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Education Minister engages stakeholders to finalise proposed 2026 GETFund allocation framework

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has held a high-level meeting with key stakeholders to review and finalise the proposed allocation formula for the...

Push them too hard, lose them to private hospitals – MP warns on doctors and rural postings

The Akim Oda MP, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has warned that forcing young doctors into rural postings without proper engagement could drive them into the...

Athletics clash: CID boss gives SWESBUS headmaster 24 hours to produce culprits

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Lydia Yarkor Donkor, has directed the Headmaster of Swedru School...

Three arrested over Obrachire student assault

The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the violent disturbances that...

Only 191 out of 318 ambulances are operational – Clinical auditor

The Clinical Auditor for the Southern Zone of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), Martin Ewuah Amoah, has revealed that a significant number of ambulances...

Eight injured, 3 in critical condition after athletics clash – Awutu Senya West DCE

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya, Eghan Kalala Nyamekye, has confirmed that eight students sustained injuries with three reported to be in...

Mahama appoints new Acting Customs Commissioner

John Dramani Mahama has named Aaron Kanor as Acting Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), with immediate effect. The announcement...

Sanitation time bomb looms as Kpone landfill nears capacity

Ahmed Ibrahim, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA) has raised alarm over an impending sanitation crisis in the eastern part...

Man stabbed to death over phone

A 26-year-old man, Wisdom Tetteh Assem, has been stabbed to death following a violent confrontation at Adorkorpe, near Ada Kasseh in the Greater Accra...

Mahama announces automatic cocoa pricing to protect farmers’ earnings

President John Mahama has unveiled plans for an automatic cocoa pricing system that will guarantee farmers 70 per cent of the international market price,...

Kotoka Int. Airport to introduce 3D scanners, end shoe removal for passengers

Passengers travelling through Terminal 2 at Kotoka International Airport will soon experience faster and more convenient security screening as Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL)...

Obrachire SHS victim demands justice after brutal attack at inter-schools event

A student of Obrachire Senior High Technical School has called for justice after he was violently attacked during a district inter-schools athletics competition at...

GNFS organizes fire safety quiz competition for market women in Sunyani

The Safety Department of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has organised an interactive fire safety quiz competition for market women at the Sunyani...

Food and Beverages Association demands full shutdown of affected imports via land routes

The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) is calling for a complete shutdown of affected imports through all land borders, insisting that the...

Muntaka presents food items to Prisons Service to support inmates during Ramadan

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has presented assorted food items to the Ghana Prisons Service to support inmates across the country during...

Ghana launches AU-GCF water investment reediness project

Ghana has launched the African Union’s Continental Africa Water Investment Programme, known as the Multi-Country Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Project, marking a significant...

Korle Bu interdicts two doctors and two nurses over alleged negligence

Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has interdicted two medical doctors and two nurses over their alleged failure to provide emergency medical care...

Local Gov’t Minister moves to avert looming sanitation crisis in Greater Accra

As the Greater Accra Region faces a rapidly escalating waste management crisis, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA), Ahmed Ibrahim,...

Minority raises alarm over delayed rent allowances to Ghana Prisons Service officers

The Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Committee on Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions has expressed deep concern over the prolonged delay in the payment of...

Kotoka International Airport renamed Accra International Airport

The Government has officially reverted the name of Kotoka International Airport to Accra International Airport. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport, the...

4 arrested, one killed as police dismantles carjacking, murder syndicate in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Police Command says it has dismantled a carjacking gang known as the 'Duku Syndicate' following a series of intelligence-led operations across...

GES will not tolerate violence in school games – PRO

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has described recent outbreaks of violence during inter-school sporting events as both worrying and unacceptable. Head of Public Relations at...

Foreign Affairs Ministry announces closure of premium passport application centres in Accra and Kumasi

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the closure of the Premium Passport Application Centres in Accra and Kumasi, effective February 20, 2026. A...

As of last Friday, he was still the main beneficiary of that trust – Old Tafo MP disputes Ato Boateng’s defence over Atlas Commodities...

The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has rejected explanations offered by the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance and...

152 bales of suspected cannabis intercepted in Western Region, three arrested

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested three persons and intercepted two Kia trucks loaded with substances suspected to be cannabis in separate operations...

Oppong Nkrumah sues Baba Jamal Konneh over “galamsey” claims

Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has filed a defamation suit at the Accra High Court against Jamal Konneh, Deputy Managing Director (Operations) of the...

ICS calls for a ban on cat and dog meat consumption

Institute of Community Sustainability Calls for Ban on Slaughter and Consumption of Cats and Dogs in Ghana The Institute of Community Sustainability (ICS) has urged...

Two reportedly killed in renewed Nkwanta tribal clash

Two people have been shot dead and another seriously wounded following a renewed tribal clash at the farming community of Keri in the Nkwanta-South...

NACOC intercepts trucks carrying sodium cyanide to Burkina Faso

The Upper West Regional Command of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted two trucks transporting large quantities of unapproved and potentially dangerous substances...

Ghana still not self-sufficient in tomato production – PFAG

Despite years of investment in greenhouse technology and controlled-environment agriculture, Ghana remains unable to achieve self-sufficiency in tomato production, the Peasant Farmers Association of...

Mahama’s appointee passes on after short illness

The District Chief Executive of Bongo in the Upper East Region, Joseph Abaa Akaseke, has passed away following a brief illness. Mr. Akaseke reportedly died...

Cocobod is overbloated and needs to be downsized – Former MP [Audio]

Former Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso and cocoa farmer, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has called for a major restructuring of Ghana’s cocoa sector, insisting that...

Mahama has stabilised the economy – Nana Aba Anamoah

Ghanaian media personality Nana Aba Anamoah has commended the current government for putting the economy in shape since it assumed power about a year...

K Adu Gas, Stove and Oven donates 15 mobile phones to Nhyira FM listeners as part of birthday celebration

Businessman Ebenezer Kwabena Adu, popularly known as K Adu of K Adu Gas, Stove and Oven, celebrated his birthday with a philanthropic gesture by...

Muslim youth urged to uphold peace before and after Ramadan

The Executive Secretary to the Ashanti Regional Chief Imam’s Office has advised the Muslim youth to uphold peace before, during, and after the Ramadan...

KATH Orthopaedic Unit raises alarm over surge in road accident cases

The Head of the Orthopaedic Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr. Michael Lit, has raised concerns over the rising number of orthopaedic...

Mahama ‘very upset’ over suspected transit diversion scheme – Deputy Finance Minister

The Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has revealed that President John Dramani Mahama was “very upset” after being briefed on the interception...

Pastors urged to integrate traditional dances into church worship

Religious leaders across Ghana have been encouraged to embrace indigenous cultural expressions by incorporating traditional dances into church worship, promoting unity, national identity, and...

Awutu Senya West DCE denies student death following athletics clash

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya West, Kalala Nyamekye, has refuted social media and news reports claiming that a student died following...

It was irresponsible – Former MP slams gov’t over GH₵6,000 price promise to cocoa farmers

Former Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has strongly criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over their handling of cocoa pricing, describing...