Feverish campaigning travelled deep into the night of yesterday as the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) mopped up whatever was available for today’s partial rerun of the Ablekuma North parliamentary election in the Greater Accra Region.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced planned maintenance works scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025, in parts of the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions. The exercise, according to ECG, is aimed at improving service delivery and ensuring network reliability.

The Bank of Ghana has issued a directive mandating all Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) operating in the country to register with the central bank by August 15, 2025, or risk regulatory sanctions.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has reaffirmed its commitment to conducting a fair, transparent, and credible parliamentary election rerun in the Ablekuma North Constituency on July 11, following disputes over results from 19 polling stations during the December 2024 elections.

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has given Azumah Resources Ghana Limited and Engineers & Planners (E&P) a seven-day ultimatum to resolve their ongoing dispute over the ownership and control of the Black Volta Gold Project.

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested one suspect, Bright Aveh, in connection with the murder of Stephen King Amoah, an Immigration Officer whose burnt body was discovered on July 9, 2025, in a gutter near GBC Satellite, opposite Comet Estate, Accra.

The Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has announced a significant enhancement in Ghana’s natural gas supply from this Sunday. 

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has criticised Ghana’s recent decision to abstain from a United Nations vote on LGBTQ+ rights, describing it as inconsistent with the country’s declared values and constitutional principles.

Three 18-year-olds have been sentenced to ten years in prison each for their role in a violent robbery that left several residents of Boubai in the Asokore Mampong Municipality injured and traumatised.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a scheduled maintenance exercise set to take place on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in parts of the Volta and Greater Accra regions. 

The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has inaugurated a new Board of Directors for Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG), charging them to uphold integrity, safeguard public funds and restore public confidence in state-backed banking institutions.

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has inaugurated a new 9-member board for the National Investment Bank (NIB), pledging a major government decision to recapitalise the bank.

The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has inaugurated a new Board of Directors for the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), urging them to stay committed to the bank’s core mandate of supporting Ghana’s agricultural transformation.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NCC) is currently depending on sniffer dogs at the Kotoka International Airport and other ports across the country to detect narcotic substances being smuggled out, the Minister of the Interior has told Parliament.

President John Dramani Mahama has nominated four persons for appointment as Deputy Ministers.

Tottenham have agreed a deal with West Ham to sign Mohammed Kudus.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clarified that no vote was taken in support of LGBTQI+ rights during the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC59).

The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of causing financial loss to the state by spending $1.2 million on what they described as a mere relaunch of the chip-embedded passport initiative.

According to the Minority Caucus, the project had already been conceived, contracted, and financed under the previous Akufo-Addo administration, making the recent launch unnecessary.

A 25-year-old Level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been jailed 10 years by the Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, for robbing a hairdresser at Abuakwa. 

An application seeking to temporarily prevent the Electoral Commission (EC) from re-running elections at 19 out of 281 polling stations in the Ablekuma North Constituency on Friday, July 11, 2025, has been dismissed by the High Court in Accra.

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a nine-member transitional committee to oversee the transfer of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) from the Ministry of Health to the University of Ghana. 

16 staff members of the Judicial Service were dismissed from service for offences such as misappropriation/embezzlement of funds, forgery of documents, vacation of post among others. 

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) weather forecast shows a cooler-than-usual conditions for July and August in Ghana and has therefore urged the public to prepare for extended periods of cloudy skies, light rain, and misty mornings over the next two months.

In its latest advisory [July 7], GMet said much of the country will experience slight to moderate rainfall, reduced sunshine, and lower night-time temperatures. Stratiform clouds and cold maritime winds moving inland are expected to dominate weather patterns, particularly in southern Ghana.

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a highway robbery incident near Gomoa Buduatta on the Kasoa-Winneba road.

The United States government has revised its visa reciprocity policy for Ghana, limiting the duration and number of entries permitted under most non-immigrant visa classifications.