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EPA TMA and FDA Begin Disposal of Dried Fish at Tema Newtown Over Contamination fears Former Deputy Finance Minister raises concern over slow growth and tax gaps in 2026 mid year review Akuapem North MP Criticizes mid year budget review for lacking focus on youth jobs and results Togbe Afede XIV questions uncapped number of supreme court appointment YEA revealed fewer than 20 Applicants qualify fo...

EOCO witness insists GHc49.1m in NSB case came from state account Ghana, Malta launch project ethics to strengthen ethics education Gender Ministry rallies transport workers to champion gender equality, end child marriage Nearly 2m young Ghanaians out of school, work and training according to GSS FDA confiscates fish processed under unhygienic conditions after viral video Reported fraud cases rose...

Ghana receives body of xenophobic attack victim from South Africa, awaits second ‘Drug-Laced Noodles’ Surface at Food Spots as Substance Abuse Takes Alarming Turn New DVLA system uncovers over 130 suspected cloned cars   ICU-Ghana protests alleged VALCO sale, vowing to protect jobs Wontumi Decides on Court Trial Not Plea Agreement Deputy AG Refutes Political Prisoner Narrative Suspend GH¢1 fu...

VP Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Urges Ghanaians Abroad To Unite Behind National Development Gov’t Invests GH¢50 Million In UMaT Kenyasi Campus As Education Minister Commissions Facility GES Considers Criminal Prosecution For SHS Students Over Serious Misconduct As Indiscipline Rises Asantehene Calls For Total Commitment To Healthcare Delivery Ashanti Regional NPP Executive Aspirants Submit Nomi...

Presidential Advisor Urges more Investment in Ghana's Green Economy for National Growth COPEC disassociated Gov'nt from recent fuel  hike Teacher Unions Express Disappointment Over Omission of 20% deprived area allowance in mid-year budget Deputy Minister of local government links housing deficit and informal settlements to urban sustainability Goals Gov't seeks  Christian Health Associa...

Sammy Gyamfi Dismisses Minority Allegations Of Financial Weakness   Task Force begins demolition of structures on waterways to tackle Accra flooding Ejisu Assembly members locked out as no-confidence bid against MCE stalls Enoch Amegbletor eyes Volta Regional NPP Communications Officer position Police caution against violence and disorder ahead of Homowo celebration Yara Ghana launches two ne...

Police Intercept 5,039 Parcels of Suspected Narcotics in Tipper Truck at Afienya Tema Police Reject GH¢150,000 Bribe In Suspected Drug Case Asantehene Praises IGP Yohuno For Commitment To Fighting Crime In Ashanti Region Gov’t Stands By Nkoko Nkitinkiti Initiative Despite Social Media Backlash   Ranking Member on Parliament’s Economy Accuses Gov’t Of Introducing About 8 New Taxes Despite Deni...

Minister of Finance  Announces 950,000-Person Reduction in Multi-Dimensional Poverty Nationwide Gov’t to fund long-term flood control under 2027 Budget, Ato Forson announces 99,000 Killed in Sahel Over 10 Years as Terrorism Rises Across Africa Climate Minister Urges Upper West Region to Set Up Climate Change and Sustainability Units Assembly Member Demands Increased Police Patrols in Asokore...

Court rejects Hanan’s bid to strike out entire buffer stock case against him Government gives institutions until Nov. 2, 2026 to stop photocopying Ghana Cards Amnesty International urges Ghana to pass Anti-Witchcraft Accusations Bill six years after Akua Denteh’s death GES releases 2026/2027 academic calendar for basic schools NACOC partners UPSA to conduct nationwide baseline survey on drug use I...

President Mahama Pushes for AU Intervention Over Attacks on Africans in South Africa AU Chair Pledges Summit Talks on Xenophobia After Outcry Over Attacks in South Africa Former Okaikwei North MP Fuseini Issah Laments Empty Treasury As Cost Of Living Continues To Climb Oppong Nkrumah Demands Answers on $1.2 Billion Drop in Ghana’s International Reserves FDA Shuts Down 44 Food Facilities Nationwide...

Citizens Urge Government To Prioritize Fuel Price Cuts And Regulate Transport Fares Ahead Of Budget Reading Nhyiaeso MP Rejects 23% Performance Rating by InfoAnalytics Poll National Security Arrests Suspect Over Illegal Mining Near Adansi Asokwa Agenda 111 Site Fisheries Ministry Raises Alarm Over Galamsey Threat to Cape Three Points Marine Protected Area Wontumi Conviction Sparks Call to Shift Fo...

Mahama calls on Africa to manufacture its own medicines to end import dependence Ghana introduces New Basic School Curriculum with Coding, AI and Local Language focus FDA suspends Virgen Natural Mineral Water operations over missing UV treatment system DVLA Flags Widespread Lack Of Side Mirrors Among Accra Aboboyaa As Over 90 Percent Affected Stephen Amoah Dismisses Global InfoAnalytics MPs Perfor...

Minister Of Roads And Highways Vows Tough Sanctions For Contractors As Gov't Secures $500m World Bank Facility For Feeder Roads Minority Accuses Government Of Mismanaging $300m World Bank Loan For Education Sector Isaac Adongo Says Government Is Not Borrowing To Fund Free SHS Amid $300m World Bank Loan Western Regional NPP Vets 30 Aspirants, Urges Peaceful Campaign Ahead of Delegates Conference

Gov't to roll out National Standardised Test Nationwide to tackle learning gaps Ghana Records 337,435 citizen with HIV as of 2025 Health Minister Touts Digital Health At Launch Of China–West Africa Medical Summit 2026 Speaker Of Parliament Cracks Down On Abuse Of Police Escorts And Sirens By MPs Ashanti Npp executives petition President Mahama for presidential pardon for Chairnan Wontumi Ghana’s p...

National Service Authority Rejects Claims Of Forced Allowance Cuts, Cites Approved GH¢60 Fee OSP Maintains Ofori-Atta a Fugitive Despite US Verdict   Chief of Staff urges Ghanaians to uphold integrity, shared values for national development Minority demands equal galamsey enforcement, urges Court of Appeal to review Wontumi conviction Ministry Of Health Dismisses Ebola Outbreak Rumours, Confi...

President Mahama approves TVET Fund to boost technical education 12.2m sanitary pads distributed nationwide CAGG Demands NAIMOS Clarify Alleged GH¢15,000 Payments to Retrieve Confiscated   Ghana Chamber of Mines CEO Calls 20-Year Term for Wontumi a Just Outcome   Academic activities resume in Yendi following Yaa Naa’s passing BoG signals end of disinflation, puts inflation risks under sp...

President Mahama Demands Answers as Ofori-Atta Remains Absent Mahama dismisses third-term speculation, says he is focused on campaign promises Parliament extends sitting to Saturday for 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review debate Parliament passes National Defence University Bill, 2026 MOH Blames “No Bed Syndrome” on Poor Management Not Bed Shortage Police probe discovery of dead baby at Wa hotel refuse du...

Government Approves Recruitment of 16,000 Teachers, President Mahama Announces GRIDCo, ECG Announce 3-Month Temporary Outages Expected from July 20 Kumasi-Anwomaso Justice Atuguba Slams Current Parliament, Accuses MPs of Prioritizing Party Over National Interest Labour Front Rejects Tribunals Bill, Demands Full Release of Constitutional Review Report

VP Urges Churches to Tackle Unmet Societal Needs Majority Justifies Closed-Door BOG Briefing Minority rejects Tribunals Bill, caution against Populist chooboi Justice Isaac Boamah Nyanko Urges NPP to prioritize collective interest over factionalism Dome Market Queen Mother Urges Govt to sustain National Clean-Up Beyond 2 Days

Minority stages walkout accusing First Deputy Speaker of bias of holding Ministers accountable. Biometric verification now mandatory, photocopying or visual inspection of Ghana Card for transactions illegal Cabinet approves reforms to limit mining leases to 20 years Police arrest 54 suspects and seize large quantity of suspected narcotics in Kumasi crackdown NPP annuls constituency executive elect...

Majority Accuses Former NPP Government of Mismanaging $600 Million Cocoa Funds Minority Rallies Behind NPP Footsoldiers Amid 'Nkoko Nkitinkiti' Controversy MP Links GH¢8.4m GoldBod Water Funding To Rising Galamsey Under NDC Government Cabinet Revokes EI 144 & 234, Reversing Declassification Of Achimota Forest GES Security And Watchmen Demand Over A Decade Of Unpaid Overtime Allowances Fuel pri...

Government to Launch Diaspora National Service to Connect Young Ghanaians Abroad to National Development Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance Calls for Stronger Anti-Corruption Laws as Businesses Fund Politics for Future Gains AU Anti-Corruption Board Chair Urges Stronger Political Party Financing Laws Across Africa Majority Chief Whip Dismisses Minority’s Call for AG to Appear Over Aboagye’s...

Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah Arrested After Violent Disruption at NPP Constituency Election in Wiamoase Akwatia MP Demands Full Accountability as EOCO Arrests Dennis Miracles Aboagye for Alleged Fraud Overlord of Dagbon Kingdom, Yaa Naa Mahama Abukari II, Passes On After Historic Reign of Peace Relief for Motorists as Fuel Prices Set to Drop From July 16, Confirms COMAC CEO   Ghana Defender Gideon...

Minister for interior Mulls Executive Order to Make Drug Testing Mandatory for All Jobs in Ghana Kaasuankuda Market Traders Resist 6-Week Relocation Order, Demand Amenities at Ayikuma Site Ayawaso North MCE Says 10-Acre Ayikuma Site Ready as Assembly Moves to Relocate Kaasuankuda Traders EPA Warns Styrofoam is Now a ‘Public Health and Environmental Crisis’ in Ghana, Not Just a Precaution Gov’t Bui...

Mahama Cuts Sod for Sentuo Refinery Phase II as Ghana Targets 100,000 bpd Capacity, Fuel Exports Mahama Orders Drafting of State Assets Protection Bill, Approves 2026–2030 Anti-Corruption Plan Mahama to Launch National Seafarers Development Policy   Traditional Leaders Step In as Gbi-Bla Chief Launches Blood Donation Drive to Tackle Volta Regional Hospital Shortage NPP Refers Petitions Over K...