The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana (NMC) has inducted 7,842 newly qualified nurses, midwives and nurse assistants from the southern part of the country. 

Eddie Nketiah says "the future will take care of itself" amid speculation that the Crystal Palace striker could switch his international allegiance from England to Ghana ahead of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has announced that the Ministry is fast-tracking its transition from paper-based recruitment to a fully digital, paperless system following the tragic incident at the El Wak Sports Stadium, which claimed the lives of six potential Ghana Armed Forces recruits and left several others injured.

The Deputy Minister of Defence, Brogya Genfi, has announced that one family member of each of the six victims who lost their lives in the El Wak Stadium stampede will be given the opportunity for automatic enlistment into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), should they express interest.

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has announced that multiple screening centres will be established nationwide for the upcoming internal security services recruitment exercise, following the tragic incident at the El Wak Sports Stadium that claimed six lives and left several others injured. 

The Minister for the Interior has announced a postponement of the nationwide recruitment exercise into the internal security services following last Wednesday's stampede at the El Wak stadium involving a similar exercise with the military.

The Tafo and Atasemanso Circuit Courts have remanded into prison custody 136 persons arrested in a police-military operation following the attacks on personnel of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) and officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Ghana’s construction sector experienced a slowdown in cost pressures, as the Prime Building Cost Index (PBCI) declined to 9.7 per cent in September 2025, marking the fifth consecutive month of decline. 

Fifteen truckloads of onions valued at GH¢3.1 million have gone to waste at the Adjen Kotoku Onion Market in Accra, following weeks of transportation delays, poor road networks and inadequate storage facilities.

At a funeral reception recently, a colleague asked why I sometimes refer to articles I wrote some years back! My simple answer was, “Abed (Abednego), it is because, as we say in the military, “situation, no change,” when things remain unchanged. 

John Dramani Mahama will not cancel the Free SHS policy.

The planned new 198.7 kilometres 6-lane Accra–Kumasi Expressway, expected to be a completely new road built to expressway standards, and not a mere upgrade of the existing N6 route, has been captured in the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy read in Parliament on Thursday [Nov 13, 2026].

The project is expected to be Ghana’s first purpose-built expressway, featuring limited access points, higher speed limits, and safety infrastructure designed to reduce travel time and prevent accidents.

The Minority in Parliament has described the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy presented by the Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, on Thursday as mere lamentations.

After successfully stabilising an economy that was in distress — burdened by debt, weakened by mismanagement and stripped of confidence — the government yesterday laid a blueprint of bold policies and programmes to build upon the gains achieved in the past 11 months to create more than 800,000 new jobs for Ghanaians.

The government has presented a budget that seeks to address the concerns of Ghanaians, with big-ticket initiatives to create jobs, build on economic stability and extend electricity to every home, starting from next year.

The government has announced the scrapping of the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy and sweeping reforms to the Value Added Tax (VAT) system to inject GH¢3.7 billion into the economy and return nearly GH¢6 billion to businesses and households in 2026.

President John Dramani Mahama yesterday commissioned phases one and two of the Tema Port expansion project, describing it as the realisation of a long-held national dream and a strategic asset that will position Ghana as the gateway to West Africa.

Three governance experts have urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to prioritise national pressing issues over political rivalries.

The government has contacted families of the six young ladies who died during the military enlistment stampede at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra last Wednesday to convey the condolences of the nation for their loss, and to assure them of support.

Parliament has approved the President’s nominee, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, as Chief Justice.

The 2026 Budget Statement is expected to outline the government’s fiscal strategy, revenue measures, spending priorities and economic policies for the year ending December 31. 2026.

The government has announced plans to end the double-track system in all senior high schools by 2027 as part of reforms aimed at expanding access and improving quality in Ghana’s secondary education sector.

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has reaffirmed President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to fixing Ghana’s economic challenges and restoring sustainable growth.

He said the government inherited an economy “in distress, weighed down by debt and mismanagement,” but has since embarked on a reset agenda grounded in fiscal discipline, structural reforms, and economic resilience.

The Madina District Court II in Greater Accra has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to 12 months imprisonment each for attempting to obtain Ghana Cards using false identities.

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson declared that fiscal discipline and integrity will remain the cornerstone of Ghana’s economic recovery, warning that “never again must we allow recklessness, waste and indiscipline to define how we handle the people’s money.”

He made these remarks while presenting the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government for the year ending 31 December 2026, in Parliament on Thursday, November 13.