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Mahama orders immediate action to end teachers’ strike

President John Mahama has instructed for every necessary action to be taken to end the ongoing teachers’ strike and get pre-tertiary teachers back into...

Martin Kpebu questions EOCO’s decision to seek warrant for Manhyia South MP’s arrest

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has questioned the decision by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to seek a court warrant to arrest...

Ghana Jollof case: Salomey Baffoe’s family appeals to Mahama to secure her release

The family of detained senior nursing officer Salomey Awiti Baffoe has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama and his wife to intervene in her...

Okada rider rushing sick woman to hospital dies after accident at Kasoa

Two people have died and another is in critical condition after a motorbike collision at Kasoa Jei River NDC Junction in the Awutu Senya...

EOCO declares John Bitar Gyamfi wanted over alleged fraud, money laundering

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has declared John Bitar Gyamfi wanted over alleged offences of defrauding by false pretences and money laundering. In...

Court issues warrant for EOCO to arrest Manhyia South MP

An Accra High Court has issued a warrant authorising the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to arrest the Member of Parliament for Manhyia...

High Commission sends warning to Ghanaians in South Africa ahead of planned protests

The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria has advised Ghanaian nationals in South Africa to exercise caution ahead of planned protests scheduled for Wednesday, September...

“I am not the person” – CMC MD Wisdom Dogbey disassociates himself from EOCO’s wanted notice

Managing Director of the Cocoa Marketing Company (Ghana) Limited (CMC), Wisdom Kofi Dogbey, has clarified that he is not the individual identified as “Wisdom...

Manhyia South MP’s case with EOCO reopens Equity Savings & Loans file as SIC recovery battle emerges

A dispute over the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) attempt to arrest Manhyia South Member of Parliament (MP) and private legal practitioner Nana...

Court adjourns Salomey Baffoe’s case

The case involving senior nursing officer Salomey Awiti Baffoe, who is facing an abetment of crime charge in connection with the alleged publication and...

Ghana wins ICC arbitration against Tullow over US$393m tax assessment

Ghana has emerged victorious in a major international tax dispute with Tullow Ghana Limited, with an arbitral tribunal dismissing the oil company’s claims and...

New Yorker identified as Yaw Boahene, 57, killed after bag was caught in subway train doors

A man in Brooklyn, New York, died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train, which then dragged him down. The...

GES urges striking teachers to return to work, warns of threat to academic calendar

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has appealed to the striking teacher unions to call off their industrial action, warning that the strike threatens what...

EOCO declares Wisdom Dogbey wanted over alleged fraud, money laundering

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has declared a man identified as Wisdom Dogbey wanted over alleged offences of defrauding by false pretences...

Bagbin rejects Minority motion for probe into narcotics consignments linked to Ghana

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has rejected a Minority motion seeking a bipartisan parliamentary investigation into major narcotics consignments linked to Ghana, citing concerns...

Life on hold: The story of a 28-year-old nurse fighting for life against kidney failure

Completing nursing school may mark a proud beginning of a fulfilling career for most young adults, financial independence, and a bright future of saving...

Teachers’ strike: ‘It’s an illegality for PRETAG to participate in negotiations’ – Hopeson Adorye

Director of Field Operations for the United Party, Hopeson Adorye, has questioned the legitimacy of the Pre-Tertiary Education Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG) participating...

Communities cut off, bridges destroyed – Buem MP reveals flooding devastation in Hohoe

Communities in Hohoe and parts of the Volta and Oti Regions have been cut off after the River Dayi overflowed its banks, washing away...

Proposed Vice Presidential Villa abandoned for 13 years after over $2.4 million spent (Photos)

Behind a high wall in Cantonments, one of Accra’s most expensive neighbourhoods, three unfinished structures stand among overgrown weeds. They were meant to become the...

Flooding displaces over 3,000 in Hohoe after River Dayi overflows its banks

More than 3,000 residents have been forced from their homes in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region after the River Dayi overflowed its...

Three undeclared guns hidden in personal effects from US intercepted at Tema Port

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has warned importers to check exactly what they are bringing into the country, after Customs officers found an assault...

Binaba killings: Family disputes police gun battle account, demands justice

The family of Amadu Apiiga and Phillip Avoabilla, two of the persons killed during a police operation at Binaba in the Bawku West District...

Phone dealer murder: 3 suspects remanded as court adjourns case

Three suspects linked to the kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old mobile phone dealer Nana Yaw Kyere, popularly known as Dinero, have appeared before the...

Lawyer formally reports EOCO officer to police for alleged assault

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Legal Team, Enoch Afoakwa, has reported an alleged assault by an Economic and Organised Crime Office...

Police arrest three suspects over kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old phone dealer

The Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old Nana Yaw Kyere, who was reported...

Keep the academic calendar smooth while we address your concerns – Education Minister appeals to striking teachers

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has appealed to striking teacher unions to return to the classroom as government steps up engagements to resolve their outstanding...

Part 2: Publicly funded, privately controlled! The multi-million-cedi Astroturf exposé

Corruption Watch's investigation has uncovered evidence of a troubling pattern: ownership disputes, procurement irregularities, privatization of stadium lands, abuse of office, and conflict of...

Two dead, 14 rescued in accident on Kpetoe-Sarakope road

Two people have died following a crash involving a Hyundai H100 bus and a Ford tractor on the Kpetoe-Sarakope stretch of the Accra-Aflao Highway. The...

Education Ministry to meet teacher unions today amidst strike action

The Education Ministry is expected to meet leaders of the teacher unions today, September 28, as efforts intensify to end the nationwide strike over...

Ada SHTS students convicted after pleading guilty to assault

Two students of Ada Senior High Technical School (ADA SHTS) have been convicted by the Ada West District Court after changing their pleas to...

GAF sets September 28–30 for cadet documentation, body selection

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has scheduled a three-day Documentation and Body Selection exercise for qualified applicants under its 2026/2027 Enlistment Exercise, running from...

The last goodbye of Ghanaian shot dead in the US

At about 6 pm on Friday, 18 September 2026, members of the Akamani family joined a conference call to discuss whether to send a...

Boeing projects Ghana’s national airline could resume operations within 18 months

Ghana’s national airline could return to the skies within the next 18 months if the government puts the necessary structures and implementation arrangements in...

Fifty cents and a bag of oranges: How Esther Ocloo built Nkulenu empire

A teenage girl received a small monetary gift of 50 cents from her aunt and decided to start a business instead of spending it....

Man jailed 10 years for defiling 11-year-old girl at Kpandai

A 37-year-old man named Tibini Atta has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for defiling an 11-year-old girl at Digangan, a farming community...

246 left without shelter, 93 houses collapse as floods hit in North East Gonja

Torrential rains in the North East Gonja District of the Savannah Region have left 246 residents homeless and destroyed 93 houses. Food stocks, farm produce...

UPSA withholds students’ graduation after over 500 altered results in IT system

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has withheld the graduation of some postgraduate students after investigations uncovered the alteration of more than 500...

Four feared dead after trailer falls on taxi while climbing Kwahu mountain

Four lives have reportedly been lost after a trailer loaded with goods fell onto a taxi on the Atibie road while climbing the Kwahu...

‘I never said I’ll declare a state of emergency’ – Mahama on galamsey

President John Dramani Mahama has sought to set the record straight on claims that his administration intends to declare a state of emergency over...

He entered at eight; he is now 16: Ghana’s children growing up in prayer camps

At eight years old, Hafiz Abdallah was taken to Nyinbonya, a prayer camp in Paga, near Ghana’s border with Burkina Faso. He is now 16. For...