The Court of Appeal has granted GH₵10 million bail, with two sureties, to William Ato Essien, the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, as he seeks to appeal his 15-year prison term for causing financial loss to the state.
Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has disclosed that 12 private entities have submitted bids to operate Ghana’s reintroduced electronic road toll system.
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has been documenting an average of 700 cancer cases each year since 2005, as Africa continues to grapple with over 24,000 new cases annually.
President John Mahama has called on African leaders, institutions, and citizens to move beyond rhetoric and symbolic gestures and take bold, coordinated action to address the continent’s historical and systemic injustices.
The Ministry of Health has announced that it has cleared outstanding salaries for 321 pharmacist house officers across the country, following months of agitation over delayed payments.
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has handed over 17 gold bars, valued at $1.7 million, to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) at the Ministry of the Interior in Accra.
Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, Minister for the Interior, has inaugurated the Ministry’s Advisory Board to promote continuous engagement between the Ministry and its stakeholders, with a focus on enhancing national security.
The Tema District Court has sentenced a Nigerian national to 12 months’ imprisonment in hard labour for attempting to unlawfully acquire a Ghanaian passport.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced a major shift in its operational posture in Bawku and surrounding areas, transitioning from peacekeeping to peace enforcement operations, following a directive from President John Dramani Mahama.
The High Court in Accra has directed the Ghana Police Service to hand over all relevant information on a BMW 740D linked to the National Signals Bureau (NSB) trial—but dismissed other disclosure requests from the defence team as either irrelevant or already addressed.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced the full-scale implementation of its digital sticker issuance system for vehicles cleared from the country’s ports, effective August 1, 2025.
Dr Dominic Akurutinga Ayine, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, on Monday reiterated that he wants “to jail persons who have looted state resources.”
The Regent of Ashaiman, Nii Annan Adjor II, has raised alarm over the increasing pollution of the Ashaiman irrigation dam reservoir by encroachers, warning that the situation poses a serious threat to public health and agricultural productivity.
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced plans to abolish the current centralised admissions system of the Ghana School of Law located at “Makola” in Accra.
