Special needs education for persons with disability in the country is now free, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced.

The government has declined a request for a state visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, citing heightened concerns over recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa that have affected Ghanaian nationals.

A 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) 2 female student of Assin Krofofrodo D/A Basic School in the Assin North District has allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on a male JHS 1 schoolmate after accusing him of repeatedly touching her breasts during a school clean-up exercise.

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Eric Afoakwa, also known as "Chad", a convicted fraudster who had been on the run for seven years after being sentenced to eight years in prison for money laundering, defrauding by false pretences, forgery of official documents, and tax evasion.

A court in eastern China has sentenced a former city official to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m; £243m) in bribes over 30 years.

Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said his team felt a "sense of injustice" over United States striker Folarin Balogun's one-match ban being suspended by Fifa shortly before their World Cup last-16 match.

Lawyers for former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, have filed an application for an order of habeas corpus, seeking to compel the Director of the Bureau of National Intelligence and the Attorney-General to produce him before the High Court.

Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has stirred controversy by attributing the Black Stars' disappointing campaign at the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup to age cheating.

He argued that the long-standing practice of relying on the so-called "football age" was undermining the national team's performance.

In an interview with Graphic Sports yesterday, Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe said many of the players had become physically rigid and were no longer capable of performing at the level required in modern international football.

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has announced that the application portal for the Regular Students Loan and Students Loan Plus schemes for the 2025/2026 academic year will officially close on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

The government has declared Friday, July 10, and Saturday, July 11, 2026, as national general cleaning days in the seven regions affected by the recent floods to help reduce the risk of further flooding ahead of the expected heavy rains.

Nana Ama Bonsu has been chosen as the new Asantehemaa.  Her stool name is Nana Yaa Akyaa II.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Monday named Nana Ama Bonsu as the 15th Asantehemaa in line with Asante tradition.

She takes over from the late Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, the 14th Asantehemaa, who died in August 2025, and she has chosen the stool name Nana Yaa Akyaa II.

The Electricity Company of Ghana has announced a series of planned maintenance exercises across the Ashanti, Central, and Accra West regions for Tuesday, July 7, as part of ongoing efforts to improve service delivery, while engineers in the Tema Region work to resolve network faults.

The High Court in Accra has granted the Attorney-General and Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, more time to complete a plea negotiation in the trial in which he has been accused of causing a financial loss of GH¢30 million to the Ghana Exim Bank.

Oliver Barker-Vormawor, the legal representative of Frederick Kumi, popularly known as "Abu Trica," has made an oral application to the High Court in Accra to order the Attorney-General to grant him access to his client.

MTN Business has entered into a strategic partnership with Graphic Communications Group Ltd, Ghana's foremost media organisation, to provide Ghanaian businesses with seamless access to credible business intelligence through MTN Business' newly launched Unlimited Fibre Broadband offers.

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Vincent Apetor, an unemployed man, into lawful custody after he pleaded guilty to fraudulently spending GH¢114,000 entrusted to him for travel purposes.

More than 900 Ghanaians have registered with the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria to be evacuated from South Africa following last week Monday’s violent anti-immigrant demonstration that left one Ghanaian national dead. 

The Ministry of Finance has fully settled its Eurobond obligation of $700 million for this year ahead of schedule.

Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has issued a stark warning that Ghana's economy risks being 'stuck in a hole for a long time to come' unless the country confronts the issue of livable wages and the purchasing power of its citizens.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it has received no formal resignation from Black Stars head coach Carlos Queiroz, despite the veteran Portuguese appearing to bid an emotional farewell to the national team in a social media post that sparked widespread speculation over his future.

A 67-year-old Nigerian-British grandmother has been arrested by Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos after 13 kilogrammes of cocaine were discovered concealed in plantain peels packed among other food items in her luggage.

Residents of Greater Accra have been urged to remain vigilant after the Ministry of the Interior issued an emergency weather alert warning of possible flooding ahead of moderate rainfall expected early on Monday (July 6, 2026).

Carlos Queiroz has announced his departure as head coach of the Black Stars, bringing an end to his brief but transformative tenure following Ghana's Round of 32 exit at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has issued a message of appreciation to the nation, hailing the Black Stars for defying pre-tournament doubts by reaching the Round of 32 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A major fire swept through a warehouse in the Tema Industrial Area Free Zones enclave on Saturday, July 4, prompting a large-scale emergency response from the Ghana National Fire Service and other state agencies.