The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of of Ghana to the Holy See [Rome], Sir Ben Batabe Assorow has presented his Letters of Credence to the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.

A 45-year-old businesswoman, Millicent Asamoah Ampofo, has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly producing and selling drinks believed to be mixed with cannabis at Taifa in Accra.

The accused was before the court presided over by Mr Kwabena Kodua Obiri-Yeboah last Tuesday, charged with unlawful control of a narcotic drug.

Up to 65 per cent of adult Ghanaians are unable to afford a healthy diet daily.

The police are on a manhunt for a suspect who stabbed a firefighter from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) during efforts to contain a fire that ravaged an eight-room, one-storey building at Adjiringano near Ability Square in Greater Accra on Friday night.

Following the directive to Justice Ray Achoanya Ayam, the Acting Deputy Director-General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) under the Ministry of Education, to stop using an "invalid Dr" title obtained from the Swiss Management Center (SMC) University from Switzerland, he has responded to that directive from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).

According to the NaCCA Acting Deputy Director-General, until a court of competent jurisdiction rules otherwise, he is "unable to comply with the GTEC directive.

"I [Ayam] shall, in good faith and consistent with NAB’s 2020 affirmation, continue to use the academic title “Dr.”, a title reflecting a validly earned, lawfully conferred, and previously recognised doctoral qualification," he stated in a letter dated November 11, 2025, in a response to the GTEC directive.  

The Ministry for the Interior has adopted new measures for recruitments into the security services in the wake of last Wednesday’s tragedy when six young people died at the military enlistment at the El-Wak Stadium.

The Minority in Parliament has described the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy as fiscal deception, with the government effectively choosing accounting aesthetics over economic substance.

A 103-Year-Old World War II veteran, PCE 61343 Emmanuel Darkey, was the special guest at this year’s Remembrance Day celebration at the Ho Jubilee Park last Tuesday.

President John Dramani Mahama has issued a stern caution to the Hajj Board over any attempt to exploit Ghanaian pilgrims who have saved for years to fulfil a sacred religious duty.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana (NMC) has inducted 7,842 newly qualified nurses, midwives and nurse assistants from the southern part of the country. 

Eddie Nketiah says "the future will take care of itself" amid speculation that the Crystal Palace striker could switch his international allegiance from England to Ghana ahead of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has announced that the Ministry is fast-tracking its transition from paper-based recruitment to a fully digital, paperless system following the tragic incident at the El Wak Sports Stadium, which claimed the lives of six potential Ghana Armed Forces recruits and left several others injured.

The Deputy Minister of Defence, Brogya Genfi, has announced that one family member of each of the six victims who lost their lives in the El Wak Stadium stampede will be given the opportunity for automatic enlistment into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), should they express interest.

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has announced that multiple screening centres will be established nationwide for the upcoming internal security services recruitment exercise, following the tragic incident at the El Wak Sports Stadium that claimed six lives and left several others injured. 

The Minister for the Interior has announced a postponement of the nationwide recruitment exercise into the internal security services following last Wednesday's stampede at the El Wak stadium involving a similar exercise with the military.

The Tafo and Atasemanso Circuit Courts have remanded into prison custody 136 persons arrested in a police-military operation following the attacks on personnel of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) and officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Ghana’s construction sector experienced a slowdown in cost pressures, as the Prime Building Cost Index (PBCI) declined to 9.7 per cent in September 2025, marking the fifth consecutive month of decline. 

Fifteen truckloads of onions valued at GH¢3.1 million have gone to waste at the Adjen Kotoku Onion Market in Accra, following weeks of transportation delays, poor road networks and inadequate storage facilities.

At a funeral reception recently, a colleague asked why I sometimes refer to articles I wrote some years back! My simple answer was, “Abed (Abednego), it is because, as we say in the military, “situation, no change,” when things remain unchanged. 

John Dramani Mahama will not cancel the Free SHS policy.

The planned new 198.7 kilometres 6-lane Accra–Kumasi Expressway, expected to be a completely new road built to expressway standards, and not a mere upgrade of the existing N6 route, has been captured in the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy read in Parliament on Thursday [Nov 13, 2026].

The project is expected to be Ghana’s first purpose-built expressway, featuring limited access points, higher speed limits, and safety infrastructure designed to reduce travel time and prevent accidents.

The Minority in Parliament has described the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy presented by the Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, on Thursday as mere lamentations.

After successfully stabilising an economy that was in distress — burdened by debt, weakened by mismanagement and stripped of confidence — the government yesterday laid a blueprint of bold policies and programmes to build upon the gains achieved in the past 11 months to create more than 800,000 new jobs for Ghanaians.

The government has presented a budget that seeks to address the concerns of Ghanaians, with big-ticket initiatives to create jobs, build on economic stability and extend electricity to every home, starting from next year.

The government has announced the scrapping of the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy and sweeping reforms to the Value Added Tax (VAT) system to inject GH¢3.7 billion into the economy and return nearly GH¢6 billion to businesses and households in 2026.