The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG), has reaffirmed its commitment to develop the next generation of ethical, competent and innovative business leaders through its continued support for the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC).

Newly appointed Black Stars coach Carlos Queiroz has become only the second Portuguese to take charge of Ghana’s senior national team, following in the footsteps of Mariano Barreto, who managed the side in 2004.

His appointment last week ended the uncertainty over his future, after doubts emerged about whether he would continue in the role, with the Ghana Football Association awaiting approval from the Ministry of Sports.

Although Ghana has traditionally shown a strong preference for European coaches, Portuguese nationals have rarely featured among the preferred choices for the Black Stars job.

Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe is walking away from boxing just weeks before his 32nd birthday — an age when many fighters are entering their prime — bringing down the curtain on a career that made him Ghana’s youngest world champion and thrust him into some of the sport’s most unforgiving battles.

However, as the former WBO junior featherweight champion hangs up his gloves with a 24-4 record and 16 knockouts, he is already looking beyond his own legacy.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a warning to account holders on the consequences of issuing dud cheques, including a three-year ban from cheque issuance and a one-year ban from accessing new credit facilities for repeat offenders.

GCB Bank and the Ghana Police Service have reaffirmed their longstanding relationship and commitment to closer collaboration as the security needs of businesses and customers continue to evolve, particularly in the face of growing online scams, financial crime and other emerging security threats.

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has said Ghana's Free Primary Healthcare programme has started in 135 districts in the country.

Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Monday (September 7), the Minister said the initiative forms part of President John Dramani Mahama's health sector reforms and is aimed at shifting healthcare delivery from hospitals to communities, with greater emphasis on prevention and early detection.

The police have arrested the mother of a suspected highway robbery gang leader for allegedly hiding a gun used in a robbery on the Nsawam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi N6 highway.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that the government spent a total GH¢49,721,786 in the recent exercise to evacuate 1,964 Ghanaians from South Africa to Ghana.

The police have made a major breakthrough in the March 2026 murder of Accra based Dr Jesse Amuah, and his wife, Elizabeth Esi Amuah with the arrest of a key suspect who was their errand boy.

The key suspect, 32-year-old man, Abraham Awondok, sneaked out of Ghana and went into hiding in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. 

He was recently arrested and has since been deported to Ghana.

According to the Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohunu, Awondok has admitted to killing Dr Jesse Amuah, and his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Esi Amuah.

Basic school science teaches us that pets are domesticated animals kept for pleasure, companionship or enjoyment rather than for work or food. In Ghana, common pets include dogs, cats, birds, fish, small mammals and reptiles.

The Inspector General of Police, Christian Yohuno has provided an update on seven major operational successes and updates on significant cases across Ghana.

Residents of Assin Amoabeng, a community near Nyankumase Ahenkro in the Assin South District of the Central Region, woke up on Monday to discover that a 52-year-old spiritualist and farmer, commonly referred to as Alhaji Nagode, was dead under circumstances suspected to be suicide.

The government has given a lifeline to 53,887 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)  candidates who scored Grade nine in either English Language or Mathematics for them to do self-placement under the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is to introduce a compensation scheme for mobile phone and broadband subscribers who lose service because of network faults beyond their control.

The Head of Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), John Kapi has attributed the decline in candidates performance in English Language in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) partly to the widespread use of pidgin and a weakening reading culture among students.

The Health Ministry reports that one in every five Ghanaians is currently battling elevated blood pressure amid a rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Residents living downstream of the Weija Dam have been urged to evacuate their homes ahead of the resumption of spillage of excess water from the dam on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has directed all heads of Senior High Schools, Senior High Technical Schools, and Technical and Vocational Institutes not to admit outside the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has rejected calls for the resignation of Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie over remarks he made during recent visits to SSNIT.

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has urged Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie to avoid comparing the records of successive governments when commenting on the performance of public institutions.

The National Officers Elections Committee (NOEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, conduct the balloting for positions of those seeking to be elected as national officers of the party.

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has pledged to maintain integrity in the fight against illegal mining, saying he would rather die fighting the menace than allow himself to be corrupted.

Residents of La-Bawaleshie at East Legon have petitioned the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly over alleged construction activities by a developer which they say have worsened flooding and restricted access to their homes.

I have watched the four-minute video clip in which you recount your visit to some state institutions, particularly the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

In it, you speak approvingly of how well SSNIT is doing today, compared with its condition some time ago, when it was even preparing to “sell its prized asset, Labadi Beach Hotel.” You then wonder, or perhaps lament, what happened during the preceding eight years and how Ghana could have sunk so low.

Accra Hearts of Oak swept aside Berekum Chelsea 4-0 at the University of Ghana Stadium on Sunday, ending a decade-long wait for an opening-day victory and delivering an immediate statement under new head coach Nebojsa Kapor.