Ghana’s peacefulness has deteriorated over the past year, according to the 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), with the country falling six places to rank 61st globally. 

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has cleared the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) of claims that it overstated the country’s public debt by GH¢138 million in its 2024 financial statements.

The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Ato Classpeters, has said the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is pushing developers to think about smart cities and technology-driven housing solutions.

The death toll in the land dispute at Gbiniyiri, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region, has risen to six.

The Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force put together by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has appealed to registered and unregistered miners to collaborate with the team to win the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of planned maintenance works and emergency repairs that will lead to temporary power outages in parts of the country between Monday, August 25, and Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) has warned that the Akwatia by-election on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, will be a "no-go area for weapons".

President John Dramani Mahama arrived in Singapore yesterday for a three-day state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation, expanding trade and investment.

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to expedite action in arresting Ralph Saint Williams and his accomplices, who allegedly attacked a nurse at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital).

Mrs. Alberta Addo has been installed as the new Paramount Queen Mother of James Town Ngleshie Alata in the Greater Accra Region.

Her stool name is Naa Affipong IV.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred the Director of Internal Audit at the Ministry of Finance, Jacob Ahadzi, to the Attorney-General for possible prosecution over breaches of the Public Procurement Act.

A parliamentary aspirant on the ticket of the Action People’s Party (APP), who has been disqualified by the Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to submit a tax clearance certificate before the filing of nominations closed, has sued the EC.

In the writ filed at the High Court, David Ankomah is challenging the Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify him from the Akwatia by-election.

The acting Minister for Defence, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that a board formed to investigate the August 9, Z-9 military helicopter crash has begun its work.

President John Dramani Mahama has secured a package of new agreements with Japan covering infrastructure, agriculture, technology and industrialisation, following his participation in the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-9) in Yokohama from August 20 to 22, 2025.

The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old woman, Abena Martha Maanibeh, for allegedly stealing a one-week-old baby and valuables belonging to the baby’s mother at the Wa market, also known as Kejetia.

President John Dramani Mahama is in Singapore for a three-day state visit, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation, expanding trade and investment, and advancing partnerships in education, science and innovation, urban solutions, agribusiness, and the digital economy.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, last Friday, grilled officials of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) over a sharp increase in office rent payments, failure to remit pension contributions and payment of unearned salaries as part of infractions flagged by the Auditor-General’s 2024 report.

The police anti-galamsey task force has intensified operations in the illegal mining areas, making several arrests in the Ashanti and Western regions in separate exercises over the weekend.

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, made a historic journey last Saturday to the ancestral burial grounds of Ga traditional rulers, the King Tackie Tawiah Royal Mausoleum at Tesano, Accra.

Ghana will no longer grant a mining lease for 30 years to any mining company, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission, Martin Ayisi, has stated.

PKA Export and Import, a Ghanaian company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two Chinese firms, Polyrocks and Sinovcle, to establish an electric vehicle assembly plant in Ghana.

Police in the Eastern South Region of the Akwatia District have arrested six persons, including a Chinese, for possessing fire arms and ammunition without authority, as part of intensified security measures ahead of the Akwatia by-election.

A joint team of the Kade Police and the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kwaebibirem, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, last Saturday arrested three Chinese nationals for allegedly polluting the Birim River at Akyem Abaam near Kade in the Eastern Region.

The government has acknowledged the profound impact of the Church on education, from the pre-independence era through independence to the post-independence period.

With about nine days to the Akwatia Constituency parliamentary by-election scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the two major political parties, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have intensified their campaign to win the vacant seat.