Top News in Ghana Today

The Accra Regional Police Command has confirmed that three out of six inmates who escaped from police custody in Accra have been rearrested following what officials describe as swift and coordinated police action, while efforts remain ongoing to apprehend the remaining three suspects still at large.

The Anti-smuggling unit of the Ghana Cocoa Board in collaboration with security operatives has arrested four suspects for their involvement in the smuggling of more than 100 bags of cocoa beans from Ivory Coast to Ghana.

Here are the front pages of some of Ghana’s newspapers today.     

Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has announced progress in efforts to stabilise the country’s power supply, revealing that two generation units at the Akosombo Hydroelectric Power Station have been restored.

Construction has commenced on a new concourse linking Terminals 2 and 3 at Accra International Airport as rising passenger traffic places increasing pressure on facilities at Ghana’s main aviation hub.

The Minister for Education has directed the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to immediately withdraw its earlier letters concerning post-retirement contracts for academic senior members of public universities.

The Supreme Court has awarded GH¢800,000 in compensation to Yaw Appiah, a bar owner who was wrongfully convicted and spent nearly two decades in prison for robbery, in a landmark ruling addressing wrongful conviction and prolonged imprisonment.

Government has revoked the mining leases of Adamus Resources Limited covering the Akango, Salman and Nkroful concessions over alleged illegal operations.

The Tumu Police have arrested a suspected armed robber believed to be behind a series of high-level crimes, including murder, in parts of the Sissala East Municipality.

A security man narrowly escaped unhurt, when fire gutted the building of the Sunyani District Magistrate Court ‘A’ and ‘B’ in the early hours of Sunday, April 26, 2026.

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has launched a renewed push to address a longstanding accommodation crisis confronting its personnel.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled a major planned maintenance exercise in the Western Region for Monday, April 27, even as engineers continue to battle widespread power outages across the Central and Tema Regions.

Twenty-two-year-old commercial motor rider Saviour Awi has been arraigned before the Cape Coast Circuit I for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl at Twifo Nyinase in the Central Region.

Three individuals have been convicted by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for offences including open defecation and illegal waste disposal, as authorities intensify efforts to enforce environmental regulations in the capital.