Twelve persons have been arrested by Ghana Police following the discovery of 598 cartons of BB cartridges at Nsakye, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

The Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly and the Engineering Council have provided an official update on the construction incident that occurred on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at “The Address” project site at Roman Ridge in Accra.

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the suspension of the vetting of Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as a Chief Justice nominee by the Appointment Committee of Parliament until the legal challenge regarding the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, currently pending in court, is resolved.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a sweeping directive prohibiting the fabrication, importation, sale, and use of “Changfan” mining machines across Ghana, citing their devastating impact on the country’s rivers and ecosystems.

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has said the Attorney-General’s advice will guide the government’s next steps in recovering value from the vendor responsible for the failed national health information system contract.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has searched the residence of the Chief Executive Officer of Goldridge Company Limited, Nana Yaw Duodu, also known as Dr Sledge, at Trassaco in Accra, and the company’s offices at East Legon, also in Accra.

This is part of an ongoing investigation into suspected corruption and related offences connected to the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) gold trade programme.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially confirmed the venue and schedule for the African qualifiers of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Intercontinental Play-off Tournament.

The high-stakes mini-tournament will determine the final African nation to compete for the continent’s remaining slot at the expanded 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company Limited (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, has been charged with allegedly stealing and causing financial loss of more than GH¢61 million meant for the purchase and supply of food items for the national school feeding component of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme.

A 49-year-old fisherman, Samuel Armah, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Cape Coast Circuit Court Two for defiling a 13-year-old girl at Mumford, near Apam, in the Central Region.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion seeking to prohibit Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyadu, from hearing the case in which former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene  is standing trial for allegedly causing a financial loss of GH₵49 million to the state. 

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Paris, France, to participate in the eighth edition of the Paris Peace Forum.

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has assured the travelling public, airline operators, and other aviation stakeholders that air traffic services will continue without interruption, despite a planned industrial action by the Ghana Air Traffic Safety Electronics Association (GhATSEA) scheduled for Thursday, October 30, 2025.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey has alleged that a "gentleman" he does not know and has not met before attempted to bribe him with cash of GH¢4million to influence him from introducing stickers in place of plates for the "Drive from Port" - DP - new vehicle numbers issued at the ports.

French-owned Group Vivendi Africa (GVA), the parent company of CanalBox, is preparing to launch high-speed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) internet services in Ghana, beginning with Accra and Kumasi.

As a language and literacy professional and a staunch advocate of Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTBE) in our schools, perhaps I should be one of those jubilating over the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu’s ‘directive’ to the Director-General of Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that the use of mother tongue is compulsory in schools. Unfortunately, I am not.  

The Second Deputy Minority Whip, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, appealed to the government to urgently resolve the “cash and carry” system that health facilities were now resorting to, due to the breakdown of the digitised platform.

The IGP Special Operations Team last Monday embarked on a combat walk and show of force within Bole and its surrounding communities as part of ongoing security efforts to maintain peace and stability in the wake of the conflict between the Gonja and Brefo tribes. 

According to the former University of Ghana Vice Chancellor, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, ‘Rawlings came with anger — and that anger drove most of what he did’. 

The Ministry of Health has directed the nationwide rollout of the Ghana Health Information Management System (GHIMS) in November 2025, following recent disruptions to clinical services and patient care across public health facilities.

Three men have each been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for robbing victims at gunpoint and forcing a Chinese national to transfer GH₵30,000 through mobile money during an armed attack on the Jacobu–Anwiankwanta road in the Ashanti Region.

The Controller and Accountant-General will no longer issue manual cheques for public procurements from January next year, the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced.

The National Service Authority (NSA) has deployed 85,159 tertiary graduates to undertake their one-year mandatory national service across public and private institutions in the country.

Paul Adom-Otchere, a former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), who is being investigated by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in relation to the award of a revenue assurance contract by GACL to Evatex Limited,has explained that he has already filled the forms requested by OSP asking him to declare his assets.

The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021 will be reintroduced to the Ninth Parliament for consideration and passage, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said.

Renowned Nigerian playwright and poet, Professor Wole Soyinka, has disclosed that his United States of America visa has been revoked, meaning he cannot enter the country.