The Office of the Okuapehemaa, Nana Afua Nketiaa Obuo II, has cautioned against the reported enstoolment of former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo as Mmrahene of the Akuapem Traditional Area. It warned that the process is clouded by unresolved legal and customary disputes. In a statement released on Monday, the Okuapehemaa’s office said it had taken […]
Ghana, with support from the United Kingdom government, has commissioned and handed over 10 forest protection camps and two checkpoint accommodation facilities at the Oda River Forest Reserve to strengthen the fight against illegal mining, logging, and other threats to the country’s forests. In a speech read on behalf of the Minister for Lands and […]
Renowned inventor, industrialist and founder of the Kristo Asafo Mission, Kwadwo Safo, will be laid to rest on Thursday, 30 July 2026, as Ghana prepares for a three-day funeral programme in his honour. According to arrangements released by the Head of the Kantanka Family, Sarah Adwoa Safo, together with the Kristo Asafo Mission and the […]
The Damang Gold Mine has sold another consignment of gold said to be 100 percent of its gold production, to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod). The latest consignment, according to the company amounts to 121 kilogrammes of gold, equivalent to about 3,400 ounces. The figure, the company said exceeds the 103 kilogrammes supplied during the […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down a mining site in the Mpohor District of the Western Region allegedly linked to the former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Mpohor, Asaah Mensah, and another operator, Obed Osei, over alleged illegal small-scale mining activities and environmental breaches. The operation, conducted on Monday, May 18, formed part […]
Over the past year, Ghana’s attention has been on Ken Ofori-Atta, the former Finance Minister, who is facing corruption and corruption-related offences charges by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Mr Ofori-Atta, who served in the President Nana Akufo-Addo administration, is implicated in the shady revenue assurance deal with Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) and […]
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. Wisdom Edem Gomashie, who on Thursday (May 14, 2026) testified as an expert mining engineer for Chairman Wontumi and the other accused persons, said Ghana’s legal framework […]
Ghana’s digital backbone is under severe threat as the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications reveals a staggering spike in infrastructure vandalism and accidental damage. In a briefing held during the launch of the Chamber’s 15th anniversary, Chief Executive Officer Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah disclosed that fibre optic cuts have escalated from a manageable 400 cases per year during […]
Workers of the National Identification Authority (NIA) under the Public Services Workers’ Union (PSWU) have begun an indefinite nationwide strike over unresolved concerns relating to their working conditions. The industrial action was declared in a directive issued by the NIA Division of the union following what it described as a unanimous decision by its Divisional […]
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has ordered the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Highways Authority, Mallam Issah Ishak, to begin the process of terminating the contract of Black Oak, the contractor working on the Bogoso–Prestea Road. The contract was awarded in 2025, but the contractor only mobilised to the site […]
Final-year Senior High School (SHS) students across Ghana have joined their counterparts in other West African countries to begin the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), starting with Oral English today. In all, 509,862 candidates are expected to sit for this year’s examination nationwide, according to statistics from the West African Examinations Council […]
A new “low-cost housing scheme” for public sector workers is being implemented in partnership with Organised Labour and financial institutions, President John Dramani Mahama has said. This will enable nurses, teachers, doctors, and civil servants, for instance, to be able to acquire “diginified” government-built low-cost houses and pay over a period of up to 20 […]
