The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of TUC (Ghana) has declared an indefinite nationwide strike effective Friday, September 19, 2025. The Union is accusing the government of ignoring the plight of non-teaching staff in the country’s education sector. In a statement signed by General Secretary King James Azortibah, TEWU directed all its members—including staff […]
Dutch airline KLM has cancelled around 100 flights on Wednesday due to a strike by ground crew at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, a spokesperson for the Dutch arm of airline group Air France KLM said on Tuesday. In Accra, many passengers arrived on Tuesday without their accompanying luggage. Ground crew workers employed by KLM are striking […]
A recent study has revealed that air pollution is now the leading cause of death in the country, overtaking HIV/AIDS, malaria and road traffic accidents. According to the study, over 30,000 deaths annually in Ghana are now attributed to air pollution-related illnesses such as asthma, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease, a toll surpassing those from […]
The Ministry of Education has advised parents and guardians not to pay money to anyone who promises to secure a senior high school (SHS) placement for their children or wards under the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). “Placement is free. Do not pay money to anyone who claims he/she can help you with […]
The Minister of Roads, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has indicated that all road contractors working under the Big Push initiative will undertake construction work all day. This, he said, was to reflect the implementation of the government’s much-talked-about 24-hour policy, which has been identified as a game changer for physical and economic development. Mr Agbodza said […]
The Office of the Auditor-General has recovered GH¢10 million from individuals who were paid salaries they were not entitled to, remitting the funds into the Consolidated Fund at the Bank of Ghana. The recoveries, made voluntarily by those implicated, come amid an ongoing special audit into unearned salaries, a practice that has long drained public […]
The Ghana cedi has appreciated by 21.0% against the US dollar in nine months of 2025. However, the local currency lost about 19% in value between late July 2025 and September 2025, after recording 40.5% appreciation as of July 2025. According to the Bank of Ghana’s September 2025 Summary of Economic and Financial Data, the […]
Police have physically removed The Gambia’s auditor general, Momodou Ceesay, from his office after he refused to give up the post, in a government reshuffle carried out by President Adama Barrow. Ceesay, who has spent almost three years as auditor general in the West African state, says he had turned down Barrow’s recent offer to […]
The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced. Setting a new record for the 55th year in a row, the number of centenarians in Japan was 99,763 as of September, the health ministry said on Friday. Of that total, women […]
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has raised alarm over the escalating cost of contesting presidential elections, warning that democracy risks being captured by the wealthy elite. At an Open Society forum in Accra, the think tank’s Executive Director, Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, revealed that it now requires an estimated $200 million to mount […]
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called on President John Mahama to immediately declare a state of emergency in areas ravaged by illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. In a strongly worded pastoral message, the bishops warned that galamsey “ravages our rivers and forests, poisons our soil, endangers public health, corrupts governance, erodes our moral […]
Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has paid tribute to Apostle Kwadwo Safo, the founder of Kristo Asafo Church and Kantanka Group of Companies, who died last Thursday, at age 77, saying he “served Ghana beyond the capacity of a religious leader.” Reacting to the news of the passing of Apostle Safo, Dr Bawumia described […]
