The Ghana Audit Service has issued a surcharge against 35 contractors to pay $7.9 million (approximately GH¢94.6 million) to the state.

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has moved to withdraw hard copies of the Senior High School Physical Education and Health teachers’ manual from circulation after concerns were raised about a section defining gender identity.

The Walking Egg Medical and Fertility Centre at Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region has delivered a 30-year-old surrogate mother of quadruplets through intrauterine insemination (IUI), a rare occurrence in assisted reproductive technology.

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has given notice of its intention to embark on an indefinite strike beginning Monday, January 19, 2026, over the non-payment of eight months’ salary arrears arising from the implementation of a 10 per cent base pay increase for 2025.

Owners of vehicles registered before 2023 will have to pay GH¢25 to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) for their records to be updated digitally, the Director of Driver Training, Testing, and Licensing at the DVLA, Prosper Kafui Semevo has announced.

Addressing a press conference in Accra on Tuesday [Jan 13, 2026], he said the onboarding process was meant to verify the ownership of manually registered vehicles and also block uncustomed vehicles from the system.

Mr Semevo explained that the onboarding process would require customers to personally visit DVLA offices and other designated centers with their vehicles, registration documents, custom declaration forms, and Ghana card for their bio data to be verified.

The Gbese District Court in Accra has adjourned its ruling in the extradition proceedings involving Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, after the State disclosed that it had no evidence against two of the accused persons, even as the court declined to discharge them.

The Ghana Police Service has arrested five people in connection with a taxi phone-snatching ring that targeted passengers, mostly women, across Accra and surrounding communities.

The Supreme Court will on January 28, 2026 deliver its ruling on whether or not to quash the High Court judgment that annulled the 2024 parliamentary result for Kpandai in the Northern Region.

Paramount Skydance on Monday sued Warner Bros ​Discovery for more information on a rival $82.7 billion deal with Netflix escalating a battle to take control of one of the ‌most storied Hollywood studios.

The David Ellison-led company also said it planned to nominate directors to Warner Bros' board, in one of its most aggressive steps to convince investors that its $108.7 billion all-cash bid is superior to Netflix's cash-and-stock deal.

The Steering Committee of Disputes Convocation, made up of young professional arbitrators in Ghana, has honoured Nana Dr S.K.B. Asante, an eminent international arbitrator, with the recognition as the “Father of Modern Arbitration” in modern Ghana.

A strategic partnership between the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme (WAFSRP) and agribusiness firm, FarmMate Ltd, has significantly boosted tomato production in Ghana, recording an estimated 240 tonnes of tomatoes in its first round of production in the Upper East Region.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has called on Parliament and other relevant stakeholders to come on board to reform the Gold-for-Reserves (G4R) programme to improve its effectiveness to support the country's economic stabilisation and reserves.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the conduct and utterances of Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng as highly reprehensible and inimical to the values, unity, and integrity of the political party. 

Professor Naa Afaley Sackeyfio, one of Ghana’s pioneering female politicians of the Fourth Republic, has passed away.

Akosua Serwaah has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Kumasi against a High Court decision that recognised both her and Priscilla Ofori, also known as Odo Broni, as the lawful surviving spouses of the late highlife legend Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba.

The Tema Regional Police Command has intercepted 1,613 parcels of substances suspected to be narcotic drugs following an intelligence-led operation along the Akosombo–Tema road.

The Kingmakers of the Kwahu Paramount stool, the Abene Traditional Council, have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate allegations of conflict of interest, abuse of office and unfair treatment meted out against a private businessman by a former Board Chairman of Agricultural Development Bank PLC (ADB), Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II, known in private life as Eugene Asante Boadi.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) to ensure transparency in the conduct of the party’s presidential election.

Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States has disclosed that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement medically cleared former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta for detention before admitting him into custody.

The Founder and leader of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has sparked public debate after openly criticising what he described as the growing culture of extravagant weddings, urging couples to place financial readiness above elaborate ceremonies.

Small businesses across the country are benefiting from significant tax relief following the increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) registration threshold from GH¢200,000 to GH¢750,000 under the new VAT reforms. 

An artisanal miner, Michael Gyadu Ayisi, has testified in the High Court (Criminal Division), Accra, in the trial involving the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi.

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has urged leaders to prioritise the conscious and deliberate development of future strategic minds and innovators.

The Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has urged spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai to reduce prices in line with the strengthening of the Ghana cedi against the US dollar.

More than 124,000 qualified applicants are jostling for recruitment into the Ghana Police Service to fill 4,000 vacancies.