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Paul Adom-Otchere calls for dedicated media courts in Ghana

Former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Paul Adom-Otchere, has called for the establishment of specialised courts to handle media-related cases in...

Interpol arrests 260 across Africa; 68 Ghanaians implicated in online romance scams

Interpol has arrested 260 individuals across 14 African countries in a coordinated operation targeting online romance and extortion scams, which defrauded over 1,400 victims...

Global Patriots Germany demands urgent action to end galamsey

Global Patriots Germany has raised alarm over the devastating impact of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, warning that Ghana could face a future...

Two reported missing after canoe accident on Offin River

Two men have been reported missing after a canoe carrying six passengers overturned on the Offin River near Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District. Daniel...

Two men jailed three months for dumping refuse at Accra Post Office

Two men, Albert Okai and Amoako Darko, have been sentenced to three months in prison with hard labour for unlawfully dumping refuse at the...

Reward Bawumia with your votes; he fought for your inclusion – Oppong Nkrumah to former NPP executives and appointees

Former Information Minister and ex-Works and Housing Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has appealed to former executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and past...

Delegates, not MPs, will decide NPP’s future – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has stressed that it is delegates—not Members of Parliament—who will determine the party’s next presidential...

Kufuor calls for Pan-African media powerhouse to redefine Africa’s image

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for the establishment of a pan-African media powerhouse to unite the continent and reshape how Africa is...

NDC sends delegation to 2025 Labour Conference in the UK

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that a four-member delegation, led by General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, will represent the party at the...

Former FBI director James Comey indicted on two charges

A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two charges related to his testimony to Congress. Mr Comey, who...

School girl dies after undergoing secret breast and butt lift

A 14-year-old girl has died just days after she had a boob job and butt lift without her father’s knowledge. Paloma Nicole Arellano Escobedo died...

Driver perishes in fatal accident at Tema Valco Roundabout

A tragic accident claimed the life of a driver in the early hours of Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Tema Valco Roundabout. The incident...

Ministry of Education probes alleged GHC15,000 bribe for Aburi Girls’ admission

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into social media claims alleging that admission into Aburi Girls’ Senior High School requires a payment...

Galamsey threatens collapse of Ghana’s local pharmaceutical industry – PSG

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSG) has warned that the country’s local pharmaceutical industry risks collapse due to the devastating effects of illegal mining,...

2025 Damba Festival in Bawku suspended by court order

The Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has disclosed that the Bolgatanga District Court has imposed a ban on the organisation and celebration of...

Illegal miners encroaching transmission towers, shooting at us – GRIDCo

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has expressed concern over the growing threat illegal mining activities pose to its transmission infrastructure, warning that the situation...

Bawumia reacts to Mahama’s Covid-19 remarks at UNGA

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described President John Mahama’s recent acknowledgment of the economic toll of the Covid-19 pandemic as “by the...

KGL Group’s Alex Apau Dadey calls on Africa to build global business giants

The Executive Chairman of the KGL Group and former Board Chair of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Alex Apau Dadey, delivered a powerful...

Ghana Publishing CEO tackles overstaffing, skills mismatch at state firm

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Publishing Company Ltd, Nana Kwasi Boatey, has revealed that the company faced serious overstaffing and a...

 Out International hosts 2025 Outstanding Teacher Summit 

  Out International, in partnership with the National Teaching Council (NTC), Ghana Education Service (GES), Inspire to Rise, GIMPA, and Genescis, has held the 2025...

As for the arrests, we have only just begun – Asiedu Nketia vows over corruption

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has warned that recent arrests over alleged corruption and embezzlement are only the...

FDA report reveals Lead and Mercury in turmeric, cereal mixes, and more

A National Summary Report on Heavy Metal Contaminant Assessment conducted by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has revealed elevated levels of heavy metals...

DJ Awana goes home tomorrow 

The final funeral rites of veteran Ghanaian disc jockey and Multimedia Group staff member, Samuel Tei Mensah Nartey, popularly known as DJ Awana, will...

MTN empowers 120 SMEs in Kumasi in digital marketing strategies

More than 120 small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Kumasi have benefited from a business clinic designed to enhance their digital marketing skills and...

Woman, 50, convicted of defrauding seven people

A 50-year-old unemployed woman, Benedicta Kwakye, also known as Esi Mary, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa...

Gov’t can’t continue bearing full cost of DTT operations – Sam George

The Minister for Communication, Digital Innovation and Technology, Sam George, has disclosed that government will soon hold consultations with stakeholders to establish a sustainable...

Railway Workers Union suspends planned strike 

  The Railway Workers Union of Ghana has suspended its planned strike and peaceful picketing slated for September 30, 2025, after receiving a directive from...

The Swiss financed carbon credit project in Ghana partners don’t want to talk about

On Monday, July 7, 2025, Ghana and Switzerland made history with the issuance of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) for the 'Transformative Cookstove Activity...

 Amin Adam commends Mahama’s UN address but raises domestic concerns

Former Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has lauded President John Mahama’s delivery at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York...

Lawyers must have a certificate from GLC to be in good standing – Ag. Chief Justice

Acting Chief Justice nominee, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, says that practising lawyers in Ghana must obtain certification from the General Legal Council (GLC) to be...

Seven arrested as Ahanta West MCE leads anti-galamsey operation

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ahanta West in the Western Region, Ing. Ebenezer Aidoo, has led a joint security operation against illegal mining...

Galamsey: I get stomach upset whenever I use water in Ghana – Cadman Mills

Dr Cadman Mills, brother of the late President John Atta Mills, has revealed that he suffers from severe stomach upset whenever he uses water...

Man arrested for faking robbery and kidnapping in Gomoa Nyanyano

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, Benjamin Owusu, for faking a robbery and kidnapping at Fijai, a suburb of...

Ghana’s mangroves under threats – Hɛn Mpoano calls for urgent national rescue

Ghanaian NGO, 'Hɛn Mpoano', has warned that the country’s mangrove forests, once thriving along estuaries in the Volta, Central, Western, and Greater Accra regions,...

There must be a mechanism for General Assembly to challenge veto – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has renewed calls for urgent reforms to the United Nations Security Council, insisting that veto power should not remain the...

Open defecation still a challenge in Asunafo North – Analyst

Open defecation remains a major challenge in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region due to the lack of household toilet facilities, the...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund assesses equipment deficit and operational challenges of hospitals in Ashanti Region

Two major health facilities in the Ashanti region, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and the Kumasi South Hospital, are heightening calls for their urgent...

Sarkodie urges investors to back Kumasi’s music industry

Ghanaian rap icon Sarkodie has urged investors to channel resources into Kumasi’s creative arts sector, stressing that music is a lucrative and sustainable industry...

KMA to provide temporary space for traders ahead of Santasi–Ahodwo road dualisation project

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) says it will provide temporary space for traders and businesses along the Santasi–Ahodwo corridor as the government prepares to...

Agribusiness experts push for removal of withholding tax on local produce

Experts in Ghana’s agribusiness sector are intensifying calls for the government to remove withholding taxes imposed on agro-processing firms that source raw materials from...