The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims by former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum that poor management practices contributed to the decline in students’ performance in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

The service described the comments as misplaced and urged the public to ignore them.

President John Dramani Mahama has received 10 petitions for the removal of two heads of public institutions and two deputies appointed under Article 70 of the Constitution.

There appears to be limited cooperation and collaboration between the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Office of the Attorney-General when it comes to the prosecution of cases.

Whether this is merely perception or grounded in fact, the old saying still holds: actions speak louder than words. As Scripture says, “We speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen” (John 3:11, adapted).

Since its establishment, the OSP has consistently come under heavy criticism from the Ghanaian public for what many consider its ineffective delivery on its core mandate of investigating, prosecuting and curbing corruption and related offences.

Just about a week ago, there were renewed calls from the first Special Prosecutor, Mr. Martin Amidu, and private legal practitioner, Mr. Martin Kpebu, among others, for the current Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to resign.

An environmental advocate, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong has called for the government's reset agenda to be implemented as a comprehensive transformation that touches every sector of the nation.

He believes that a piecemeal approach will yield limited benefits. 

In an interview, he said to maximise the advantages of this reset, it must encompass a radical rethinking of the economy, healthcare system, job creation strategies, environmental policies, agriculture and other critical areas of national development.

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt Rev. Dr Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has urged Ghanaians to safeguard the long-standing harmony in mission schools by upholding mutual respect between religious groups and the proprietors of such institutions.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has cancelled the entire results of 653 candidates who sat for this year's West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC) for possessing mobile phones in the examination halls.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has appealed to the government to grant extra financial clearance to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to recruit more academic and administrative staff.

The transition from private, foreign-hosted Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS) to a state-owned Ghana Health Information Management System (GHIMS) is a watershed moment for Ghana’s digital health care. 

Atlantic Lithium says it remains confident that parliamentary ratification of its revised mining lease for the Ewoyaa Lithium Project will be secured soon, describing the approval as strategically important for both Ghana and the company’s long-term development plans.

A 46-year-old Ghanaian national has been arrested by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Rainbow Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls, New York, after authorities discovered he was wanted on a felony warrant issued in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Breastfeeding mothers with surplus milk can now donate to the Human Milk Bank at the University of ghana Medical Centre (UgMC) in Accra.

Five months after its official launch, the facility, located at the Women and Children’s Block of the medical centre, is now receiving, processing and storing donated breast milk for distribution to vulnerable newborns, particularly preterm babies.

In an interview with The Mirror in Accra last Friday, the Head of the Paediatric Department, Dr Beatrice Nyann, said after the launch, the team spent months perfecting the system and processes involved.

The Ghana Police Service has said the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno is alive and performing his duties.

Following a story in The Mirror last Saturday, the labone Senior High School in Accra has received 3000 new desks from the Ministry of Education.

The Mirror reported on the severe shortage of furniture in the school that left many newly admitted students sitting on the floor to learn or crowded on dining hall benches.

Related article: Freshers at Labone SHS sit on floors for lessons - Due to shortage of desks

President John Mahama observed his 67th birthday with a morning devotion prayer service at his residence in Accra. 

The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Otchere Baafi, has called on New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates to throw their full support behind former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as the party prepares for its crucial flagbearer election on January 31, 2026.

The performance of school candidates in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been fluctuating in the last four years, especially in all the core subjects from 2022 to 2025.

The provisional results of the 2025 WASSCE released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Saturday show the lowest performance in all four core subjects in the last four years. 

The core subjects are English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science and Social Studies.

The results fluctuating trend. 

The Amasaman Circuit Court has sentenced two men to 17 years in prison each for robbing two victims with a pair of scissors at Agbazo near Golden Exotic Farm in Accra.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for the 2025 West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.

The subject results of 6,295 candidates have been cancelled for sending foreign materials like prepared notes, textbooks, and printed materials into the examination halls.

In addition to that, the entire results of 653 candidates have also been cancelled for possession of mobile phones in the examination halls.

In a press statement announcing the release of the results on Saturday night (Nov 29, 2025), WAEC also indicated that the subject results of 908 and the entire results of 158 candidates have been withheld for various suspected offences.

The High Court sitting in Kumasi has declared that both Akosua Serwaa Fosuh and Priscilla Ofori were duly married to the late Ghanaian musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, popularly known as Daddy Lumba.

Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong's tenure as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) ended on September 18, 2025, on the day he attained age 60, the University Council has announced.

At the 124th Regular Meeting of the University Governing Council held on Thursday, November 27, 2025, the council reviewed the appointment of Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong as Vice-Chancellor.

The review was premised on the discontinuance of the case (John Mevemeo v. University of Cape Coast and Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong) and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission's directive on the compulsory retirement age of 60.

An eight-year-old boy has died after falling into an abandoned, water-filled manhole at Blue Rose Estate in Budumburam.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched investigations into allegations of extortion levelled against some officers of the Customs Division Task Force operating in the Ashanti Region.

A major gridlock developed on the Cape Coast–Winneba highway on Saturday morning after a vehicle loaded with soft drinks was involved in an accident and blocked a section of the road.

The Ministry of the Interior has declared Friday, December 5, 2025, a statutory public holiday.

The Ghana Police Service, in partnership with COGINTA Ghana under the EU-funded Peace Protect Project, has commissioned three new Community Police Posts in the Northern, Upper East, North-East, and Savannah regions as part of ongoing efforts to improve security and strengthen policing in the northern border zones.