More than 500,000 final-year Senior High School students across Ghana are set to begin the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination today, May 13, 2026, with the Oral English paper marking the start of the nationwide examination.
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has set up a committee to investigate growing concerns over the high cost of hostel accommodation at tertiary institutions across the country.
The government has approved the immediate evacuation of 300 Ghanaians from South Africa following a renewed wave of xenophobic attacks in parts of the country.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID), in a joint operation with the Bureau of National Investigations, has arrested a 36-year-old businessman from East Legon over allegations that he drugged, sexually assaulted, filmed and shared intimate videos of women online without their consent.
Businessman Ibrahim Mahama has extended financial support to Emmanuel Asamoah, a Ghanaian victim of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, by offering him GH¢200,000 as seed capital to help him rebuild his life and establish a business in Ghana.
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed that a late-night fire outbreak at a section of the Nima Market was successfully contained without any loss of life, although several wooden structures and goods were destroyed.
Three people have died and 20 others were injured in a collision between a Mitsubishi Outlander (DV G8180) and a Benz Sprinter (GE6024-22) on the Kumasi-Accra Highway.
The Ghana Police Service have confirmed the arrest of two suspected robbers believed to be involved in a series of armed robberies within the Bolgatanga Metropolis in the Upper East Region and along the Bolgatanga-Walewale highway.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has interdicted a police inspector stationed at the Asuoyeboah Police Station over his alleged involvement in a robbery attack targeting a mobile money vendor in Kumasi.
A 26-year-old driver has been fined GH¢1,800 by the Toase District Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region for committing two traffic offences.
Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has recovered about GH₵3.7 million from customers engaged in illegal water connections and meter bypasses as part of an intensified nationwide revenue mobilisation and anti-water theft exercise.
Three suspects have been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command for unlawful possession of narcotics and attempting to bribe police officers with GH¢100,000 during an intelligence-led operation in the Eastern Region.
