The Nungua Mantse, Oboade Notse King Professor Odaifio Welentsi III has been elected the President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs (GARHC).

Until his election, Professor Welentsi III was the Vice President and acting President of the House.

Professor Welentsi III became the acting President following the demise of the Paramount Chief of Shai Osudoku Traditional Area, who was the President of the House. 

A seven-member jury has unanimously found the two teenagers charged for the 2021 murder of a 10-year-old boy at Kasoa for money ritual guilty. 

The two teenagers, who are 18 and 15 years respectively, have been found guilty on two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, and the substantive charge of murder. 

Consequently, the High Court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, has sentenced the 18-year-old, Nicholas Kini, to life in prison. 

US actor Ron Ely, best known for playing the role of Tarzan in the 1960s television show of the same name, has died aged 86.

The fashion rivalry between Ghanaian socialite Osebo the Zaraman and the controversial spiritual leader Kwabena Asiamah, known as Ajagurajah, has escalated dramatically, with Osebo drawing a symbolic sword.

Fatawu Ibrahim alias Fatau Motorway, one of the suspects in the recent clash between supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Mamobi in Accra has been arrested by the police.

As Ghana continues its efforts to provide quality education for all, communities like Tinsung in the Mion District of the Northern Region require urgent attention to ensure no child is left behind. 

Pupils at the Tinsung Fathul-Mubeen Islamic Primary School are studying in deplorable conditions, with the school's structure posing serious risks to their safety and well-being.

The mud-based building, with crumbling walls and rusted, dilapidated roofing, fails to provide a secure environment, making teaching and learning challenging, especially when it rains. 

Ghana’s Black Stars have dropped three spots in the latest FIFA World Rankings released on Thursday, October 24, due to disappointing performances in their recent 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

A professor of Linguistics at the University of Ghana, Prof Kofi Agyekum commonly known as Opanyin Agyekum has said frequent involvements in needless controversies in the 8th Parliament of Ghana was not encouraging.

In a sad twist of events, an eight-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 12-year-old brother at Twifo-Ahyire in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District in the Central Region. The boy reportedly went for the gun, belonging to his father and unaware that the gun was loaded, he playfully pointed it at his brother and pulled the trigger, killing his brother instantly.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has warned the public to refrain from engaging unprofessional people to change the electricity supply phase to their premises in an attempt to restore power during a ‘phase off situation’ in their communities.

All is set for the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC), a mining firm located at Nsuta in the Western Region, to construct the country’s first manganese refinery.

The Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations (GHAFTRAM) has urged the government to include approved herbal medicines on the list of approved medicines on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

The Ho Municipality is set to become a metropolitan area this year, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced.

The Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Kwesi Prempeh, has chastised the Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to do a diligent and scrupulous work by allowing 13 presidential candidates on the ballot for the December 7 polls knowing very well that some of the parties do not meet the needed requirements.

Tamale Senior High School (SHS), Koforidua Senior High Technical School, and Keta Senior High Technical School have secured well-deserved spots in the semi-finals of National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ) 2024 after a series of thrilling and fiercely competitive contests that kept audiences on the edge of their seats on Wednesday.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament has requested the Speaker of Parliament to summon Parliament to transact urgent government business.

Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.

COLA NUT business is facing a critical challenge as dwindling supplies and skyrocketing prices are threatening both traders and consumers in Tamale, the Northern regional capital. 

Most traders in the central business district (CBD) of Accra have switched over to the sale of educational materials about a week to the commencement of the 2024-2025 academic year for first-year senior high school (SHS) students.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, for his effective leadership during last Tuesday’s parliamentary session.

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will stop at nothing to emerge victorious in the December 7 general election, the Chairman of the NPP National Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, has said.

International relations experts have tipped Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, as the likely successor to the outgoing Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland of the United Kingdom.

Ghanaians applying for visas to enter the UK will need to use a new visa application centre (VAC) from October 22, 2024.

The UK’s third-party VAC supplier in Ghana has changed to VFSGlobal. This means people in Ghana will need to complete their applications with VFSGlobal, even if they have begun the process with previous supplier, TLScontact.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that the standoff in Parliament is part of a broader strategy by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to convince voters as part of their campaign message for Election 2024.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament has requested the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to summon Parliament to consider urgent government business.

They said the considering constitutional and statutory provisions of article 112 (3) of the Constitution and the Standing Order 58, the Speaker must summon the House to a meeting within a seven-day period.

That, they believed, would enable the government to discharge its constitutional and democratic obligations to the people of Ghana.