The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has initiated contact tracing efforts to identify individuals who might have come into contact with the two confirmed cases of Monkeypox (Mpox) earlier reported in the Accra Metropolitan Area.

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) yesterday swept some streets of Accra of ‘professional beggars’ of foreign nationalities in a massive exercise that sought to end the spectacle and break possible criminal networks.

The High Court in Kumasi has sentenced Dominic Afriyie, a 36-year-old armed robber, to 120 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for robbery and life imprisonment for murder. 

President John Dramani Mahama subtly addressed the controversy surrounding the recent "dollar gift" saga involving the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, by offering clarification on a similar gesture he made during his "Thank You Tour."

While making a stop at the Old Ghanata Astroturf in Dodowa on Friday, May 16, the President handed money to a dancer who performed at the event.

A Ghanaian pilgrim has died while performing this year’s Hajj in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

As part of the world, (specifically, the United States of America, USA), celebrated their National Teacher Appreciation Week over a week ago, (from May 5 to May 9), my mind went back to some 57 years ago as a young teenager in the secondary school.    

These are the words of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Madam Clementine Nkweta-Salami, contained in an April 12, 2025, statement in Port-Sudan:

We are a country blessed beyond measure, sitting on gold, oil, cocoa, bauxite, timber, arable land, and human potential.

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang will return to Ghana from a medical stay in the United Kingdom by the end of next week.

According to the President, the Vice President has fully recovered and is expected to resume her official duties upon her return.

Renowned Highlife musician, Nana Kwaku Duah popularly known as Dada KD is reported dead.

The Airport District Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Adam Mohamed, for his alleged involvement in the illegal trade of narcotic substances.

An eleven-member Board of Directors for the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has been inaugurated at the Ministry of Finance, with a renewed charge to revitalise the struggling cocoa sector and restore its historical economic significance.

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has launched a sweeping operation to remove undocumented foreign nationals engaged in street begging across Accra, arresting over 2,200 individuals in a single day.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced an ambitious government plan to acquire 200,000 hectares of land for cocoa plantations as part of efforts to revive Ghana’s struggling cocoa sector and restore production levels to one million metric tonnes.

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has dismissed a legal action brought by Ghanaian musician Charles Nii Armah Mensah, known popularly as Shatta Wale, ruling that his claim of discrimination against the Republic of Ghana and its Gaming Commission lacked merit.

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of several undocumented migrants following a coordinated operation across key locations in Accra on Friday, May 16, 2025. The early-morning exercise targeted known hotspots for street begging and informal trading, including Kaneshie, Abossey Okai, and Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

A memorandum has been submitted to the Constitutional Review Committee in Ghana, urging the government to address the challenges faced by minority groups.

National Security broke new ground recently with a masterclass operation that rescued two women from kidnappers, but the details of the mission are enthralling.

A bizarre operation by an unknown entity has resulted in the removal of the entire roofing sheets of the Akyem Oda St Andrews Anglican Primary ’B’ School in the Birim Central Municipality, leaving the  classrooms at the mercy of the weather. 

Ghanaian creative production outfit, Globe Productions, has launched an audacious initiative to take compelling and authentic Ghanaian stories to theatres across the globe.

Sammy Gyamfi may have been let off the hook; President Mahama has acquitted and discharged him in the “Dollar-gate” scandal.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the FDA, Dr Delese A. A. Darko, has called for clear, ethical and enforceable advertising guidelines to protect public health and safety.

The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has condemned the vandalism of the vandalism of the retaining wall near the Tantra Hill underpass on the Achimota- Ofankor Road (N6).

President John Mahama has expressed appreciation to the chiefs and people in the Upper West Region for their overwhelming support that culminated in the victory of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the December general election.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that two cases of Mpox have been recorded in Accra.