The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has said it is relying on its payroll audit trail system to identify officials responsible for processing and validating "ghost" salaries on the government public payroll.

Mobile phone users in Ghana can now take control of unwanted subscriptions that often lead to unexpected deductions from their airtime or mobile money accounts.

President John Dramani Mahama has set a new target of US$1 billion in trade between Ghana and Singapore, after bilateral trade flows exceeded US$215 million in 2024.

Following the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission's (GTEC) formal challenge of Williams Abayaawien Atuilik of Heritage Christian University in Amasaman, Accra, to provide evidence supporting his use of the title "Professor" or cease using it immediately, Williams Abayaawien Atuilik has responded.

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday used the opening of the 8th Africa–Singapore Business Forum to pitch Ghana as a “reliable gateway” to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), calling Africa “investable” and urging deeper South–South partnerships amid a more fragmented global economy.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has recovered over 100 stolen luxury vehicles shipped under dubious means from foreign countries into Ghana.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has thrown its full weight behind the Ghana Education Service (GES) to dismiss any examination official found to have engaged in malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC).

Motorbike crashes and pedestrian knockdowns have been identified as the twin drivers of escalating carnage on the country’s roads, particularly in the cities of Accra and Kumasi in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions.

Ghana’s peacefulness has deteriorated over the past year, according to the 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), with the country falling six places to rank 61st globally. 

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has cleared the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) of claims that it overstated the country’s public debt by GH¢138 million in its 2024 financial statements.

The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Ato Classpeters, has said the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is pushing developers to think about smart cities and technology-driven housing solutions.

The death toll in the land dispute at Gbiniyiri, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region, has risen to six.

The Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force put together by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has appealed to registered and unregistered miners to collaborate with the team to win the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of planned maintenance works and emergency repairs that will lead to temporary power outages in parts of the country between Monday, August 25, and Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) has warned that the Akwatia by-election on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, will be a "no-go area for weapons".

President John Dramani Mahama arrived in Singapore yesterday for a three-day state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation, expanding trade and investment.

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to expedite action in arresting Ralph Saint Williams and his accomplices, who allegedly attacked a nurse at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital).

Mrs. Alberta Addo has been installed as the new Paramount Queen Mother of James Town Ngleshie Alata in the Greater Accra Region.

Her stool name is Naa Affipong IV.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred the Director of Internal Audit at the Ministry of Finance, Jacob Ahadzi, to the Attorney-General for possible prosecution over breaches of the Public Procurement Act.

A parliamentary aspirant on the ticket of the Action People’s Party (APP), who has been disqualified by the Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to submit a tax clearance certificate before the filing of nominations closed, has sued the EC.

In the writ filed at the High Court, David Ankomah is challenging the Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify him from the Akwatia by-election.

The acting Minister for Defence, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that a board formed to investigate the August 9, Z-9 military helicopter crash has begun its work.

President John Dramani Mahama has secured a package of new agreements with Japan covering infrastructure, agriculture, technology and industrialisation, following his participation in the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-9) in Yokohama from August 20 to 22, 2025.

The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old woman, Abena Martha Maanibeh, for allegedly stealing a one-week-old baby and valuables belonging to the baby’s mother at the Wa market, also known as Kejetia.

President John Dramani Mahama is in Singapore for a three-day state visit, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation, expanding trade and investment, and advancing partnerships in education, science and innovation, urban solutions, agribusiness, and the digital economy.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, last Friday, grilled officials of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) over a sharp increase in office rent payments, failure to remit pension contributions and payment of unearned salaries as part of infractions flagged by the Auditor-General’s 2024 report.