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Lead suspect in Australia-bound meth shipment arrested, NACOC destroys drugs worth GH¢37m

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested the alleged kingpin linked to the attempted export of methamphetamine to Australia, while efforts are ongoing to...

NACOC makes first arrest in $296m Meth haul smuggling case linked to Girraween storage facility in Australia

Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has made its first arrest in connection with a major transnational drug trafficking case involving about 320kg of methamphetamine,...

Muntaka warns Regional Ministers against partisan use of security agencies

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has cautioned Regional Ministers against the arbitrary or politically motivated use of state security agencies, stressing that...

NACOC links rising student indiscipline to growing drug abuse among youth

The Ashanti Regional Office of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has expressed concern over the increasing abuse of illicit drugs among young people, warning...

NPP internal race: Former Upper West MMDCEs endorse Boakye Agyarko for National Chairman

Former Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Upper West Region have endorsed Boakye Agyarko for the position of National Chairman of the...

Aspiring NPP National Chairman Boakye Agyarko rallies Upper East stakeholders behind vision for 2028

Aspiring National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Boakye Agyarko, has continued his nationwide stakeholder engagement tour with a meeting involving the Upper...

ECOWAS court dismisses Gertrude Torkonoo’s challenge against removal from office

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has unanimously dismissed an application filed by former Chief Justice...

The Kwabenya Shooting Incident: The story so far

It began as a dispute over church and family succession but has escalated into a full-blown criminal matter involving gunfire, multiple arrests, a suspended...

2026 WASSCE: What SHS graduates should do while waiting for their results

After my last WASSCE paper, I spent three weeks helping my uncle on his building site in Takoradi. Not because I wanted to, but...

Man fined GH¢1,200 for sweeping waste into rainwater in Takoradi

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has fined a man a sum of GH¢1,200 for sweeping plastic waste onto a public road during a downpour...

Prisons officer interdicted for attempting to smuggle Indian hemp into Kete-Krachi facility

The Ghana Prisons Service has interdicted No. 8566 Chief Officer Michael Osei-Bonsu following his arrest for allegedly attempting to smuggle a substance suspected to...

Ghana draws inspiration from Ethiopia’s world-renowned safety net programme

A high-level Ghanaian delegation led by the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, and the Minister for Gender, Children and...

Over 2,000 seized and surrendered firearms to be destroyed on July 9

The Ministry of the Interior, in collaboration with various security agencies, will publicly destroy more than 2,000 seized and surrendered firearms on Wednesday, July...

GES sets timeline for recruitment process; shortlisted applicants to be announced by July 20

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced key dates for its ongoing recruitment exercise, with shortlisted applicants expected to be released by July 20,...

Shooting incident: 48 bullets were fired at Adwoa Safo – Aunt alleges

An aunt of former Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has called for a thorough and impartial investigation into the shooting incident involving...

Education Ministry orders probe into viral video of student assaulting colleague

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has been directed to investigate a disturbing viral video showing a student violently assaulting a fellow student. Deputy Minister for...

Evidence: Afari Military Hospital is not 98% complete

The 500-bed military hospital at Afari in the Ashanti Region was not 98 per cent complete when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration was...

Sex worker remanded for trafficking two victims

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 43-year-old Nigerian woman for sentencing after she was convicted on charges of human trafficking and illegal entry...

Three Hohoe E.P SHS students arrested over post-WASSCE vandalism

The Volta North Regional Police Command has arrested three former students of Hohoe E.P. Senior High School for allegedly destroying school property after completing...

A/R: Police bust suspected human trafficking ring, arrest 186 including 100 foreign nationals

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 186 suspects, including 96 Nigerians and four Togolese nationals, in a major intelligence-led operation targeting organised crime in...

Adwoa Safo referred to Bank Hospital for removal of bullet pellets lodged in her head

Former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo has been referred from the 37 Military Hospital to the Bank Hospital in Accra for specialist treatment after...

Adwoa Safo’s aunt calls for justice in shooting case

An aunt of former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo, Nana Pomaa Nyira, has appealed to the police, the courts, and other relevant authorities to...

Afenyo-Markin accuses Mahama of discrimination over planned meeting with Majority MPs

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has criticised President John Dramani Mahama over plans to meet members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus in Parliament,...

Oxfam, partners boost maternal healthcare with equipment donation to eight health facilities

Efforts to reduce maternal deaths and improve reproductive healthcare in Ghana have received a significant boost as Oxfam Ghana and its partners donated essential...

I don’t own a gun – Adwoa Safo denies discharging firearm at brother’s residence

Former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has denied allegations that she discharged a firearm during a shooting incident at the residence...

Parliament to reconstitute Ghana’s ECOWAS Parliament delegation; Afenyo-Markin returns

Parliament is set to reconstitute Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, a move that will see Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin return as a member...

Korle Bu successfully performs first off-pump heart bypass surgeries

The National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCTC) at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has recorded a major milestone in cardiac healthcare with the successful completion of...

Judicial Service to deploy AI assistant for all 445 judges nationwide

The Judicial Service of Ghana is set to roll out an artificial intelligence-powered judicial assistant across the country in what is being described as...

“I don’t go noising people’s private businesses” – Minister on alleged mining site takeover in Prestea Bondae

Western Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson, says while he has heard about the ongoing tensions involving two companies at Prestea-Bondae, no formal complaint has been...

GRDA receives 2 locomotives, 20 freight wagons ahead of schedule

The Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) has received two locomotives and 20 freight wagons for container and cargo operations, 11 days ahead of schedule. Chief...

Concerned Small-Scale Miners destroy 80 chanfans on River Offin

The National Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, Ghana, has destroyed about 80 illegal mining platforms operating on the River Offin as part of a...

Joshua Akamba sets records straight on alleged role in mining site seizure in Western Region

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Organiser, Joshua Akamba, has strongly denied any involvement in wrongdoing following reports that he escorted a Chinese company...

Not every appointee will get a siren – Interior Minister announces new rules on government vehicle privileges

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has announced that the use of sirens on government vehicles will now require presidential approval and that...

Dredging of Atonsu and Sisa Rivers in Kumasi underway amid flooding concerns

Residents of Atonsu Kuwait in the Asokwa Municipality are hopeful of an end to years of recurrent flooding as a major dredging exercise begins...

GNFS trains 54 fuel station attendants on fire safety in Asankrangwa

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Western Region has organised a two-day fire safety education programme for 54 fuel station attendants drawn...

Mahama mourns Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, describes Him as ‘A Giant of Our Time’

President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to the late Ambassador James Victor Gbeho following a meeting with his family, who officially informed him...

Kantanka family lawyer talking too much; he should be careful with his utterances – Akwatia MP

Member of Parliament for Akwatia and legal practitioner, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has criticised comments made by the lawyer for the Kristo Asafo Church, Nana...

Kwadwo Akofena Safo, 8 others granted GH₵ 500K bail over Adwoa Safo shooting incident

Nine individuals, including Kwadwo Akofena Safo, have been granted bail in the sum of GH₵500,000, with two sureties each not to be justified in...

Interior Minister orders a fresh mental screening for gun holders as all existing licenses are suspended

All holders of firearms in Ghana will be required to undergo a fresh screening process to obtain new licences after the Minister for the...

Kwadwo Akofena Safo, 8 others appear in court over Adwoa Safo shooting incident (Video)

Israel Kwadwo Safo, brother of former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo, together with eight other suspects, has been arraigned before the Adenta Circuit Court...