The Ghana Police Service has launched an investigation into an incident involving the convoy of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), during her campaign in the Eastern Region.

The Ghana Police Service has introduced a dedicated toll-free number, 0800311311, for citizens to report any suspicious election-related activities during the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 7.  

In the rural community of Ewando in the Kpandai District of Ghana's Northern Region, pupils of Ewando D/A Basic School face daily struggles far beyond the usual challenges of education. 

Richmond Laweh, a caretaker who illegally electrified a makeshift gate, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the High Court in Accra after the gate electrocuted a 14-year-old boy, Samuel Darko, at Ampomah near Ashiyie.  

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a former aide, Kash Patel, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency Patel has often criticised.

Ghana’s two leading political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), are set to cap off months of intense campaigning with simultaneous grand rallies in Accra on Thursday, two days before the December 7 polls. 

THE WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden is "excited" to make his first trip to the African continent next week and will first stop briefly in the small island nation of Cabo Verde before making landfall in the Southwest African nation of Angola, a top White House official told VOA Friday.

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana will conduct a Special Voting exercise on Monday, December 2, 2024, across 328 centres nationwide.  

Ghana stands on the brink of yet another election, its future hanging in the balance as the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) vie for the nation’s trust.

In a country bursting with cultural wealth and tourism potential, both parties have long touted ambitious plans to transform these sectors into economic powerhouses. Yet, election cycle after election cycle, these promises often dissolve into a haze of unrealised dreams, leaving citizens questioning whether this time will truly be different.

Meanwhile, the world watches as other African nations surge ahead, raising the question: why is Ghana, with its unmatched cultural and historical treasures, still struggling to claim its rightful place as a tourism leader on the continent?

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it has taken steps to address the issues of shortfalls and discrepancies regarding ballot papers sent to the Volta and Bono regions.

Addressing an emergency Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting in Accra yesterday, the Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Bossman Eric Asare, said the shortfalls and discrepancies in the ballot papers were detected by the commission’s own staff, and that they were not reported to it by any political party.

A FUTURISTIC "human washing machine" could have you ditching your shower for good.

Engineers are developing the bath of the future that can read your mood and doesn't need soap to get you clean. 

Japanese boffins have what has been dubbed the "human washing machine".

THE National Peace Council has appealed to political parties and presidential candidates to refrain from doing anything that will prop their followers to violence. 

“Hate speech and other rancorous utterances must be checked and avoided. This will ensure that neither their supporters nor opponents are agitated or motivated in any way to resort to violence,” it stated.

They are called pre-term because they are born sooner than the 40 weeks that they are supposed to be in their mother’s womb. They come into the world very tiny, but only God knows the magnitude of the struggle they enter the world with. I am referring to premature babies.  

In the last couple of weeks, I have been twice at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), first with my Church Group to present to the Unit an ultrasound fitting to assist with quality care for pre-term babies admitted into intensive care.  

The second visit was days after the presentation on the fact-finding mission and to talk to some mothers whose babies were on admission to feel their anxieties.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday inaugurated the second phase of the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange in Accra in honour of the late patriot.

Phase one of the project was completed and inaugurates by President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, while phase two, which comprises a flyover on the Ring Road West (Awudome to the Abossey Okai Central Mosque) and the widening of the Ring Road West (from Awudome Junction to Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange) into a two by three dual carriageway has just been completed. 

Fort Prinzenstein, located at Keta in the Volta Region, is one of the historic forts that played a significant role in the transatlantic slave trade. Built by Danish traders in 1784, the fort was used for defensive purposes and to facilitate the slave trade.

The name "Prinzenstein" is Danish for "Prince's Stone." The fort was named in honour of the Danish Crown Prince.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reappointed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its director-general for a second four-year term.

Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to head the WTO, was the only candidate in the race, and had been all but assured a second four-year term.

The 70-year-old Nigerian was reappointed by consensus among the organisation's 166 members, who sped up the process in what observers suggested was a bid to avoid Trump blocking her candidacy after he returns to the White House on January 20.

Okonjo-Iweala, who was reappointed Friday for a second term running the World Trade Organization, said she looked forward to working with Donald Trump, while insisting on the importance of rules-based global trading. 

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 196 cases of cholera in four regions – Greater Accra, Eastern, Central and Western, with 21 deaths. 

The confirmations were done from 2,389 suspected cases the GHS recorded across the country.

December 7 is only a week away. Of the choices facing Ghanaians, one is whether to continue our eight-year rotation cycle of the duopoly by voting for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) or breaking the cycle by voting to keep the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in office. 

The NPP coined the phrase “Break the 8” when the 2024 election season got underway. This is the second time the party stands at this critical juncture of hoping to avoid party turnover in Ghana’s election cycle. The difference is the intentionality of the phrase as part of 2024 was clearly missing in 2008. 

I have just returned after two weeks in Ghana; my first time in the country with an imminent general election.

I was in Ghana to deliver the 19th annual ‘Kronti ne Akwamu (Democracy and Good Governance) Public Lecture for the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), launch my new book, Revolution and Democracy in Ghana: The Politics of Jerry Rawlings, published by Digibooks, and deliver a lecture to 300 political science students at the University of Ghana, Legon. 

The Bank of Ghana's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced the retention of its benchmark policy rate at 27 percent, signaling a cautious approach amidst ongoing economic recovery and inflationary challenges. 

The Ghana Police Service has announced the successful resolution of an incident involving a broken seal on an electoral material bag in Koforidua, Eastern Region. 

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover, has issued a stern reminder to residents and business owners in Accra to keep the newly inaugurated Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange free from unauthorized structures such as kiosks, wooden shops, and mechanic workshops.

Speaking at the launch of Phase II of the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange on Friday, November 29, the minister stressed the importance of maintaining the aesthetics and functionality of the infrastructure as a priority for city planners.

A care worker's family have been told they must return to Ghana after they were unable to afford the cost of replacement visas.

The Minister of Energy, Herbert Krapa, has assured Ghanaians that the challenges that culminated in the recent erratic power supply in some parts of the country have been resolved.

The National Election Security Task Force has engaged the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) in Accra to deliberate on issues of relevance.