Dr. Bryan Acheampong has formally concluded a sweeping national tour, having engaged with grassroots delegates across all 276 constituencies in Ghana, his campaign office announced on Friday.

Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of a defilement suspect who was in police custody at the Twifo Praso Police Station cells.

The deceased, a 40-year-old George Anim, was arrested on November 25, 2025, for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl at Swedru Akuapem in the Assin Fosu Municipality.

Anim, while in police custody was transferred to the Twifo Praso Police Station.  

The High Court in Accra has ordered the Attorney-General’s Department to file a detailed report on the detention of Alhaji Seidu Abagre, who has been in state security agencies custody since December 24, 2025, following his removal from Bawku based on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II's Bawku conflict mediation exercise.

Following consultations involving the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), the University Council, management, and student representatives, the academic user facility fee for the 2025/2026 academic year at the University of Ghana will remain the same as the 2024/2025 academic year.

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has moved swiftly to steady Ghana’s World Cup ship, paying personal visits to injured key players across Europe as anxiety grows over their race against time to be fit for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The coach’s latest stop took him to France, where he visited centre-back Mohammed Salisu to lift the defender’s spirits following successful surgery on a serious knee injury. 

According to new research conducted by the top Fast Moving Consumer Good (FMCG) market and economic research agency and consultancy company in Ghana, SumsureIQ, Ghana’s Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector has seen significant improvements in a difficult landscape characterised by cost-of-living crises, exchange rate volatility and constant inflationary pressures in 2025 compared to 2024. 

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added about 500 new words, phrases and meanings to its lexicon, with several entries originating from West Africa, underscoring the growing global influence of African languages on English.

One person has died with 37 others sustaining injuries in a road crash involving a 40-seater bus and a truck at Mankrong on the Accra–Kumasi Highway. 

The accident occurred on Sunday, January 11, 2026, when a Zhong Tong bus (AS 7022-21) collided with a Man Diesel truck (GW 3969-U).

Following the completion of the seven-day post-burial Muslim prayers for the late Ayawaso East Member of Parliament (MP), Naser Toure Mahama, the constituents, especially within the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) have started public discussions on finding a successor, with some proposing Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed as a suitable replacement.

Others have put up Dr Yakubu Azindow's name as also another possible replacement.

Dr. Bryan Acheampong has concluded a tour of the northern sector of the country, as part of his campaign in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential race with the election scheduled for January 31, 2026.

President John Dramani Mahama has directed for a comprehensive review of the contract between the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and KGL Technology Limited.

The Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church Ghana, Most Rev. Professor Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, has stated that poor leadership has been the biggest problem of the country.

The government has cleared outstanding energy-sector debts totalling $1.470 billion in the 2025 fiscal year, effectively rescuing the sector and ridding it of crippling debt.

President Mahama has lauded the Daily Graphic and its sister brands as the nation’s standard for credible journalism and announced a major government directive to award contracts for printing basic school textbooks to the Graphic Communications Group Ltd (GCGL).

The Director-General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Professor Samuel Boakye Dampare, has raised alarm over illegal developments around the National Radioactive Waste Management Centre, warning that human settlements close to the facility pose serious risks to public safety.

President John Dramani Mahama has presented 100 Nissan Navara pickup trucks to the Ghana Police Service (GPS) to enhance its operational capacity and ensure more effective policing across the country. 

President John Dramani Mahama has left Ghana for a working visit to the United Kingdom and Switzerland, where he will attend high-level meetings and a major global forum.

The police have arrested six suspected land guards following a gun battle at Trasacco in Accra.

A pro-Dr Mahamudu Bawumia support group, United Belgium for Bawumia (UBB), has been officially launched in Belgium, adding momentum to the former Vice President’s diaspora mobilisation ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primaries scheduled for January 31.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) have issued a stringent new Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Combating the Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) guidelines for Foreign Exchange Bureaux, effective immediately from its issue in September 2025. 

In a sweeping update to the nation's financial regulations, the Bank of Ghana has issued a revised Supervisory Guidance Note mandating the Ghana Card as the primary and, in most cases, sole identification document for all customer transactions within accountable institutions. 

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the Presidential Election Committee of the New Patriotic Party for what he described as an impressive and transparent execution of its mandate ahead of the party’s presidential primary scheduled for Saturday, January 31, 2026.

The Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church Ghana, the Most Reverend Professor Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, has blamed Ghana’s challenges on mismanagement and the stealing of the country’s resources by selfish leaders.

Passengers travelling aboard an Emirates Airbus A380 from Dubai to São Paulo were forced to make an unscheduled stop at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, after the aircraft received a technical warning indicating possible smoke in its forward cargo compartment.

The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC, has said former Finance Minister Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta declined to meet consular officials without his lawyers present after he was taken into custody by United States immigration authorities.