Every year, like clockwork, Accra and its surrounding municipalities find themselves drowning, literally, in the aftermath of heavy rains.

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to urgently recruit more non-teaching staff in education support personnel (ESP) to cater for the increasing number of students in the various educational institutions.

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that feasibility studies were underway for the design of a new national capital.

The government is to decentralise the collection of property tax to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) before the end of this year, the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has said. 

A Paediatrician at the 37 Military Hospital, Dr Adeline Asante-Kwabiah, has disclosed that children can also get hypertension, as the disease is not limited only to adults.

The country needs robust policies to safeguard the food environment from excessive intrusion of unhealthy processed foods, a former nutritionist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. 

Transport fares are set to drop by 15% starting Saturday, May 24, 2025, following successful negotiations between transport operators and the Ministry of Transport.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Koforidua has granted an interlocutory injunction brought by Professor Margaret Kweku and others from the SALL [Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe] traditional areas to restrain John Peter Amewu, a former Member of Parliament for Hohoe.  

Gary Lineker has confirmed he will leave the BBC after presenting his final episode of Match of the Day on Sunday.

Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM1, has suffered a fresh legal blow after the Court of Appeal on Monday, May 19, dismissed his attempt to stop the ongoing criminal proceedings against him.

The management of the University of Ghana (UG) has rejected the Auditor-General’s Report that says the university overtated its employee compensation by Gh¢59.2 million between 2022 and 2024.

According to the management of thee University the report by the Auditor-General was misleading and attributed the claim to a misinterpretation of its payroll structure.

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public against consuming two alcoholic beverages—King’s Orange Flavoured Liqueur and Jupiter 1990—describing them as unsafe and unregistered. Both products were found to contain marijuana extracts and are suspected to have been produced illegally.

A former parliamentary aspirant for the Adenta constituency in Accra and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alfred Ababio Kumi, popularly known as Adenta Kumi has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to dissolve the committee probing the petitions, asking that Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo should be removed from office.

The family of late former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has expressed appreciation to the government and people of Burkina Faso for naming a street in Ouagadougou in his honour. The recognition was described as “an honour not only to the family, but to the people of Ghana.”

PLAYERS in the insurance industry are calling on the government to suspend the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on non-life insurance policies.

A 13-member Board of Directors for the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBoD) has been inaugurated.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, has inaugurated a 13-member Board of Directors for the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBoD), describing it as a public body tasked with supporting currency stability and strengthening Ghana’s economic foundations.

The new Municipal Chief Executive for Adentan, Ella Esiman Nongo has disclosed that three people have died in the Adentan Municipality following Sunday's floods.

All bank accounts of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which were scattered in different banks have now been consolidated  at the GCB Bank PLC as part of efforts to enforce stricter financial control and address the growing debt in the power sector, the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has said.

The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey has demanded a quick action from the state, urging the government to "arrest and prosecute the Managing Director/CEO, all Directors of Akonta Mining Ltd, and any culpable government officials without further delay” for their supposed complicity in the company’s alleged environmental crimes.

Two individuals have been arrested for the unlawful possession of arms and ammunition at Ahenkro in the Ashanti Region.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana is set to make a crucial decision on the country's benchmark interest rate at its 124th meeting. In a cautious approach, the committee is expected to hold steady at 28 per cent, opting for prudence over hasty rate cuts.

A Professor of Law at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, has called for a fairer, more objective approach to public sector pay to correct the widespread salary disparities across the country’s public service.

The Deputy Minister of Energy and Green Transition, Richard Gyan-Mensah, has said the government will expand renewable energy to augment the energy mix.

The Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has put concerns about a looming power crisis to rest, assuring Ghanaians that the government is taking proactive measures to ensure a reliable electricity supply amid the growing demand and infrastructural challenges.