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2025 National Girls in ICT: Volta Regional Minister leads charge for inclusive digital empowerment

The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, has called for a united national effort to empower girls through technology, describing digital transformation as “Ghana’s new...

EOCO urges public patience over financial crime probes, cites complexity

The Head of Legal and Prosecution at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Leo Antony Siamah, has appealed to the public to exercise...

Several injured, animals dead after bees attack in Kwaadwamena

Several people have been injured, and livestock killed, following a bee invasion in Kwaadwema in the Asante Akyem North Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The...

Delay not intentional, let’s maintain good faith – Ayew Afriyie appeals to GRNMA

The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, has called for calm and continued goodwill from the Ghana Registered Nurses and...

Fake credentials blues: Ghanaian university dimisses 2 top officers for securing jobs with fake degrees

The University of Environment and Sustainable Development at Somanya in the Eastern Region has been found to have recruited an internal auditor and a...

Minority vows to summon PURC over 2.45% electricity tariff hike

The Minority in Parliament has vowed to summon the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) over the recent 2.45% increase in electricity tariffs. The Caucus is...

Interior Ministry declares Friday, July 4 as public holiday

The government, through the Ministry of the Interior, has declared Friday, July 4, 2025, as a public holiday to mark the Republic Day celebration. The...

GHS confirms two new Mpox cases, total now 119

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed two additional cases of Mpox, bringing the country’s total to 119 as of June 22, 2025. In its...

Old Tafo MP petitions Mahama over foreign gay couple’s ‘desecration’ of Independence Square

The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has petitioned President John Mahama over what he describes as the desecration of the...

Farmer punished for stealing assorted items from student

The Enchi District Magistrate Court in the Western North Region has fined Christopher Kaidabi, a 29-year-old farmer, GH¢3,000 for stealing assorted items valued at...

Decomposing body of 71-year-old retired teacher found in well

Residents of the Woeviakpodzi community in the Anloga District of the Volta Region are in a state of fear and shock after the lifeless...

I will marshal every effort to answer my removal process — Justice Torkornoo

Suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo says she has decided to marshal every effort in law and leadership to demand justice in the process...

Two arrested over murder of former Dampong SHS headmaster

The Ashanti North Regional Police Command has arrested two people in connection with the murder of a former Headmaster of Dampong Senior High School...

Education Minister to present scholarship bill to Parliament

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has disclosed that he will present the Ghana Scholarship Authority Bill to Parliament in the coming weeks. According to...

Retired Police Officers Association dissociates itself from suit challenging Kofi Boakye’s nomination

The National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO-GH) has issued a strong disclaimer, distancing itself from a Supreme Court lawsuit filed by one Henrietta...

188 Ghanaians face U.S. deportation – Okudzeto Ablakwa

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that 188 Ghanaians are officially on a U.S. deportation list, as part of a renewed immigration crackdown...

DRIP Regional Coordinators cautioned against renting out equipment

The management of the District Road Improvement Program (DRIP) has held the first in a series of orientation courses for Regional Coordinators in the...

Asunafo–Bibiani bridge now a death trap – Residents cry for help

Residents of three farming communities in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo Region have raised alarm over the deteriorating state of a bridge...

Ras Mubarak calls for national emergency on road safety after Oframase crash

Former Member of Parliament, Ras Mubarak, has issued a passionate open letter to Ghana’s Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari, calling for immediate and decisive...

Contractors urged to use resilient, eco-friendly materials in construction

In the face of increasing climate challenges and frequent natural disasters, Ghanaian contractors are being called upon to lead the charge in adopting resilient...

Gov’t committed to passing non-profit bill to regulate civil society – Veep

Vice President of Ghana, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring the passage of the long-awaited Civil Society (Non-Profit) Bill. The...

Suzzy Pinamang undergoes successful eye surgery in UK

Suzzy Adwoa Pinamang, the second-year student of the Adventist Senior High School in Bantama, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region who was accidentally shot in...

Chief Justice has the right to speak out – Former Deputy Attorney-General defends [Video]

Former Deputy Attorney-General Diana Asonaba Dapaah has defended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s decision to publicly address the nation. According to her, it was the Chief...

GRA imposes 15% VAT on non-life insurance premiums

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on non-life insurance premiums, effective July 1, 2025. Except for motor insurance,...

We planned to resume our strike today, but… – GRNMA [Listen]

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has revealed that it came close to resuming its strike action today, June 26, 2025. The General...

We must modernize and document our cultures to strengthen their roles in governance – King Mswati III

The King of Eswantini, Mswati III, has urged the modernization and documentation of cultures to strengthen their roles in governance and public administration. According to...

Rotaract Club completes eight microflush toilets for selected basic schools in Ashanti

Rotaract Club of Kumasi, the youth wing of Rotary Club, has completed eight micro flush toilet facilities in selected public basic schools in the...

GRNMA disappointed over postponed meeting, demands urgent action on agreement

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has expressed disappointment over the postponement of a critical meeting with the Parliamentary Select Committee on...

Parliament passes bill to amend public holidays; check out the full details

Parliament has passed the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days (Amendment) Bill, 2025, resulting in notable changes to Ghana’s public holiday calendar. The bill, laid before...

COKA calls for unity and reform at NPP Chairmen Caucus 2025 Conference

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) took a significant step toward revitalizing its internal structures and energizing its base as the 2025 Conference of the...

Serve with integrity – Tesano Baptist Church urges public officials during 50th anniversary message

The Head Pastor of Tesano Baptist Church, Rev. Jonathan Akwasi Etuah, has called on public officials to serve with honesty and integrity in their...

Education Minister urges WAEC to fast-track 2025 BECE results

Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has urged the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to expedite the release of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination...

Court sentences gospel singer to death for gruesome murder of ‘lover’

The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced gospel singer and social media personality Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the brutal...

Ntim Fordjour condemns viral same-sex kiss at Independence Arch, blames Mahama, NDC

Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has strongly criticized viral images of a same-sex couple kissing beneath Ghana’s Independence Arch. According...

Education Minister inaugurates CTVET, Ghana Library Authority governing Boards

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has inaugurated the governing boards of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) and the...

Energy Minister proposes Electric vechiles for Ministers to boost Ghana’s Green Transition

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has announced plans to submit a proposal to Cabinet to acquire electric vehicles (EVs) for...

Chief Justice’s public outburst disappointing – Lawyer Ansa-Asare [Video]

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Lawyer Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has expressed deep disappointment over Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s recent public address regarding...

OSP appeals acquittal of Juaben MCE nominee

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed an appeal against the Kumasi High Court's decision to acquit and discharge Alexander Kwabena Sarfo-Kantanka,...

Ghana chairs Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja

Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem is chairing this year’s Afreximbank Annual Meetings, which include key sessions involving the Bank’s shareholders. One of the major...

Chinese Man Vanishes After Impregnating Young Woman in Bekwai Abodom Mining Community

A young Ghanaian woman from Bekwai Abodom, a mining community in the Ashanti Region, is crying out for justice after a Chinese national, identified...