The government of Ghana has cleared $904,561.31 in outstanding salary arrears owed to both current and former coaches of the senior national football team, the Black Stars. The payments, authorised by the Ministry for Sports and Recreation under Minister Kofi Iddie Adams, mark a significant move towards restoring trust and professionalism within the country’s football […]
Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a technology and innovations hub to boost Ghana’s digital transformation and position it as a leading centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. The initiative, dubbed the “Ghana-UAE Innovations and Technology Hub,” led by UAE’s Ports, […]
Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana has been honoured with the 2024 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, becoming the latest Ghanaian peacekeeper to receive global recognition for exemplary service in advancing gender equality within peacekeeping operations. The announcement was made during a solemn ceremony at the UN Headquarters in New […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) minority in Parliament has strongly condemned the circumstances surrounding the arrest and bail conditions of the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi. Speaking to JoyNews‘ Kwaku Asante at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) headquarters in Accra, the Minority leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, described the […]
The Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has broken his silence on the controversial detention of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, revealing that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is under investigation for alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the state, […]
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the government will officially launch the 24-hour Economy policy in July, most likely on Republic Day, as part of a bold new agenda to transform Ghana’s productivity and export capacity. Speaking at a stakeholder consultative meeting at the Jubilee House yesterday, the President described the policy as […]
A US federal court has blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, in a major blow to a key part of his economic policies. The Court of International Trade ruled that an emergency law invoked by the White House does not give the president unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every country. The Manhattan-based court […]
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature – a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily documenting the transformation of his country – Kenya – from a colonial subject to a democracy. Ngũgĩ was tipped to win […]
The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C., will officially be reopened today, Thursday, May 29, after a temporary closure prompted by a significant IT breach and allegations of internal corruption. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration announced that the mission is now resuming full consular services with enhanced integrity measures and a newly […]
The government has officially announced plans to rename the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho as the Professor John Evans Atta Mills University of Health and Allied Sciences. The announcement was made on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, by Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu during the inauguration of the university’s new Governing Council at […]
President John Dramani Mahama has axed Anne Sansa Daly from the Board of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), just a few days after her appointment. A letter, signed by Dr. Callistus Mahama, Secretary to the President and dated 23rd May 2025, did not give any reason for the decision to revoke her appointment. BestNewsGH.com […]
The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths. The US president’s claims of white genocide conflict with the actual racial persecution and massacres that took place during the two centuries of colonisation and nearly 50 years of […]
