The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has deployed a team of well-trained Trading Standards Inspectors (TSIs) to conduct market surveillance in various markets, supermarkets and filling stations to ensure that patrons get value for money. 

Professor Stephen Adei, a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has said it was not a good public administration practice to start contemplating and aiming at removing a Chief Justice and Electoral commissioners without prima facie evidence the moment a new government is elected into office.

He has therefore cautioned President-elect, John Dramani Mahama against removing the Chief Justice and the Electoral Commissioner for political reasons, describing such an action as "disastrous" and potentially damaging to Ghana’s democracy.

A democracy fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has called for specific guidelines on how to invalidate a declaration of elections and consistently apply it to all cases.

The Electoral Commission (EC) last Saturday completed the collation or re-collation of seven constituencies, with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) winning each one of them.

The management of the University of Ghana (UG), led by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, last Friday paid a courtesy call on the President-elect, John Dramani Mahama, to congratulate him on his victory in the December 7 election. 

Guinness World Record (GWR) contender Afua Asantewaa O. Aduonum has surpassed 43 hours in her second attempt to set the record for the longest singing marathon by an individual. 

The marathon began at dawn on December 21, 2024, at Heroes' Park, Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, and is scheduled to run until December 25.  

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism that history will favourably judge his tenure as he approaches the end of his presidency on January 7, 2025.  

The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Major General Anita Asmah; the newly appointed Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).

The New Weija Police Command has arrested Jackson Ekow, a 41-year-old electrician, and sub-contractor for the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) for aiding a customer of the Company to illegally use power for free.

Ghanaian forward Antoine Semenyo delivered a standout performance as Bournemouth secured a resounding 3-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford, deepening the crisis for new manager Ruben Amorim.

A 65-year-old man has planned to walk the over 250-km Kumasi—Accra journey on January 7, 2025, to attend John Dramani Mahama's swearing-in as President of Ghana.

The Tamale-based businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Ayaana, intends to travel to Kumasi by vehicle and then continue on foot from Kumasi to Accra, covering a distance of over 250 km.

He is planning to use three days for that journey, starting on January 5 and ending on January 7, the date for the swearing-in ceremony.

The Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe Addo, says the association will “strongly resist” any partisan appointments in the civil service with the coming into office of a new government, beginning January 7, 2025.

He has therefore urged the incoming government to uphold the principle of neutrality within the civil service and avoid interfering with the roles of civil servants. 

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration will reverse all “last minute” promotions for government employees undertaken by the outgoing New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the NDC has said.

Additionally, all “last minute” appointments in the government sector will also be terminated, if proven to have been illegally done.

The Ghana Police Service has strongly denied claims of disturbances in Nsawam Adoagyiri allegedly linked to the Electoral Commission’s (EC) re-collation exercise conducted in Accra on December 21, 2024.  

The Governing Council of the University of Ghana has announced the re-appointment of Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo as Vice-Chancellor for a second four-year term, commencing in October 2025. 

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to retain his unified heavyweight world titles and prove his status as a generational great with another close points win in their rematch in Saudi Arabia.

Foreign workers seeking U.S. jobs enjoyed near-guaranteed visa success in fiscal year 2024, with immigration authorities approving more than 97 per cent of H1-B visa applications, as reported by the National Foundation for American Policy.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the re-collated election results, accusing the Electoral Commission (EC) of manipulating the process.

The party claims that the results were declared under dubious and unlawful circumstances, describing them as a "blatant assault" on Ghana’s democratic principles and a betrayal of the people’s sovereign will.

Mohammed Kudus, the Ghanaian star playing for West Ham United, brought a piece of his homeland to the pitch in a unique celebration following his equalizing header against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has begun declaring winners for the nine disputed parliamentary constituencies following the collation of results mandated by the Accra High Court. Below are the declared winners so far:  

As Ghana’s ninth Parliament prepares to convene on January 7, 2025, the latest developments from the Electoral Commission (EC) have further defined the composition of the legislature. 

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the suspension of the re-collation exercise for the Dome Kwabenya and Ablekuma North parliamentary constituencies.

Two creatives, Baba Sadiq and actress, Ebi Bright may not make it to parliament next year after falling to win majority of the votes in their respective constituencies after re-collation of results by the Electoral Commission on Saturday.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly rejected the ongoing re-collation of results in the nine disputed constituencies.  

Mr. Patrick Yaw Boamah, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, has been declared the winner following a re-collation exercise.