As a footballer, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas seemed destined for greatness. But a drug-smuggling conviction has left his career and reputation in tatters. How did things unravel so dramatically for a player once tipped for the top?

The Mohali Cyber Crime Cell of the Punjab Police has busted an international racket of fraudsters by arresting seven nationals of Nigeria and Ghana from a rented accommodation in Noida from where they were allegedly operating a fake call centre, police said on Saturday. 

President John Dramani Mahama has said metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) under his leadership are to be empowered to raise their own funding through the issuing of bonds for infrastructural projects such as roads.

President John Dramani Mahama has said the plans to re-introduce road tolls in Ghana through a fully digital system will do away with physical tollbooths and manual collection.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Asiamah, has rejected allegations that the central bank was manipulating the exchange rate following the recent sharp appreciation of the Ghanaian Cedi.

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) spent more than $140 million on jute sacks it did not need between 2022 and 2024, according to the new acting Chief Executive Officer, Randy Abbey.

The Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has received the final report of the Petroleum Downstream Sector Reforms Committee (PDSRC), which was inaugurated on March 14, 2025, to assess and recommend improvements for Ghana’s petroleum downstream industry.

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has handed debut call-ups to five promising youngsters ahead of the Unity Cup 2025, set to take place in London.

The new faces include goalkeeper Joseph Tetteh Anang of St. Patrick’s Athletic (Ireland), Abdul Aziz Issah of Barcelona Atlètic (Spain), Aaron Essel of North Texas SC (USA), Caleb Yirenkyi of FC Nordsjaelland (Denmark), and Mohammed Gadafi Fuseini, who features for Union St. Gilloise in Belgium.

Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, a former Board Chairperson of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), was this morning hauled before the High Court in Accra in a wheelchair for his plea to be to taken in the case in which he has been accused of conspiring with the fund’s CEO to cause financial loss of $2million to the state in the sky train project.

Naomi Oyoe Ohene Oti, an Oncology Nurse Specialist at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has won the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2025, which comes with a $250,000 cash prize. She was chosen from more than 100,000 nominations submitted across 199 countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recalled all staff of Ghana’s mission in Washington DC, with immediate effect, over alleged fraudulent activities uncovered in that embassy. 

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has called for the reconstitution of the framework for the appointment of Electoral Commissioners to ensure true independence and national reconciliation.

The Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has expressed concern about the delay in the release and disbursement of statutory funds for the efficient running of critical state bodies.

Ghana’s electricity sector is flashing red and we must not ignore the alarm.

All is set for the maiden edition of the Daily Graphic/Ecobank Ghana Economic Forum which aims to foster a comprehensive discussion on the economy and its prospects for development. 

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the country has made progress recently in the ongoing fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. 

Businesses have expressed confidence that the recent economic stability will continue into the next three months of the year to enable them to plan for growth and profitability.

An Associate Professor of Law at the University of Ghana, Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, has criticised the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, describing them as symptomatic of deeper constitutional and institutional weaknesses.

The immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has been engaged in a war of words with Thaddeus Sory, a legal practitioner.

Their "fight" on social media follows recent developments in the ongoing process about the three petitions asking that Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo should be removed from office.

Ghanaian nurses and teachers will soon have the opportunity to take up employment in Jamaica, following a new agreement between the government of Ghana and Jamaica.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said over 31,935 chip-embedded passports have been printed since the launch of the 24-hour passport production system four weeks ago.

The Director of Legal Services for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Godwin Edudzi Tamaklo, who doubles as the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has criticised Ghana’s legal and judicial institutions for what he described as selective enforcement, double standards, and complicity in undermining public trust in the rule of law, amid the ongoing impeachment proceedings against the Chief Justice.

Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, an economist and finance lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, has said Ghana’s economic recovery will only be meaningful if the country maintains fiscal discipline after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme ends in 2026.

The police last Sunday (May 18, 2025) arrested another person in connection with the robbery and murder of a mobile money vendor, Christopher Ahordor, in Aflao on April 28 this year.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana has maintained the policy rate at 28 per cent, citing the need to consolidate gains made in controlling inflation and supporting currency stability.