The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says there are currently no outstanding claims as it has disbursed GH¢270 million to healthcare providers across the country to cover claims submitted and vetted up to October 2024 and part of November 2024.

The police have tightened security at the Greater Accra Regional office of the Electoral Commission as the EC was scheduled to complete the collation in four disputed constituencies and declare the winners of the parliamentary elections today, Sunday, January 5, 2025. 

There is a significant security presence around the office on Sunday, with heavy deployment of personnel from the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana National Fire Service and the Ghana Immigration Service.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has scheduled to complete the collation in four outstanding constituencies and declare the winners of the parliamentary elections today, Sunday, January 5, 2025. 

The move follows the Accra High Court order directing the EC to complete the collation of results in the four outstanding constituencies and declare the winners by Monday, January 6.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in parliament has called on Ghanaians to be vigilant and report any suspicious or violent activity to the police and other relevant security agencies after the swearing-in of President-elect, John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday.

According to the NPP Members of Parliament (MPs), they have received information suggesting plans to intensify violent acts, such as the one which characterised the aftermath of the December 7 polls, which they claim were being orchestrated by alleged National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters.

A wood market at Kwadaso in Kumasi on Saturday caught fire destroying property.

All is set for the inauguration of President-Elect John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at the Black Star Square in Accra.

The planning committee has announced sitting and security arrangements for the event.

Event layout and security

The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has stated that the party will appeal the High Court judgment on Saturday that ordered the collation of parliamentary results in Tema Central, Ablekuma North, Okaikwei Central and Techiman South constituencies. 

In the aftermath of the devastating fire that obliterated Kantamanto Market, leaving thousands of traders stranded and destroying as many shops, the Gbese Stool, led by Paramount Chief Nii Ayi Bonte II, has issued a stern warning against the erection of unauthorised structures on the land.  

The Electoral Commission of Ghana is to collate the results of 147 outstanding polling stations in the Techiman Ablekuma North: Go and add 62 outstanding polling stations to 219 already collated - Court to EC

South Constituency and declare the results through its Returning Officer, the High Court in Accra has ordered.

The High Court has given the Electoral Commission (EC) up to Monday, January 6, 2025 to collate 31 outstanding polling station results and add same to the 110 already collated results before declaring the winner of the parliamentary election in the Okaikwei Central Constituency. 

Sixty-two outstanding polling station results in the Ablekuma North Constituency are to be collated in addition to the 219 already collated results in the constituency, the High Court in Accra has ordered. 

The High Court in Accra has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to collate two outstanding polling station results in the Tema Central Constituency and declare the winner through the commission's returning officer. 

News reports and social media posts are warning of a new outbreak of a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, but officials are yet to confirm this. 

Ghana has become the fifth African country to grant visa-free travel to holders of African passports, effective January 1, 2025. 

The Acting Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, has announced that Parliament will hold its first sitting of the Ninth Parliament under the Fourth Republic on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

The Vice President-elect, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is at Kantamanto for first hand information on the fire disaster at the market two days ago.

In a gesture of diplomatic solidarity, United States President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has announced the members of the Presidential Delegation who will represent his administration at the inauguration of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama.

The Member of Parliament-elect for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has announced the death of his father, Engineer John William Kudzo Anato-Dumelo Snr, at the age of 75.

Residents in the Volta Regional capital of Ho have since New Year’s Day been trooping to old well sites and abandoned boreholes, desperately in search of water.

This follows a fault in one of the pumps at the Kpeve Water Headworks on the eve of the new year, affecting water supply to the regional capital.

In a surprise move, Ghanaian dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has been removed from the lineup of artistes to perform at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) victory concert, slated to take place at the forecourt of Legon Stadium in Accra on Sunday, January 5.

Germany's Foreign Ministry has launched a new digital platform for visa applications, with its Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hailing it as "a real administrative revolution" in a press release.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces, Thomas Oppong-Peprah has been promoted to the rank of a 4-Star General, the first time Ghana is having such a rank leading the GAF.

President-Elect John Dramani Mahama has announced a six-member team to oversee and coordinate national security issues pending substantive appointments. 

In his final State of the Nation Address, delivered on January 3, 2025, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reflected on his eight-year tenure, highlighting significant achievements, challenges, and his vision for Ghana’s future. 

The Minority in Parliament has described the administration of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the worst in the 4th Republic, culminating in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) unprecedented rejection at the December 7 polls.

It said the current administration had performed abysmally as Ghanaians continued to face alarming economic hardship, huge debt overhang and high unemployment.