A newly drafted NITA Data Harmonisation Bill 2025, developed to establish a comprehensive legal framework for data sharing, standardisation, and interoperability across public and private institutions is to be put up for public consultation.  

A new study has shed light on the grim experiences of young girls who migrate from northern Ghana to Accra in search of better opportunities, revealing widespread exploitation and poor living conditions among female head porters, known as Kayayei.

The findings were presented at an event in Accra on Thursday, dubbed Dunk It Up (DIU).

The flagbearer campaign of former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has received a major endorsement from 63 Members of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who have reaffirmed their commitment to back his candidacy ahead of the party’s upcoming primaries.

In Ghana’s political and cultural history, few images are as striking as that of Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, poised, confident, and crowned with her trademark red beret. 

The Eastern Regional Police Command has arraigned 34 suspects, including six chiefs, over a violent incident in Ahwerase that left one person dead and three others injured during a ceremony linked to the annual Odwira Festival.

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has intensified its campaign against illegal mining, recording what the government describes as major successes in two coordinated operations in the Western North and Ashanti Regions on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the founder and leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), was one of Ghana’s most influential political figures and a trailblazer for women’s empowerment in Africa. 

Legendary Ghanaian musician, King Ayisoba, has expressed his desire to be considered for a diplomatic passport.  The musician believes his international recognition and contributions to Ghanaian music warrant such an honour.

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the longest-serving First Lady of Ghana, has passed on. She died on Thursday morning [Oct 23, 2025] in Accra.

A 65-year-old woman, Madam Abena Gladys, has reportedly been murdered by her nephew in the Breman-Benin community of the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District in the Central Region.

Former Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has said when he worked with the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, they collected and compiled data without verification — including entries he described as “garbage.”

A former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has called for a new model that prioritises the national ownership of natural resources for sustainable development.

The Gomoa Central Special Economic Zone (GCSEZ) has been launched with the goal of transforming the Central Region into a commercial and industrial hub that will drive the country’s economic expansion.

An ongoing investigation by the Ghana Railway Development Authority and the Ghana Police Service has uncovered a plot by suspected saboteurs to disrupt the new train service introduced on the Tema-Afienya route, Graphic Online has gathered.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested five suspects and rescued 57 Nigerian nationals from a human trafficking and cybercrime syndicate operating at Adom Estates, Community 25.

The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, has said there is no need for Parliament to reconsider the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021. 

In accordance with Article 144 (1) of the 1992 Constitution, H.E. the President, John Dramani Mahama, has nominated Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana for consideration and approval by Parliament.

Informal cross-border trade between Ghana and its three neighbouring countries — Togo, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire — was valued at GH¢7.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to new data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The amount represents 4.3 per cent of Ghana’s total trade for the period.

President John Dramani Mahama has called for a collective national effort to safeguard the vision of the Ghana Infrastructure Plan (GIP), which is a 30-year strategic blueprint designed to guide the nation’s infrastructure development and help end the cycle of abandoned and politicised projects.

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine has said that his office will soon file formal charges including stealing, conspiracy to steal, willfully causing financial loss to the state, and other related offences against the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab.

President John Dramani Mahama has launched the Ghana Infrastructure Plan (GIP), a 30-year strategic blueprint designed to guide the nation’s infrastructure development and end the cycle of abandoned and politicised projects.

A fresh case of financial misappropriation involving the former CEO of the National Food Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, under the previous Akufo-Addo administration, has been uncovered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine.

At a press briefing in Accra today, Dr Ayine said his office will soon file formal charges, including stealing, conspiracy to steal, wilfully causing financial loss to the state, and other related offences against Abdul-Wahab and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni.

We had a piggery, and a school farm. The pigs were fed with the leftover food from the dining hall and produce from the school farm. 

For some people, the piggery was the most important and distinctive institution in the school. Every once in a while, pork would be offered for dinner. I do not remember how often these pork evenings were, but my recollection is that they were celebratory evenings. 

Beginning the next academic year [2025/2026], all students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will undertake a one-credit course in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Prof. Samuel Kwasi Dartey-Baah has been sworn into office as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Central University.

In his first words as Vice-Chancellor  on Wednesday [Oct 22, 2025], he called on the government to recognise private universities as equal partners in national development and emphasised the need for fairness in policy, research funding, and inclusion in national education strategies.