Government has offered each evacuee from South Africa a sum GH¢5,500 as reintegration grant and travel and transport allowance as part of efforts to ensure their dignified return and reintegration into the Ghanaian system.

A total of 1,360 people died from drowning between 2019-2021, a study conducted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in collaboration with the CDC Foundation, has revealed.

A 32-year-old mobile money agent is battling for his life after he was shot in the stomach by armed robbers who made away with an unspecified amount of money at Militia Junction in Agona Swedru in the Central Region on Sunday night.

Sulemana Abdul-Samed, popularly known as Awuche and said to be Ghana's tallest man, has died at the age of 33.

The High Court in Accra has given the prosecution and the defence 30 days to conclude plea bargain negotiations in the GH¢30 million alleged fraud case involving the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.

Odorgonno Senior High School has marked its 86th Speech and Prize-Giving Day, with a call on students to embrace discipline, integrity and good character, as education leaders stressed that academic excellence alone is not enough to succeed in life.

Workers of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), together with members of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU-Ghana), on Monday staged a protest on what they described as attempts to privatise the state-owned aluminium smelter.

The Attorney General's Office has identified about 30 cases under the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative for prosecution, with between five and 10 already at advanced stages before the courts.

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the government to ban single-use plastics in addition to the ban on styrofoam products used in packaging foods to protect the environment and sustain the health of the public. 

The chiefs and people of Apinto Divisional Council in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in  the Western Region have appealed to the government to hand over the Gold Fields mining concession to a wholly Ghanaian-owned company when the current lease expires in April 2027.

Top sprinter Benjamin Azamati and national record holder Abdul-Rasheed Saminu recorded impresive times to both win their respective 100m heats to advance to the semi finals of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday morning.

Saminu was first out for Ghana in heat 2, blazing to first place in a time for 10.01 seconds, while Azamati followed suit in heat 5 in 10.00 seconds to equal his season’s best, underlining his excellent form as he chases a place on the podium for Ghana. Azamati also recorded the best time of all 75 sprinters who took part in the heats, just a hundredth of a second faster than Saminu in second place, indication of the pair’s strong medal chances.

The committee established to examine government’s plan to restore the management of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) to the University of Ghana has completed its work and submitted its report regarding the facility’s future.

Imagine reaching for a cold bottle of drink on a hot afternoon along the busy streets of Makola or grabbing a packaged snack from a supermarket shelf for a quick bite. 

Photographs taken at the Mallam Interchange in Accra last week reveal alarming structural deterioration at one of the capital's busiest and most critical road infrastructure assets — raising urgent questions about public safety and the state of bridge maintenance in Ghana.

A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour by the Wa High Court after he was found guilty of defiling a seven-year-old boy in Wa in the Upper West Region.

The family of late highlife icon Daddy Lumba on Sunday unveiled his tomb at his private residence at East Legon in Accra.

Coming one year after his passing, it was a customary remembrance event.

Amadu Mohammed claimed a dominant first round victory over Eriu Temakau of Kiribati in men’s 55 kg (bantamweight) boxing on Sunday morning to give Ghana a first victory in any sport at the 2026 Commonwealth Games ongoing in Glasgow, Scotland.

An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Kweku Osei Korankye Asiedu, also known as KOKA, a marketer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator, for failing to appear before it.

A medical doctor who recently received a GH¢20,000 cash reward from the Paga Youth Movement (PAYOM) for accepting a posting to the Paga Hospital has donated the entire amount for the purchase of medical equipment and supplies for the facility.

Designed to provide pedestrians with a safe passage across roads, zebra crossings are intended to be areas where drivers stop and allow people to cross.

However, the reality on many roads in Accra tells a different story.

Motorists frequently ignore these crossings, forcing pedestrians to wait for long periods or take dangerous risks by crossing between moving vehicles.

Condom vending machines will be deployed in the country by the last quarter of the year in a new measure intended to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS.

The machines, to be located at vantage spots, are to remove the challenge arising from human interface with individual purchase of the rubber piece considered crucial in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

Ghana’s mixed 4x100m freestyle team finished with 3:53.60, below the national record of 3:42.97, ending Day 2 of competition for Ghana at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Kessben Media, the operators of Kessben FM, have suspended one of its presenters, Rexford Kwadwo Adu Ntim, popularly known as DJ K.A, following the circulation of an intimate video on social media. The company has also launched an internal investigation into the incident.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Ashanti Regional Police Command and the IGP's Special Operations Team (SOT) for their unwavering commitment to combating crime and ensuring peace, law and order across the country.