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Two Nigerian nationals sentenced for attempting to obtain Ghana Cards with false Identities
The Madina District Court II in Greater Accra has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to 12 months imprisonment each for attempting to obtain Ghana Cards using false identities.
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'Never again must recklessness define our finances' — Ato Forson vows discipline in resetting economy
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson declared that fiscal discipline and integrity will remain the cornerstone of Ghana’s economic recovery, warning that “never again must we allow recklessness, waste and indiscipline to define how we handle the people’s money.”
He made these remarks while presenting the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government for the year ending 31 December 2026, in Parliament on Thursday, November 13.
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4 Arrested over murder of destooled chief at Tanoso
The police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of Nana Owusu Korkor, the destooled Akwamuhene of Tanoso in the Bono East Region.
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Budget 2026: Ghana’s public debt falls from GH¢726.7bn to GH¢630.2bn – Finance Minister
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed that Ghana’s total public debt fell sharply from GH¢726.7 billion in 2024 to GH¢630.2 billion by October 2025, marking one of the largest single-year reductions in the country’s history.
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Parliament approves Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as new Chief Justice
Parliament has approved the nomination of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s next Chief Justice, with 163 Members of Parliament voting in favour and 69 against. The approval was given on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
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Farm losses in 2025’s bumper harvest season: Let's fix warehousing, value chain systems - John Awuah
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks, Mr John Awuah, has cautioned that Ghana’s current economic stability could be at risk next year if the government fails to address long-standing weaknesses within the agricultural value chain.
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Tributes pour in for victims of El Wak Stadium stampede
Following the tragic stampede at the El Wak Sports Stadium on November 12, which claimed the lives of six potential recruits into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and left several others injured, tributes have been pouring in from across the country.
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COVID-19 Levy to go
The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, will present the 2026 Budget and Economic Statement of the government to Parliament today, amid heightened expectations among residents, various groups and stakeholders for their interests to be satisfied in the coming year.
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Court adjourns Mustapha Hamid trial to December 9 after court reassignment following additional charges
The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has adjourned to December 9, 2025, the taking of plea in the case involving former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and nine others who are facing charges of extortion and money laundering.
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Parliament calls for reforms in security recruitment process - President visits victims
Parliament yesterday paid tribute to the six young persons who died at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in a military recruitment exercise for the Greater Accra Region.
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Youth protest decline in DACF allocations to youth-focused institutions
Some youth in Tamale have embarked on a peaceful protest over what they describe as the persistent decline in the financial allocations of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to youth-focused institutions.
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Military enlistment in Accra on hold - 6 Die, 5 In critical condition, 5 injured in Kumasi
The Ministry of Defence has suspended the military recruitment exercise in the Greater Accra Region indefinitely.
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Chief Justice oo dende, akwaaba - George Bernard Shaw writes
This piece is about the Chief Justice nominee, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, who was being vetted as I wrote this.
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260km road projects begin in Upper West, East regions
President John Dramani Mahama has cut the sod for major infrastructure projects in the Upper West and Upper East regions, declaring that it is a historic day that signals "the rebirth of hope and the restoration of fairness for the people of northern Ghana.”
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Lithium agreement laid in Parliament - But Minority calls for its rejection
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has laid the lithium mining lease agreement between the government of Ghana and Barari DV Ghana Limited in Parliament.
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Asantehene rewards two top GJA Award winners GH¢50,000 cash
In a display of royal generosity and recognition of journalistic excellence in Ghana, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has rewarded two of the top winners at the 29th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) award winners with GH¢50,000.
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Tema-Mpakadan moving train crushes man to death
A middle-aged man was crushed to death by the Tema-Mpakadan moving train in the Bediako enclave, close to Afienya in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday evening.
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UEW releases GTEC boss Jinapor Abdulai's full academic credentials and promotion to professor rank in line with RTI request
In response to a Right to Information (RTI) Act request on the academic credentials of Prof Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has complied and responded with full information on when he was promoted to the rank of senior lecturer in 2014 and Associate Professor in 2017, and the publications he submitted to meet the requirements for the promotions.
An alumnus of the Swiss Management Center (SMC) University, Kwame Simpe Ofori had petitioned UEW, GTEC Governing Board, and the Minister of Education, asking for the information.
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GAF launches inquiry into El-Wak Stadium stampede
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has launched a Board of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding a fatal stampede that occurred during its 2025/2026 recruitment exercise at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
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Kumasi: Stampede at Baba Yara Stadium leaves five injured during GAF screening
Five young people were injured during a stampede at the ongoing Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) screening exercise at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Wednesday, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has confirmed.
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Government targets 75% poultry self-sufficiency by 2028 under Mahama’s Feed Ghana programme
President John Dramani Mahama says the government has set a target to raise Ghana’s poultry self-sufficiency from the current 12 per cent to more than 75 per cent by 2028 as part of a national effort to reduce dependence on imports and boost local production.
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Mahama launches 'Nkoko Nkitinkiti' project to supply 3 million birds to households nationwide
President John Dramani Mahama has launched the "Nkoko Nkitinkiti" Household and Backyard Poultry Production Initiative, a national programme that will distribute three million birds to about 60,000 households across all 276 constituencies.
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Accra: GAF suspends recruitment exercise after deadly stampede at El-Wak Stadium
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has temporarily suspended the recruitment exercise at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra following the deadly stampede on Wednesday morning.
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Binduri wanted man with GH¢1m bounty speaks from hiding place
Mark Agingre, the man declared wanted by police for allegedly killing eight people in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region, with a GH¢1million bounty on his head, has spoken from his hiding place.
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Six dead, several injured in stampede at Ghana Armed Forces recruitment exercise
A stampede at the El Wak Stadium on Wednesday morning, where the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) was recruiting soldiers, has led to the death of six people with several others injured, the GAF has confirmed.