Forty police officers have petitioned the Deputy Attorney-General over a directive issued by the Ghana Police Service, which they say contradicts a ruling by the Court of Appeal of Ghana ordering their promotion. Through their lawyers, the officers argue that a signal circulated by the Police Service directing them to sit a competitive examination for […]
The Communication Minister, Samuel Nartey George, has revealed that Cabinet has approved a completely new SIM registration exercise following what he described as an extensive review of the previous process. According to the Minister, the earlier exercise faced several challenges, including weak biometric enforcement, data inconsistencies and cases of registration fraud. He disclosed this during […]
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, John Dumelo, has revealed that the government has distributed thousands of water pumps seized from illegal mining operators to farmers across the country to support irrigation farming. Speaking on Joy News during a discussion on Ghana’s food sovereignty, 69 years after independence, Mr Dumelo explained that the initiative forms part of […]
The Ghana Highway Authority, on behalf of the Ministry of Roads and Highways, has announced a temporary traffic management plan to accommodate ongoing construction works on the Accra–Tema Motorway and its extensions. According to a press statement issued by the Authority, the arrangement is required to facilitate T-beam launching works for the expansion of the […]
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has revealed that Ghana recorded eight deaths and over 1,000 confirmed cases of Mpox since a fresh outbreak began in May 2025. The minister disclosed in Parliament while responding to questions from Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin about the rising number of cases of the disease across more than […]
Two people have been confirmed dead, while three others are in critical condition following a robbery attack on a mobile money vendor at Fufulso Junction in the Savannah region. The incident occurred around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2026, when armed robbers reportedly attacked the operator while he was attending to a customer. According […]
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has formally retracted and apologised to the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, over claims that the 2025/2026 recruitment exercises into the security services were fraught with a scam. He said he regretted any impression that his earlier comments had injured the reputation of the Minister. “I want to state […]
A bipartisan resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran has failed in the US Senate, as the strikes continue. The war powers measure was rejected in a 53-47 vote largely along party lines. It would have halted US military action in Iran without congressional approval. Democrats argue that Trump […]
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that the escalating conflict in the Middle East was already putting strain on the African continent’s supply chains and causing higher energy prices. Ramaphosa made the comments at an African energy conference in Cape Town, which is taking place at a time of extreme volatility in global energy markets. Oil […]
Ghana and St Kitts and Nevis have signed a visa exemption agreement covering holders of ordinary passports, marking a significant expansion of travel access between the two countries. The new arrangement replaces an earlier 2018 agreement that applied only to holders of diplomatic and service passports. The agreement was signed at the Jubilee House in […]
The cedi’s rate of depreciation against the US dollar has slowed significantly in the first week of March 2026. The local currency, which had depreciated by more than 4% earlier in the year based on price quotes by some major commercial banks, has now recorded a much slower depreciation of about 1.65% since the beginning […]
The CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies, Dr Riverson Oppong, has rejected claims that the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has scrapped fuel discounting. He insists the regulator has only corrected what he describes as a long-standing error. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday, he said the public narrative around the directive […]
