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16 arrested, over $5.8m in counterfeit currency seized in NSCS crackdown

Sixteen Ghanaians and foreign nationals have been arrested in a crackdown by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) on suspected counterfeit currency syndicates operating...

Cash salvaged as firefighters bring fire under control at Osu Castle Second Gate Estate

Firefighters battling a blaze at the Osu Castle Second Gate Estate near Mandela Park have been praised for salvaging cash from the affected property...

NPP alleges drug laboratories operating in Ghana under Mahama’s watch

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that drug traffickers have established laboratories in Ghana for processing illicit drugs, including cocaine, for export. Speaking at...

Police launch manhunt for suspect as five-month-old baby is stolen at Asafo market

Panic has gripped traders at the Asafo Market in Kumasi after a five-month-old baby boy was allegedly stolen by an unknown woman in the...

Forklift kills roadside pawpaw seller at Asokwa Brewery

A pall of grief hangs over the Brewery Traffic Light intersection in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region following a tragic accident that...

2027 AFCONQ: Antoine Semenyo withdraws from Ghana squad for Ivory Coast and Gambia games

Antoine Semenyo has withdrawn from Ghana's squad ahead of the Black Stars' opening matches in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers due...

‘Salomey Baffoe keeps saying she is unwell, but I have no proper access to her’ – Lawyer

Lawyer for detained nurse Salomey Baffoe, Enoch Afoakwa, says he has limited access to his client, who he claims has repeatedly complained of feeling...

Former Barclays Bank Ghana MD and Hollard Group CEO Patience Akyianu passes on

The former Managing Director of Barclays Bank Ghana and Group Chief Executive Officer of Hollard Ghana, Patience Enyonam Akyianu, has reportedly passed away. Her reported...

Ahafo Ano South West DCE Abubakar Sedik passes on

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South West District in the Ashanti Region, Hon. Abubakar Sedik, has died after a brief illness. Hon....

2026 WC: Why pay a purse holder $10,000? – Assafuah questions Black Stars spending

Ranking Member of Parliament for the Youth and Sports Committee, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has questioned payments allegedly made to officials who accompanied Ghana's Black...

Police arrest South African arriving from Accra with suspected heroin worth over GH¢1.4m

Police have arrested a 52-year-old South African national after he allegedly arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on a flight from Accra with substances...

Fire guts multiple structures at Teshie near LEKMA Hospital

A fire has broken out at Teshie along the LEKMA Hospital Road, with a vulcaniser’s container among several structures used for commercial activities affected. The...

What was your crime? – Father grieves over late Ivan Baidoo

The father of Ivan Apprey Baidoo, the 20-year-old Central University law student who died in a motorbike crash on the Tema Motorway, has told...

‘If the world, Africa honoured Nkrumah as the Millennium Man, why are we not doing same?’ – Asiedu Nketia

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has questioned why Ghanaians are not giving Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah the same...

Three suspected robbers killed, two officers injured as police team comes under fire in Tilly Forest

A follow-up operation by the Upper East Regional Police Command to retrieve weapons allegedly concealed by a robbery gang in the Tilly Forest has...

Ghana Jollof case: Police case against Salomey Baffoe “founded on lies” – Lawyer

The lead counsel for Salomey Awitti Baffoe, the Techiman nurse remanded over the "Ghana Jollof" TikTok videos, says the police case against her is...

Watch video of Koforidua PENSEC staff telling student chop boxes are no longer accepted

A video shared on Facebook appears to show some staff of Koforidua Pentecost Secondary School telling a student to move her belongings out of...

South Africa evacuation: Foreign Affairs Ministry answers Minority’s RTI request with 200-page report

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the Minority's Right to Information (RTI) request on the South Africa evacuation with a report of...

43 suspects arraigned over killing of police officer at Gindabour

The Savannah Regional Police Command has arraigned 43 suspects before the Buipe Magistrate Court in connection with the killing of General Constable Redeemer Owusu...

Police identify alleged high-profile sponsors of ‘Ghana Jollof’ online activities

The Ghana Police Service says it has uncovered a financial trail linking highly influential persons in society to the online activities of Barbara Asantewaa...

FDA reveals 72% heavy metal contamination found in some baby cereal mix, turmeric

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has raised concerns over the presence of potentially harmful heavy metals in some food, cosmetic, and traditional products...

Mahama orders immediate dissolution of National Cathedral Board of Trustees

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the immediate dissolution of the Board of Trustees overseeing Ghana’s National Cathedral project. The decision, communicated to the trustees...

‘She is not a flight risk; even worst criminals get bail’ – GRNMA on detention of nurse in Ghana Jollof case

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) is calling for bail for senior nursing officer Salomey Awity Baffoe, arguing that there is no...

Ahafo Ano South West MP survives near-fatal accident (Video)

The Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South West has been involved in a road traffic accident while travelling on constituency business to secure...

GRNMA moves to secure release of detained nurse in Ghana Jollof case

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has begun exploring legal avenues to secure the early release of nurse Salomey Awiti Bafoh, who...

Check out message NSA boss sent to Bryan Acheampong over Nkawkaw stadium project

Abetifi Member of Parliament (MP), Bryan Acheampong, has disclosed that the suspension of the Nkawkaw Stadium project followed a directive from the National Sports...

2028 election: “Relax, I’m not going to contest you” – DVLA CEO tells Zanetor

Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye, has dismissed concerns about a possible parliamentary bid in the Klottey...

Drug trafficking: Mahama moves to tighten port security after recent cases

President John Dramani Mahama has directed the formation of an inter-agency task force to develop measures to prevent the trafficking of narcotics through Ghana’s...

Gindabour residents flee after teacher and police officer die in separate incidents

A confrontation between residents and a police officer has left the Gindabour community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District on edge following the reported deaths of...

Don’t become the weapon fashioned against women – Akosua Manu tells CID Boss

Akosua Manu has called on the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), DCOP Lydia Yaa Donkor, to ensure that the institution under her...

Senior Nursing Officer remanded for two weeks in connection with ‘Ghana Jollof’ TikTok

The Adenta Circuit Court 1 has remanded Salomey Awity Baffoe, a 40-year-old Senior Nursing Officer, into custody for two weeks following her arrest over...

New Road Traffic Regulations L.I. 2519 — The full list of offences that could send many drivers to jail

Ghana’s new Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519), prescribe fines and, in some cases, imprisonment for a range of road traffic offences, including illegal...

Police declare Barbara Asantewaa Kodua wanted over alleged incitement of violence

The Ghana Police Service has declared Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, alias Ghana Jollof , 40, wanted for allegedly inciting violence. According to a wanted-person notice issued...

Barker-Vormawor raises concerns over alleged arrest of nurse linked to ‘Ghana Jollof’

Lawyer and social activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor has raised serious concerns over the reported arrest of a middle-aged nurse, Salomey Awity Bafoh, who has allegedly...

Wontumi is still in prison, sleeps on bare floor – Palgrave Boakye dismisses alleged release

Spokesperson for incarcerated former Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has dismissed claims he has...

Four-year water crisis deepens hardship in Agbozume

Residents of Agbozume and surrounding communities in the Ketu South Municipality have endured severe water shortages for about four years, forcing many to travel...

4 Ghanaians remanded over alleged €225m cocaine export to France, Dutch suspect still on the run

Four Ghanaians accused of conspiring to smuggle about four tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated €225 million out of Ghana to France have been...

Suspected robber killed at Agbogbloshie, police recover AK-47, 186 rounds of ammunition

A suspected armed robber has been killed by the Accra Regional Police Command in a gunfight with the Police near Agbogbloshie. The police also recovered...

GNFS PRO reacts to viral video of driver’s mate cooking jollof in moving truck

Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), ADO1 Alex King Nartey, has reacted to a viral video showing a driver’s mate...

Traffitech-GH: All you need to know about the new automated traffic camera system

Beginning 1st October 2026, vehicle owners will receive electronic tickets for road offences as the Ghana Police Service will begin implementing Traffitech-GH. Traffitech-GH is an...