The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), in coordination with the Ghana Grid Company, has scheduled an extensive series of planned maintenance exercises across multiple regions for Wednesday, March 18, 2026, with engineers set to undertake critical infrastructure upgrades that will temporarily disrupt power supply to scores of communities from the Volta Region to the Central enclave.

Ghana's economy closed 2025 on a high note, posting its strongest annual expansion since before the pandemic, as the non-oil sector decisively took the reins from a volatile petroleum industry. 

President John Mahama will, from tomorrow, embark on a nationwide tour as part of a series of engagements with stakeholders and the general public.

A Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, has urged Ghanaians to seek lawful pathways and be guided by credible information when travelling abroad to pursue opportunities. 

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced the completion of the selection process for the first batch of 2,000 recruits, who are expected to begin training soon.

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has suspended its nationwide strike after the government appealed for more time to address concerns over salaries and conditions of service.

A special audit has peeled back the curtain on a web of financial malfeasance at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), exposing how thousands of tonnes of rice and maize have vanished, contracts were handed to unregistered "phantom" companies, and a transport firm was bizarrely paid with bags of rice instead of cash.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has confirmed that the light aircraft, which crashed in Tema on Monday, March 16, 2026, was not equipped with a flight data recorder, commonly known as a black box.

Teachers and pupils of the TMA Daycare Centre in Tema have been left traumatised following a fatal aircraft crash on the school’s premises on Monday (March 17, 2026).

Ghana will join four other West African countries for the common May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC) this year, five years after the country charted a lonely path in the pre-tertiary examination.

A petrol tanker has exploded at Potsin Junction in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, destroying property and causing heavy traffic congestion along the Kasoa–Cape Coast road.

Black Stars coach Otto Addo has named four debutants in his 26-man squad for this month’s international friendlies against Austria and Germany, as Ghana steps up preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Promise Yayra Asamani, for allegedly publishing false information about an Uber driver on social media.

Investigators are expected to begin removing the wreckage of the aircraft that crashed in Tema on Monday as part of efforts to determine the cause of the accident that claimed two lives.

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered an immediate expansion of the ongoing security services recruitment exercise, directing that the number of men and women to be enlisted across the various agencies be doubled from 20,000 to 40,000 over a four-year period.

A microlight aircraft crashed and burst into flames near a school park in Tema Community One on Monday afternoon, killing both occupants on board, emergency services have confirmed.

Two people have died after a small aircraft crashed and burst into flames near a school park at Tema Community One in the Greater Accra Region on Monday afternoon.

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) kicked off the new trading week on a robust note, with the GSE Composite Index (GSE-CI) climbing 233.55 points to close at a fresh record high of 15,844.87.

Ghana’s economic outlook has strengthened significantly in recent months, with inflation falling sharply and international reserves improving, but rising global uncertainties could complicate the country’s monetary policy path, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has said.

The Electricity Company of Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Grid Company, has scheduled an extensive network of planned and emergency maintenance exercises across multiple regions for Tuesday, March 17, 2026, with engineers set to undertake critical infrastructure upgrades that will temporarily disrupt power supply to scores of communities from the Volta Region to the Western enclave.

The Akosombo Divisional Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly possessing 105 bundles of forged US dollar notes concealed in a student’s trunk at Larsi in Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region.

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has ordered the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to open his defence in an ongoing illegal mining case.

Indigenous mining services provider, Engineers and Planners (E&P) Company Limited, remains poised to take over the operations of Damang Mine in the Western Region, a move that will further deepen Ghana’s long-awaited large-scale mining revolution.

The Ghanaian government has activated emergency evacuation procedures for its citizens residing in Qatar, citing heightened security concerns sweeping across the Middle Eastern region, the Embassy in Doha announced on Sunday.

Ghana is pressing ahead with a new sliding-scale gold royalty regime aimed at increasing the country’s share of mining revenues as global bullion prices surge, despite opposition from some foreign governments and major mining companies.