Five additional deaths have been recorded in the renewed ethnic conflict between the Akyode and Challa communities in the Nkwanta-South Municipality of the Oti Region.

This brings the total death toll to seven in the renewed clash which started last Wednesday reports Emmanuel Modey.

More than 4.8 million Ghanaians, representing 30.8 per cent of the urban population, are living in slum conditions characterised by inadequate housing, poor sanitation, and limited access to basic services, according to a new report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). 

Albert Kwabena Dwumfuor has been re-elected as the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) for the next three years.

Ghana’s ambitious 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme (24H+) is projected to cost approximately $4 billion, with the government committing $300 to $400 million as seed funding to attract private sector investment. 

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has reiterated its position indicating that there is nothing about Edward Dua Agyeman, a former Board Chairman of the Ghana Audit Service that indicates that he has been appointed to the rank of a professor.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has foiled an attempted robbery involving a gold consignment valued at GH¢1.35 million and arrested three suspects in Accra and East Legon.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested former Managing Director of GIHOC Distilleries, Mr Maxwell Kofi Jumah, over the alleged theft of vehicles belonging to the state-owned company.

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the rescue of seventy-six Ghanaian nationals who were trafficked to Nigeria under a fraudulent recruitment scheme linked to the operations of Q-NET.

The Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) Professor Ahmed Jinapor says GTEC is working with universities to review and modernize their curricula.

The Ashanti Chapter of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has raised concerns over the activities of multiple unregulated task forces operating under the pretext of combating illegal mining, claiming their actions have led to harassment and extortion of licensed small-scale miners across the region.

A 12-year-old Ghanaian student who developed an App to connect farmers directly to traders has won the Favorite Project at the Coolest Projects Ghana for 2025.

Phil-Manuel Kpobi, a student from Sterling International School and a member of the Ghana Code Club, developed an Agro App using the Python-based Flet framework.

An Accountant, legal practitioner and tax expert, Professor Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, has identified seven areas that provide incentives for corruption, and called for a concerted national effort to deal with the menace.

Ghana has recorded 14 new cases of Mpox, bringing the total number of confirmed infections nationwide to 133. This is according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), released on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is expected to meet the Kusaug Traditional Council in Kumasi today, Monday, June 30, 2025, as part of ongoing efforts to help resolve the protracted chieftaincy conflict in Bawku.

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has recently directed Mr. Edward Dua Agyeman a respected former Auditor-General and public servant to provide evidence supporting his use of the title Professor.

The Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Rashid Pelpuo, has charged the governing council of the pensions regulator to expand pensions coverage to the informal sector.

Two educationists have called for an immediate review of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as a mode of assessing candidates in order to reflect the standard-based curriculum.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the government to prioritise the completion of the long-awaited teaching hospital at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to enhance academic work.

A Professor of Physiotherapy at the University of Ghana has called on policymakers to treat disorders affecting the structure that provides stability and movement to the human body as a public health imperative because of its impact on members of the society.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called on the business community to scrutinise the government’s document on the 24-hour economy policy to enrich its content.

The government has stated that it will not interfere with the governance and operations of public universities in order to enhance academic freedom on campuses.

The Leader of the Kingdom of Eswatini, King Mswati III, has urged African governments to consciously train the youth in modern technology for accelerated development in Africa.

The Bono Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has beefed up security and initiated several security measures on roads prone to armed robbery in the region.

The Management of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has warned the public to be wary of scammers using its name for either recruitment or contracts.

Deputy Chief of Staff, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, has led a delegation from the country to the First Resumed Sixteenth Session of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Implementation Review Group (IRG) in the Austrian capital, Vienna.