Two men who were transporting 2,600 rounds of AK-47 ammunition to northern Ghana from Accra have been arrested by the police.

They were intercepted at the Asankare police barrier in the Ashanti Region during a routine check on December 26, 2025.

The suspects were travelling with a Kia Granbird bus with registration number GT 5771 18 from Accra to Walewale, with Paga as the final destination.

They have since been detained for unlawful possession.

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.

MTN Ghana has notified its customers of an essential service interruption early in the new year, linking the planned downtime directly to upcoming changes in national tax policy.

A man seen in a video shared online, firing warning shots as a gun salute to Nigerian musician Asake and his friends at an event, as part of the December in GH activities, has been arrested and detained by the police on the orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno.

Wearing a white mufti, the man was seen in the video holding the gun.

A police source has told Graphic Online that, when the gun was retrieved after the arrest, it was identified as a DERYA MK-12 with the number 22-GHA 1162.

The Tema Regional Police Command on Monday thwarted an armed robbery attempt at Afienya-Mataheko, resulting in the death of four suspected robbers.

At a press briefing on Tuesday [Dec 30, 2025], the Head of Public Affairs of the Tema Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dede Dzakpasu, said the operation formed part of sustained efforts to dismantle a notorious robbery gang of about 15 members that has been terrorising Tema and its environs over the years.

The Bawku Naba, Zug-Raan Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has reiterated the appeal for the government to create a new administrative region  in the Bawku area.

He has also appealed for the establishment of a university in the Kusaug Traditional Area.

This, he said will enhance peace, governance and expand access to tertiary education in the area.

The National Chief Imam, Sheik Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has condemned the shooting incident at the Ho Central Mosque on Boxing Day, saying it is an affront to Islamic sanctity, a threat to national security, and a deviation from basic civility.

In a press statement issued on Monday (Dec 29, 2025) the National Chief Imam made it clear that Sheik Ali Muniru was the legitimate Volta Regional Imam, and Sheik Anas was the Deputy Regional Imam.

A taskforce from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has stormed several illegal mining sites at Hiawa in the Amenfi Central District as part of intensified efforts to clamp down on galamsey activities.

A joint taskforce from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has arrested five Chinese nationals following a series of coordinated raids on illegal mining sites at Akyem Oda in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region.

A six-year-old boy drowned on Boxing Day in an open water tank storage at Kasoa Wallantu in the Central Region.

The Majority Caucus in Parliament has rebutted the claims by the Minority Caucus that the Ghana Gold Board has incurred a $214 million loss in gold trade under the Gold for Reserve Programme.

The Caucus said the amount was a transactional and insurance cost the GoldBod incurred in its gold trading activities for 2025.

It said both the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Chief Executive of the GoldBod would, within January and March 2026, render accounts to Parliament as they were statutory required to do so.

A Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) for the Ministry of Defence has been inaugurated in Accra to help provide strategic guidance on policy direction, national security priorities, and stakeholder engagement.

The Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Mr Sammy Gyamfi, has said he will address allegations surrounding reported losses under Ghana’s gold for reserve programme on January 5, 2026.

In a statement posted on social media on Monday, [December, 29, 2025], in response to a press conference by the Minority Caucus in Parliament that stated that the state risks losing close to $300 million under the programme by the end of the year.

Mr Gyamfi said his statement would address issues arising from the International Monetary Fund’s reported loss of $214 million under the Gold for Reserves programme, which is being implemented by the Bank of Ghana with GoldBod, formerly the Precious Minerals Marketing Company.

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is demanding a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry into the circumstances under which Ghana lost $214 million in the first nine months of 2025 under the Gold for Reserve Programme.

The caucus said such an ad hoc investigative committee should have the power to subpoena the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), the Chief Executive of the Ghana Gold Board, and other persons to provide answers into how such a loss occurred.

British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has been involved in a car crash on the Ogun–Lagos state expressway in Nigeria.

The 36-year-old, has family roots in Sagamu, a town in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria.

A statement from the Ogun State Police Command in Nigeria, confirms that two people died in the crash, which also injured Anthony Joshua.

The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has said the resumption of operations at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), while commendable, represents only the first of three critical phases required to make the refinery economically viable and environmentally compliant.

Read also: TOR resumes crude oil refining operations with about 28,000 barrels per stream daily

Acknowledging that the successful turnaround maintenance (TAM) had helped dispel a long-standing perception that the refinery was too old to function effectively, Mr Amoah cautioned that the current phase alone was insufficient to sustain operations or meet Ghana’s modern fuel standards. 

The Office of the Volta Regional Chief Imam, Alhaji Ali Muniru has condemned the Boxing Day shooting incident at the Ho Central Mosque by a group of assailants, saying it violated the sanctity of the house of worship and left innocent worshippers injured.

In a statement dated December 27, 2025, issued by the office and signed by the spokesman for the Regional Chief Imam, Chief Adamu Hamani, he said the tragic incident was the outcome of the deliberate and prolonged obstruction to the lawful authority of the Volta Regional Chief Imam, despite his recent affirmation by the National Chief Imam, Sheik Osman Nuhu Shaributu, by a faction at the Sabong Zango. 

There is no category ‘A’ senior high school (SHS) in three of the six newly created regions.

They are the North East, Savannah and Oti regions, the Minister of Education Haruna Iddrisu has said.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has carried out a series of intelligence-led operations across the Eastern and Greater Accra regions, dismantling several drug dens as part of a festive season crackdown dubbed Operation White Ember.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of two individuals, including a Canadian national, for allegedly causing extensive unlawful damage at a residence in Oyarifa.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally responded to Ghana’s request for information regarding investigations into the tragic death of a Ghanaian student, Nana Agyei, in Latvia.

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has officially resumed crude oil refining operations after several years of inactivity, marking a significant milestone in efforts to revitalise Ghana’s downstream petroleum sector and strengthen national energy security.

The resumption follows the successful completion of major Turnaround Maintenance (TAM) works on the refinery’s Crude Distillation Unit (CDU), carried out over three months from August 1 to October 30, 2025. 

For the 81-year-old Joseph Aheto, when he realised three years ago in 2022, that all his children had overtaken his level of education and were now professors, he decided to enroll at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to pursue a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme.

He obtained his first degree in Business Administration from the University of Ghana in 1978, according to a report published by the University of Cape Coast.

Not wanting to cite age, family responsibilities, or being a pensioner as a reason to discourage him, he decided to go back to school and pursue higher education. 

A total of 10 suspects have been arrested by the police and placed in custody, following the shooting incident at the Central Mosque in Ho in the Volta Region on Boxing Day.

As part of efforts to clamp down on cybercrime, especially mobile money fraudsters, a total of 141 suspects have been arrested in an intelligence-led operation.

The Cyber Security Authority Ghana working in collaboration with the police on Saturday arrested the suspects at Tabora and Lashibi in Greater Accra.