If you woke up this week to someone in your family WhatsApp group saying "they are going to charge us for WhatsApp," you are not alone. People are worried and some are already talking about switching to Telegram. But is this true? Is META going to charge you to use WhatApp?

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has issued a rain alert for southern Ghana, warning that a rain cloud has engulfed the southeast of the country and is expected to spread to more areas within the southern belt this afternoon into the evening.

The Bank of Ghana has extended the registration deadline for International Money Transfer Operators operating in the country to July 31, 2026, giving existing operators additional time to regularise their operations.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed all banks, payment service providers and regulated financial institutions to immediately discontinue any arrangements that facilitate the funding, operation or settlement of unauthorised fiat currency wallet services offered to users in Ghana by crypto platforms.

The Adentan High Court has quashed a decision by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) not to recognise in Ghana, all certificates obtained from the Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica (UNEM) issued before October 20, 2025.

A Nigerian man who won €500,000 in an Italian lottery – but was barred from collecting his windfall because he was undocumented – said the hardship of his more than decade-long immigration journey had been eased after he was finally granted a residency permit.

A 20-year-old student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Innocentia Atsufui Avinu, who was reported missing last week, has been found dead on the beach.

Five-time World Cup champions Brazil were forced to rally against industrious Morocco in their Group C opener; Vinicius Junior scored a beauty after Ismael Saibari had broken the deadlock by lobbing Alisson

Scores of refuse-laden tricycles, popularly known as 'aboboyaa', have been forming long queues in the McCarthy Hills area of Accra, along the N1 highway, particularly at the section from Sakaman junction through Mallam junction to the Tetegu junction area.

They have been meandering through a muddy access road near the McCarthy Hills dumping site in the Weija-Gbawe Municipality.

These tricycles, transporting waste from different parts of Accra, have been causing congestion on the route leading to the disposal site.

The first batch of 423 Ghanaian pilgrims who travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to participate in the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage have  returned to Tamale.

What is unfolding at Atronie and its adjoining farming communities in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region is more than a fight over land. 

Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey was allowed entry into the United States of America (USA) despite facing legal charges in the United Kingdom due to US Customs and Border Protection's interpretation of immigration rules.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ghana has lodged a formal protest with the Canadian authorities over the refusal of a visa to Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey for Ghana's World Cup opener with Panama in Toronto on June 17, 2026.

In a statement issued on Saturday, June 13, 2026, the ministry said it was prepared to seek judicial review before Canada’s Federal Court if efforts to resolve the matter through diplomatic channels fail.

Seven people are feared dead, while several others sustained injuries following a collision between an Accra-bound VVIP bus and a Toyota Sienna at Saka, a suburb of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region.

Every day, before sunrise breaks across Ghana’s coastline, the ocean is already in motion. 

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on Friday, following the record-breaking stock market debut of his company SpaceX.

Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has ​made him the world's first trillionaire.

England have been the victims of a security breakdown after the team’s match boots were stolen before their first World Cup training session in Kansas City reports the Daily Mail.

Thomas Partey has been denied access to Canada and will not be available for Ghana's opening game at the World Cup in Toronto with Panama on June 17, 2026.

A total of 327 Ghanaian nationals who were stranded in Côte d’Ivoire following a demolition exercise carried out by authorities in the Port Bouët Municipality of Abidjan are being repatriated.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement issued on Friday [June 12, 2026] said 228 of the affected nationals arrived in Ghana on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

On Thursday, June 11, the flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia led a delegation from the party to a consultative meeting with the leadership of the Christian Council of Ghana.

A total of GH₵76.5 million has been released to support Black Stars' participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 

The government of Ghana, through the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has announced that the producer price of cocoa for the 2026 Light Crop Season will remain unchanged despite declining global cocoa prices, protecting farmer incomes during the upcoming harvest.

The normal display of African unity in the early stages of a football World Cup was notably absent from social media as many fans from across the continent backed Mexico in the tournament's opening match against South Africa.

The Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has warned beneficiaries who have completed school that carrying expensive mobile phones and using substantial data while refusing to repay their loans is unacceptable, urging graduates to honour their obligations regardless of employment status.

A total of 327 Ghanaian nationals who were stranded in Côte d’Ivoire following a demolition exercise carried out by authorities in the Port Bouët Municipality of Abidjan are being repatriated.