The Accra High Court has adjourned the bail application pending appeal filed by former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to October 15, 2026.
The Madina-La Nkwantanang Municipal Assembly taskforce, in collaboration with the Madina Police and its Environmental Health Unit, has arrested a woman suspected of selling unapproved chemicals allegedly used to artificially ripen bananas and plantains at the Madina Market.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports claiming that the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy has been cancelled and that parents have been directed to pay GH¢1,500 for chop boxes, trunks and other items.
A 20-year-old man, identified as Kombat Yaw Yiremiah, has drowned in a river separating Ghana and Togo at Tambalug in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region.
The Government of Ghana on Monday, August 17, 2026, received the 11th batch of Ghanaian nationals evacuated, under the second phase from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks in that country.
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has appealed to striking university administrators to give him one month to work towards resolving concerns that have triggered industrial action among senior non-teaching staff in public universities.
A 27-year-old spiritualist has been arrested after residents of Lamtey in the Ga South Municipality near Kasoa allegedly caught him attempting to use an 11-year-old schoolgirl for ritual purposes.
The Ghana Police Service has dismissed a flyer circulating on social media claiming that the use of AirPods, earphones and other audio devices while driving or riding is prohibited under Ghana’s road traffic laws.
Nigerian national Maazi Okechuku Augustine, who has been arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court in connection with an alleged foiled bank robbery at Labone, has been remanded.
The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested 14 persons for their alleged involvement in the cultivation and distribution of narcotic plants at Daliga in the Nabdam District.
Nii Amarh Sompunu II, the Stool Secretary of the Tema Traditional Council, has urged Ga-Dangme communities to protect their lands, traditions and cultural practices to safeguard the heritage and future of generations yet unborn.
A group of Ghanaian evacuees from South Africa, calling themselves the “Evacuation Boys,” has pledged to support Ghana’s development by joining efforts to improve sanitation and promote a cleaner country.
Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata, the Namibian High Commissioner in Accra, has embarked on a strategic mission to the Volta Region to explore concrete avenues for bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation.
