Another bus smuggling over 1000 ammunition to northern Ghana from Accra has been intercepted by the police at the Asankare barrier in the Ashanti Region. Police personnel on duty at the Asankare Police barrier intercepted a Kia Granbird bus with registration number AK 1309–21. It had 1,050 AAA and BBContinue Reading
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has requested the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate allegations of a plot to rig the party’s presidential primary scheduled for Saturday, January 31, 2026. The request follows a petition purportedly authored and signed by Alex Kwaku Tetteh, a memberContinue Reading
President John Dramani Mahama’s administration is being hailed for the impressive performance in its first year in office, with six academics praising the handling of the economy, anti-corruption efforts, fight against illegal mining, institutional reforms, among others. The academics, whose areas of expertise include governance, economics and political science, commendedContinue Reading
A total of 30 policemen have been promoted to their next various ranks for their involvement in last week’s operations that led to the interception of 2,600 AK 47 ammunition that was being smuggled into northern Ghana from Accra and the dismantling of a robbery syndicate at Antoakrom in theContinue Reading
A major fire outbreak has occurred at the Kasoa New Market this evening, January 4, 2026 destroying property worth thousands of Ghana cedis. According to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), the blaze has swept through significant portions of the market. Personnel from the Kasoa and Weija Fire StationsContinue Reading
The Majority Leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has pledged support to champion calls for the separation of Chiana from Paga as a separate constituency in the Upper East Region. The Chiana/Paga seat is located within the Kassena/Nankana District of Upper East Region,Continue Reading
In a nationally televised New Year’s address on Thursday evening, President John Dramani Mahama declared that Ghana is steadily recovering from economic distress and firmly charting a path of renewal. Marking the approach of his administration’s first anniversary, the President outlined what he described as significant progress in economic stabilisation,Continue Reading
The United Cadres Front (UCF) has called on stakeholders across the country to remain vigilant and proactive in supporting the government’s Reset Agenda, while pressing for swift and decisive action against corruption and illegal mining. Speaking at the 44th anniversary commemoration of the 31st December 1981 Revolution in Ada inContinue Reading
The year 2025 will be remembered as a defining period for Ghana’s education sector—a year marked by difficult choices, honest national reflection, and the beginning of a deliberate reset under President John Dramani Mahama. When President Mahama and his Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, assumed office, they inherited anContinue Reading
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has unveiled a comprehensive reform of the national Value Added Tax (VAT) system, announcing a reduction in the standard rate and the abolition of several ancillary levies, set to take effect from the start of the new year. In an official notice to all VAT-registeredContinue Reading
