Abdul-Aziz Abdu-Rahaman has been elected as the Upper West Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

He polled 173 votes to defeat Kantong Alaska, who obtained 86 votes.

A Ghanaian evacuee from South Africa passed away shortly after arriving at Accra International Airport from South Africa on Friday evening (August 14, 2026), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

Dear Mirror Lawyer,

I married my wife under the customary law in Ghana in May 2023.  

Our marriage has been blessed with a beautiful baby girl.

The GH¢15 chicken and the chaos that followed. KFC’s excellent marketing and reckless crowd control.

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has engaged Organised Labour on plans to replace it with the proposed Independent Public Emoluments Commission (IPEC).  

Some parts of the Greater Accra Region will experience a 15-hour power outage on Sunday, August 16, 2026, as the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) undertakes emergency works to replace a damaged transmission tower at Ashaiman.

Jeff Konadu Addo has been retained as the the Eastern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

My first shock when I entered Mfantsipim School in September 1987 was not the discipline. Not the academic pressure. Not even the intimidating architecture that seemed to breathe history.

The incumbent Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mohammed Baantima Samba, has been re-elected to lead the party in the region.

‎Former Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has been elected as the new Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Odeneho Kwaku Appiah has been elected the new Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), taking over from Bernard Antwi Boasiako, commonly known as Chairman Wontumi.

Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah also commonly referred to as COKA, beat Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, a former Member of Parliament for Bantama and Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)

Joseph Esibu has been elected Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, defeating incumbent Percy Dennis in the party’s regional executive elections.

Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has been re-elected as the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

‎A disagreement has emerged among aspirants over the procedure for counting ballots following the close of polls at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Greater Accra Regional Executive elections.

The 2024 parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency Elvis Figo Awonekai, has been elected the party’s Upper East Regional Chairman after polling 177 votes in the regional elections held in Bolgatanga.

Party members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are electing new regional executives this weekend with fierce contests in several regions as the party reorganises ahead of the 2028 general election.

Apart from the Westen North Region, which will hold its elections on Sunday, August 16, the remaining 15 regions are electing theirs today.

When a motor boat, which had journeyed from Ada Foah in the Ada East District in the Greater Accra Region, pulled up at the shores of the island community of Azizape at 2:45 p.m., after 29 minutes across the Volta River and the Atlantic, 61-year-old Noah Aggrey was spotted busily cleaning up his net. 

Dr. Emmanuella Amoako, a pediatric oncologist at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital advancing childhood cancer care in Ghana, has been named the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s (IHME) 2026 Roux Prize winner.

Dr. Emmanuella Amoako will receive a $100,000 award for using evidence to improve early diagnosis, expand access to treatment, and advance locally led cancer research in Ghana.

Ghanaian boxer Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe’s highly anticipated WBO International super lightweight clash against unbeaten American Ernesto “Tito” Mercado has been cancelled after the former IBO world champion missed the contracted weight limit by a staggering 10 pounds.

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a newly completed E-Block at the Paga Senior High School (SHS) in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region, with a commitment to transform the school into a full-fledged boarding institution from the next academic year.

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, has been found dead.

A former Deputy Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) East London Chapter, Richard Agyare, has described the election of Andy Owusu as NPP-UK Branch Chairman as timely, following a peaceful poll on Saturday, August 8, 2026.

Members of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have issued a two-week ultimatum for the government to address their grievances, effective August 14, 2026 else they will advise themselves.

Switzerland has appointed Thomas Oertle as its ambassador-designate to Ghana, Benin and Togo.

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice directing selected High Court judges to sit and conduct criminal trials during the legal vacation.