HomeNews

News

Catholic Bishops urge urgent action to rescue Ghana’s cocoa sector

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has issued an urgent appeal to government and stakeholders to address the growing crisis in Ghana’s cocoa sector. In a...

Catholic Bishops warn of deepening cocoa crisis and call for farmer relief

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has raised alarm over the escalating crisis in Ghana’s cocoa sector, warning that delayed payments and declining producer prices...

Ghana Catholic Bishops highlights moral duty to protect cocoa farmers

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has urged the government to take immediate steps to safeguard cocoa farmers amid mounting economic pressures. In a statement, the...

Labour Commission orders striking university unions back to negotiation table

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed four striking tertiary education unions to continue engagements with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), the...

Mahama extends Ramadan greetings to Muslims

President John Dramani Mahama has extended warm greetings to Muslims across Ghana as the holy month of Ramadan begins. In a message released on Friday,...

Absence of fence wall at Asutifi North Hospital poses a security threat – Medical Superintendent

The management and staff of Asutifi North District Hospital in Kenyasi, Ahafo Region, have raised concerns over the lack of a perimeter fence, warning...

Concerned Media Practitioners describe ADUG’s 15% vehicle price cut as misleading

A group calling itself the Concerned Media Practitioners has described the 15 per cent vehicle price reduction announced by the Automobile Dealers Union of...

Ghana launches nationwide survey to boost confidence in made-in-Ghana vaccines

The National Vaccine Institute (NVI) has launched a nationwide Vaccine Perception Survey as Ghana prepares to transition from support by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance...

Teacher assaults will attract severe consequences – Education Ministry warns

The Ministry of Education has issued a strong warning that assaults on teachers will attract severe consequences, stressing that perpetrators will be dealt with...

Mahama to appoint Defence Minister ‘at the right time’ – Ofosu Kwakye

The Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has assured Ghanaians that President John Dramani Mahama will appoint a substantive Defence Minister at the “appropriate...

Gender Ministry confirms abandoned newborn rescued in Elmina, receiving medical care

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has provided an update on a newborn baby found abandoned near Bronyibima Estate in Elmina, Central...

DVLA commissions new premium service centre in Kumasi to better serve customers

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has commissioned a premium service centre at Bantama in Kumasi, a move aimed at bringing its services...

Bank of Ghana guided Menzgold operations – NAM1 tells court

The former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM 1, has told the High Court...

Stop partisan comments on killing of Ghanaian traders in Burkina Faso – Ahiafor cautions MPs

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Benard Ahiafor, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to exercise restraint and diplomacy in their remarks following the killing...

Three convicted over illegal firearms and ammunition possession in Wa

The Wa District Magistrate Court has convicted three individuals for unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in the Wa West District of the Upper...

Pharmacist arrested for alleged assault on medical officer over drugs   

The Kumawu District Police have arrested Kofi Dougan, a pharmacist at the Kumawu Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region, for allegedly assaulting a medical...

Cedi gains not enough to reduce prices; manufacturers still recovering losses – Dr Nsiah-Poku

President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr Kofi Nsiah-Poku, says the recent appreciation of the cedi is not enough to trigger immediate...

Gov’t to raise GH₵30bn through syndicated domestic bond to bail COCOBOD – Sagnarigu MP

The Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Atta Issah, has revealed that the government is preparing to raise about GH₵30 billion through a syndicated domestic...

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...