Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo says she has no regrets about joining pensioners in picketing the Finance Ministry during the controversial Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) in 2023. “If I had to do it again, I would do it,” she declared on Joy News’ PM Express Business Edition on Thursday. Her appearance on the picket line […]
The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Shaffic Suleman, says Ghana’s electricity demand is rising far beyond official projections, driven by economic stability and growing consumer confidence. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, he revealed that consumption growth has overtaken the expected annual targets. “We are now consuming more […]
Communities in the eastern corridor of the Greater Accra Region are on the brink of a sanitation emergency after authorities confirmed that the only operational landfill serving the area could reach full capacity within a month if urgent measures are not taken. The warning emerged during an inspection visit by the Minister for Local Government, […]
The Western Regional Police Command has confiscated two trucks loaded with a substance believed to be Indian hemp following an operation at the Assokor police barrier in the Shama Municipality of the Western Region. The interception occurred during routine checks when officers on duty stopped one of the vehicles for inspection. A search of the […]
The Ga Mantse Tackie Teiko Tsuru II is in a stable condition following a road accident in the early hours of Wednesday. The incident occurred at about 2:00 am at Pai-Katanga in the Oti Region while the King was returning to Accra from Tamale. Sources close to the palace said he had travelled to the […]
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody Patrick Nii Torto, a man accused of using the Office of the Vice President to swindle people with the ploy of securing them Canadian visas and work permits. Torto allegedly scammed his victims out of GH¢5,325 and GH¢8,200, posing as a Vice Presidential staffer and […]
The Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) has officially suspended all activities related to the 2026 Hajj arrangements, effective immediately, citing “immeasurable pressure” on administrators. In a statement signed by the Director of Communications, Mohammed Amin Lamptey Hussein, said all operational processes leading to this year’s Hajj — including payments, documentation and submission of required […]
The new producer price of cocoa for the remainder of the 2025/26 cocoa season will take effect from Friday, February 13, 2026. This follows an upward review of the producer price to GH¢41,392.00 per tonne. A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday said the new price would apply to all cocoa purchased […]
The Ghana Police Service has intercepted a truck loaded with more than 3,000 slabs of substances suspected to be narcotics in the Greater Accra Region. Two men have also been arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe police officers in connection with the incident. In a statement issued on Wednesday, February 18, the Tema Regional Police […]
Multiple vehicles have been destroyed in a fire following a fuel tanker explosion on the Nsawam-Accra highway in the early hours of Saturday, February 14, 2026. Preliminary reports indicate that a collision involving the tanker triggered the explosion, with the impact causing the vehicle to burst into flames. Thick black smoke was seen billowing from […]
Operatives of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) have arrested a senior manager of a manufacturing company for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Ghana. The suspect, whose name has not been officially disclosed, is alleged to have concealed the substance in a consignment of packaged gari (dried cassava flakes). He was apprehended at the […]
Unemployment has emerged as the single most important issue facing Ghana today, with nearly half of respondents (46%) identifying joblessness as the country’s biggest challenge, according to a new survey by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). The nationwide opinion poll, conducted in December 2025 and capturing the views of over 1,000 Ghanaians across all […]
