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IMANI Report: Controversies erode goodwill for Mahama’s “ResettingGhana” agenda

A new assessment by IMANI Africa on the first six months of President John Dramani Mahama’s administration has found that the initial goodwill surrounding...

IMANI Africa advises Mahama administration to match rhetoric with delivery

Policy think tank IMANI Africa has issued a series of recommendations to President John Dramani Mahama’s administration following an assessment of its first six...

Galamsey fight: Appiah-Kubi urges ‘war-time’ approach and presidential commitment

Former Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, has called for a more aggressive and coordinated approach to tackling illegal mining, popularly...

Gov’t buys tomatoes and onions from Asante Akim North farmers  

The government has moved to purchase 1,000 boxes of tomatoes and 2,000 bags of onions grown by farmers in the Asante Akim North District...

Driver remanded over alleged robbery of Kia truck at Amasaman

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 44-year-old driver, Stephen Namtey, into police custody for allegedly robbing a man of a Kia Rhino truck...

Gov’t to publish full list of 2,500 scholarship beneficiaries

The Government of Ghana has announced plans to award more than 2,500 scholarships this year to both Ghanaian and ECOWAS students, with the full...

GBA has lost relevance, now acts like NPP appendage – Amaliba

Former Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has criticised the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), accusing it of losing...

ORAL driving big wins in asset recovery, anti-corruption reforms – Ablakwa

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has praised President John Mahama’s commitment to recovering state resources, commending the impact of the defunct Operation Recover...

Man who threatened Afenyo-Markin, others arrested 

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested a man identified as Alhaji Abdul Wahab after a video surfaced online in which he allegedly...

A-G criticising himself with GBA ‘self-service’ claim – Tuah-Yeboah

Former Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has described as self-criticism the recent comments by Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine, who accused the Ghana Bar Association (GBA)...

Group petitions Mahama over UCC Vice-Chancellor’s tenure as retirement age nears 

A brewing leadership crisis at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has sparked a petition to President John Dramani Mahama, urging his intervention to...

Lawyers must not be silent when constitutionalism is under threat – A-G

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has urged the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to champion constitutionalism and strengthen ethical discipline within the...

Galamsey: Rivers and forests can’t speak; let’s speak up for them – GBA President to members

The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Efua Ghartey, has called on members of the legal profession to take an active role in...

GBA President deflects ‘selectivity’ criticism on advocacy role

The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Mrs Efua Ghartey, has dismissed claims that the association has been selective in its advocacy in...

Sights & sounds: Drums, dirges fill Manhyia during Asantehemaa’s burial rites

The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi has been transformed into a scene of solemn tradition and cultural grandeur, as drumming, horn blowing and dirges echo...

UTAG-UG warns of deadly health risks from galamsey pollution

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), University of Ghana branch, has expressed grave concern over the devastating impact of illegal mining (galamsey) on...

Declare galamsey a national emergency now – Catholic Bishops to Mahama

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has issued a strongly worded statement on the destructive impact of illegal mining (galamsey), urging President John Dramani...

Driver narrowly escapes death in gory accident on Tema–Akosombo highway

A driver of a Howo Tipper Truck narrowly escaped death on Monday morning after his vehicle veered off the Tema–Akosombo Highway and rammed into...

‘Loading boy’ gets 18 months prison term for stealing chicken

A 21-year-old ‘loading boy’ has been jailed for 18 months by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for...

Kadjebi NHIS Manager’s office barricaded

The office of the Scheme Manager of the Kadjebi District Office of the National Health Insurance Scheme’s (NHIS) was on Monday morning, September 15,...

COCOBOD Chief Executive engages Japanese chocolate manufacturers

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Ransford Abbey, has held strategic discussions with leading Japanese chocolate manufacturers aimed at strengthening...

Six suspects escape from Kotokuraba police cells

The Central Regional Police Command has begun a manhunt for six suspects who escaped lawful custody at Kotokuraba police station in the Central Region. According...

Multiple trapped in road accident near Yamoransa

An accident near Yamoransa on the Cape Coast–Accra highway in the Central Region has left several people trapped, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)...

Accident at Twifo Tongow leaves one dead, 6 in critical condition

A tragic accident on the stretch between Twifo Tongow in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District and Wassa Hemanso in the Wassa East District has claimed...

Small-Scale Miners caution government against repeating past galamsey strategies

The President of the National Concerned Small-Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, has urged the government to avoid adopting strategies used by the previous...

GPRTU, other groups to embark on demo over alleged land takeover

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and allied groups have announced plans to stage a demonstration against what they describe as the unlawful...

NAIMOS purges Ankobra, Bonsa rivers; 300 structures destroyed, equipment seized

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has demolished more than 300 makeshift structures and destroyed several equipment in a three-day operation along polluted...

Government steps up fight against galamsey – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has affirmed that government is intensifying efforts to combat illegal mining, widely known as...

Give me authority; I’ll end galamsey in one month – Janet Nabla to Mahama

Founder and Chairperson of the People’s National Party (PNP), Janet Asana Nabila, has challenged President John Dramani Mahama to hand her the authority to...

Manhyia Palace immersed in tradition as Asantehemaa’s burial rites begin today

The Manhyia Palace has become the centre of solemn tradition and cultural grandeur as the first day of the royal burial rites of the...

Why NAIMOS, other institutions are unable to fight galamsey – Erastus Asare reveals [Audio]

Environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has attributed the limited success of the National Alternative Illegal Mining Operations Strategy (NAIMOS) in tackling galamsey, particularly in...

Erastus Asare Donkor, Ama Mawusi clash over galamsey  [Listen]

Award-winning environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor and Ama Mawusi Mawuenyefia, Director of Communications at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, clashed on air...

Galamsey: Either Mahama is being misled, or he is part of the spin-off – Erastus Asare

Environmental journalist Erastus Asare Donkor has alleged that either President John Dramani Mahama is being misled about the true state of illegal mining, or...

Over 161k chip-embedded passports printed, over 122k delivered delivered to applicants – Ablakwa

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced significant progress in the country’s passport reform agenda, with 161,824 chip-embedded passports printed since...

AG warns against foreign intrusion in Ghana’s judicial affairs amid Torkornoo removal

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has called on Ghana’s legal and professional bodies to resist attempts to involve external actors...

Claims galamsey has worsened under Mahama must be backed by evidence – Kwakye Ofosu

Government Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has pushed back against claims by critics that illegal mining, or galamsey, has worsened since President John Dramani...

How has gov’t failed in galamsey fight? Ama Mawusi questions critics [Audio]

Ama Mawusi, Director of Communications at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has dismissed claims that the government has failed in its fight...

Ablakwa: Measures in place to block hardened criminals among West African deportees

Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has given assurances that the government has instituted strict measures to prevent hardened criminals from entering...

Asenso-Boakye petitions WAEC over withheld 2025 BECE results

The Member of Parliament for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has petitioned the Head of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr Rosemond Wilson, over the...

Ghana hasn’t received any money or benefit from U.S. deportee arrangement – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed claims that Ghana has derived financial or material benefits from its agreement with the United...