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Health Ministry targets 30% reduction in maternal deaths within two years Police arrest 6 women in child trafficking syndicate, rescue 3 victims Ghana Medical Association Pushes for Emergency Health Policy to End Hospital Bed Shortages DVLA Says Legal Authority Required to Alter Vehicle Ownership Details Ghana Meteo sends urgent alert over thunderstorm heading from Togo, Benin NPP sets up 30 commi...

AMA Gives Lapaz Street Traders 7-Day Ultimatum to Vacate Roadside or Face Enforcement Prof. Akosa Urges Gov’t to Act on Investigative Committee Report, Warns Against Repeat of Past Failures   United Party Legal Director Blames Poor Delivery on Lack of Political Commitment in Ghana Residents Count Losses After Sudden Demolition Exercise in Domeabra and Danchira PAC Chair Pushes for Tougher San...

Cocoa Communities Face Dire Teacher Shortfall as Some Schools Operate with Only One-Third of Needed Educators   Acting Rent Control Commissioner Summons Hostel Managers Over Unauthorised Fee Hikes High Court Adjourns Chairman Wontumi’s Galamsey Case to May 14 Over Akonta Mining Allegations NDC Revives “Setting the Records Straight” Campaign to Tackle Political Misinformation, Targets NPP Over...

Veep Opoku-Agyemang calls for health sector overhaul as she pushes training reform Parliament’s Health Panel Calls on Overburdened Health Professionals to Resign in Wake of Amissah Case GMA raises concern over naming of doctors in Charles Amissah death report, calls for focus on systemic gaps NIA workers to strike May 13 over 22-month delay in salary migration approvals Traditional Leaders in Ga S...

Vice President Calls for Digital Integration to Strengthen Africa’s Economic Autonomy at 3i Africa Summit" Previous Government’s Debt Restructuring Cited as Cause of Delays to Kumasi and Takoradi Market Projects West African Gas Pipeline Company Awards Scholarships to 70 Tertiary Students in Six Host Communities Parliament’s Roads Committee Slams Amandi Over Delays on Western Railway Corridor Proj...

CDD, IMANI, 12 other CSOs file to join Supreme Court case challenging OSP Act Godfred Dame Claims Lawyers Denied Access to Re-Arrested Buffer Stock Former CEO and Wife" Ghana seeks $22.6b in support to address climate challenges   Tension erupts in Domeabra over demolition of homes and cemetery Resignation Demand Mounts Against Linda Ocloo Over Controversial Statement Against Northerners Poli...

Weija-Gbawe residents protest closure of completed Children’s Hospital Calm returns to Nkwanta as security tightens for BECE Speaker Of Parliament Pushes for Greater Role for Local Languages in Ghana EOCO re-arrests former NAFCO CEO, wife after AG drops charges Gov’t fast-tracks Accra–Kumasi expressway with military-led groundwork Election 2028: Asiedu Nketia closes gap on Bawumia – Global Info An...

Five Police Officers in viral galamsey video interdicted by the Ghana Police Service Ghana’s judiciary to recruit professional mediators to expand ADR Programme BNI arrests four PDS officials in ECG funds probe Parliament resumes sitting May 21 BoG pushes back on political claims over X creators meeting I quit smoking because I’m asthmatic – Reggie Rockstone

MP For Tamale Central  Promises Full Scholarships To BECE Candidates With Aggregate 6 Eight Teachers And  Invigilators Convicted Over 2025 BECE Malpractice SISSALA WEST MP Calls For Urgent Intervention Over Rising Teacher Attrition Rate COCOA Farmers Appeal To Gov’T For More Agric Extension Officers Ghana’s inflation fight is weakening buying power, Newscenta editor warns NDC’s Announcem...

President Mahama announces Plan for 1,200MW Gas Power Plant To boost Generation, Power Export   Vice President Highlights Strides in Women's Development Bank Rollout Presidency Sets Up Delivery Unit To Track Gov'nt Project Monthly   Awutu Senya East supports BECE Candidates, cautions Against Examination Malpractice. Tension In Odotobri As NPP Members Raise concern over alleged Election i...

Mahama Vows Prosecution for Officials Cited in Auditor-General’s Report TUC Demands Better Living Standards as Economic Stability Takes Hold NACOC seizes 5 million Tapentadol tablets in major drug bust TUC Sounds Alarm Over State’s Losing War on Illegal Mining EPA rolls out mining reforms to cut mercury use, restore degraded lands Haruna Iddrisu promises increase in 7,000 teacher recruitment slots...

EPA Puts Mining Firms on Notice Over Galamsey Activities on Concessions Public Buying Cocoa CEO Appeals to Banks for Repayment Extension Amid Auction Threat Auditor-General Pushes for Infrastructure Investment to Protect Audit Service Independence Damang Gold Mine Sells Entire Maiden Gold Output to GoldBod to Boost Bank of Ghana Reserves GNAT Slams Gov’t Over 7,000-Teacher Recruitment, Demands &nb...

Parliament’s Majority Justifies BoG’s GH¢16.7bn Loss as Stability Measure Presidential Advisor Tasks Audit Service to Enforce Surcharge Powers Over Financial Mismanagement GES  Outlines 2026 BECE Reform Requiring One Boarding, One Day Pick in Category A Child Rights Group Blames Case Delays for Worsening Victim Trauma, Demands Specialized Courts Denkyira Traditional Council Issues Strong Warn...

Mahama Urges VRA to Turn Akosombo Fire Incident Into Modernisation Opportunity Greater Accra Passenger Transport E Audit Flags 60 Aayalolo Buses With No Revenue Records Since 2018 Member of Parliament on the Energy Committee Links Ghana’s Frequent Blackouts to Lack of Sector Funding Damang Mine sells 100% of first gold output to GoldBod, BoG in historic move Employers urged to use AI to improve sa...

siedu Nketia Urges NDC Members to Choose Performance Over Positions During Upper East Tour  UPSA LECTURER Flags Threat to Press Fairness from Politicians in Media Business National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme Nii Lante Vanderpuye Links Energy Sector Struggles to Bawumia’s Handling of PDS Contract MCE Serwonoo-Banini Demands Accountability After Expectant Mother Dies...

Mahama Assures $150M for West Africa Coastal Protection Secured Karpowership Credits 450MW Emergency Ramp-Up for Easing Power Shortfall Tech Convergence Demands AI Skills From Journalists As The Media Evolves Parliament’s Water and Sanitation Committee Demands Galamsey Be Declared National Emergency Presidential Advisor Commends Minister Of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Handling of Ghanaian Attacks i...

OSP files stay of execution after court orders AG to take over prosecution Ningo-Prampram MP Sam George Vows to Pass Anti-LGBTQI Bill on Voters’ Orders Church of Pentecost invests over GH₵26m in education support NPP calls on CSOs, global community to safeguard Ghana’s democracy Former IGP Paul Tawiah Quaye reported dead One in 3 households under food pressure — GSS Report Ghana has potential to b...

United Party Faults Foreign Affairs Minister’s Response to Xenophobic Attacks as Inadequate TTAG Orders Freeze on Teacher Recruitment, Threatens Nationwide Protest UG Senior Lecturer Accuses Attorney General of Lacking Resolve in Corruption Fight After OSP Ruling NPA to Hand Police Video Evidence of Fuel Siphoning from Tankers for Prosecution Greater Accra to Launch Monthly Farmers’ Market April 2...

Health Minister Sets Two-Year Target to Deploy Two Doctors to Every District Minerals Commission Vows Tougher Penalties for Mining Safety Violations NPA CEO Proposes Single Distribution Fund to Replace UPPF and PDM Okaikwei North MCE Urges Private Sector Backing for 24-Hour Economy to Drive Jobs Analyst Criticizes Rush to Create New Laws Amid AG-Special Prosecutor Tensions Economy faced significan...

Regulator Seizes Nearly 100 Unlicensed Motorbike Couriers in Accra Crackdown Wa East Legislator Demands Completion of Unfinished Health Facilities in Funsi and Bulenge Mumford Fishermen Demand Relief as Fuel Tax Hikes Hit Fishing Operations Edem Agbana Slams Bodi Assembly for Diverting PWD Funds to Farmers’ Day    NLA to Digitise Lotto Sales With 5,000 POS Machines to Curb Leakages &nbsp...

Parliamentary Minority Lists Demands on OSP Dispute, Seeks President’s Position and Court Order Freeze Youth Reform Coalition Presses Gov'ntf to Publish Full Constitution Review Report NDC Chair Defends Agriculture Reforms Amid Falling Farm Prices Corruption in Power Sector Identified as Major Factor Behind Dumsor Africa Education Watch Demands 2% of Education Budget for Inclusive Learning

Ghana TVET Service dismisses claims of food supply disruptions National Service Authority payroll reduced to GH¢700m from GH¢1.6bn 143 district assemblies failed 2024 assessment Parliament’s Legal Committee to Meet April 23 on Family Values Bill Indigenous ride-hailing App Mijo begins operations May 1 ECG Boss: We apologise for unreliable power supply Shakur Mohammed ends wait with debut MLS goal...

Mahama Urges School Feeding Programme to Absorb Excess Eggs Amid Market Glut, Protect Poultry Farmers Vice President Opoku-Agyemang Urges Ghanaians in Spain to Use New Amnesty to Regularise Stay The Minister of foreign Affairs sets the record straight on Spain amnesty, Announces police clearance assistance ahead of June 2026 NSA blames Ghost Names for NSS Allowance Delays   Newscenter Editor...

President Mahama links power interruption to maintenance Works Assuring Ghanaian of Stable Supply Ahead   Gov'nt pushes local investment in Damang Mine after takeover from GoldFields Foreign Minister Targets stronger Ghana-Spain partnership Ahead of 60th Anniversary   Old Tafo MP accuses National Pensions Regulatory Authority over Evasive  Response on GHC 10M foreign training, deman...

Police arrest seven traders over suspected adulterated palm oil in Koforidua DVLA to begin arrest of users of fake and expired DV plates on May 4 Amidu warns of deepening rift between OSP and Attorney-General over prosecutorial powers GTEC suspends processing of institutional registration applications GTEC names over 60 foreign and local schools failing accreditation standards GCB Bank targets tak...