Naaga-Chaab, a community in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region can heave a sigh of relief after many years of struggling for water.

This is due to the provision of a mechanised borehole by AYEYA, an organisation into the production of skincare products manufactured from shea nuts.

Hitherto, residents in the community relied on a single borehole to fetch water for their daily activities. Due to the pressure on the facility, residents, especially women and children, queued for hours around the borehole, a development which resulted in children going to school late.

Residents of Yong, a farming community in the Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region, will now heave a sigh of relief following the inauguration of a mechanised water system to provide them with potable water.

The water system, which came with two reservoirs, is expected to provide water to about 1,000 residents of the community and its environs.

The community has had serious water problems for many years, and the residents, particularly women and children, had to trek about 10 kilometres in search of water in dugouts for domestic purposes.  

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 Election Review Committee has appealed to party members and individuals with relevant information regarding factors that influenced the 2024 election outcome to share their input with the committee.

“We look forward to receiving your contributions and insights as we work to strengthen our processes," a statement signed and issued by the Secretary to the committee, William Yamoah said.

A task force set up by the Wenchi Traditional Council has arrested five suspected illegal miners, including a Chinese, at Wenchi Atuuna in the Bono Region.

The task force, which made the arrest last Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 4:40 p.m., also seized four excavators, two private Ford vehicles with registration numbers AS 2860-24 and GB 159-22, as well as two huge washing machines.

The Special Aide to the Omanhene of the Wenchi Traditional Area, Osagyefo Ampem Anye Amoampong Tabrako III, Nana Reindorf Oware, who confirmed the arrest to the Daily Graphic, said the task force was led by Osagyefo Tabrako to arrest the suspects.

The debate surrounding the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) in Ghana has gained significant traction among various stakeholders, igniting discussions about whether these elections should be conducted on partisan lines or remain non-partisan.

The Volta Basin Authority (VBA) has reported moderate drought conditions across the Volta Basin, covering the period from January 14 to February 13, 2025. 

While the overall risk remains low to moderate, specific areas are facing challenges that could affect agriculture and water resources.

This was contained in a bulletin developed with input from meteorological and hydrological agencies from six riparian countries — Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin — was supported by international partners including the Adaptation Fund, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the CIMA Foundation.

With him leading the charge, Teddy Osei and the Osibisa Band travelled the world, met Heads of State and royalty, signed autographs in Rolls-Royce cars and generally generated excitement wherever they went.

The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States (US) will take place on Monday, January 20, 2025, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. 

The ceremony will be the 60th US Presidential inauguration and the second inauguration of Trump as US President, marking the commencement of his second and final non-consecutive term as US President.

It is also the term of JD Vance as the 50th US Vice-President, and the only non-consecutive re-inauguration for a US President after the second inauguration of Grover Cleveland in 1893. Trump's first inauguration was eight years earlier, in January 2017.

Three of five individuals have been brought before an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and assault of a businessman. 

The accused are Albert Tetteh Botchway and David Burke,  both 34 and businessmen, and Promise Lamptey, 29, a security guard. 

Two other suspects, Awudu Balm and Katanga, remain at large.

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has called on the government to collaborate with the Ghana Police Service to ensure the Commission receives adequate security, enabling it to carry out its duties in a safe and secure environment.

In a statement released on Friday, January 17, 2025, and signed by the EC Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, the Commission expressed concern that the police failed to provide security during a planned continuation of collation process of the Ablekuma North Constituency results at the Greater Accra Regional Office on Friday morning.

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Banjul, The Gambia, as part of a two-country visit to express gratitude to the leaders of The Gambia and Senegal for their participation in his presidential inauguration on January 7, 2025.  

The Appointments Committee of Parliament is set to commence vetting sessions for President John Dramani Mahama's latest ministerial nominees.  

A former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has initiated a defamation suit against four respondents, including Dan Kwaku Yeboah, a popular sports journalist.

Economist and professor of finance, Godfred Alufar Bokpin, has called for a drastic shift in Ghana's economic strategy, emphasising the need to prioritise agriculture as the backbone of the economy.

The Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah has called on President John Dramani Mahama to sign the LGBTQ+ Bill, officially known as the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, into law.

He criticised the President for what he described as a shift in position on the controversial legislation. 

This follows President Mahama's recent comments suggesting the bill, which originated as a Private Member’s Bill, would have had greater national impact if it had been sponsored by the government. 

A staggering 90 per cent of raw materials used in the country's manufacturing sector are still sourced from international markets, the President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr Humphrey Kwesi Ayim Darke, has said.

A financial audit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has uncovered a revenue collection deficit of GH₵490 million for the period spanning October to December 2023.

Former Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T. Hammond, has filed a defamation lawsuit against broadcaster Blessed Godsbrain Smart, widely known as Captain Smart, over alleged derogatory comments made during a broadcast on Onua TV.

Some political party supporters on Friday morning vandalised the Greater-Accra Regional Office of the Electoral Commission (EC) to disrupt the outstanding collation process in the Ablekuma North parliamentary election.

Officials of the EC and party agents had met to continue with the exercise, which has been outstanding since December 7, 2024 due to disagreements over some polling station results.

The supporters, unhappy with the exercise, stormed the EC officers and disrupted the process by vandalising the place.

On the 16th of March, 2023, I published a feature captioned, MARKET FIRES ARE PREVENTABLE - ASSEMBLIES MUST SIT UP.

In that article, stated explicitly that fire prevention is a shared responsibility and if indeed market fires are to be prevented, then a big responsibility lies on the shoulders of the custodians of our markets, the Assemblies. It is a must that the Assemblies complement the efforts of the Fire Service to end or reduce the market fires in the country.

Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.

Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) are now more than 50% higher than before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels.

Last year, fossil fuel emissions were at record highs, while the natural world struggled to absorb as much CO2 due to factors including wildfires and drought, so more accumulated in the atmosphere.

Apple has suspended a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that drew criticism and complaints for making repeated mistakes in its summaries of news headlines.

The tech giant had been facing mounting pressure to withdraw the service, which sent notifications that appeared to come from within news organisations' apps.

"We are working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update," an Apple spokesperson said.

President John Dramini Mahama has called for a deeper collaboration among West African states to ensure regional security, particularly in the Sahel. 

A 35-year-old man has butchered his six-year-old son at Antwiriifo near Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Bono Region.

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has granted a GH₵5 million bail with four sureties to Benjamin Appiah Boateng, a forex trader, who faces charges of fraud and theft.