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.

Is Ghana devaluing Justice?

But woe unto anyone who was named 'Justice' even at birth. It’s even worse if Justice was conferred as a title.

In either case, please don’t run across the village square beating your chest as King Solomon; for Justice is also a cross, indeed an eternal burden that may trail you until death do you part.

The title may sentence you to a life of misery: solitude, loneliness (‘anti-so,’), when you realize overnight that you are always home alone.

If you break jail and escape to normal social life, Justice Asomasi, please be prepared for the ‘kwɛnsekwɛnses’ as said in Cape Coast. That is indeed the current plight of Justice Baffoe Bonnie: he has broken jail.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has welcomed an investigation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) into an alleged memorandum purportedly written by the Deputy Minority Leader, Patricia Appiagyei, concerning the GH¢70,000 she reportedly rejected.

Dear Mirror Lawyer, My employer just told me not to come to work again while I am on maternity leave, without any notice, explanation, or remuneration. 

I have worked there for five years. Is that allowed?

 Nadia Ochire, North Legon, Accra

Long before she became Professor Abena Animwaa Yeboah-Banin, “Prof.” was already a name people used for her.

From her days as a junior high school student, her father called her “me Professor” (my professor) for reasons she still cannot explain.

Later, her university classmates adopted the name because of the ease with which she understood issues and explained them during group discussions.

Under the shade of a sprawling mango tree in Chakori, a group of young men and women stand silently, their mobile phones raised towards the sky.

The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has disclosed that less than 15 per cent of more than 100,000 traditional medicine practitioners in the country are currently registered in its database.

Just like every coin has two sides, Artificial Intelligence and other new technologies have their advantages and disadvantages.

When President John Dramani Mahama launched the NkokoNkitinkiti Household and Backyard Poultry Production Initiative in Kumasi in November 2025, the vision was compelling.

For years, Home Economics has been unfairly boxed into a narrow corner, often seen as a weaker programme focusing on cooking, sewing and housekeeping. 

Two of Ghana’s most prominent pastors, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Dr Mensa Otabil, have recently pontificated on controversial political issues. 

At least 37 people have died after inhaling toxic fumes while allegedly stealing petrol from a pipeline in Nigeria's Rivers State, an environmental group in the oil-rich region says.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results for the 2026 WASSCE for school candidates.

A press statement issued by WAEC on Friday night explained following investigations into examination malpractices, WAEC has cancelled or withheld the results of 8,295 candidates. 

A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors.

The Computerised School Selection and Placement System placement results for the 2026/2027 academic has been released.

The Judicial Secretary, Musah Ahmed has said Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie’s comment after visiting some state entities this week were made in “good faith”.

According to the Judicial Secretary, Justice Baffoe-Boonie’s “observations were made in good faith, and were not intended to serve a purpose inimical to judicial independence.”