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Ghana receives, repatriates first batch of West African Nationals deported from US

EOCO reveals Shatta Wale has no documentation to prove he owns 2019 Lamborghini Urus involved in $4 million crime

Ghana records first Mpox-related death

Ghana govt receives DNA results of remaining 6 deceased in helicopter crash

GAF helicopter crash claims lives of 2 ministers, 6 others

Two Ministers feared dead in Ghana Air Force helicopter crash

Gunmen kill Kusasi Chief in Ashanti Region; six shells recovered from crime scene

The Kusasi community in the Ashanti Region and the traditional leadership of the Kusaug area in the Upper East Region have been plunged into grief following the fatal shooting of Naa Abdul-Malik Azenb...

Presidency seeks disciplinary action, inquiry into JoyNews reporter incident and civilian attack

The Office of the President has directed Ghana’s Minister for Defence and the National Security Coordinator to launch an immediate investigation into an incident involving the attempted arrest of Jo...

BADEA approves $120 million to support Shelter Afrique Development Bank capitalization program

Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) has announced the signing of a strategic agreement with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) to support its transformative capital increas...

Trump-era law imposes $250 fee for non-immigrant visa applicants

Ghanaians applying for non-immigrant visas to the United States will soon be required to pay an additional $250 visa integrity fee, following the passage of a new immigration law under former U.S. Pre...

Zuarungu SHS closed indefinitely after ethnic clash among students

Authorities in the Upper East Region have indefinitely shut down Zuarungu Senior High School following violent clashes between students from the Gurune and Kusasi ethnic groups....

GTA shuts down 6 hospitality businesses; over 200 risk closure over non-compliance with regulatory standards

Non-compliance with regulatory standards by businesses in the hospitality industry has led to the closure of six (6) establishments by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA)....

DVLA to phase out metallic DP plates for digitised stickers effective August 1

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced a new directive concerning Drive from Port (DP) plates, the aluminum number plates that are temporarily attached to imported vehicles wh...

Free Primary Healthcare Policy to begin in September - Health Minister

Ghanaians, particularly the aged and vulnerable, will be eased of the burden of healthcare costs as the government’s Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) is poised to kick off in the next two months....

Man jailed 7 years for defiling a 5-year-old child in Wa

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced Issahaku Waris, a 31-year-old resident of Wa Zongo, to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 5-year-old female child....

Abdul-Hamid meets GHC2m bail condition; 6 other accused detained in NPA fraud case

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the first accused in an ongoing hig...

28,626 multiple-entry visas issued to US passport holders from January 2025 to date - Foreign Ministry

A total of 40,648 visas have been issued by Ghana's missions in Washington, D.C., and New York from January 2025 to date. Out of this, 28,626 are multiple-entry visas to Ghana....

List of 19 polling stations to participate in Ablekuma North election rerun

The Electoral Commission (EC) has confirmed that a rerun of the 2024 parliamentary election will take place in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency on Friday, July 11....

Senegal introduces Hexavalent Vaccine into its National Immunization Programme

On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania's footsteps, Senegal is part of this re...

South Africa: At least 101 dead in Eastern Cape floods as rescue efforts continue

The official death toll in South Africa's devastating floods remains unclear as rescue efforts for missing people continue in the Eastern Cape province....

UG records 107 COVID-19 cases, no infections reported outside Accra

Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has confirmed that the resurgence of COVID-19 in Ghana is currently confined to the University of Ghana (UG), with no reported cases outside the Greater Ac...

Former Nigerian President Buhari dies in London

Aide of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the passing of the statesman....

Weija Plant shutdown forces communities in Accra to seek emergency water sources

Several communities in Accra have been left scrambling for emergency water alternatives following a temporary shutdown of the Weija Treatment Plant by Ghana Water Limited (GWL)....

Baltasar accused of embezzlement, others; prosecution seeks 18-year jail term

Baltasar Engonga Ebang, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), is standing trial for a string of corruption-related offenses tied to his m...

Protestors assaulted during demonstrations in Togo over reforms that could extend Gnassingbé's rule

Tensions remain high in Togo as protestors demonstrating against recent constitutional reforms faced violent crackdowns by security forces for a second consecutive day in the capital, Lomé....

GES shuts down Nkwanta SHS after death of 3 students over recent clashes in community

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has closed down Nkwanta Senior High School in the Oti Region following violent disturbances in the area that led to the deaths of three students....