Zenith Bank (Ghana) Ltd has appointed Charles Boakye Nimako as its new Board Chair, effective January 1, 2026.

Mr. Nimako succeeds Mrs. Freda Yahan Duplan, who assumed the role in 2020.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced plans to roll out a mandatory typhoid vaccination programme for food handlers nationwide.

A total of 295 persons lost their lives in road crashes in the Central Region in 2025.

At a frenzied mini rally, with a crowd of party faithful cheering deep into the night, former Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, last Saturday urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to shift focus from the "blistering battle" for the party’s flagbearership to the prime objective of recapturing political power at the 2028 polls.

The New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer election last Saturday has delivered more than a decisive winner.

In a resounding display of dominance, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was declared the outright winner of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary, clinching the party's flagbearership for the 2028 elections with a sweeping victory in 14 of the country’s 16 regions.

The University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa (UMaT) has conferred an honorary Doctorate on Ghanaian businessman and philanthropist Ibrahim Mahama.

GOIL PLC has announced a further targeted pricing intervention, matching the National Petroleum Authority (NPA)-approved floor price of GH¢9.99 per litre for Petrol (PMS) and extending discounted diesel (AGO) prices across 200 selected GOIL outlets nationwide.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA), Dr. Andrews Osei Okrah, has assured the global cashew market that Ghana’s Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) for the 2025/2026 trading season are of very good quality, declaring the season officially open.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yuhonu has promoted all members of the Police Royal Ladies, a special all-female group in the Ghana Police Service named after Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to their next ranks.

Global gold demand surged past 5,000 tonnes in 2025 for the first time on record driven by a historic wave of investment inflows and sustained central bank buying, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest Gold Demand Trends report.

The Ghana Police Service has escalated its manhunt for a man identified as Hoyeefi, declared wanted as the alleged mastermind behind a series of brazen, coordinated robberies in the Nkaseim area last December, with a GH₵50,000 reward now on offer for information leading to his capture.

TotalEnergies Marketing Ghana PLC has delivered a robust financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, demonstrating that strategic efficiency can outweigh market volume. 

A US judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father from an immigration detention centre in Texas, condemning it as driven by a "perfidious lust for unbridled power".

Carlos Alcaraz won a pulsating Australian Open final to become the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam - ending Novak Djokovic's latest attempt to land a 25th major title in the process.

Some shotguns and ammunition, which were being smuggled to Kpandai in the Northern Region from Accra, have been intercepted by the police through an intelligence-based operation.

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has granted an application filed by Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to amend her case challenging her suspension to include her removal from office as a Supreme Court Justice and Chief Justice.

The court granted the request in a ruling after it heard arguments from counsel for both parties during proceedings held on Friday, January 30, 2026.

President John Dramani Mahama is scheduled to travel to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to take part in the World Governments Summit 2026, ahead of a three-day state visit to the Republic of Zambia.

A man who made comments on social media in what the police say has the tendency to threaten the peace in Bawku and surrounding communities has been arrested.

Dear Mirror Lawyer, a few months ago, I lent a significant amount of money to a close friend who was in desperate need. We had a verbal agreement that he would pay me back within three months.

However, now that the time has come for him to repay the loan, he is refusing to do so. He claims that, since we are friends and had only a verbal agreement, it was not a binding contract.

I am at a loss. Can I sue a friend to recover my money, even though he claims the agreement we had was not in writing? The situation is straining our friendship, and I am worried about both my financial and personal losses.

Former Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has called for unity, discipline and renewed party engagement after winning the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primary, describing his victory as a collective achievement that must now be translated into electoral success in 2028.

Former Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has secured the New Patriotic Party’s presidential nomination for a second consecutive time, following provisional results from the party’s presidential primary held on Saturday.

Bernard Elbernard Nelson-Eshun, an Accra-based preacher, has publicly apologised after his widely publicised prophecy predicting victory for Kennedy Ohene Agyapong in the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primary failed to materialise, as the party conducted a closely contested internal election to select its next flagbearer.

Former Minister of Food and Agriculture and New Patriotic Party presidential aspirant, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has conceded defeat in the party’s presidential primary, congratulating former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as provisional results pointed to his victory.

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary and presidential aspirant, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has conceded defeat in the party’s presidential primary, offering his full support to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as provisional results pointed to a decisive victory for the former Vice President.