The Minister for Government Communications, Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says the government will not spend any additional public funds to complete the National Cathedral project, which he estimates could require about $400 million to finish.

A former Chief Psychiatrist, Prof. J.B. Asare, has raised concern about the alarming abuse of opioids among the youth, saying that failure to crack down on the influx of the substance can lead to many wasted lives in some years to come.

The Supreme Court has adjourned indefinitely an application seeking to halt the process that could lead to the removal of the Chief Justice.

Five people engaged in illegal mining at Assin Ayitey in the Central Region have been arrested. The Central North Regional Police Command's anti-galamsey taskforce made the arrest of the five individuals made up of three Chinese nationals and two Ghanaians.

The Minister for Government Communications, Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says the National Cathedral Secretariat established under the previous administration has been dissolved, with all outstanding contracts and procurement issues now under investigation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has been acquitted and discharged of forgery and perjury charges by an Accra High Court.

Ghanaians will not have to queue at registration centres during the upcoming SIM card re-registration exercise, which is scheduled to begin in June 2025. 

Personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have intercepted 25 bags of cocoa beans being smuggled into Togo through the Kauk-Jago border in the Bunkpurugu enclave in the North East Region.

Ghana and the Czech Republic have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening political, economic and cultural cooperation during a high-level visit by Czech President Petr Pavel to the Jubilee House. 

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Reverend Stephen Wilfred Arthur, an aviation economist and policy expert, as the acting Director-General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), marking a leadership shift in the nation’s air transport sector.

Ghana’s Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, is in good health and currently taking a short period of rest abroad, following medical advice, government officials have confirmed.

A Ghanaian brand influencer based in Germany, Tina Mensah, has filed a defamation suit at the Accra High Court, seeking compensation for damages in what she says was the recording and circulation of her nude pictures and video online.

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has strongly refuted claims suggesting its involvement in alleged drug trafficking activities at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), insisting the accusations are unfounded and damaging to its reputation.

The Deputy Director of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Twum Barimah, has warned against public allegations regarding cocaine trafficking.

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has warned against the rising misuse of academic titles such as "Doctor" and "Professor" by individuals who have not attained such qualifications through formal academic study.

Persons willing to operate a commercial motorcycle or tricycle, popularly known as ‘okada’, can only do so if they belong to a recognised tricycle transport union or employed by a licensed commercial motorcycle company. 

Beginning June 15, this year, all timber products that will be exported from Ghana to the European Union (EU) market must conform to the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licence requirement.

The Centre for Democracy and Socio-Economic Development (CDS) Africa, a policy think tank, has filed a counter petition against two petitions seeking the removal of the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson and her deputies from office. 

On the two occasions I have met the Vice-President, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, long before she probably conceived the idea that she would one day be the Number Two of this republic, she came across as a pleasant, rather friendly and gracious lady. 

The government has initiated moves to stop issuing prospecting licence for small-scale mining as part of measures to overhaul the mining sector.

Czech President Petr Pavel is expected in Ghana today (April 8, 2025) for a two-day official visit, marking the first time in over six decades that a Czech or Czechoslovak head of state has visited the West African nation. 

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the government to provide a detailed update on the presence of two foreign aircraft that landed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) last month.

The Western Regional Office of the National Security has uncovered a large stockpile of electrical materials in a surprise operation conducted at Kansawurodo, a suburb of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region.

A 38-year-old manageress has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality for stealing GH¢221,937.75 at Santasi, in Kumasi.

Passengers arriving at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on the morning of Monday, April 7, 2025, were met with unexpected frustration when they found themselves stranded outside the domestic arrival terminal due to a locked door—an incident that has prompted a formal apology from the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL).