A brother remembered 

Charles was more than a brother to me; he was a beacon of hope, a rising star in Ghana’s engineering community, and a gentle soul whose laughter filled our home.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has so far caused the arrest of 44 invigilators, supervisors and teachers not assigned to the examination centres for their alleged involvement in examination malpractice at the just-ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Almost all of the cases were mobile phone infractions.

Parliament has confirmed that the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Kwame Ohene Frimpong, has been detained at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

President John Draman Mahama has approved the  immediate evacuation of 300 Ghanaians from South Africa following xenophobic attacks in that country against other African nations, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced.

This publication suffered three successive power cuts while in preparation. Happily it looks like laptops were generally manufactured with Ghana’s Dumsor in mind.

When it first struck, dum, I quietly un-plucked and allowed my laptop battery to seamlessly take over, hoping the automatic switch had been enabled by my Dumsor Levy.

It was when the lights bounced back sor and off again dum in ten minutes; sor and off again dum that I was compelled to blurt out in frustration, ‘Haba! JDM, Wode yen KA.’ I said rocking my head, eyes flaming, eyeballs rolling.

Four teachers have been convicted for their involvement in irregularities and examination malpractices in the Twifo Praso area of the Central Region.

They are said to have engaged in misconduct during last week's 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Nigerian movie actor Alexx Ekubo is dead. Thepopular Nollywood actor Alex Ekubo was 40-years-old.

The contractor working on the 71.25 kilometres Elubo-Enchi road has been warned by the sector minister to complete the project on time or be kicked out.

At the hearing today [May 12, 2026] of the case of Kwabena Adu Boahene, a former boss of the National Signals Bureau (NSB) who is standing trial over allegations that GH¢49 million earmarked for the purchase of software for the state was channelled through Advantage Solutions Limited (ASL) and redirected into private investments, the court was told that the company at the centre of the prosecution’s case was not engaged in criminal activity.

The police suspect that a body, which was recently discovered burnt beyond recognition in an abandoned vehicle on the Legon bypass in Accra, may be that of a missing car dealer, Theophilus Ashitey Armah, who has been missing since April 6, 2026.

The police are investigating a suspected murder case, and they suspect the charred body is that of the missing car dealer.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has therefore commenced DNA testing to establish the identity of the body. 

The Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Ghana Police, in a joint operation with the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), has arrested a 36-year-old businessman from East Legon in Accra, over allegations of drugging, sexually assaulting, filming and sharing intimate videos of women online without their consent.

Seven suspects linked to separate child trafficking and child sexual exploitation cases in Ghana have been arrested by the police.

In the meantime, the police are continuing with investigations to trace a missing five-year-old girl believed to have been trafficked through a criminal syndicate operating in Ghana.

A consortium of five banks owed GH¢257 million by the state-owned Produce Buying Company (PBC) has begun seizing the company’s trucks and operational vehicles after securing a court order, exposing the deepening financial distress at one of the country’s oldest cocoa institutions.

Ghana has recorded six new cases of Mpox, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1,070 as of May 10, 2026, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced.

The Rent Control Department in Ghana has announced plans to subject student hostel fees on various university campuses across Ghana to professional valuation as part of measures to check reported arbitrary rent charges.

For generations, Ghanaians learned through informal education (family apprenticeship, communal work, storytelling, and observation). In modern times, formal schooling has become the primary and most socially recognised pathway to learning, advancement, and professional qualifications. 

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed that a late-night fire outbreak at a section of the Nima Market was successfully contained without any loss of life, although several wooden structures and goods belonging to traders were destroyed.

Final-year senior high school (SHS) students from Ghana officially rejoin their West African counterparts tomorrow to write the May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates (SC), beginning with Oral English.

Following allegations that there was leakage of examination papers, bribery, and irregularities in the recent Police Competitive Promotional Examination (PCPE) for Chief Inspectors seeking admission in the Ghana Police Academy, the police administration has reacted and stated the allegations were untrue and unfounded.

The intention to build a new Accra-Kumasi Expressway will not be a substitute for the existing N6 Accra-Kumasi Highway, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has reiterated, adding that it does not mean the government is going to abandon the ongoing construction works on three bypasses and the rehabilitation of the road.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled an extensive network of planned maintenance exercises across the Tema, Accra East, and Ashanti Regions for Tuesday, May 12, 2026, even as engineers continue to battle multiple network faults that plunged several communities into darkness on Monday.

The Ghana passport has been ranked among the strongest passports in Africa, placing 11th on the continent and 68th globally in the 2026 Henley Passport Index, with access to approximately 60 visa-free destinations.

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund, commonly referred to as MahamaCares, has ruled out financial support for medical treatment outside of Ghana and announced that access to assistance under the scheme will be through specialist referrals at approved hospitals.

President John Dramani Mahama has signed the Legal Education Bill, 2026, into law, paving the way for a radical overhaul of legal education in the country.

For 12 years, Nanabanyin Dadson steered the editorial direction of Graphic Showbiz, establishing it as Ghana’s most authoritative newspaper on arts and entertainment as the second editor after the first, Lee Accorley.