Tragedy struck the town of Nkwanta in the Oti Region when a student of Nkwanta Senior High School lost his life after being hit by a stray bullet while writing his mock examination.
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has launched the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), a centralised body tasked with coordinating Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, also known as galamsey.
The newly commissioned Accra Metropolitan Assembly (A.M.A.) District Court has handed down its first conviction, sentencing a food vendor, Juliet Mettle, to a fine of 60 penalty units for breaching public health regulations.
President John Mahama will host India’s Prime Minister, H.E. Narendra Modi, for a two-day official visit to Ghana from Wednesday, July 2 to Thursday, July 3, 2025, the Presidency has announced.
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has issued a renewed ultimatum to the government, demanding full implementation of their conditions of service by the end of July 2025 or risk facing industrial action.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested two individuals for illegally tampering with mobile phone devices sold on credit, following an intelligence-led operation in Wassa Akropong.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has attributed the extensive power outage that occurred on June 26 to the severe rainstorm that hit parts of the Greater Accra Region.
Addressing a global health summit organised by Gavi and the Gates Foundation in Brussels on Wednesday, President John Dramani Mahama starkly contrasted military spending with the cost of saving lives through vaccination, telling attendees that the $9 billion sought by the Gavi vaccine alliance over five years is equivalent to the cost of just four B-2 Spirit bombers.
A 19-year-old illegal miner, who appeared before the Tarkwa circuit court for defiling a three-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 23 years’ imprisonment with hard.
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that the government will recruit 50,000 teachers this year as part of efforts to boost the education sector.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested fifteen (15) persons for engaging in illegal mining activities in a special intelligence-led operation at Watreso and Preacher Krom, at Manso Adubia.
