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WAEC releases timetable for 2025 BECE

The West African Examination Council (WAEC), Ghana, has released the timetable for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to the release, the...

Car transporting suspected Indian Hemp parcels involved in accident at Akatsi

 The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Akatsi South, Daniel Dagbah, in collaboration with the Police, has impounded a Toyota Venza private vehicle allegedly loaded...

Ofori-Atta’s family petitions National Central Bureau, CCF over Interpol Red Notice

The family of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has formally petitioned the National Central Bureau and the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files...

Striking nurses did not create opportunity to talk – Labour Minister

Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Rashid Pelpuo says he is “shocked and disturbed” by the strike action declared by the Ghana Registered Nurses and...

You want to worry me – Bawumia tells Bryan Acheampong

It was a moment of joy and political intrigue as former Vice President and 2024 NPP Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, shared pleasantries with...

New Force suspends Cheddar’s bodyguard over assault at late Mamponghene’s funeral

The New Force Movement has announced the immediate suspension of Adu Acheampong, a member of the private security team of its 2024 presidential candidate,...

Court remands NPP sympathiser accused of assaulting JoyNews reporter

A sympathiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Theophilus Thompson, pleaded not guilty in court on Monday, 9 June 2025, following his arrest...

Unknown assailant kills woman at Obuasi Abompekrom

An unknown assailant has murdered a female adult, Akosua Atta, popularly known as Anti Atta, at Abompekrom in the Obuasi West Municipality of the...

GH¢1 fuel levy is not a necessity; deepens burden on Ghanaians – Economic Fighters League

The Economic Fighters League has strongly criticised the government over the recent imposition of a GH₵1 levy on every litre of fuel, popularly referred...

NPP doesn’t give second chance to non-performing candidates – Kennedy Agyapong

Former Member of Parliament and New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Kennedy Agyapong, has stated that the party does not reward poor electoral performance...

GRA postpones implementation of GH¢1 fuel levy

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has postponed the implementation of the recently approved GH¢1 energy sector levy on petroleum products. Originally scheduled to take effect...

First responsibly mined Ghanaian gold bars presented to Asantehene

Typhoon Greenfield Development Ltd and MKS PAMP, in collaboration with Development Gold International (DGI), have presented a limited edition of unique gold bars to...

Asante Mamponghene’s burial rites attract thousands of mourners

The burial rites for the late Asante Mamponghene, Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, has started with thousands of people from all walks of life trooping...

We haven’t been served injunction notice, strike stands – GRNMA

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has stated that it has not yet been officially served with any injunction notice from the...

Sky Train scandal: 3 former GIIF board members deny approving $2m deal

A major hurdle has emerged for the former leadership of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), currently on trial, as three former board members...

OSP lied about Ofori-Atta’s medical report – Frank Davies claims

Legal counsel for former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Mr Frank Davies, has vehemently rejected assertions by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that...

NLC secures injunction against GRNMA’s strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction to halt the strike action by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). This...

Call off strike; let’s return to negotiation table – Health Minister to GRNMA

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has appealed to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) to reconsider their ongoing nationwide strike...

GPRTU threatens nationwide strike over GH¢1 fuel levy

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over the introduction of the GH¢1 fuel levy. In an...

Come clean, tell Ghanaians the truth – Gov’t told over GH¢1 fuel levy [Audio]

The African Institute of Energy Sustainability (AIES) has challenged the government over the newly approved GH¢1 Energy Sector Levy, commonly referred to as the...

Court acquits Ataa Ayi’s alleged accomplice after 23 years in prison

The Court of Appeal in Accra has acquitted and discharged Yaw Asante Agyekum, who was convicted in 2002 as an alleged accomplice of Ghana’s...

Police intercept over GH¢1m cash concealed in fertiliser bags at Juapong

The Volta Regional Police Command has intercepted a Ford Transit bus carrying 68 fertiliser bags filled with cash totalling GH¢1,021,700 in one cedi notes...

Star witness corroborates Adu-Boahene’s statement

A prosecution witness in the case against former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has disputed Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine’s claim...

Emergency services paralyzed as nurses’ strike grips Ghana’s public hospitals

The nationwide strike by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has plunged emergency services at major government hospitals into disarray, leaving patients...

Man lynched over alleged mobile phone theft in Agbozume

A young man, identified as Prosper Adedea, alias Tagoe, believed to be in his late 20s, was allegedly lynched in Agbozume-Adawukorfe after being accused...

Political parties threaten demo over GH¢1 fuel levy

The Coalition of Political Parties (COPP) has announced plans to embark on a protest against the Energy Sector Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which introduces...

Mahama to set up inter-ministerial committee to implement economic dialogue recommendations

President John Mahama has unveiled plans to establish an inter-ministerial committee to oversee the timely and transparent implementation of key recommendations from the 2025...

GH¢1 fuel levy difficult, but necessary – Mahama [Video]

President John Mahama has justified the decision to impose a GH¢1 new levy on petroleum products, describing the move as difficult but a necessary...

I am under NIB interrogation – Napo confirms

The 2024 Vice Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has revealed that the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) is...

Minority march to protest undeclared Ablekuma North election result

The Minority in Parliament on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, marched to the headquarters of the Ghana Police Service in protest over the undeclared Ablekuma...

Strike by nurses disrupts healthcare services across Ghana

The ongoing strike by nurses in public hospitals across Ghana continues to severely impact healthcare delivery, leaving patients stranded and medical services disrupted. In many...

Man found dead after heavy rains at Oforikrom

A yet-to-be-identified man has been found dead in a stream at Kings Down, a suburb of the Oforikrom Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The lifeless...

Bright Simons responds to Ibrahim Mahama’s suit

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has formally entered an appearance in the GH¢10 million defamation suit filed against him by businessman Ibrahim...

Parliament approves new GH¢1 fuel levy after Minority walkout

Parliament has approved the Energy Sector Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025, introducing a GH¢1 levy on each litre of petroleum products. The controversial bill, aimed at...

OSP is terrorising Ken Ofori-Atta – Prof Ansa-Asare

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law has accused the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of acting in a manner that...

Armed Robbers shoot father and children in latest attack at Gomoa Dominase junction

Three people, including a father and his children, are receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital after falling victim to an armed...

Wontumi visits NPP headquarters after release

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, visited the party headquarters on Tuesday...

Thunderstorm kills four children, injures one at Sefwi Awaso

A powerful thunder strike during a heavy downpour has claimed the lives of four children and left another injured at Sefwi Awaso in the...

University of Ghana reacts to viral letter on Malik Basintale’s degree verification

The University of Ghana has disassociated itself from a viral letter circulating on social media regarding the degree verification of the Acting CEO of...

Thunderstorms to hit some parts of Ghana; check out affected areas

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has issued a weather forecast warning of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across several parts of the country, particularly in...