The Gaming Commission has sought the advice of the Attorney-General on how to recover GH¢5.16 million it invested with SIC Financial Services Limited in 2019.

The government has approved an increase in the daily feeding fee for prisoners from GH¢1.80 to GH¢5, fifteen years after the rate was last reviewed.

Ghana has reaffirmed its position as a beacon of Pan-Africanism and diaspora engagement at the 14th Pan-African Global Trade and Investment Conference held in Wilmington, Delaware, where government officials outlined fresh initiatives to deepen ties with the African diaspora and attract global investment.

Local governance expert Professor Kwamena Ahwoi has criticised the proliferation of district assemblies in the country, arguing that the increased number has become counterproductive and needs to be re-examined. 

South Africa's hopes of qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup have suffered a major blow after they were sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player.

Newly employers teachers whose salaries have not been paid for almost one year on Tuesday hit the streets of Accra in a protest march,demanding that the government should pay them their salaries.

The teachers — all graduates from universities and colleges of education — gathered at the Obra Spot at Circle and marched to the Jubilee House and the Ministries of Education and Finance.

Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng writes: Over the past week, I have received several distress calls and desperate messages from friends who are not particularly amused by the senior high school their children or wards have been placed in.

Even though I left the Ministry of Education in 2021 and have been swimming in opposition waters for the past 10 months or so, they still harboured slivers of hope that I would be able to ‘do something’ about their plight. Alas…

This week, Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng's guest columnist is Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, and who was the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service under the previous government.He reflects on his own journey into secondary school five decades ago and shares his thoughts on the school placement process.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Dr Yakubu Seidu Adam, has urged Ghanaians with renal and sickle cell (SC) diseases to take advantage of the government’s free dialysis and SC care to seek proper treatment for their conditions.

A total of 52,492 candidates have so far done self-placement into second cycle schools under the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). 

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has disbursed over GH¢4.3 billion to various institutions and agencies under the Ministry of Education to support their activities.

A committee set up to develop new guidelines for the operation of parent-teacher associations (PTAs) at the pre-tertiary education level has proposed that only parents or guardians with children or wards enrolled in a particular school can serve as PTA members and executives.

The Member of Parliament for Upper Denkyira West, Rudolf Amoako-Gyampah, has urged members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to throw their full support behind former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party prepares for the 2028 general elections.

Celebrated undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has unveiled an initiative that pushes investigative reporting into new territory—gaming.

The project, Floodlight Gaming Connects Investigative Reporting, transforms real-life investigations into interactive experiences, allowing players to step into the shoes of journalists as they confront corruption, human rights abuses, and environmental crimes.

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has introduced minimum guaranteed farmgate prices for three staple crops, giving farmers the option to sell directly to the National Food Buffer Stock Company at fixed rates.

The government has prioritised the completion of abandoned market projects across the country, the Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has assured traders and residents.

Parliament will reconvene on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, for the Third Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.

The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has said a multi-agency taskforce has been formed to tackle the cross-border piracy of DStv decoders smuggled from Nigeria into Ghana.

Ghanaian subscribers of DStv are to enjoy between 33 and 50 per cent more value on their subscriptions from Wednesday, October 1, 2025, following an agreement between the Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations and MultiChoice Africa, the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George has said.

Some 260 suspected cyber scammers have been arrested in a sting operation carried out across 14 African countries.

The operation, co-ordinated by Interpol and funded by the UK, targeted criminal networks using social media and digital platforms to extract money from victims in romance scams, and in so-called "sextortion", in which victims are blackmailed using explicit imagery.

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday that he will be imposing a 100% tariff “on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.”

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has removed the Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academic of the KNUST Senior High School in Kumasi from office following the circulation of a video on social media allegedly showing him in a compromising position with a female student.

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced that the 2025 enlistment and recruitment exercise will be conducted in all 16 regional capitals, providing qualified applicants across the country with an equal opportunity to apply.

The government has declared all water bodies and forest reserves as security zones in the latest measure to root out illegal mining in the country.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) says marijuana is now being packaged as tea bags and smuggled into senior high school campuses, a development it describes as a new method targeting young people.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has closed down eight chemist shops across the country for selling high-dose tramadol above the legally permitted levels.