The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told the BBC.

Fifteen years after the 2010 FIFA World Cup, questions are being raised over the royalties from Shakira’s global hit Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), which became the tournament’s official anthem.

The presidency on Monday evening announced that President John Dramani Mahama has granted amnesty to 998 prisoners across Ghana's correctional facilities.

The dispute between the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah over her use of the title “Professor” has stirred public debate. 

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has said the government would construct a science laboratory at the Pope John Senior High School and Seminary in Koforidua in the Eastern Region in honour of the late Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, who lost his life in the tragic August 6, 2025, military helicopter crash with seven others.

The presidency on Monday evening announced that President John Dramani Mahama has granted amnesty to 998 prisoners across Ghana's correctional facilities.

Once a vibrant hub of Ghana’s textile industry, Juapong, a small town in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region, now stands as a shadow of its former self. 

President John Dramani Mahama has granted amnesty to Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight (998) prisoners across Ghana's correctional facilities. 

Flags across the country have been restored to flying at full mast, ten days after President John Dramani Mahama directed that they should fly at half mast following the August 6, 2025, military helicopter crash that claimed eight lives, including two government ministers.

The Deputy Minister for Education and Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has reacted  to the statement by the Bar Council of England and Wales (BCEW) and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) asking that the suspended Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo should be reinstated.

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has launched an investigation after intercepting a vehicle loaded with firearms and ammunition in the Kuntanase area.

Effective Monday, August 18, 2025, all licensed gold buyers have been directed to issue official receipts from the Ghana GoldBod for every transaction.

This requires that licensed aggregators, self-financed aggregators, and Tier 1 and Tier 2 buyers are all supposed to use GoldBod-issued receipt booklets in the purchase and sale of gold.

A 47-year-old man has been banned from every football stadium in the United Kingdom after being arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo during the opening Premier League match of the season at Anfield.

The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign, spearheaded by former Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak, has begun a 163-day journey across 39 African countries to press for a borderless and visa-free continent by 2030.

The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Beauty Emefa Nartey, has urged journalists to take keen interest in thoroughly following up on the Auditor-General’s Reports to promote accountability, transparency, and the protection of public resources.

Former Minister of Defence and Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Dominic Nitiwul, has urged the government to treat the retooling of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) as an urgent national priority, warning that failure to act could expose the country to serious security risks.

The next time you get your blood pressure checked, expect your medical provider to be a bit more aggressive about high levels. And if you like a glass of wine with dinner or a cocktail on the weekends, brace yourself: New guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released Thursday suggest you abstain.

A total of 7,560 children, born between January and June this year in the Upper East Region, have not been registered by the Births and Deaths Registry.

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) has issued a stern response to a viral social media video showing a confrontation between its emergency ward staff and a group including a popular social media activist. 

Police have arrested one person in connection with the robbery of a gold shop in the Mpohor District in the Western Region last Saturday.

This year’s Homowo of the people of Ga Mashie was climaxed with pomp and celebration at James Town and Bukom, with crowds of celebrants on the streets amid drumming, chanting and firing of muskets. 

A 35-year-old woman, Faustina Ackom, was shot on Sunday by her husband, 41-year-old Wahibu Bukari, on suspicion of infidelity at Anum in the Assin North district of the Central region.

President John Dramani Mahama has departed Ghana for an official two-nation visit to Japan and Singapore, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, boosting trade and investment, and advancing shared development goals. 

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), currently on a national campaign to prevent the use of unearned academic titles in Ghana and enforce the law on the abuse, has concluded that the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah does not hold the academic title "Professor in any capacity".

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 37 new Mpox cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 409 as of August 14, 2025. Two patients are on admission.