Works on the 50-megawatt solar power plant being constructed at Galgu in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region, is expected to be completed by November this year.
President Akufo-Addo has called on organised labour to reconsider its planned nationwide strike set for October 10, citing his commitment to tackling illegal mining, a pressing concern for the unions.
Any tertiary institution that continues to run programmes at unaccredited centres will have its accreditation for those programmes revoked, the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Professor Abdulai Jinapor, has said.
The Weija Circuit Court has remanded Bismark Owusu, a 21-year-old unemployed man, into custody for two weeks, for stealing and causing damage to electricity meters.
The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Alfred Essuman Aimar, a baker, to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling an 11-year-old pupil at Prestea in the Western Region.
The Affirmative Action Bill Coalition has called on the government to provide the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGSCP) with adequate resources to implement the newly passed Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024.
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has announced that food grants will be distributed to over 800,000 farmers in the eight drought-affected regions beginning October 10.
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) has selected Ghana as the host country for the 23rd edition of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), which will take place in from December 3-8, 2025, at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has called on the Chief Justice to direct all judges hearing galamsey cases to conclude them within one month.
Ghanaians are set to stage a three-day protest this week demanding government action on illegal mining (galamsey) and the release of 54 activists detained for demonstrating against the illicit activity.
Chief Justice (CJ) of the Republic, Justice Gertrude Araba Sackey Torkornoo has assured magistrates and judges of Ghana that he will do all within her mandate to protect all the assets of the state vested in the Judicial Service of Ghana.
President Akufo-Addo says the citizens’ ability to access information should not be merely a procedural aspect of governance, but a fundamental pillar of democracy.
