The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed the death of a 70-year-old woman following a devastating commercial fire outbreak at Suame Magazine Zone 18 near the garages in Kumasi in the early hours of Saturday, May 16, 2026.
The National Service Authority says it has paid the March 2026 allowance to eligible National Service personnel across the country and has asked beneficiaries to check their bank accounts for confirmation of payment.
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has engaged with Ghanaian students at the University as part of her participation of the Oxford Africa Conference at the University.
The Ghana Navy has rescued seven suspected Ivorian stowaways from the rudder trunk of a Belgium-registered crude oil tanker, MT Cap Felix, during a maritime operation off the Tema coast.
The Czech Republic has strengthened Ghana’s fight against cybercrime with the donation of specialised digital forensic equipment and software to the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that passport applications left incomplete for more than two months after submission will be automatically cancelled.
The Bono East Regional Command of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has carried out a special enforcement and public sensitisation operation at Akrofrom along the Techiman–Wenchi highway as part of efforts to clamp down on drug trafficking in the region.
The Ministry for the Interior has announced that Wednesday, May 27, 2026, will be observed as a statutory public holiday across Ghana in commemoration of Eid-Ul-Adha.
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has disbursed more than GH¢157 million in claims to healthcare providers across the country in April 2026 as part of efforts to improve healthcare delivery under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized 140 boxes of banned alcoholic drinks mixed with stimulants in the Upper East Region as part of efforts to protect public health and enforce food and beverage safety regulations.
The first defence witness in the Samreboi concession trial has told the court that verbal permission cannot amount to the assignment of mineral rights under Ghana’s mining laws.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that all Junior High School graduates who successfully completed the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will begin reporting to Senior High and Technical Schools across the country on September 18, 2026.
Two Ghanaian brothers and a U.S.-based woman have been indicted in the United States over their alleged involvement in a romance fraud and money laundering scheme that reportedly targeted elderly Americans through online dating platforms and social media.
Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has engaged high-profile global mining companies to market Ghana as Africa’s premier mining investment destination.
