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Speaker Bagbin directs immediate scheduling and consideration of Anti-Gay Bill

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has clarified the confusion surrounding the status of the Anti-Gay Bill, formally known as the Proper Human Sexual Rights...

Services sector to drive Ghana’s baseline 4.8% growth in 2026 – EM Advisory

Ghana’s services sector is expected to remain the main engine of economic growth in 2026, supporting a baseline GDP projection of 4.8%, according to...

Victoria Hamah earns PhD

Former Deputy Minister of Communications, Victoria Hamah, has offered a wide-ranging reflection on her public life, politics and scholarship, arguing that her decade-long career...

No drumming or dancing at airports without approval – GACL warns

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has cautioned the public against organising cultural performances at the country’s airports without official clearance. According to the company,...

Tema Central NDC executives lock up NHIS office over alleged appointments snub

Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema Central Constituency of the Greater Accra Region have locked up the offices of the...

Daboase Water Treatment Plant set for completion by May 2026 – Minister assures

The Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has assured residents of Sekondi-Takoradi and surrounding communities that the Daboase Water Treatment...

Severe Hernia, Goitre and Fibroid patients in Ahafo receive free surgeries

Persons suffering from severe hernia, goitre and fibroid conditions in the Ahafo Region have benefited from a free surgical exercise at the Goaso Municipal...

Lands Ministry vows action on Amansie Central ‘galamsey tax’ exposé

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has announced plans to investigate allegations of extortion allegedly fuelling illegal mining activities in the Amansie Central...

Cape Coast Phase II Sea Defence project advances to protect coastal communities

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting Ghana’s 550-kilometre coastline as work continues on the Phase II Cape Coast Sea Defence Project, aimed...

Quantum Science is key to Africa’s future – Education Minister

Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has underscored the critical role of quantum science and innovation in shaping global development, stressing that education remains the...

Mahama swears in Governing Council of National African Peer Review Mechanism

President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana is prepared to subject its governance systems to renewed scrutiny under the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),...

High Court dismisses Gifty Oware’s application for Supreme Court referral

The High Court in Accra has dismissed an application by former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware-Mensah, seeking to...

We need renovation – Ashaiman traders protest planned redevelopment into 24-hour market

Tension is rising at the Ashaiman Main Market in the Greater Accra Region as traders stage protests against government plans to redevelop the congested...

Amansie Central Assembly sets records straight on ‘galamsey tax’

The Amansie Central District Assembly has rejected claims that it created a system to profit from illegal mining, insisting that revenue collection from operators...

Education Minister proposes ‘Our Day’ cultural wear in schools after Mahama’s fugu buzz

Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has proposed a nationwide cultural dress day for Ghanaian students, inspired by President John Dramani Mahama’s recent appearance in...

Mahama to hold emergency Cabinet meeting over cocoa sector challenges

President John Dramani Mahama is set to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, to address growing concerns in Ghana’s cocoa...

Annul Ayawaso East primary, ban offenders for life – Tony Aidoo to NDC

Dr Tony Aidoo, former Ghanaian Ambassador to the Netherlands, has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to cancel the Ayawaso East Constituency parliamentary primary...

Sack Amansie Central DCE immediately – Adorye urges President

The Director of Field Operations for the United Party, Hopeson Adorye, has urged President John Dramani Mahama to dismiss the District Chief Executive (DCE)...

We’re not encouraging galamsey — Amansie Central Presiding Member on ‘galamsey tax’

Presiding Member of the Amansie Central District Assembly, Isaac Osei Duah, has defended the collection of fees from licensed miners in the district, insisting...

A tax for galamsey: Security operatives aware, part of taskforce – Amansie Central PM

The Presiding Member of the Amansie Central District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, Isaac Osei Duah, has stated that security operatives are fully aware...

Police seize suspected marijuana truck in Nkwanta South after attempted obstruction

Police officers stationed at a barrier in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region have intercepted a white Volvo FM truck suspected of...

Police in Dambai reject 50,000 cedis bribe, intercept ammunition consignment and locally made gun

A team from the Regional Police Intelligence Department (RPID) in the Oti Region has intercepted a vehicle carrying a large cache of ammunition and...

NHIA donates GH¢800k to Ghana Medical Trust Fund to support NCD patients

In a significant gesture of compassion, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has donated GHS 800,000 to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), also...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund assesses regional hospitals ahead of NCD care rollout

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), also known as Mahama Cares, is intensifying preparations for its nationwide rollout to support patients living with chronic...

Asutifi South DCE laments abuse of public waste bins at Hwidiem

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi South in the Ahafo Region, Benjamin Assabil Donkor, has expressed concern over the misuse of public waste...

Gov’t vows action against officials implicated in galamsey tax exposé

The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has assured Ghanaians that all individuals found culpable in the alleged illegal...

Suame Interchange: Gov’t spending extra GH¢3bn to build bypass – Agbodza

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has taken a swipe at his predecessor, Francis Asenso-Boakye, over delays in the Suame Interchange...

NPP to hold national Thanksgiving Service after presidential primary

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to hold a National Thanksgiving Service following the successful conduct of its presidential primary on January...

Kwadaso MCE hands over metal dual desks, teachers’ furniture to GES for distribution to basic schools

The Kwadaso Municipal Chief Executive, Eric Assibey has officially handed over 230 dual desks and 60 sets of teachers' tables and chairs to the...

Prosecute Amansie Central DCE to deter others – Suame MP

The Member of Parliament for Suame, John Darko, has called for decisive action against the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Amansie Central, insisting that...

Two arrested as Police intercept ammunition being smuggled to Kpandai

The police have intercepted another arms and ammunition which were being smuggled to Kpandai in the Northern Region from Accra. On January 27, 2026, the...

A tax for galamsey: JoyNews exposé links DCE to GH₵6,000 ‘galamsey fees’

A chilling exposé by JoyNews’ Hotline Documentary has uncovered a sophisticated pay-to-destroy syndicate operating in the heart of the Amansie Central District in the...

Alhaji Seidu Abagre granted GH¢100,000 bail

Alhaji Seidu Abagre, the 79-year-old retired teacher standing trial for allegedly acting as a chief in Bawku without qualification has been granted bail by...

Accra Mayor lauds school feeding meals after surprise quality checks in basic schools

The Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has praised the quality of meals served to pupils under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in...

Pass it on – GUTA urges traders share cedi gains with consumers

The First Vice-President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Clement Boateng, has called on traders and businesses to reduce prices and allow...

Dead body discovered in septic tank at Kasoa

A dead body has been discovered in a septic tank at Blue Kiosk, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region. The incident came to...

Offinso MP blames Mahama gov’t for cocoa sector challenges

The Member of Parliament for Offinso, Dr Isaac Opoku, has blamed the current administration for the difficulties confronting Ghana’s cocoa sector, insisting that responsibility...

COCOBOD failed to deliver over 330k tonnes of cocoa in 2023/24 season – Randy Abbey

The CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Randy Abbey, has disclosed that the board was unable to supply a significant volume of...

Woman captured on CCTV attempting to burn Alpha Hour auditorium [Watch]

CCTV footage has captured the moment a woman allegedly attempted to set fire to the Alpha Hour auditorium during an ongoing prayer session. According to...

Police launch probe into deadly robbery on Zebilla–Widnaba stretch

The Upper East Regional Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into an armed robbery incident on the Zebilla–Widnaba road in the Bawku Division,...