Ghana Politics

Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has announced that President John Dramani Mahama will officially launch the “Nkoko Nkitinkiti” programme in Kumasi on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Although specific details of the initiative have not been disclosed, the programme is expected to focus on community development and youth empowerment …

Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been elected President of the African Parliamentarians’ Network Against Corruption (APNAC) at the Network’s 9th Biennial General Meeting held in Accra. In his acceptance remarks, Speaker Bagbin expressed humility and pledged his commitment to promoting integrity in public service …

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspects in connection with a robbery and carjacking incident that occurred at Mpatasie near St. Anthony Hospital in the Ashanti Region. According to a statement issued by the CID on November 8, 2025, the suspects, identified as …

The Appointments Committee of Parliament will today, Monday, November 10, 2025, vet Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for the position of Chief Justice following his nomination by President John Dramani Mahama. The vetting, scheduled to commence at 11:00 a.m., was confirmed in a notice issued by David Sebastian Damoah, Director of Media …

Ghanaians will begin paying a new passport fee of GHC350 starting Thursday, November 13, 2025, following a reduction from the previous GHC500, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The fee adjustment is part of the government’s initiative to ease the financial burden on citizens and enhance access to …

The government has approved a 9 percent salary increase for all public sector workers under the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) for the 2026 fiscal year. Similarly, the National Tripartite Committee has agreed to raise the national daily minimum wage by 9 percent, from GH₵19.97 to GH₵21.77, effective January 1 …

  The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has intensified its fight against illegal mining with a large-scale operation in the Eastern Region that resulted in 41 arrests and the seizure of mining equipment and cash. During the operation in the Birim North District, the task force arrested five individuals, …

Police in the Ashanti Region have launched an investigation into the mysterious death of a 28-year-old man, identified as Yaw Asamoah, following a dispute with a commercial sex worker at Abrense near Atobease in the Amansie West District. The incident occurred on Monday, November 3, 2025, after Asamoah reportedly lost …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Professor Nana Ama Klutse, has detailed a violent confrontation between illegal miners and a joint EPA team accompanied by journalists near Obuasi, which resulted in several injuries. Speaking on TV3 on Thursday, November 6, 2025, Prof. Klutse explained that the …

  An Accra Circuit Court has remanded 55 illegal immigrants into prison custody following their arrest at Kuntunse near Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region. The suspects were part of a larger group of over 100 foreign nationals apprehended by the police based on intelligence received on October 7, 2025. …