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One year advance is fair – GREDA backs new rent bill

The Executive Director of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Samuel Amegayibor, has endorsed the proposal to cap rent advance payments at one...

Ghana records 12 new Mpox cases; total now 1021

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed 12 new Mpox cases, bringing the country’s cumulative total to 1,021 as of February 16, 2026. According to the...

Jinapor disputes Ablakwa’s claims on Ghana’s Addis Ababa chancery

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has challenged statements by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa regarding the origins and execution of Ghana’s...

Believe in yourselves and refuse belittlement — Vice President urges women

The Vice President, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has called on women across the country to have confidence in their abilities and resist attempts to diminish...

Petroleum sector prepares for 24-hour economy as NPA engages stakeholders

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has held a strategic meeting with key industry players and the 24-Hour Economy Authority to deliberate on the pilot...

Rainstorm rips off 15 houses, leaves families homeless at Mansie

Residents of Mansie in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region have been left devastated after a violent rainstorm ripped off the...

Alleged killer of Gen. Constable Seth Oppong-Damoah re-arrested

Abdul-Aziz Iddrisu, also known as Baaluuse, the alleged killer of General Constable Seth Oppong-Damoah, has been re-arrested. A police brief issued on Tuesday said that...

GRA to enforce Physical and Electronic Devices Act this year – Commissioner-General

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is set to implement the Physical and Electronic Devices Act this year, Mr Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, Commissioner-General of the...

CDD reports tangible fall in cost of living during first year of Mahama administration

The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has highlighted a notable improvement in living conditions for many Ghanaians during the first year of the President...

NPP should be the last to comment on cocoa issues – Otokunor

The Director of the Presidential Initiative in Agriculture and Agri-Business at the Office of the President, Peter Boamah Otokunor, has criticised the New Patriotic...

Metro Mass to receive 100 new buses in March; 300 planned for 2026

The Government has announced a major boost to the nation’s public transport system, with the first fleet of 100 new buses set to arrive...

COCOBOD debt exceeded assets under NPP – Otokunor

The Director of the Presidential Initiative in Agriculture and Agri-Business at the Office of the President, Peter Boamah Otokunor, has alleged that the debt...

Police arrest 2 land guards, 12 posing as National Security officers over house demolitions

Gomoa Ojobi District Police Command has arrested two notorious land guards and 12 individuals posing as National Security officers for allegedly demolishing over 20...

Majority, Minority clash over bill to revert NIB name to BNI and overhaul national security structure

A proposed Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill triggered heated exchanges in Parliament, as the government moves to restructure Ghana’s national security architecture and change...

Office of Ga Mantse breaks silence on accident

The Office of the Ga Mantse has confirmed that His Royal Majesty, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, was involved in a vehicle accident in...

Ghana engages Pakistan-based Riphah University on proposed branch campus

Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Clement Abass Apaak, has held a bilateral meeting with a delegation from Riphah International University to discuss a...

Suspected drug kingpin arrested with large quantities of narcotics in Berekum

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspected drug dealer following an intelligence-led operation at Nyamebekyere, a suburb of Berekum in the Bono Region. The...

Gas tanker crushes trader to death at Kaase

A 54-year-old ‘wele’ seller has lost his life after a gas tanker reportedly suffered brake failure and rammed into several vehicles at Kaase in...

COMAC and CBOD hint at strike over illegal diversion of LPG Fund to GCMC

The Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC) and the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (CBOD), have threatened to embark on a strike over...

Gov’t has turned around Agriculture in one year – Otokunor

The Director of the Presidential Initiative in Agriculture and Agri-Business at the Office of the President, Peter Boamah Otokunor, has said the government has...

GES probes generation of suspected fake ID cards by some staff [Audio]

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Ernest Davies, has disclosed that investigations are underway into the alleged generation of unauthorised staff...

Vincent Assafuah urges probe into COCOBOD Deputy CEO’s alleged conflict of interest

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has called on the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the Commission on Human Rights...

Protest is not petty politicking – Cocoa farmers urge government to heed their demands

The Secretary of the Forum for Accountability and Development of Sefwi, Simon Asafo Adjei, has accused both the government and the opposition of shifting...

Drivers union tours Kinbu-Tudu street; commends Accra Mayor for traffic relief efforts

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana and other unions have commended the Accra Mayor, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, for clearing hawkers off Kinbu-Tudu Street, a...

Gov’t orders probe after customs intercepts 12 trucks worth GH¢85.3m in duties

The Deputy Minister of Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has directed the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to conclude investigations within one week...

UK ex-Prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the United Kingdom former royal, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. A statement from Thames Valley police was released Thursday that...

Customs intercepts 12 articulated trucks; over GH¢85m in taxes at stake

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted 12 articulated trucks in a major enforcement operation along the Dawhenya–Tema Road, in...

Dusty Kwabenya-Berekuso-Kitase road affects health and education; residents call for help

In today’s Roads of Peril feature, we highlight the negative effect of the poor nature of the Kwabenya-Berekuso-Kitase stretch on healthcare delivery and education. On the Kwabenya-Berekuso-Kitase...

John Dumelo to provide free cocoa drinks to Basic School Pupils in Ayawaso West

Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has announced plans to provide free Ghana-made cocoa drinks to public basic school pupils in...

CLOGSAG to embark on strike over govt’s failure to implement long-standing salary structure

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has announced plans to launch a nationwide strike starting March 9, 2026, over the...

Ghana presents targeted review report on corporate governance at 35th APR Forum

President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has presented the 2023 Targeted Review Report, emphasising the crucial role of corporate governance in advancing the African...

Over 800 trainees stranded as GTEC shuts down Royal Nursing College

The Ghana Tertiary Education Council (GTEC) has ordered the immediate closure of Royal Nursing College in Tafo Nyhiaeso, Ashanti Region, citing the institution’s failure...

COCOBOD pays additional GH¢854m to LBCs

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced an additional disbursement of GH¢854 million to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs), following an earlier release of GH¢237...

Youth urged to leverage National Apprenticeship Programme to fight unemployment in Nkwanta North

The Regional Director of the National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP) in the Oti Region, Michael Mampah, has urged beneficiaries and master craft persons to take...

We are struggling to survive over salary delays – 2024 recruited teachers [Audio]

Benedicta Agyei, a newly recruited teacher from the 2024 cohort, says affected teachers decided to picket because they could no longer endure months of...

Heritage Train owned by Ibrahim Mahama destroyed by fire in Northern Region

A heritage train owned by Ghanaian creative artist and author Ibrahim Mahama was destroyed by fire in the Northern Region on Wednesday, February 18. Confirming...

Nobody is telling us anything; some people don’t even want to see our faces – 2024 recruited teachers [Audio]

Newly recruited teachers from the 2024 cohort say their decision to stage a peaceful picketing at the headquarters of the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

Cracked walls, no furniture: Mmen M/A pupils learn under dangerous conditions

Pupils of Mmen M/A Basic School in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region are learning under precarious conditions, as parts of the...

Mahama signs 24-Hour Economy Authority Bill into Law

President John Dramani Mahama has signed the 24-Hour Economy Authority Bill into law, paving the way for the full implementation of the government’s flagship...

ECOWAS backs full probe into attack on Ghanaian traders in Burkina Faso

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it supports a full‑scale investigation into the brutal killing of Ghanaian traders by the Jama’at...