Accra is set to host a landmark cultural celebration as the Jazzin’ Africa Festival debuts on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel. 

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reduced the rate at which it lends to commercial banks, known as the policy rate, by 350 basis points to 21.5 per cent.

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has presented diplomatic passports to five distinguished Ghanaians in recognition of their international influence and contributions to promoting the country’s image abroad.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has called on Ghanaian family-owned businesses to prioritise governance reforms such as succession planning and family constitutions in order to secure their long-term survival and contribution to the economy.

The Ministry of the Interior has declared Monday, September 22, 2025, a public holiday to mark this year’s Founder’s Day.

The day, which commemorates the birthday of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, falls on Sunday, September 21. By law, when a statutory holiday falls on a weekend, the President may declare the following Monday as the observed holiday.

President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana’s democracy could collapse if it does not deliver development in the form of roads, schools, hospitals and jobs.

David Kwodow Prah Afful, the man seen in a viral video threatening to kill the President, Members of Parliament and other government officials if he had a gun or cutlass, has been sentenced to seven months in prison.

Villarreal midfielder Thomas Partey, appearing in a London court, has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault involving three women.

A stark disparity in pension payments in Ghana has been revealed in the latest Monthly Pension League Table for 2025 published by SSNIT. 

Six people, including three students and three police officers, have been injured after clashes during a demonstration at Tamale Technical University in the Northern Region.

As statement signed by Chief Inspector Luckman Nendow Alhassan said the incident happened on Tuesday morning when about 500 students gathered in front of the university’s administration block in protest.

Farmers in Zambia have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for an "ecological catastrophe" caused by the collapse of a dam that stored waste from copper mining.

The government’s flagship infrastructure development programme, the $10-billion ‘Big Push’ aimed at comprehensively addressing the nation’s infrastructure deficit, has been launched.

The Ministry of Education has advised parents and guardians not to pay money to anyone who promises to secure a senior high school (SHS) placement for their children or wards under the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).

The recent violent clash in parts of the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region is taking a heavy toll on education as many schools have been shut down in the affected communities.

Dutch airline KLM has cancelled around 100 flights on Wednesday due to a strike by ground crew at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, a spokesperson for the Dutch arm of airline group Air France KLM said on Tuesday.

A recent study has revealed that air pollution is now the leading cause of death in the country, overtaking HIV/AIDS, malaria and road traffic accidents.

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, cut the sod in Afienya to begin the government’s Big Push infrastructure programme, starting with the Dawhenya–Ayikuma–Dodowa and Tema–Aflao roads.

Apart from an earlier use of an unearned Prof title, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) raised with Richard Kofi Asiedu, the Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Chief Executive Officer of St. Andrews Group of Schools, it has emerged that his use of a "Dr" title is also inappropriate, as it was only honorary. 

In July 2025, GTEC warned Richard Kofi Asiedu over his continued unauthorised use of the honorary title “Professor.” 

An innovator and heart surgeon, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has described the founder of the Kristo Asafo Mission, Apostle Kwadwo Safo, as a brilliant inventor who thought outside the box due to his non-traditional academic background.

Ghana now has a legal framework backing its participation in carbon market projects, the Deputy Director in charge of the Climate Change Unit at the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), Mohammed Gyimah, has said.

The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey (GCAG) has expressed disappointment with President John Dramani Mahama’s comments on illegal mining (galamsey), made during his encounter with the media last Wednesday at the Jubilee House.

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has assured the public that its current focus on premium registration does not mean mass registration has been scrapped. 

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate in the Tamale Central by-election, Prof. Alidu Seidu, is set to make history as the first person to enter Parliament without parliamentary elections in the Fourth Republic.

The Office of the Auditor-General has recovered GH¢10 million from persons who were paid salaries they did not deserve. 

Over 48,000 displaced residents of Gbenyiri and nearby communities in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region want to return home to their farms and livelihoods, but the fear of renewed attacks is keeping them in camps.