The Central Regional Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a senior lecturer from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), whose body was discovered buried near his residence at Essuokyir in the Central Region.

Ghana’s cedi has staged a remarkable rebound in 2025, posting its strongest performance in years against the country’s top trading currencies. 

Ghana's mobile money ecosystem continues to soar, with the total value of transactions reaching a high of GH₵365 billion in April 2025, according to the latest data from the Bank of Ghana.

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, delivering a sharp punishment to the elite institution for refusing to bow to the administration’s policy demands.

Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang returned to Ghana on Thursday afternoon (May 22, 2025) following a period of medical treatment in the United Kingdom. 

The government has initiated the process of reintroducing road tolls, this time using technology-driven solutions.

Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang returned home this afternoon from London, United Kingdom, where she had travelled for medical treatment.

A Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim says President John Mahama acted within the law in suspending Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo in relation to the proceedings of the three petitions asking that she should be removed from office for misconduct and stated misbehaviour.

Five years after the assembly member for Sogakope, Mawuli Adzahli was robbed and shot to death at his residence in Sogakope by some gangsters, the ringleader, Richard Adikyere, a mason, was has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has extended the deadline for the transition to its new gold trading licence regime from May 21, 2025, to June 21, 2025, following appeals from stakeholders in the gold trade.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has asserted that the early signs of macroeconomic stabilisation are largely the results of recent policy actions by the central bank as well as improvement in external and domestic fundamentals.

The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court challenging her suspension by President John Dramani Mahama.

The Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations is working towards ensuring reduction in connectivity cost by the end of the year.

Ghana’s largest indigenous beverage company, Kasapreko PLC, has announced its intention to list 25 percent of its equity shares on the main market of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) by the end of 2025. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has introduced a new visa policy under which all applications to travel to Ghana will be processed within five working days.

Ghanaian socialite and musician Mona Faiz Montrage, widely known as Hajia 4Reall, is expected to be released today from the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia after serving a one-year and one-day prison sentence. 

A fire outbreak in the 10-storey building housing the Flour Mills Ghana Company Ltd at the GAFCO Yard in Tema on Wednesday has destroyed key electrical equipment.

The suspended Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has filed a writ at the Supreme Court challenging her suspension by President John Dramani Mahama.

In a writ filed today [May 21, 2025] by her lawyer, Godfred Yeboah Dame, a former Attorney-General, Justice Torkornoo is seeking a declaration from the Supreme Court to the effect that President John Mahama‘s determination of a prima facie case against her “was arbitrary, capricious, in violation of the right of the Plaintiff to a fair trial and therefore unconstitutional, void and of no effect."

Donald Trump has ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House by playing videos which he claimed pertained to allegations of genocide in South Africa.

The US president was hosting the South African leader, who sat quietly while the footage was played, and Mr Ramaphosa later said: "I'd like to know where that is because this [the videos] I've never seen".

All the 63 inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison who graduated from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) will not be able to undertake their mandatory one-year national service. 

A total of 41,647 students from public tertiary institutions across the country have successfully completed their registration on the portal launched to implement the government’s ‘No Fee Stress’ initiative, which covers admission and facility user fees for all first-year students.

This was made known by the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu in a post onX.

Mr Kwakye Ofosu in his post on May 21, 2025 indicated that a total of 57,327 students have accessed the portal as of now.

The government has received a $174 million capital gains tax payment from Newmont Corporation, following the mining giant’s sale of its Akyem Mine, which was valued at nearly $1 billion. The amount constitutes a substantial portion of the estimated $220 million tax liability due from the transaction.

The Supreme Court has thrown out another injunction application that sought to halt the impeachment process against the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo.

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned after saying he never buys rice because he gets it free, a remark that drew public fury in a country facing soaring food prices.

Ghana's struggles with tax revenue leakages will be substantially reduced through technology integration and data synchronisation across government agencies, experts at a University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA)’s National Dialogue have said.