The Government of Ghana has laid a new bill before Parliament seeking to amend the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, with sweeping changes aimed at restoring key historical observances and expanding recognitio…
The government is to recruit 50,000 teachers and 10,000 non-teaching staff this year, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has told Parliament.
He said the recruitment process would begin as soon as the Minister of Finance issue…
More than 32,000 households in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri and Yunyoo-Nasuan districts in the North East Region have received large quantities of food and assorted items from the Yennutona Foundation, a non-profit organisation.
The init…
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has said that the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS) in Navrongo, together with three others, will receive GH¢10 million each for infrastructural development.
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The St Augustine's College Past Students Union (APSU), led by its 2001 Year Group, last Friday, launched the school's 96th anniversary with a strong focus on a bold and forward-looking legacy project--a sustainable, ultramodern canteen d…
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has launched an initiative to stem the rising prevalence of diabetes among children and teenagers in Accra yesterday.
The "Kids and Diabetes in Schools (KiDS) Programme" is a key component of a broader Af…
On Tuesday, 24 June 2025, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA) signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on the formulation of a Drone Sector Roadmap and Candidate Projec…
The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has emphasised the need for Ghana to shift from heavy reliance on foreign aid to sustainable domestic funding to drive national development.
She made the call …
At the opening of the ECOWAS Validation Workshop on Stakeholders’ Engagement and Foundational ID Systems Interoperability Strategies in Accra, the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, emphasised the importance of digital id…
In a vibrant celebration of books, storytelling, and the transformative power of literacy, Active Minds Reading Club officially launched the Active Minds Reading Squad on Friday, June 20, 2025, at Presbyterian Basic School and Methodist Ba…
The CEO of Mpontu Technologies, Stephane Nwolley, has called on the government to make strategic investments in artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure it becomes a vital part of Ghana’s digital transformation journey.
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The University of Ghana has announced an immediate suspension of all social gatherings on campus in response to a recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
This comes after the university on Monday, June 23, confirmed a r…
The African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) has called for accelerated adoption of harmonised standards and a coherent regulatory framework to enhance intra-African trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are set to commence the construction of a 330-kilovolt (kV) double-circuit transmission line as part of the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) initiative.
The 243-kilometre cross-border project is …
President John Mahama has engaged with international health leaders in Brussels to reinforce Ghana's commitment to global immunisation efforts.
The meetings were a prelude to the GAVI Vaccine Alliance pledging conference held in Bru…
The suspended Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, says she will go through the entire process of the committee hearing a petition for her removal from office in spite of calls for her resignation.
She said in spite of al…
Stakeholders are raising concerns about the increasing effects of gender-based violence (GBV) on students on various tertiary institution campuses, calling for stronger collaboration in protecting students, especially f…
Over 2,000 youth in the country are expected to be trained in entrepreneurial skills within a period of 10 years to help curb and address the alarming unemployment situation among Ghanaian youth in the country.
T…
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has formally declared the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU-TUC) as the rightful body to represent workers on the Governing Councils of Public Traditional Unive…
A team of students from the University of Ghana has been awarded the Green Development Award at the just-ended Huawei Global ICT Competition, after developing an AI-powered solution to combat Ghana's persistent deforestation challenges.
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The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has commemorated the 2025 National Day for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) with a call for improved inclusive education and participation of persons with disabilities in all sectors…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), in partnership with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ulster University, UK, has launched a two-week co-production workshop aimed at developing the country’s first-ever fire safety curriculum f…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MoFA), in collaboration with the Fisheries Commission, has announced the 2025 closed season for Ghana’s marine fishing fleet.
At a press conference, Sector Minister Madam Emelia Arthur stated t…
A delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) led by the Senior Program Officer for Governance, Mr Akiyo Miguel Afouda, has paid a courtesy call on the Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin.
The purpose of the visit was to promote Human…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated laboratory reagents to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to support testing as the country deals with a rise in Mpox infections.
The supplies were handed over on June 24, 2025, at the Natio…
“God holds the copyright, as the sole author of life,” says Dr Gift Gugu Mona, a South African poet and Philosopher.
The truism in this quote makes it imperative that every author of any literary work must hold the s…
Sleep comes in different shades. There are those who sleep pretty and hardly move an inch in bed. Then we have those who are virtually at war when in bed and may turn a whole 360 degrees several times in the land of the unknown. Woe betide…
The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), demanding an immediate reversal of its directive mandating traditional public u…
Check Point Research identifies the first documented case of malware embedding prompt injection to evade AI detection.
Check Point Research discovered the first known case of malware designed to trick AI-based security tools.
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The Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Elections Committee, Peter Martey Agbeko, has defended the use of proxy voting in the upcoming national and regional elections scheduled for Monday, June 30, 2025, while pledging to…
A 20-member delegation from the National Institute of Security Studies Executives Intelligence Management Course 18 from Nigeria visited the office of Ghana's Ministry of Defence, also known as The Square as part of their study tour to G…
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that July 1, Ghana’s Republic Day, will be reinstated as a statutory public holiday and officially designated as the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving.
Speaking at the 2025 Supernatur…
The University of Ghana Health Services Directorate has issued an alert over a recent resurgence of COVID-19 on on the Legon campus, and urged students, staff, and visitors to exercise caution amid reports of both suspected and confirmed…
Staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) have declared an indefinite strike over delays in the payment of their Operational Support Allowance, raising concerns about disruptions to Ghana Card registration and verification ser…
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has disclosed that almost all road projects across the country are currently stalled due to debt.
He said the projects had stalled as a result of unsustainable levels of award…
The jostling has intensified among aspirants vying for different positions in the GJA elections scheduled for June 30.
Aspirants are leaving no stone unturned as they traverse the length and breadth of the country, visiting various n…
Today, we're not just marking time, we're celebrating momentum: 60 years of water sciences at UNESCO and 50 years of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP). These milestones aren't just about numbers—they're about the evolving …
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with First Ladies of Africa who are also their Ambassadors, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication & Gender, mark ‘Internatio…
Twelve people, accused of engaging in illegal mining activities at Tumetu near Princess Town in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, have been remanded into prison custody.
The accused persons are; Lord Yankey, Caleb A…
Workers of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) have expressed deep dissatisfaction over what they describe as an unjustified delay in the implementation of their agreed conditions of service, years after a deal was reached with mana…
Some residents of Sokpoe in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region have appealed to the government to roll out a comprehensive programme to help mitigate their suffering.
The residents mainly women, were part of those affected by …
The former First Lady, Mrs Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, on Sunday, joined other high profile dignitaries to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the W. E.B Du Bios Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture.
It was hosted b…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ashanti West Region, has begun a pilot initiative aimed at introducing advanced smart prepaid meters in the Ahenema Kokoben District.
As part of the company’s flagship “Loss Reduction Project” (L…
A Youth Economic Inclusion Programme aimed at tackling youth unemployment and revitalising local economies through inclusive development was launched in Accra yesterday.
Dubbed Youth Economic Inclusion through the Next Generation Loc…
This year’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought was on Thursday held in Tamale to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification.
The theme for the global celebration was “Restore the Lands; …
Government will next month introduce a comprehensive agribusiness export policy designed to strengthen Ghana’s foothold in the international agricultural market, Deputy Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Mr Sampson Ahi, has ann…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Zia Choudhury of Bangladesh as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, with the host government’s approval. His appointment is effective June 21, 2025.
Mr. Choudhu…
A senior Specialist with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Dr (Med) John Adabie Appiah, has called on African countries to pay more attention to sepsis and find ways of combating it.
He said though the condition has…
Allianz Commercial report highlights wildfire hazard trends and stresses the need for companies to be aware of how their assets and operations could either initiate or be affected by a wildfire.
The increasing severity and frequen…
QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts, have today released the QS World University Rankings 2026 *, evaluating over 1,500 universities across 106 countries. This year, Africa sees a blend of progress and stagnation, wit…
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