Proceedings in the high-profile trial of former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, have been halted after his legal team challenged the authority of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to prosecute the case.

Valley View University has called for a more expansive tuition support policy that covers students at both public and private tertiary institutions.

The Office of the Auditor-General has issued a formal apology after an error in its nationwide payroll audit wrongly linked a public servant to an alleged unearned salary exceeding GH¢427 million.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has developed a comprehensive programme to address the reliability challenges and transform its network capacity, the acting Managing Director (MD), Kwame Kpekpena, has said. 

The decision by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to destool his linguist, Kyeame Kofi Nti, has drawn widespread public attention, not only because of the prominence of the office involved but also due to the cultural and institutional implications within the Asante traditional system.

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 35-year-old self-styled spiritualist, Nana Adwoa Yamoah, to three years’ imprisonment for defrauding a man of GH¢95,100.

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has rejected allegations circulating on social media that a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Defence received unearned salaries amounting to GH¢427 million over a 29-month period.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the government has approved the payment of outstanding salary arrears owed to newly recruited teachers under the 2024 financial clearance.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over, Apple announced on Monday.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has outlined a comprehensive investment programme aimed at addressing persistent reliability challenges and strengthening its network capacity, the Acting Managing Director, Kwame Kpekpena, has announced.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has acknowledged that some Ghanaian content creators are facing difficulties accessing their earnings from international digital platforms, including X, and has launched a review to identify the root causes of the payment bottlenecks.

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) kicked off the trading week on a strong note, with the benchmark GSE Composite Index climbing 308.57 points to close at 14,332.79. The GSE Financial Stocks Index also gained 206.14 points to settle at 8,520.19, reflecting renewed appetite for banking and financial sector stocks.

The Electricity Company of Ghana has scheduled an extensive network of planned maintenance exercises across three regions for Tuesday, April 21, 2026, with engineers set to undertake critical infrastructure upgrades that will temporarily disrupt power supply to dozens of communities in the Central, Accra West, and Volta Regions.

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has filed an application at the Court of Appeal challenging a High Court ruling that ordered him to open his defence in an ongoing criminal trial.

The government has initiated steps to repeal the laws establishing the Middle Belt Development Authority and the Coastal Development Authority, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has announced.

The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has announced an 18-month intervention programme, estimated to cost at least GH¢4 billion, to address persistent faults in Ghana’s electricity distribution network and reduce outages in affected communities.

The National Service Authority (NSA) is preparing to embark on a nationwide inspection to ensure that employers in both the public and private sectors have engaged only graduates with valid National Service certificates.

The National Service Authority (NSA) has reduced its annual payroll from more than GH¢1.5 billion to about GH¢700 million following the removal of thousands of fictitious names from its system, the Deputy Director-General in charge of Operations has disclosed.

President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that recent power outages across parts of the country are the result of ongoing system upgrades and not a return to the prolonged electricity crisis popularly known as “dumsor”.

The Electricity Company of Ghana has scheduled planned and emergency maintenance exercises across two regions for Monday, April 20, 2026, even as engineers continue to battle a faulty transformer and a fallen conductor that left several communities in the Tema and Ashanti West Regions without power on Sunday.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will, in the 2028 elections, share the electoral votes of the Ashanti Region equally. 

The Ghana Police Service has promoted and decorated nineteen senior officers in a move aimed at strengthening leadership within the security service.

The Ghana National Gas Company and Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) have announced a planned five-hour shutdown of the Gas Processing Plant at Atuabo from midnight to 5:00 am on Monday, April 20, 2026, to complete the replacement of a damaged Burner Management System controller.

President John Dramani Mahama has outlined a raft of measures by the government to tackle the persistent glut of food crops, particularly maize and rice, in a move aimed at stabilising prices and protecting farmers’ incomes.

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has published a sweeping list of 62 institutions that are not recognised in Ghana, warning the public to exercise due diligence with regard to any certificates issued by these entities due to various quality assurance concerns.