The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced the receipt of 700,000 blank Ghana Cards to address a backlog of unprinted cards dating back to 2023. 

However, the Authority is grappling with a more pressing issue: over 600,000 Ghana Cards, already printed and ready for collection, remain unclaimed at various regional and district offices across the country since 2018.

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has appealed to President John Mahama to take a personal interest in cases of attacks against some journalists in the country.

Ghana has confirmed its first case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus that can cause severe illness in vulnerable individuals.

The case, detected in an elderly adult, was identified from 90 samples tested as part of routine surveillance following a rise in respiratory infections in China and other countries in December 2024

Ghana has recorded over 120 cases of meningitis, with 16 deaths as of Sunday, February 16, Minister of Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has told Parliament.

Updating lawmakers on the outbreak on Tuesday, February 18, Mr. Akandoh said the Upper West Region remains the hardest hit, with 29 patients currently receiving treatment.

Ghana has recorded 719 confirmed cases of cholera and 49 deaths as of February 13, 2025, according to Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh.

Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, February 18, Akandoh stated that the outbreak, which began in October 2024 in Ada West, Greater Accra Region, has spread to multiple regions, including Central, Western, Ashanti, and Eastern.

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced a mason to three years imprisonment in hard labour for causing irreparable damage to a Donfeng Ex-Box car, valued at US$35,900, belonging to Hisense Company Limited.

Former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho is the chairman of the newly constituted Council of State that is to advise President John Dramani Mahama.

The members of the Council of State, comprising appointed and elected members were sworn into office on Tuesday night.

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed 11 distinguished individuals, including former Speaker of Parliament Doe Adjaho, former Attorney General Betty Mould Iddrisu, and former Member of Parliament Cletus Avoka, to serve on the Council of State.

The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, has directed the National Communications Authority (NCA) to suspend the operations of seven radio stations across the country.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has removed former Finance Minister Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta from its list of wanted persons after he confirmed a definite date for his voluntary return to Ghana.

President John Dramani Mahama has officially launched the National Education Consultative Forum, calling for collective action to reform Ghana’s education system to meet 21st-century demands.

The Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah-Asiedu has called for stricter verification of asset declarations by public officials, questioning how authorities can confirm the accuracy of the information submitted.

Ghana stands at the face of a great transformation. A nation of promise, with a rich history and boundless potential, now finds itself at a crossroads. The choices made today by the new government will determine whether Ghana emerges as a shining beacon of investment and prosperity for years to come or falters under the weight of inaction. 

President John Dramani Mahama has directed all government appointees to declare their assets by March 31, 2025, or risk losing their positions.

Speaking at a brief ceremony at Jubilee House on February 18, 2025, where he submitted his own asset declaration forms to the Auditor-General, the President made it clear that his administration would not tolerate non-compliance.

Statesman, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has called for the reintegration of chiefs into the country’s governance system, arguing that their marginalisation has contributed to social and economic decline, especially in rural areas. 

The government’s major tasks ahead in resetting the country are amending the constitution, holding past and present government officials accountable and stabilising the economy, President John Dramani Mahama has stated.

The National Education Forum will open in the Volta Regional capital, Ho, today.

President John Dramani Mahama has this morning officially submitted his assets portfolio to the Audit Service in compliance with the constitutional requirement outlined in article 286 of the 1992 constitution, and the Public Office Declaration Of Asset And Disqualifications Act  1998, Act 550.

The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Abigail Elorm Mensah, has pledged to improve the recovery rate of loans given out by the centre.

The Police Hospital has announced that it will conduct a mass burial for about 200 unclaimed bodies in its mortuary.

The exercise, set for the first quarter of 2025, is intended to decongest the facility and improve conditions in its storage units.  

The University of Ghana (UG) has firmly refuted claims circulating on social media alleging that the institution collected over GH₵11 million in graduation fees without providing medallions and scroll holders to graduands.

In a move to uphold its financial obligations, the government of Ghana, under the directive of President John Dramani Mahama, has honoured the Payment-In-Cash (PIC) coupon of GH₵6.081 billion to all Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) bondholders. 

Former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yaw Obimpeh, has been elected as the Council of State representative for the region.

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday afternoon returned home after attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany and the 38th African Union Heads of State and Government Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A 15-year-old girl who allegedly stole GH₵41,000 and an unspecified amount of gold from a gold shop in Twifo Praso, located in the Twifo Ati-Morkwa District of the Central Region, has been apprehended.