There has been no final decision on the future use of the land, which had been earmarked for the National Cathedral project, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister for Government Communication, has said.

Clarifying Mr Kwakye Ofosu said a proposal by a continental organisation to convert the site into a convention centre and cultural complex in exchange for office space was not under consideration.

In the meantime, he says President John Mahama has directed the Auditor-General to conduct a forensic audit into the National Cathedral project, including a GH¢4.9 million discrepancy in payments made to a contractor.

A change of a chief as a result of death, abdication or destoolment does not affect the status of land sale transactions existing within the jurisdiction before a new chief ascends the throne.

The decision by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to make the National Chairman the party's leader at all times is a step in the right direction, a political scientist and a legal luminary of the party have separately stated.

In recent months, Ghana, like many oil-importing nations, has benefited from a notable decline in global crude oil prices.

A total of 37,000 candidates across the country are sitting for this year’s examination.

Israeli sprinter Blessing Afrifah, born to Ghanaian parents in Tel Aviv, cemented his place as one of Europe’s finest young athletes after successfully defending his European Under-23 200m title in Bergen, Norway on July 20, 2025. 

The police are reviewing videos of the recent Ablekuma North parliamentary election partial rerun to bring perpetrators in the violent scenes to book.

The names of 60 private schools where the government has extended the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to include have been published by the Ministry of Education.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will carry out planned maintenance works across five regions on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has urged cement manufacturing companies operating in Ghana to reduce prices to reflect the recent appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he is "100 per cent" sure the club followed the right processes when dealing with former midfielder Thomas Partey, who was under police investigation for multiple counts of rape while he was playing for the club.

The Ghana midfielder, 32, left Arsenal at the end of his contract on 30 June and four days later was charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, has warned of the possible revocation of 962 small-scale mining licences as part of efforts to combat illegal mining.

The minister made this known following a committee’s report on the status of small-scale mining licences across the country.

The police have killed three suspected armed robbers in Tema. It followed a police patrol team's response to a distress call, which reportedly led to a confrontation with the suspects, leading to anexchange of gunfire.

The police in a statement said personnel from the Tema Regional Police Command on July 21, 2025, responded to a distress call regarding armed men numbering about ten breaking into a warehouse at the Tema Industrial Area. 

Mrs Josephine Tandoh Asante was the Marketing and Public Relations Manager of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) at the Tema Port, when she was stabbed to death at dawn at the age of 49, at her Emefs Estate home on the Accra-Akosombo highway at dawn on January 13, 2019.

She had returned from an end-of-year dinner organised by the GPHA at Community Six in Tema when she was attacked in her home and killed.

The Ministry of Defence has uncovered 210 unqualified candidates in recent admissions to the Ghana Military Academy and plans to cancel the intake entirely ahead of a new nationwide recruitment exercise in August 2025.

The Ghana Armed Forces will lead the rehabilitation of the Awaso–Takoradi bauxite corridor and participate in the construction of the Accra–Kumasi Expressway, as part of a renewed role in national infrastructure delivery.

The Blekusu Coastal Protection Project Phase II in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region has taken off in earnest, a project President John Dramani Mahama described as a comprehensive, resilient coastal protection venture. 

The Ghana Armed Forces have made progress in reducing maritime piracy and protecting offshore oil installations despite operating with severely limited equipment, Defence Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah has said.

Basic school learners in parts of the Volta Region are reportedly skipping school to work as labourers on marijuana plantations for meagre earnings, the President of the Volta Region House of Chiefs (VRHC), Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, has said.

The Zuarungu Senior High School (SHS) in the Bolgatanga East District of the Upper East Region has been temporarily closed down following a violent clash between students from two ethnic groups.

Visitors to the United States will need to pay a “visa integrity fee,” according to a provision of the Trump administration’s recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has announced the Ghana Police Service’s plan to establish a Real-Time Crime Centre powered by artificial intelligence (AI) before the end of 2025. 

New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegates at the party's highest decision-making conference have voted to expand the electoral college by 40 per cent.

DraftKings, a leading US-based sports betting platform, has reached a confidential settlement in a lawsuit filed by Lisa D’Alessandro, the wife of a compulsive gambler who lost nearly $1 million through the site over a four-year period.

Residents in parts of the Greater Accra Region should brace for an eight-hour power outage on Monday, July 21, 2025, as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) embarks on planned maintenance works aimed at improving electricity supply.