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Greater Accra Minister leads donation to flood, fire victims in Madina and Adenta 

In the aftermath of the devastating fire at Madina–Ritz Junction on July 16, 2025, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Ocloo, has led a...

Education: GQAA Calls for an End to Punishing Students for Using AI

The Director of the Global Quality Assurance Association (GQAA), Dr. Violet Makuku, has called for the abolishment of punishment for students who use Artificial...

Dr Zanetor Rawlings appointed member of Ghana’s delegation to Pan African Parliament

Dr Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, three-term Member of Parliament for Klottey–Korle Constituency, has been appointed to serve as a member of Ghana’s delegation to the Pan African...

Ejisu MP calls on government to fix bad roads

The Member of Parliament for Ejisu, Kwabena Boateng has appealed to the government, through the Ministry of Roads and Highways, to as a matter...

Police arrest Nigerian suspect in armed robbery attack at Avenor

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian national, Emmanuel Okafor Chukwuma, for his alleged role in an armed robbery attack on...

Minority, gov’t clash over Mahama Cares fund and NHIS financing

Parliament was thrown into heated debate on Tuesday as the Minority raised strong objections to the proposed Ghana Medical Trust Fund, popularly known as...

NSMQ 2025: Afua Kobi Ampem Girls’ qualifies amid controversy over Agona SDA’s disallowed answer

Afua Kobi Ampem Girls’ Senior High School has advanced to the national stage of the 2025 NSMQ after dominating their regional qualifying contest with...

AMA begins replacement of stolen, rusted drain gratings to improve public safety

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has commenced the replacement of missing, old, and rusted metal gratings on drains across the city in a move...

IFC explores aquaculture collaboration with Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture...

Minority to petition Mahama on ‘issues of great public concern’

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has written to President John Dramani Mahama, requesting an audience to present a formal petition on what they describe...

AG discontinues case involving Kwabena Duffuor, 7 others over uniBank collapse

The Attorney-General’s Office has filed a nolle prosequi, effectively discontinuing the high-profile criminal case against former Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor and seven others...

Speaker urges calm ahead of Akwatia by-election

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has appealed to Members of Parliament (MPs) to promote peace and civility ahead of the upcoming by-election...

NDC will use Majority for reforms, not abuse – Mahama Ayariga

Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has assured Ghanaians that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will use its two-thirds majority in Parliament to implement transformational reforms—not...

Ahafo Regional Minister supports toddler with GH₵20K to undergo heart surgery

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Charity Gardiner, has donated GH₵20,000 to support the surgery of 2-year-8-month-old Erica Kwarteng Bawuah, who has been diagnosed with a...

A/R: Nurse Found Dead by Suspected Suicide at Edwenase

A wave of sorrow has swept through the Edwenase community in the Ashanti Region, following the suspected death by suicide of a 37-year-old nurse...

Engr. Richard Ben Debrah honoured as African Ambassador for Excellence in Infrastructure and Engineering Development

The Head of the Works Department at the Tema West Municipal Assembly and National President of the Local Government Service Engineers Association of Ghana,...

CEO of AT urges students to embrace AI at TEDxUCC Career and Skill Summit

The Chief Executive Officer of AT, Leo Skarlatos, has called on students to embrace technology and artificial intelligence (AI) as essential tools for building...

Volta Regional House of Chiefs President raises concern over proliferation of marijuana farms, school dropouts

The President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, has raised alarm over the growing spread of marijuana farms in...

Noeline Kumor Blood Drive collects 87 units to support National Blood Service

The Noeline Kumor Blood Drive (NKBD), held on Monday, July 21, 2025, at St. John’s Grammar School in Accra, successfully collected 87 units of...

Two drown in Black Volta at Bankpama after funeral trip from Burkina Faso

Authorities in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region are intensifying calls for stricter water safety protocols after two residents drowned in...

Ewurabena Aubynn officially sworn into office as Ablekuma North MP

The Member of Parliament-elect for Ablekuma North, Ewurabena Aubynn of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been officially sworn into office by the Speaker...

NADeF moves to address school infrastructure deficit in Tano North

To enhance teaching and learning in the Tano North Municipality, the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF) has initiated steps to address the infrastructure challenges...

Abolishing teacher licensure exams could undermine standards – Adutwum

Former Education Minister and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged the government to reconsider its decision to scrap the...

Ending galamsey is far-fetched – Collins Owusu Amankwah slams NDC

Former Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has slammed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government over its handling of illegal mining,...

Ablekuma North MP-elect Ewurabena Aubynn to be sworn in today

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, will today, July 22, swear in the Member of Parliament-elect for Ablekuma North, Ewurabena Aubynn. The ceremony follows her...

Political chess masters: 11 multiparty Ghanaian families playing all sides

As the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) convened on Saturday, July 19, to refine its constitution, a foundational step to strengthen the elephant to...

Supreme Court revokes bench warrant on Kevin Taylor [Video]

The Supreme Court has, by a 4-1 majority decision, revoked a bench warrant issued for the arrest of the US-based Ghanaian broadcaster, Kevin Taylor. Presiding over...

Jerry Ahmed reacts to “I will sell my seat if Bawumia is elected flagbearer” report 

Member of Parliament for Weija-Gbawe, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, has strongly denied reports claiming he would resign from his seat if former Vice President Dr....

Fire Service PRO exposes caller who requested sex on emergency line [Listen]

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana National Fire Service, Alex King Nartey, has revealed a shocking case involving a man who called...

Tamale drug dealer fined GH₵1.68m, faces 25 years in jail over tramadol bust

A Tamale Circuit Court, presided over by Francis Asubayere, has convicted Alhaji Abdulai Sayuti, a 53-year-old pharmaceutical distributor, and fined him GH₵1,680,000—equivalent to 14,000...

Ejura Traditional Council rents apartment for senior police officers to improve security 

The Ejura Traditional Council, led by Ejurahene Barimah Osei Hwedie II, has handed over an eight-bedroom apartment to the Ghana Police Service to beef...

Ammunition isn’t tomatoes; transfer records always exist – Defence Minister told [Audio]

A former Deputy Minister of Defence, Kofi Amankwa-Manu, has refuted claims of unaccounted ammunition transfers within the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), insisting that all...

Let’s do more than inform, let’s inspire change – Cecil Ato Kwamena Dadzie

Everywhere you turn, there is a campaign — a catchy slogan, a bold poster, a trending hashtag. However, for development communicator Cecil Ato Kwamena Dadzie,...

GNAT supports UTAG’s call for state of emergency over galamsey menace

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has backed the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) in its call for a state of emergency...

Two-week ultimatum is unfair – GNASSM on revocation of licences [Audio]

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM), Godwin N. Armah, has expressed deep concern over the Ministry of Lands...

Gov’t has no plans to turn National Cathedral into Cultural Centre – Kwakye Ofosu

The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has dismissed reports suggesting that the stalled National Cathedral project will be...

Tarkwa Bremang Assembly Member arrested for ‘galamsey’ and road diversion

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested the Assembly Member for the Tarkwa Bremang Electoral Area, Isaac Duku, popularly known as Agoogi, for...

Abuakwa South MP raises concern over MahamaCare’s sustainable funding

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has clarified that the Minority in Parliament does not oppose the newly passed...

Five injured as Dabokpa, Vittin Tech students clash; police recover weapons

Five students have reportedly sustained various degrees of injuries following a clash between Dabokpa Technical Institute and Vittin Technical Senior High School. This was disclosed...

Scholarship Secretariat to partner CID to roll out crime-curbing strategy 

The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat, Alex Asafo-Agyei, has revealed plans to roll out a crime-curbing initiative aimed at clamping down on the...