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Fresh tomatoes record 158.3% price jump in August – GSS

Fresh tomato prices jumped up by 158.3% year-on-year (y-on-y) in August 2026, making it the biggest price mover recorded by the Ghana Statistical Service...

More than 10 Students Arrested In Okuapeman-Mount Sinai SHS Clashes

More than 10 students have been arrested as investigations begin into violent clashes between Okuapeman Senior High School and Mount Sinai Senior High School...

Education Minister calls for more Chinese funding to complete Damongo University project

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has appealed to the Chinese government to provide additional financial support for the proposed University of Science and Technology in...

Two killed, 19 injured in police clash at Gomoa-New Winneba – A-Plus alleges

The MP for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, known popularly as A-Plus, alleged police officers caused two deaths and 19 injuries while clashing with...

Roads Minister threatens to terminate Techiman-Nkonsia-Wenchi road contract over slow progress

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has expressed frustration over the slow pace of work on the 32.2-kilometre Techiman-Nkonsia-Wenchi road project...

GCAA Rejects Allegations of Intimidation, Victimisation by GhATSEA

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has rejected claims made by the Ghana Air Traffic Safety Electronics Association (GhATSEA) that the authority engaged in...

Delays in GoldBod, Energy and Cocoa Reforms Threaten Ghana’s Debt Gains – World Bank

The World Bank has issued a warning that delays in carrying out reforms in Ghana’s energy and cocoa sectors along with the need to...

Ayitey Powers walks free as court discontinues alleged threat case

Former Ghanaian boxer Michael Ayitey Okai, popularly known as Ayitey Powers, has been released after the Dansoman Circuit Court discontinued the case against him...

NPA CEO kicks against GPRTU plan to increase transport fares

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has rejected plans by transport operators to increase fares in response...

72% of Youth Have Considered Leaving the Country – Nii Moi Thompson

The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission Dr Nii Moi Thompson says that seventy‑two percent of Ghanaian youth have thought about leaving the...

Mahama Dissolves Boards of BOST, CBG, GNPC and Six Others

The Presidency announced on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, that President John Dramani Mahama has immediately dissolved the boards of nine state institutions. Newscard The decision...

Business Olympics 2026: Corporate Ghana Set for Day of Sports, Networking

What occurs when boardrooms, offices and business rivalries are left behind and colleagues meet on the playing field. Editorial Ethics & Independence Teamwork becomes the...

Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHSs Shut Down After Students Clash, Burn Classrooms

The Eastern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has now instructed the closure of Okuapeman Senior High School and Mount Sinai Senior High School in the...

At-home urine test detects 92% of bladder cancer cases in NHS trial

An at-home urine test being trialled by the NHS has been found to detect 92% of bladder cancer cases, raising hopes that it could...

13 Killed, 5 Critically Injured in Sege Highway Crash

In a deadly road accident on the Sege Highway route to Ada in the Greater Accra Region, a Ford Transit and a Toyota Hiace...

68 rescued after two ranbird buses collide on Kumasi-Accra highway

Sixty-eight passengers were rescued after two Granbird buses collided at Duapompo on the Kumasi–Accra Highway on Sunday night, leaving several passengers injured. Each bus...