Gifty Oware Mensah, the former Deputy Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), has returned to Ghana amid an ongoing investigation into a ghost names scandal that has rocked the NSA. Oware Mensah, who had been in the United States following the elections, arrived in Ghana on Tuesday afternoon. She …

A total of 66 illegal miners (galamseyers) have been arrested in a joint military and police operation at the Tilli Forest Reserve in the Upper East Region. The swoop, which took place on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, aimed to halt illegal mining activities that are destroying the forest ecosystem. The …

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on the government to publish a load-shedding timetable as Ghanaians grapple with persistent power outages (Dumsor). At a press conference dubbed “The True State of the Nation Address,” former Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam criticized President John Mahama’s approach to solving the power …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced the suspension of its Gold-for-Oil (G4O) programme, citing policy and operational challenges that have resulted in financial losses. The programme, launched to reduce dependence on foreign exchange for fuel imports and stabilize domestic fuel prices, has been temporarily halted as the Central Bank …

A shocking report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that children as young as one year old have been subjected to rape and sexual assault during Sudan’s ongoing civil war. The report, released on March 4, 2025, provides harrowing details of mass sexual violence being used as …

The Minister for Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has extended the curfew on Bawku Municipality and its surrounding areas following recommendations from the Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC). The renewed curfew takes effect from Monday, March 3, 2025, with the curfew hours remaining from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. The …

A tragic accident along the Zuarungu road in Bolgatanga has left one person dead and several others critically injured after a private vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a tree while trying to avoid a collision with cattle. The vehicle, traveling from Bolgatanga to Garu, swerved to avoid …

A 26-year-old man, Kwabena Adjei, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his 19-year-old Nigerian girlfriend, identified only as Testimony, and burying her body in a septic tank at Sunyani Magazine, near the Bono Regional Fire Command. According to reports, Adjei handed himself over to the police in …

US President Donald Trump has ordered a temporary halt to military aid to Ukraine following a contentious White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The move is seen as an effort to push Ukraine toward peace negotiations with Russia. A White House official explained that the administration is “pausing …

Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has confirmed that he ordered the arrest of former Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Board Chairman, Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi. Prof. Ameyaw-Akumfi was apprehended by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on February 23, 2025, at Kawukudi, near Nima in the Greater Accra Region. …