The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed deep concern over coordinated cheating schemes, some reportedly involving entire schools in premeditated examination malpractice, saying the menace is becoming a national security threat.
The Ghana Police Service has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining, arresting 208 suspects and retrieving 99 excavators in a nationwide operation aimed at protecting the country’s water bodies and natural resources.
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Arthur (MP), has held a high-level meeting with officials of the World Bank Office in Accra to explore collaborative strategies aimed at enhancing Ghana’s fisheries and aquaculture sector.
The Bono Region recorded 14,877 teenage pregnancies from 2021 to 2024, Miss Rita Adjoa Ansong, the Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Public Health at the Bono Regional Directorate of Health has said.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested four individuals suspected of being behind the brutal murder of a Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor in Aflao, located in the Volta Region.
The Attorney General’s Office has formally charged former Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) CEO Solomon Asamoah and ex-board chairman Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi for their roles in the controversial Accra Sky Train project, which allegedly cost the state $2 million without authorization.
Muntaka Mubarak-Mohammed, Minister for the Interior, has presented 60 pickup vehicles and 20 motorbikes to the Ghana Police Service as part of retooling the security services and enhancing their ability to support the country’s 24-hour economy.
A Ghanaian citizen, Eric Dumenu Akatsi, has formally petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), calling for a thorough investigation into the conduct of Samuel Gyamfi, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Goldbod.
Former National Signals Bureau boss, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has been rearrested on a new charge shortly after being granted bail in the GHS49 million cybersecurity procurement scandal.
A 24-year-old illegal miner, who stabbed an Okada rider to death with a pair of scissors and robbed his motorbike, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region.
The Kaneshie District Court One has sentenced a 23-year-old cashier to three months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing his employer’s GH¢8,575 to gamble (betting).
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) officials and other collaborators at the Aflao border have arrested Hawa Fuseini, a passenger on a Nagode Transport vehicle with registration number TG 5846 BN, with contraband aphrodisiacs on Friday.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Yussif Mohammed, for unlawful possession of over 200 rounds of ammunition and other potentially dangerous items.
