The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims circulating on social media alleging a “secret” recruitment exercise and the sale of teaching appointments within the Service, describing the assertions as false and misleading.

After months of legal dispute and family disagreement threatened to overshadow legendary Highlife artiste, Daddy Lumba's final burial service is taking place today, December 13, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.

At a time when the nation drives forward and confidently advocates food security and agricultural change, rallying behind the call to "Feed Ghana, Eat Ghana, Secure the Future," images such as these remind us where the story begins.

Parliament has passed the Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2025, which seeks to legalise the commercialisation of motorcycles, known as “Okada”, tricycles, known as “Pragia” and quadracycle. The bill also revised the age of a person driving a commercial vehicle from 25 to 21 years. 

The funeral of legendary Ghanaian musician Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, is proceeding today as scheduled, following the collapse of a court injunction that briefly threatened to halt the burial.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office has announced that Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, will be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges over his alleged role in an eight million dollar romance fraud scheme targeting elderly victims.

The Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has indicated that more arrests are imminent in the government’s crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crimes, following the recent detention of a popular Snapchat personality, Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica.

Azumah Resources has closed a long-lead equipment order deal with FLSmidth (FLS) as a key strategic technology and equipment supplier partner for the Black Volta Gold Project.

The funeral of the late Daddy Lumba will proceed on Saturday, December 13, 2025, as planned, after the maternal family failed to mobilise to pay the GH¢2 million deposit in 2 hours to enforce a high court injunction.

This comes after his maternal family members — Obaapanin Afia Adomah, Robert and Georgina Gyamfi, Ernestina Fosuh, and Nana Afia Kobi — who secured an injunction to stop the funeral from proceeding, failed to pay a GH¢2 million undertaking to Kofi Owusu, the family head who has led the organisation and planning of the funeral. 

The Deputy Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Patricia Appiagyei, has warned that the rule of law was being endangered by what she described as Parliament’s endorsement of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) “unlawful and indecent” steps to declare the Kpandai parliamentary seat vacant despite an active court process.

The Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has stated that he has put on hold the process to scrap the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) out of respect for the intervention of President John Dramani Mahama. 

The High Court in Accra has added a caveat that, because of the costs incurred as of now, if by 2 pm today the applicants don’t pay GH¢2 million, the funeral home, Transitions, would release the body of Daddy Lumba, and the funeral scheduled for Saturday, December 13, 2025, will come off as planned.

The Office of the Auditor-General has invoked its constitutional powers to surcharge former top officials of the National Service Authority (NSA) and their collaborators in a move to recover GH¢2.4 billion unlawfully paid from state coffers.

Following a Technical and Forensic Audit of the National Service Authority (NSA) systems, which the office describes as a "well-orchestrated conspiracy" designed to systematically defraud the state, the Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has written to the officers involved to pay the amounts totalling GH¢2.4 billion in lieu of justification.

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has introduced a policy that compels pensioners to renew their certificates every year to guarantee their benefits.

The High Court in Accra on Friday morning restrained the head of family of Daddy Lumba from going ahead to organise the final funeral rites of the music icon on Saturday, December 13, 2025.

The family head (Abusuapanyin), Kwame Owusu, was ordered by the court to convene a family meeting, involving all sides, within three days to plan the funeral. 

President John Dramani Mahama is in Nairobi for an official visit as the Chief Guest for Kenya’s Jamhuri Day celebrations, following an invitation from President William Samoei Ruto.

President John Dramani Mahama has been confirmed as ECOWAS’s official nominee for the African Union Chairmanship for 2027.

A journalist with the Daily Graphic, Mohammed Fugu, has picked an award at the ninth Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) awards held in Kaduna, Nigeria.

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service and other key security institutions, has embarked on a large-scale Show of Force Exercise through some principal streets of Accra to demonstrate their preparedness ahead of the festive season.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is prepared for the upcoming rerun parliamentary election in Kpandai, the party's acting Director of Elections and IT, Tanko Rashid-Computer, has said.

On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the Family Health University (FHU) Medical School graduated 43 new medical doctors.

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has developed what scientists describe as “a ground-breaking research” which can significantly alter HIV care if other tests prove as effective as those conducted in the laboratory. 

President John Dramani Mahama left the Ghana on Thursday for a two-nation working visit to Kenya and Nigeria. 

On November 27, 2013, the Prime Minister of Latvia, Valdis Dombrovskis, resigned because the roof of a supermarket collapsed, killing 54 people.  He said he took political and moral responsibility. 

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has dismissed allegations circulating on social media that its Customs officers extorted money from a traveller who paid GH¢12,690.63 in duties upon arriving at Kotoka International Airport (KIA).