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Man Found Dead in Amansie West Mining Pit After Dispute Over Missing GH₵1,000 with a Sex Worker

Police in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region are investigating the mysterious death of a 28-year-old man, identified as Yaw Asamoah, whose...

SLTF Cuts Student Loan Interest to 6% Simple Rate Under Mahama’s Education Reform Drive

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has announced a major policy shift aimed at easing the financial burden on Ghanaian tertiary students. Effective immediately,...

Mahama Urges African Unity in Disaster Relief as Ghana Sends GH₵10m Aid to Jamaica, Cuba, and Sudan

President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to African nations to unite and mobilize collective support for countries recently devastated by a powerful hurricane. The...

Heavy Friday downpour floods parts of Accra, traffic gridlock underscores drainage crisis

Accra, Ghana – Friday, 7 November 2025A powerful downpour on Friday morning triggered extensive flooding in the Ghanaian capital, affecting several low-lying suburbs and...

PDS Deal Collapsed Due to Mismanagement and Personal Interests –  President Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has attributed the collapse of the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal in Ghana not to the concept of private-sector...

Ghana Remains Africa’s Top Gold Producer, Ranked 6th Globally

Ghana continues to solidify its position as a global heavyweight in gold production, reaffirming its status as the largest gold producer in Africa and...

Lawyers Deny OSP’s Claim of Seizing Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid’s Assets

Lawyers for former National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Chief Executive, Dr. Mustapha Abdul‑Hamid, have unequivocally rejected claims by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP)...

Asantehene Directs That All Land and Chieftaincy Disputes Be Referred to Him

The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, widely known as the Asantehene, has issued a sweeping directive that all land and chieftaincy disputes within the Asanteman...

Former Lands Minister Warns Politicians to Steer Clear of Anti-Galamsey Operations

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has issued a strong warning to political leaders to refrain from meddling in the...

Tanzania Lifts Curfew in Dar es Salaam After Election Unrest Leaves Hundreds Feared Dead

Tanzanian authorities have lifted the week-long night-time curfew imposed on Dar es Salaam, the country’s commercial capital, following violent clashes that erupted after disputed...

Akim Swedru MP Dismisses A Plus’ Petition to Remove PAC Chair as Procedurally Flawed

MP Kennedy Osei Nyarko Says Speaker Lacks Power to Remove Abena Osei-Asare The Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has rejected a...

A Plus Petitions Speaker to Remove Abena Osei-Asare as PAC Chair Over Alleged Conflict of Interest

The Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban...

Bagbin Condemns MPs’ Alleged Involvement in Attack on NAIMOS Taskforce

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has strongly condemned the alleged involvement of two Members of Parliament in an attack on officials from...

Court Bars Asutifi North MP from Leaving G/A Region Over Alleged Attack on NAIMOS Task Force

An Accra High Court has restricted the movement of Asutifi North Member of Parliament, Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, preventing him from leaving the Greater Accra...

Wontumi Mining Cases Postponed to Nov 12 & Dec 4 — Why Ghana’s Galamsey Fight Hangs in the Balance

The two legal proceedings involving Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as “Chairman Wontumi”, have been rescheduled: the first to *12 November 2025, and the...

AG Withdraws Charges Against Akonta Mining Manager — Implications for Ghana’s Galamsey Fight

Accra — On 3 November 2025, the Office of the Attorney-General (AG) formally dropped all charges against Mr Edward Akuoko, the General Manager and...