AfDB approves $70m grant for youth empowerment in Northern Ghana – Ablakwa
By Ashiadey Dotse The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$70 million grant to support youth empowerment projects in the five regions of Northern Ghana. The Minister, in a Facebook post on Thursday, November 6, 2025, revealed this after a meeting with Eyerusalem […]
PDS deal collapsed due to poor management and personal interests – President Mahama
By Ruth Serwaa Asare The President, John Dramani Mahama, has said that the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession deal was not fundamentally flawed but failed because of poor management and personal interests that overshadowed its implementation. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the Multipurpose Solar Energy Project at the Dawa Industrial Park in Agotor […]
EOCO arrests 320 people in Kumasi in major QNET fraud operation
By Ashiadey Dotse The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested 320 people in Kumasi in what officials describe as the biggest anti-human trafficking and fraud operation in Ghana so far. In a press statement issued on Thursday, November 6, 2025, EOCO said the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit carried out two separate raids at different […]
NPP finalises voter register validation exercise nationwide ahead of 2026 Presidential Primaries
By Ruth Serwaa Asare The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Elections Committee has announced the successful completion of its nationwide voter album verification and validation exercise in preparation for the party’s presidential primaries scheduled for Saturday, January 31, 2026. At a press conference held on Thursday, November 6, at the party’s headquarters in Accra, the […]
Hawa Koomson says Interior Minister’s report vindicates her over Kasoa shooting incident
Former Minister and MP for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has welcomed the recent findings by the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, on the Kasoa shooting incident, describing them as a vindication after years of public criticism and false accusations. In a statement issued on Thursday, Hon. Koomson said she had taken […]
Ghana’s inflation falls to 8% in October, lowest in four years
By: Ashiadey Dotse Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, says smoked herrings, green plantain, cinema services, cooked rice, and charcoal contributed a combined 26% to Ghana’s inflation for October 2025. He made this known in Accra during a media briefing on the October Consumer Price Index and inflation figures. According to Dr. Iddrisu, inflation dropped to […]
Security analyst questions delay in probing election violence until change of government
By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave Executive Director for the Africa Centre for Security and Counterterrorism, Emmanuel Kotin, has raised questions about the delay by the previous government in initiating investigations into the 2020 and 2024 election violence, asking why it had to take a change of government for investigations to begin. According to him, this is […]
Low demand leads to expiry of 50,000 female condoms – NACP
Deputy Programme Manager of the National AIDS/STI Control Programme, Dr Anthony Ashinyo, has disclosed that nearly 50,000 female condoms stocked by the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) expired due to low public demand. He told the Ghana News Agency that the expired condoms were part of large consignments procured to promote safer sex among women, but poor patronage rendered most of them unused. “We bought a lot of female condoms […]
Husband who burnt wife, 6 children suspected her of infidelity
An abusive marriage ended on a painful note last Saturday as the mother, her five children and a grandchild were burnt to death in suspected arson. At the centre of it is the woman’s husband and the children’s father, Yaw Afriyie, who abused his family at will, spent time in jail for inflicting wounds on […]
GCB Bank contract staff in court over theft
A 29-year-old electronic collector has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing GH¢490,400 belonging to GCB Bank. Samuel Owusu, a contract staff of the bank, has been charged with stealing and has pleaded not guilty. The prosecution, led by Inspector Priscilla Avorgah, told the court that the complainant is the Manager of Security and […]
NPP Accuses Mahama Administration of weaponising state institutions against opponents
By: Ama Joycelyn Tseyiboe The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the John Mahama administration of orchestrating what it describes as a systematic campaign of harassment and intimidation against its members through the misuse of state institutions. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the NPP’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, said the party […]
Foreign Affairs Ministry opens architectural design contest to build permanent missions overseas
By Hannah Dadzie The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the launch of the Ghana House Architectural Design Competition, a national initiative to create a unique architectural model that embodies Ghana’s history, identity, and culture. The competition, which officially commences on Thursday, November 6, 2025, was announced by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto […]
Former President urges continued cybersecurity investments at ‘The Republic’ launch
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned that Ghana cannot afford to slow its progress in cybersecurity, citing gaps in digital infrastructure and rising cyber threats that could undermine the gains made over the past decade. Speaking at the launch of The Republic: A Professional Journey, Ghana’s Cybersecurity and the Making of a Role […]
Rehabilitation of Wenchi–Wa road to cut travel time by over 50% – President Mahama
By Ashiadey Dotse The President, John Dramani Mahama, says the rehabilitation of the Wenchi–Wa road under his government’s Big Push national infrastructure programme will reduce travel time between the two towns by more than 50 percent. President Mahama said this during a sod-cutting ceremony at Sawla in the Savannah Region on Tuesday, November 5, 2025, […]
