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Ag. Forestry Commission boss files GH¢20m  defamation against Abronye DC

The acting Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Hugh Clement A. Brown, has filed a defamation suit against the Bono Regional Chairman of...

Minority threatens to boycott Mid-Year Budget presentation

Parliament is braced for a potential boycott today as intelligence from the House suggests the Minority Caucus is likely to absent itself from the...

50 Nigerians arrested over cybercrime and human trafficking

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested about 50 Nigerian nationals in a targeted dawn operation at McCarthy Hills in the Ga South Municipality...

French President Emmanuel Macron sues podcaster for claiming his wife is male

  French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a 22-count defamation lawsuit in the United States against right-wing podcaster Candace Owens Wednesday over the...

UNICEF lauds Ghana’s $24m vaccine payment to protect children’s health

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Government of Ghana for fulfilling its 2025 co-financing obligation of $24.5 million for vaccine procurement. UNICEF...

From basic to giving: Ghana’s Gen Z and the future of work

They were born to a world that was buffering not in silence, but in signal.Cradled by cassettes, weaned on Wi-Fi, these are the children...

Mahama should decline Minority’s request to meet him – Adu Asare [Video]

Former Member of Parliament for Adentan, Kojo Adu Asare, has urged President John Mahama not to grant an audience to the Minority in Parliament. According...

Assistant who accused Kanye West of sexual assault ‘in hiding’, lawyer says

Kanye West's former assistant is scared and still in hiding after filing sexual assault claims against the rapper, her lawyer has told the BBC. Lauren...

How many movies should I star in to qualify as a celebrity? – Akuapem Poloo quizzes critics

Ghanaian socialite and actress Akuapem Poloo is demanding answers from social media critics about what qualifies someone to be considered a celebrity. She says she...

Sarkodie hails Edem’s ‘The Volta Regime’ as one of Ghana’s greatest albums

  Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has described Edem Goget’em’s debut album, The Volta Regime, as one of the greatest in the history of Ghanaian music. In a...

Ghana spends over $400 million annually on tomato imports – Agric Minister

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has disclosed that Ghana spends over $400 million every year importing tomatoes from neighbouring Burkina Faso. He...

Father killed, son injured in armed robbery attack on Bole-Bamboi highway

A man identified as Balenbogma, believed to be in his 50s, has been shot and killed by armed robbers, while his son, in his...

Fire destroys studio of Kumasi-based Pure FM [Video]

A fire outbreak has severely damaged the studio of Kumasi-based Pure FM, forcing the temporary suspension of all its programming. The incident occurred on Wednesday...

 Over 700 Ghanaians scammed, trafficked across West Africa countries – Ablakwa

The government of Ghana is working with immigration authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to rescue and repatriate over 200 Ghanaians who are reportedly being held...

Banned EU agrochemicals flood Ghanaian cocoa farms amid smuggling, counterfeiting and health risks

On a cocoa farm in Manfo in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, a middle-aged farmer dressed in black trousers and a red Lacoste shirt pours droplets...

Ntonso residents storm quarry in fiery protest

Angry residents and landowners at Ntonso in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region blocked the main road leading to the Abuba Quarry...

Minority proposes Covid-19 levy as viable financing option for MahamaCares

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is calling for a more sustainable approach to financing the newly established Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as...

Mustapha Hamid meets bail condition, 6 others remain in custody

Former CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has met his GH₵2 million bail condition, with two sureties in the controversial...

Zanetor Rawlings pays courtesy call on Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II

Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia...

81 candidates apply to run in Cameroon’s presidential elections

It's a record number: 81 candidate applications to run in the presidential elections set for October this year were made to Cameroon's national body...

‘Taxpayers will pay for it’ – Dr Seddoh on 60% recovery threshold in banking crisis

A former CEO of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has warned that taxpayers will ultimately bear the cost of the state’s decision to...

NPP can only win Akwatia by-election with Ama Sey – Some constituents

A section of New Patriotic Party (NPP) members and sympathisers in the Akwatia Constituency of the Eastern Region are rallying behind former MP Mercy...

Galamsey: Lands Minister shoots down calls for state of emergency declaration

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has dismissed proposals to declare a state of emergency over the menace of illegal...

Remember your Majority status will not last forever – Egyapa Mercer to NDC 

Former Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has advised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucus not to be complacent about their current...

Parliament must act now on anti-witchcraft bill – CHRAJ warns of escalating attacks

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has renewed its call on Parliament to urgently pass the long-awaited Anti-Witchcraft Bill. The Commission warned...

Two arrested over Ablekuma North rerun violence

Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the violence that marred the parliamentary re-run in the Ablekuma North Constituency on Friday, July 11,...

Why Filipino couples keep getting married in flooded churches

It was a scene you'd expect to see at any wedding. Jamaica Aguilar walked down the aisle, clutching her father's arm, dressed in a white...

Ghana approves visa waiver agreements with 4 countries

Parliament has approved the ratification of visa waiver agreements between Ghana and four countries—Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Colombia, and the Commonwealth of Dominica. The...

Finance Minister presents mid-year budget review today

The Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, is expected to present the 2024 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament today, July 24, 2025. The presentation is...

Nearly $10m in US-funded contraceptives to be burned rather than shipped to poor countries

U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations...

Gov’t notifies IMF of decision to cap public sector wage increases at 10%

The Government of Ghana has formally notified the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of its decision to cap public sector wage increases at 10 percent...

Mid‑year budget review: Finance Minister won’t ask for extra funds – Committee chair

The Chairman of Parliament’s Committee on Economy and Development, Eric Afful, has indicated that the upcoming mid‑year budget review will adhere to the GH₵293 billion...

Inaccurate applicant details stall passport deliveries

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged passport applicants to double-check their contact details after several passports remained undelivered due to incorrect addresses and...

Kusasi Chief shooting: Investigate thoroughly before pointing fingers, security expert urges

Security expert Dr. Victor Doke has cautioned the public against rushing to blame any specific ethnic or social group in the aftermath of the...

Nii Adama Latse II loses case at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has quashed the order directed at the National House of Chiefs in Kumasi to restore Nii Tackie Adama Latse II onto...

Three suspected poachers arrested in Ankasa Conservation Area

Three suspected poachers have been apprehended by resource guards at the Ankasa Conservation Area in the Western Region. The arrest was made on July 9,...

One dead after fire outbreak at uncompleted fuel station in Ejura [Photos]

A fire outbreak at an uncompleted fuel station near the Ejura Babasso cemetery in the Ashanti Region has claimed the life of one person. According...

‘You were right, I was wrong’ – Charlotte Osei recalls humble moment with late Atta Mills

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei, has recounted what she described as a rare act of humility by the late President...

Road accidents: 1,504 deaths recorded in first half of 2025 – NRSA

Ghana recorded a total of 7,289 road crashes and 1,504 fatalities between January and June 2025, according to provisional data released by the National...