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NaCCA Board Chair reacts to controversial gender identity definition in SHS teachers’ manual

Board Chairman of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Prof. Vincent Assanful, has confirmed that a contested definition of gender identity in...

Two burnt to death, others battling for their lives after accident at Offinso

Two people have been burnt to death in a road accident at Offinso Old Town in the Ashanti Region, with two others currently fighting...

NPP initiates process to expel Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that it has revoked relevant provisions of its constitution to begin the process of expelling former Minister...

Current NPP is fake; this is not the party I used to know – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying the party he sees today...

Adutwum recounts near-death experience over Free SHS [Watch]

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful and former Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has recounted a harrowing incident in which he nearly...

‘He shut the door in our faces’ – Ghana’s envoy on Ofori-Atta’s refusal of consular meeting

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United States says he was disappointed after former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta refused to meet consular officials following his...

Ofori-Atta could stay in the US despite ICE arrest – Immigration lawyer explains

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta might actually get to stay in the United States despite being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a...

Police arrest seven alleged human traffickers, rescue 48 victims in Ho

The Ghana Police Service has arrested seven suspected members of a human trafficking syndicate and rescued 48 victims in two separate intelligence-led operations in...

KATH forced to detain patients over unpaid bills amid rising cost pressures

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) says it is compelled to keep hundreds of patients admitted longer than medically necessary due to their inability...

Charge Ofori-Atta and stop the public commentary – Frank Davies tells AG

A member of the legal team of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Frank Davies, has called on Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine to either formally...

One dead, 30 injured in ghastly accident at Ejisu on Kumasi-Accra highway

One person has died, with scores of passengers sustaining various degrees of injury following a head-on collision between two commercial vehicles at Ejisu-Krapa along...

Ghana Police Recruitment documentation begins smoothly in Greater Accra

The Ghana Police Service has begun documentation and body inspection for recruitment applicants in the Greater Accra Region, with the exercise reported to be...

Man inflicts cutlass wounds on 25-year-old at Nzema Nkwanta

A 25-year-old man has sustained severe cutlass injuries at Nzema Nkwanta, a farming community in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North...

IPGs confirm payment of legacy power debts, commend government for clearing arrears

Independent Power Generators (IPGs) in Ghana have commended the government for settling a significant portion of legacy arrears owed to power generation companies, describing...

Driver and mate arrested with 396 parcels of suspected cannabis in Yeji

Police in Yeji, Pru East District of the Bono East Region, have intercepted a Tata bus allegedly transporting 396 parcels of dried leaves suspected...

One dead, 37 injured in gory accident at Suhum Mankrong

One person has died, while 37 others sustained varying degrees of injury in a road accident at Mankrong near Suhum on the Accra–Kumasi Highway...

Fire tender involved in accident during fire outbreak at Buipe, crew rushed to hospital

A fire tender from the Central Gonja District of the Ghana National Fire Service has been involved in an accident while responding to a...

Police arrest five suspects over kidnapping, victims rescued

The Nsawam District Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the kidnapping of two men travelling from Accra to Anyinam, successfully rescuing...

Ofori-Atta could be in Ghana sooner than expected – Justice Srem-Sai

The legal walls appear to be closing in on former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, as the government signals that his repatriation from the United...

US authorities have helped Ghana to arrest one fugitive – Deputy AG

Government has signalled a major shift in its strategy to bring fugitives to justice, revealing that it is now successfully utilising "alternative lawful mechanisms"...

Ofori-Atta refuses Consular meeting with Ghana Embassy in US

The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC, has confirmed that former Finance Minister, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, is currently in the custody of the...

Seven notorious highway robbers arrested (Photos)

The Accra Regional Police Command, working together with the Eastern Regional Police Command, has arrested seven alleged members of a highway robbery network suspected...

How ICE whisked Ofori-Atta from his US residence into detention (Watch)

Fresh details about the detention of former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, have emerged from eyewitness accounts shared with investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni. The incident...

Firefighters rescue trapped victim after accident at Adasoase

A road traffic accident occurred on the under-construction Accra–Kumasi Bypass at Adasoase on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Firefighters from the Anyinam Fire Station responded swiftly...

Mahama reveals plans to replace TV licence with Media levy

President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that Cabinet is reviewing Ghana’s current television licence system and will submit proposed legal amendments to Parliament after...

Firefighters who assaulted Class FM journalist interdicted – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) officers involved in the assault of Class FM journalist Samuel Addo...

Ofori-Atta’s lawyers move to block deportation, seek US stay extension for medical treatment

Lawyers for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are preparing to challenge efforts that could see him deported to Ghana, following his detention by United...

I’ve been living with Parkinson’s disease for eight years – Franklin Cudjoe

The founder and president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has revealed that he has been living with Parkinson’s disease for the past eight years. In...

NPP primaries: I’m not sure Bawumia would contest again if… – Nana Akomea [Audio]

The Chairman of the Communications Directorate of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign, Nana Akomea, has insisted that the former Vice President’s candidature was not the...

Six killed in Abuakwa Manhyia house fire to be buried today

The final funeral rites of six individuals who lost their lives in a house fire at Abuakwa Manhyia in the Ashanti Region are currently...

Heavy traffic at Circle overhead after truck accident

Heavy traffic built up around the Circle Overhead near the GOIL filling station on Thursday morning after a truck reportedly lost control and crashed. The...

What we know about the facility holding Ken Ofori-Atta

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is spending the night and possibly the next few days in the former Virginia Jail (Peumansend Creek Regional Jail),...

U.S. Immigration authorities detain Ken Ofori-Atta over visa status

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over issues relating to his immigration status, his lawyers...

Police hunt for nine suspects after Gomoa Wassa Gyasehene escapes assassination attempt

The Gomoa Dawurampong Divisional Police Command has launched a manhunt for nine suspects in connection with an alleged assassination attempt on the Gyasehene of...

Major fire breaks out at Abossey Okai Sabon Zongo

A major fire has broken out in the Sabon Zongo area of Abossey Okai in Accra, prompting an emergency response from the Ghana National...

A/R: Seven dead in gory accident on Offinso-Abofuor highway

A ghastly accident on the Offinso-Abofuor Highway in the Ashanti region has claimed seven lives, with a dozen others in critical condition. Eyewitness accounts indicate...

DNA Drama Explodes: Widow’s family blocks test as decease man’s estate hangs in the balance

Tensions boiled live on radio as a bitter family dispute over paternity, inheritance, and trust rocked Nhyira FM’s Obra programme, leaving a two-year-old girl...

Atta Mills stands tallest among Fourth Republic Presidents – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has described the late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills as the best leader Ghana has produced under the...

Livestream: Mahama holds thanksgiving service to mark first year in office

President John Dramani Mahama's non-denominational Thanksgiving Service to commemorate the first anniversary of his administration is currently underway. The event at the Forecourt of the...

Sad news hits former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko

Former Energy Minister, Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, has lost his elder sister, Mrs. Awura Abena Pokua Agyarko-Aninakwah, popularly known as Awura Abena School Uniforms. A statement...