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. 

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sacked six Ministers from his cabinet and also forwarded to the National Assembly seven ministerial nominees to take over the vacant positions.

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

Tony Mintah, one of the bosses at NextGen Infraco, Ghana's fifth generation (5G) technology service provider, who went missing on Wednesday has been found by the police,

A heavily pregnant woman who plunged 90ft to her death from a 17-storey tower block has today been pictured and named locally as Emma Atkinson. 

The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has submitted his statement as the second defendant in the Supreme Court case brought by Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.

The case is challenging the Speaker of Parliament's decision to declare the seats of four Members of Parliament (MPs) vacant after three of them announced their intent to run as independent parliamentary candidates in the December 2024 elections. A fourth person, already an independent MP, has filed to contest on the ticket of a political party.

Justine Agbenu, one of the victims of the tragic East Legon accident, has been laid to rest after a burial service at the Christ the King Catholic Church in Accra on Wednesday.

The Judicial Service has reminded all judges and magistrates that attempted suicide is longer an offence and that individuals who attempt suicide are not to be prosecuted or convicted.

Government business in Parliament took a hit yesterday as Parliament adjourned indefinitely.

The University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) became the first school in the Greater Accra Region to win the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC), with a score of 86.8 points.

The Chief of Army Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona, has expressed concern over the limited accommodation available to personnel within the army, emphasising the detrimental impact it has on their morale and performance.

This week is international lead poisoning prevention week. Interestingly, this global advocacy week has come upon us at a time when there is a national outcry against irresponsible and illegal mining (galamsey).

The Ghana National Household Registry has begun data collection across the country as part of the first countrywide reassessment of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme.

British actor Idris Elba has told the BBC that he will relocate to Africa within the next decade as part of his plans to support the continent’s movie industry.

Springfield Exploration and Production Limited has started appraising Afina-1x Well at the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) Block 2 offshore, barely three months after an International Tribunal directed the government to let Springfield do further work to complete the Afina-Sankofa unitisation.

Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the people of Adaklu and the wider Volta Region of continued development, pledging to deliver even more as President of Ghana.

Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has explained that the military was deployed to Parliament on Tuesday based on a request from the Speaker of Parliament.

The Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Patience Adams has announced that the Baba Yara Sports Stadium is ready to host football matches following the completion of renovations.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament is working to woo Cynthia Mamle Morrison, Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona West and Kwadjo Asante, MP for Suhum, who are disgruntled over different issues in relation to the party's parliamentary primaries in the two separate constituencies.

The two incumbent MPs failed to secure the NPP's bid to re-contest Election 2024 on the party's ticket.

They therefore opted to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections in their respective constituencies as independent candidates.