ghana, following his detention by United...

Vice President attends 2026 Jalsa Salana National Convention in Gomoa

Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has attended the opening of the 2026 Jalsa Salana, the National Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, held...

Chief of Sefwi Kwawkrom raises alarm over deaths from abandoned galamsey pits

The Chief of Sefwi Kwawkrom in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region has raised serious concerns over the increasing loss of lives...

Exclusion of students from scholarship board ‘unacceptable’ – NUGS

The President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Rashid Ibrahim, has demanded a categorical statement guaranteeing student representation on the Scholarship Authority...

GIADEC secures strategic investors for modernisation of VALCO and alumina refinery construction

The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has identified strategic investors for the modernisation of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) and the construction of...

Ho MP, Kekeli Foundation cut sod for CHPS compound at Horsita

The Member of Parliament for Ho Constituency, Edem Kofi Kpotosu, in partnership with the Kekeli Foundation, has cut sod for the construction of a...

Oti Fire Service forced to use DRIP water bowser as temporary fire tender

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region has been compelled to use a District Road Improvement...

I’ve been living with Parkinson’s disease for eight years – Franklin Cudjoe

The founder and president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has revealed that he has been living with Parkinson’s disease for the past eight years. In...

Gideon Boako urges NAIMOS to act on Tano North galamsey crisis

The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr. Gideon Boako, has called on the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) to take urgent action...

NPP race: Bawumia has remained calm despite provocations – Gideon Boako

The Member of Parliament for Tano North, Dr. Gideon Boako, has lauded former Vice President and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr....

GBC appeals to government to clear GH¢13.6 million electricity debt

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has called on the government to intervene and settle an outstanding electricity debt of GH¢13.6 million, describing it as...

Five former Kade SHTS students remanded over assault on teacher

The Kade District Court has remanded five individuals in connection with the assault on Michael Quayson, a teacher at Kade Senior High Technical School...

NUGS protests Scholarship Authority Board over absence of student representation

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has strongly objected to the inauguration of the Scholarship Authority Board, citing the absence of student representation...

Students’ food quality has improved under Mahama government – PAG

The Parents Association of Ghana (PAG) has praised improvements in the quality of food served to students across the country under President John Dramani...

Six killed in Abuakwa Manhyia house fire to be buried today

The final funeral rites of six individuals who lost their lives in a house fire at Abuakwa Manhyia in the Ashanti Region are currently...

Gideon Boako hints at new GoldBod losses in Bank of Ghana audited accounts

Tano North Member of Parliament, Dr. Gideon Boako, has warned that further losses linked to GoldBod could soon appear in the Bank of Ghana’s...

GoldBod losses are not a design problem but an exchange rate policy issue – Gideon Boako

Tano North Member of Parliament, Dr. Gideon Boako, has attributed reported losses by GoldBod not to flaws in the gold trading framework, but to...

Gov’t will not issue white paper on constitutional review process – Haruna Iddrisu

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has clarified that the ongoing constitutional review process will not produce a white paper, dismissing what he described as widespread...

Abandon the 24-hour economy rhetoric immediately — Kwaku Kwarteng

Former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Obuasi West, Kwaku Kwarteng, has called on the government to abandon the 24-hour economy policy,...

Heavy traffic at Circle overhead after truck accident

Heavy traffic built up around the Circle Overhead near the GOIL filling station on Thursday morning after a truck reportedly lost control and crashed. The...

Dr. Nii Moi Thompson says 30-year-olds not ready for presidency

Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, Senior Advisor to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), has...

Dr. Nii Moi Thompson backs proposal to bar MPs from ministerial appointments

Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, Senior Advisor to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), has...

Two tricycle operators killed in an ambush at Bawku

Two tricycle operators were shot dead in an ambush at Zanamat, a suburb of Bawku in the Upper East Region, on Wednesday, January 7. The...

GIS hands over officer to police in ammunition trafficking investigation

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of one of its officers in connection with an ongoing ammunition trafficking investigation by the...

Tanoso chiefs urge government to intensify fight against illegal mining

Traditional leaders of Tanoso in the Tano North District of the Ahafo Region have appealed to the government to step up efforts to combat...

Education Minister inaugurates Governing Board of Ghana Scholarships Authority

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has inaugurated the Governing Board of the Ghana Scholarships Authority, established under Act 1149 and approved by President...

GIS arrests 11 foreign Nationals for counterfeiting and cyber fraud in Tuba

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested 11 foreign nationals for alleged involvement in counterfeit currency printing and cyber fraud at a residential apartment...

Prosper Tachie elected new GNAT President at national delegates conference

Prosper Tachie, a teacher at T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School (SHS), has been elected President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), defeating...

IET–Ghana urges citizens to uphold constitutional values on Constitution Day

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET–Ghana) has joined the nation in commemorating Constitution Day, reflecting on the democratic values, freedoms, and governance...

Ghanaians divided over proposal for president to pay taxes

Some Ghanaians have expressed mixed reactions to a proposal by the Constitutional Review Consultative Committee (CRCC) for the Presidents of Ghana to pay taxes...