The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed claims that private school candidates were disadvantaged in the marking of scripts of this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

President John Dramani Mahama last Tuesday brought his four-day state visit to Jamaica to a close with a visit to Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann, where he toured the preserved Ghanaian Village Houses.

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Policy Coordination Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has questioned the financing and sustainability of the government's announced GH¢2.00 per litre reduction in diesel prices, describing the intervention as a temporary relief that does not reverse the increases consumers have endured over the past 18 months.

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has imposed administrative penalties of GH¢20,000 each on 254 public institutions, including Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), for failing to submit their 2025 Right to Information Annual Reports as required by law.

In a press release issued on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, the Commission said the sanctions were imposed in accordance with Section 77(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989), which mandates public institutions to submit annual reports on the implementation of the RTI law.

A domestic fire at a residential property in Tamale in the Northern Region on Wednesday destroyed the house.

The property, which happens to be the family house of the late Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, was destroyed by fire, displacing occupants.

Six students suspected to have played various roles in a rampage and a physical attack on the headmaster of the Obuasi Senior High Technical School have been arrested by the police,

Some students of the school in the early hours of Wednesday (August 5) attacked the headmaster, Abdulai Zakaria, following a violent confrontation.

The opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) has planned a street protest in Accra on Thursday, August 6, 2026, dubbed "Democracy under attack."

According to the party, the leaders of the protest march will present three petitions to key state institutions in relation to that they say was concerns about Ghana’s current constitutional order and democratic principles.

According to the National Organiser of the NPP, Henry Nana Boakye, the protest march was intended to draw attention to the need for constitutional officials and institutions to uphold justice, fairness, accountability, due process and institutional independence.

StopNCII (Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse) is a free, survivor-centred online tool that helps adults prevent the sharing of intimate images or videos without their consent. Launched in 2021, the platform is operated by the UK-based charity SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning) in partnership with a coalition of global technology companies.

Several athletes have disappeared after competing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, failing to return home with the rest of their teams.

The Police in Scotland said it had received reports of various athletes "unaccounted for" in the aftermath of the Games, which concluded on Sunday, August 2, 2026.

Over 620,000 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates have begun selecting their second cycle schools following a novelty introduced by the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to select schools after the release of the BECE results.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has rejected claims that private school candidates were disadvantaged in the marking of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Reacting to the allegation made by the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kapi said WAEC does not make any distinction between candidates from private and public schools during the assessment process.

Nearly seven out of every 10 Ghanaians who encountered bribery while accessing public services in the second half of 2025 were asked by public officials to make unofficial payments, according to new governance data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).

All financial institutions regulated by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) have been given up to December 2026 to reduce their non-performing loans (NPLs) ratio to not more than 10 per cent as part of measures to strengthen the banking sector and restore credit growth, the Governor of the central bank, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has directed.

President John Dramani Mahama has held high-level bilateral talks with Jamaican government officials as part of his four-day official state visit to Jamaica.

Following a communal clash that has led to the death of one person and injuries to six others, the Sagnarigu Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) has imposed a curfew on Damankunyili, Nyeshie, and adjoining communities in the Northern Region.

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has called on the Ministry of Education to intervene and establish an independent review committee to assess the marking of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

According to GNACOPS candidates from private schools were "unfairly marked" as compared to their counterparts in  public schools.

Speaking in a television interview with GTV on Tuesday, August 4, the Executive Director of GNACOPS, Obenfo Nana Kwasi Gyetuah said the council has gathered "credible evidence" showing that the grades awarded to many private school candidates do not reflect their academic performance or continuous assessment records.

Ghanaians seeking employment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must now obtain a Police Clearance Certificate before their work visa applications will be processed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ghana has announced.

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), Ghana has appealed to the government to recapitalise and revive distressed state-owned enterprises to create sustainable jobs for thousands of unemployed youth and drive the country's industrial transformation.

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday evening toured the iconic Bob Marley Museum in Jamaica, accompanied by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Culture Minister Olivia Grange.

Stanbic Bank Ghana has become the first bank in the country to offer clients direct access to the China Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, following approval from the Bank of Ghana in a move expected to simplify and accelerate trade and financial transactions between Ghana and China.

Parliament last Friday adjourned sine die, bringing the Second Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament to a close, without reconsidering the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2026 (anti-LGBTQ bill).

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has struck again at a Ghanaian university, arresting ten students of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) for allegedly manufacturing and selling cannabis-infused drinks and ice cream during the institution's SRC Hall Week celebrations.

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has revealed that artificial intelligence is now a critical enabler in more than half of all cybercrimes reported across Africa, marking a dangerous new chapter in the continent's digital evolution.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has published a list of 20 mobile loan applications operating illegally in the country, warning the public to desist from engaging with these unlicensed digital credit providers.

The Ghana Scholarships Authority has started interviewing applicants for the 2026/2027 Academic Year Local Tertiary Scholarship Scheme.