Lawyers for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, and his company Akonta Mining Limited, have filed an urgent application at the High Court seeking to defer judgment in their ongoing illegal mining trial.
A man has died in a collision involving a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and a Howo tipper truck on the Kpong–Tema Highway, raising renewed concerns about road safety on one of the country’s busy transport corridors.
A seven-member committee has been set up by the Savannah Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to investigate the disappearance of a newborn from the East Gonja Municipal Hospital in Salaga.
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has announced an increase in the feeding grant for the Ghana School Feeding Programme, raising the allocation per pupil from GH¢1.50 to GH¢2.
Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has urged the government to address local nurse and midwives shortages at hospitals before deploying them to other countries.
Three decades after Ghana introduced newborn screening for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), many babies, particularly those born in underserved regions, still lack access to screening at birth.
A high-level Ghanaian delegation has concluded a strategic knowledge exchange visit to Ethiopia, aimed at strengthening Ghana’s social protection and livelihood empowerment programmes.
Abel Ndego, the Acting Upper East Regional Head of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has advised members of the public to verify that restaurants, “chop bars” and other food outlets display valid FDA food hygiene permits before patronising them.
The Ministry of the Interior has announced that Friday, July 3, 2026, will be observed nationwide as Republic Day and treated as a statutory public holiday.
Henrietta Glikpo, Director of the Yilo Krobo Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has raised concerns over the increasing cases of child prostitution in Somanya and other parts of the municipality.
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the National Investigations Bureau (NIB), has arrested a key suspect in connection with the 320 kilograms of methamphetamine shipped from Ghana and intercepted in Australia.
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has dismissed all allegations of human rights violations raised by former Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo over her suspension and subsequent removal from office.
Three immediate past students of Hohoe E.P. Senior High School have been arrested by the Volta North Regional Police Command for allegedly damaging the school’s water pipeline after completing their final examinations.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command, in collaboration with the Police Intelligence and Operations Unit, has arrested 186 suspects and rescued several victims following a 10-day intelligence-led operation targeting organized crime in parts of Kumasi.
