President John Dramani Mahama has justified his reluctance to declare a state of emergency in illegal mining areas, asserting that the country's existing laws provide sufficient power to combat the scourge of the menace, and that a declaration can only be a "last resort."

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Baltimore have intercepted a stolen heavy-duty tractor-bulldozer valued at about $237,000 that was being shipped to Ghana.

Ghana has formally joined four other African countries in reaching an agreement with Washington to accept deportees from the United States, President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed.

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), as part of its campaign to sanitise the use of unearned academic credentials in Ghana, has decided to conduct a forensic audit of all appointments and promotions undertaken at the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Navrongo in the Upper East Region under the tenure of the current Vice-Chancellor.

President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that more than 200 corruption-related cases are being investigated as part of his government’s commitment to accountability and the recovery of stolen state resources.

Following the earlier decision by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to field a candidate to contest the Tamale Central parliamentary by-election following the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, the People's National Convention (PNC) and the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) have also decided to withdraw from the race.

President John Dramani Mahama has made clear that Ghana will not be rushing back to the international capital markets, despite recent signs of stability in the economy under his leadership.

Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University. President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk’s death on social media.

President John Dramani Mahama has vowed to intensify the fight against illegal mining, stressing that his government has not issued a single licence to mine in Ghana’s forest reserves since returning to office.

President John Mahama has announced far-reaching reforms in Ghana’s education sector, pledging to make access to quality learning a right and not a privilege.

President John Dramani Mahama has declared that Ghana’s economy is firmly on the path of recovery, citing falling inflation, stable currency exchange rates, and renewed investor confidence.

President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that more than 200 corruption-related cases are currently being investigated and prosecuted as part of his government’s commitment to accountability and the recovery of stolen state resources.

Former Minister of Trade and long-serving Adansi Asokwa legislator, Kobina Tahir (KT) Hammond, has criticised New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirants who boast about their wealth and financial contributions to the party.

The government in collaboration with relevant security and regulatory agencies has started an exercise to relocate all the seized excavators from the Tema port enclave to selected military installations in Tema, Accra and the Shai Hills. 

President John Dramani Mahama will on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, host his first presidential media encounter since returning to office.

Fellow Ghanaians, let us begin today's reflection with a passage from Psalm 94 (King James Version), reading from verse 20: "Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth MISCHIEF by a law?"

Elon Musk has lost his title of “world’s richest person” title to Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison.

The National Service Authority (NSA) has inaugurated a nine-member Transition and Implementation Steering Committee to design and deploy a new digital platform after an audit found the existing system unsatisfactory.

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed that a violent confrontation at the Asanko Gold Ghana Ltd concession at Mpatoam in the Amansie West District of Ashanti on Tuesday led to the death of the Assembly member for Manso Aboabo, Samuel Danquah on Tuesday.

Ghana’s economy grew by 6.3 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, up from 5.7 per cent in the same period last year, according to new provisional data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).

The government of Ghana has condemned Israeli airstrikes on Qatar, describing them as a violation of international law and a threat to peace in the Middle East.

The High Court in Accra has prevented lawyers of former Chief Justice Getrude Torkornoo from making an oral application to withdraw the case challenging Shining Stars’ petition to remove her. 

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), as part of its campaign to sanitise the use of unearned academic credentials in Ghana, has taken action against Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea of the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences in Navrongo in the Upper East Region, for his continuous use of the unearned title of "Professor."

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has commenced the registration of children aged six to 14 years for the Ghana Card, starting at its Premium Centres nationwide.

Bodies that were put in charge of rebuilding Appiatse have declared that supporting the livelihoods of the explosion victims was not part of their mandate, the reason why millions in donations remain unused even as residents struggle to survive.