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ADUG announces 15% reduction in vehicle prices as Cedi stabilises and COVID-19 levy is abolished

The Automobile Dealers Union of Ghana (ADUG) has announced an average 15 percent reduction in vehicle prices nationwide, citing recent exchange rate stability and...

Gov’t moves to pursue justice after viral scandal involving foreign national and non-consensual intimate recordings

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has publicly condemned a wave of viral online videos showing a foreign national allegedly recording private...

Gov’t reduces price of 64kg cocoa bag from GHS 3,625 to GHS 2,587 for remainder of 2025/2026 season

Government has announced a reduction in the producer price of a 64-kilogram bag of cocoa from GHS 3,625 to GHS 2,587 for the remainder...

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, Deputy Communications Minister involved in road accident on Bolgatanga–Tumu Road

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, and the Deputy Minister for Communications and Digital Technology, Mohammed Adams Sukparu, were involved in a road traffic...

Ministry of Food and Agriculture secures $90 million Danish investment for shea processing factory

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has secured a $90 million investment from Denmark for the establishment of a large-scale shea processing factory in...

68% of Ghanaians approve of President Mahama’s performance despite cost of living concerns – IEA survey

A new survey by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has found that 68 percent of Ghanaians approve of President John Dramani Mahama’s performance...

GES suspends three Eastern Region SHSs from sports and extracurricular activities over inter-school violence

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has suspended Koforidua Secondary Technical School, New Juaben Senior High School and New Nsutem Senior Technical High School from...

Bonwire kente weavers call for declaration of National Kente Day

Kente weavers in Bonwire in the Ashanti Region have called on the government to declare a National Kente Day, citing the recent establishment of...

IGP Yohuno promotes 12,802 officers, clears decade-long backlog

Inspector-General of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno has approved the promotion of 12,802 police officers between January and the first week of February 2026, effectively...

Cabinet approves urgent cocoa farmer payments and endorses major COCOBOD reforms

Cabinet has approved urgent measures to fast-track payments to cocoa farmers while endorsing sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening Ghana’s cocoa sector and boosting local...

Mahama inaugurates Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, a high-level body tasked with providing strategic guidance on macroeconomic policy,...

NACOC to begin licensing cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial use

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has announced that it will commence the licensing of cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes following parliamentary approval...

GRA defends new VAT regime amid spare parts traders’ concerns

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has pushed back against concerns raised by the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Traders Association over the implementation of the...

Parliament approves GH¢2.9 billion for Ghana Medical Trust Fund in 2026

Parliament has approved an allocation of GH¢2.9 billion for the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares) to support its operations in the 2026 fiscal...

Ghana’s food insecurity hits 38.1% as over 13 million people face hunger risks – GSS

Ghana’s food insecurity situation has deepened significantly, with the latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) showing that 38.1 % of the population...

Suspend It Now – University non-teaching unions reject GTEC retirement directive, warn of disruption

Leaders of non-teaching staff unions in Ghana’s public universities have emphatically rejected a retirement policy directive issued by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC),...