The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has announced the formal Declaration of Commerciality (DoC) for the Eban-Akoma oil and gas discoveries within the Cape Three Points Block 4 (CTP-B4), marking a significant step in Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector. The declaration, submitted on July 3, 2025, follows the successful completion of an appraisal programme confirming […]
A dramatic incident of mistaken identity has sent shockwaves through the Madina UN community in Accra, as a woman presumed dead and mourned by her family after this year’s Hajj pilgrimage astonishingly returned home alive on Wednesday, July 3. The unexpected reappearance of Fatima Kassim, days after her funeral had been held, left residents bewildered […]
A major search and rescue operation is continuing through the night in Texas after flash floods killed at least 24 people and left many girls missing from a Christian summer camp. There was little warning as the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet (7.9m) in less than an hour and flooding that followed swept away mobile […]
The Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffuor Awuah, has revealed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will take legal action against the Electoral Commission (EC) over its decision to re-run the 2024 parliamentary election in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North constituency. “We are going to court. My update is that […]
On Saturday, July 5, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, posted on Facebook that the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, has been placed under the protection of the Ghana Police Service. This follows the withdrawal of the military escort that previously guarded her, a move that triggered public discussion on the appropriate roles of security services […]
Passenger arrivals at the Kotoka International Airport declined by 10.3% on a year-on-year basis to 98,146 in March 2025, the Bank of Ghana has revealed. This was down from 109,380 arrivals recorded a year ago. On a month-on-month basis, however, tourist arrivals increased by 2.2%. For the first quarter of 2025, there were 295,415 arrivals […]
Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota has been killed in a car crash in northwestern Spain at the age of 28, according to reports. The 28-year-old was killed in a crash near Zamora alongside his brother Andre Silva, 26, also a professional footballer, according to the Spanish news agency EFE. Police account In a first statement released […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described Ghana’s highest honour, the Order of the Star of Ghana, as a solemn responsibility to strengthen cultural and economic relations between the two countries. He received the award during a state banquet hosted by President John Dramani Mahama at Jubilee House on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, as part […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has voiced strong objections to the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to re-run elections in 19 polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency. The party vehemently denies claims by the EC that it had agreed to this expanded re-run during a meeting held on July 1. The party further […]
Self-styled evangelist cum former fetish priestess Patricia Asiedua, widely known as Nana Agradaa, has been convicted by the Accra Circuit Court for charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretences. The conviction follows her promotion of a fraudulent money-doubling scheme that misled congregants of the Godsway International Heaven Church into surrendering their money during an all-night […]
The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has declared an indefinite strike, effective today, following the expiry of a seven-day ultimatum issued to relevant authorities on June 24. The strike responds to what TEWU-GH describes as the “egregious and unjustifiable” recognition of the minority union, TEWU-TUC, as the official workers’ representative on the Governing […]
Effective today, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) will no longer accept manual applications for programme accreditation for all tertiary institutions in Ghana. The Director-General of GTEC, Professor Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, who announced this, explained that the decision would help cut down on paperwork, increase efficiency, reduce waiting time for accreditation and most importantly, cut […]
