The Ghana cedi has been named the world’s best-performing currency this month, after appreciating nearly 16 per cent against the US dollar since the start of April 2025 per Bloomberg. 

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Dr Murtala Mohammed Ibrahim, has expressed the government’s commitment to fund the remediation of polluted rivers and reclaim contaminated farmlands.

A former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice William Atuguba says a “sudden notion of unfairness,” particularly from members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the ongoing constitutional process on three petitions asking for the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo from office was questionable.

The Ghana Police Service has expressed its readiness to provide security for the collation of the Ablekuma North constituency 2024 parliamentary election results.

The former head of one of the three main agencies constituting Ghana's national security system is under trial for stealing public funds designated for intelligence operations.

Kwabena Adu-Boahene, a former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau who has been charged with stealing, along side three other persons including his wife has sent a memo to the current National Security Coordinator on how some of the monies were spent on national security operations.

President John Mahama has made substantial progress in fulfilling his 120-day social contract with Ghanaians, achieving 72 per cent of his 25 key pledges within the self-imposed timeframe. 

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of planned and emergency maintenance activities across multiple regions today, Thursday, May 8, 2025, as part of efforts to enhance service reliability and improve power distribution systems.

South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May.

President John Dramani Mahama has said he has reopened investigations into "several politically linked violent incidents," including the 2020 Techiman South election shooting and the 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election disturbances, pledging that justice will be pursued for all victims.

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his government’s intention to introduce legislation aimed at reforming the administration of government scholarships and barring political appointees from benefiting from them.

Speaking during a national address on Wednesday, May 7, to give an account of his performance in the first 120 days in office, President Mahama emphasized that the proposed bill will be presented to Parliament as part of broader efforts to promote transparency, fairness, and integrity in the allocation of state-sponsored scholarships.

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to laying a strong and decisive foundation for what he described as “resetting Ghana and building the Ghana we want together.”

Delivering a national address on Wednesday, May 7, to give an account of his first 120 days in office, President Mahama highlighted the strides made as of now, describing them as evidence of a new governance approach rooted in transparency, accountability, efficiency, and urgency.

President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday night gave an account of his first 120 days in office in relation to the social pledge he made while campaigning to be elected as President for a second term.

In the Vatican, 133 cardinals are locked inside the Sistine Chapel for the highly secretive conclave. They will keep voting on Thursday, after black smoke emerged Wednesday evening. 

The black smoke that emerged from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel meant the Cardinals have not made a decision.

A supposedly happy journey at Assin Ochiso in the Central Region by five children in search of avocados turned tragic on Tuesday (May 6, 2025), leaving one child dead and four others hospitalised.

Two persons, Richard Armah, a 28-year-old auto mechanic and Isaac Arhin, a 24-year-old disc jockey also known as Fresh DJ were on Wednesday, May 7, remanded in police custody in connection with the murder of 21-year-old seamstress Zenabu Tahiru at Twifo Praso in the Central region.

A new court complex, which has made it possible for the establishment of a Circuit Court in Winneba, in addition to making it possible for a second courtroom for the High Court in Winneba, has been inaugurated.

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to four individuals charged with allegedly attempting to export narcotic drugs.

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has raised concerns about the perceived partisan politicisation of the proceedings in the three petitions asking to remove Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office.

According to him, the perceptions of partisan politicisation could weaken public confidence in the judiciary.

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has called for constitutional reforms to prevent Members of Parliament (MPs) from simultaneously serving as ministers of state.

Experts in the agricultural sector have called for sustainable farming practices driven by technology and data to address the twin pressures of rising population and dwindling arable land.

Ghana’s consumer inflation has continued on a downward trajectory for the fourth consecutive month, dropping to 21.2 per cent in April 2025 from 22.4 per cent in March, according to new figures published by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).

The government is considering reverting to the original names of universities that were changed under the previous government.

The Mirror and its partner, the Oak Plaza Hotel, East Airport, Accra,  are set for another Mother’s Day buffet lunch to celebrate mothers and mother figures for the roles they play in society.

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