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Veteran journalist Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng passes on

Distinguished veteran journalist and renowned media trainer Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng has died after months of ill health. He passed away in London on Monday, May...

26 arrested for drug-related offences in Aflao

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested 26 individuals linked to drug-related offences around the Aflao border in the Volta Region. The suspects were apprehended...

Gov’t to extend Free SHS Policy to private schools from next academic year

The government has announced plans to extend the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy to include private senior high schools starting from the next...

McDan named Salt Mining CEO of the Year; championing Ghana’s industrial renaissance

Dr. Daniel McKorley, popularly known as McDan, has been honored as the Salt Mining CEO of the Year, recognizing his transformative impact on Ghana’s...

GITW 2025 to power West Africa’s investment future this July in Accra

Accra, Ghana – 23 May 2025 – The 6th edition of the Ghana Investment and Trade Week (GITW 2025) is scheduled to take place...

Chaos on Commute: Kumasi drivers continue to defy 15% fare cut despite official orders

A simple commute turned into an unexpected round trip this morning when passengers traveling from Santasi to Tech Junction in Kumasi were driven back...

Anti-corruption oversight missing in Mahama’s 8-point plan — Prof. Bokpin

Economist and finance professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin has expressed serious worries about the absence of explicit anti-corruption measures in President John Mahama’s recently unveiled...

TEWU demands urgent meeting to conclude conditions of service

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Ghana, has called for an urgent meeting with the Fair Wages...

Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans’ Clement Ofosu-Ntiamoah triumphs at Royal Golf Club

A staff of the Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans, Clement Ofosu-Ntiamoah, has secured a commanding victory at the monthly Latex foam local golf competition...

Aflao MoMo vendor’s death: 65-year-old father of key suspect arrested; 8 now in custody

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of another suspect in connection with the robbery and murder of mobile money vendor Christopher Ahordor...

Ghana’s future, our collective responsibility — NCCE

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on all Ghanaians to contribute their individual quota towards building a better Ghana. Mr. Emmanuel Mettle,...

I would resign if I were Ablakwa – Former Minister reacts to Veep’s private jet use

Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has called on Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to resign, accusing him of reneging on a promise he...

Police to enforce 15% fare reduction in Kumasi

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has announced plans to deploy police officers on major roads to ensure strict enforcement of the 15% reduction in...

Washington Embassy saga: Fred Kwarteng is a bad boy – Former staff makes damning revelation [Video]

A former Head of Information and Public Affairs at the Embassy of Ghana in the United States, Kofi Tonto, says he is not surprised...

Robbery gang jailed over major attacks in Accra

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of a five-member robbery gang responsible for two major attacks in...

GHS confirms 10 new Mpox cases, total infections rise to 19

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 10 new cases of Mpox, formerly known as Monkeypox, bringing the total number of recorded infections in...

Ho MCE vows to establish task force to combat flooding

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ho Central, Hon. Stephen Adom, has announced plans to set up a dedicated task force to address the...

Missing ECG containers retrieved

The Ministry of Energy has recovered 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), more than double the number previously reported as...

Menstrual Hygiene in schools: Atiwa West MP calls for clean changing facilities for girls

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa West, Korkor Asante, has called for intensified menstrual hygiene education and the establishment of dedicated safe spaces for...

Wontumi has never done anything wrong – Paul Yandor

The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandor, has mounted a strong defence for the party’s regional chairman, Bernard...

Chief Justice Torkornoo begs Supreme Court to halt removal process

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene and stop what she describes as a coordinated and degrading campaign to...

Kennedy Agyapong offers to stand as surety for Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi

Former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has volunteered to serve as one of the sureties for Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, the former Board Chairman of...

Chairman Wontumi to report to CID again today

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, is expected to report to the Criminal...

Woman who stole church TV at Military Barracks jailed 12 months

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a 50-inch television at the Teshie Military Barracks in...

CID releases Chairman Wontumi

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has granted bail to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),...

Man, 30, arrested for possession of harmful drugs, firearm in Sabon Zongo

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man for trading harmful drugs and possessing an unlicensed firearm. The suspect, Aminu Amidu Mohammed...

NHIA disburses approximately GHS 260 million claims to healthcare providers

The National Health Insurance Authority has disbursed nearly 260 million cedis to healthcare providers under the insurance scheme for May 2025. The new amount, paid...

Judge cautions against premature plea bargaining in Adu-Boahene’s case

The trial judge in the ongoing case involving the immediate past Director General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others...

17 arrested in anti-galamsey operation in Samreboi 

The Special Police Anti-galamsey Taskforce from the National Police Headquarters has arrested 17 suspects in connection with illegal mining activities, commonly known as galamsey...

Nursing mother found dead in uncompleted building at Awutu Bereku

A four-month-old nursing mother has been found dead at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The deceased has been...

National Day of Prayer will transform Ghana – Local Government Minister

The Minister for Local Government, Rural Development, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has described Ghana’s newly declared National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving...

Why rush to social media? Minority questions Ablakwa over Washington Embassy saga

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Nana Kwame Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, has criticized Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for prematurely announcing...

2021 Juaben MCE nominee acquitted and discharged

The Kumasi High Court has acquitted and discharged Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka, former nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in 2021 under President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...

Over 30,000 unemployed Allied Health Professionals demand immediate recruitment

The Coalition of Unemployed Allied Health Professionals Association of Ghana has voiced deep frustration over their prolonged joblessness since 2019. More than 30,000 of these...

GREDA urges reduction of building materials prices as cedi gains strength

The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) has raised concerns over the persistent high cost of building materials, despite the recent appreciation of the...

Herbal medicines in pharmaceutical grade capsules, tablets to hit local market

Some members of the Herbal Manufacturers Association of Ghana have commenced processes to convert liquid mixtures into other modernized medications. Pharmaceutical grade capsules, tablets and...

Nhyiaeso MP outlines initiatives to deal with drug abuse, robbery and other illegalities perpetrated by youth

Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency, Dr. Stephen Amoah, is instituting measures to fight rising abuse of drugs and anti-social behaviors among the...

New KATH Board and CEO pay courtesy call on the Asantehene

The newly constituted Board of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), led by its Chairman, Nana Prof. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II, has paid a...

Wanderlust Ghana closes Congo car saga, sets sights on Accra–Beijing–Copenhagen road trip

After months of legal wrangling, shipping setbacks, and Interpol red flags, the daring Wanderlust Ghana team has finally brought closure to a dramatic vehicle...

Agona West GNAT appeals to gov’t to decentralize promotion centres

The Agona West Municipal Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Daniel Lavoe, has appealed to the government to decentralize the administration...