A political science lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Jonathan Asante has called for a review of the process for appointing commissioners for the Electoral Commission, suggesting that it was about time Ghana considered electing commissioners or selecting them through the Public Services Commission.

Commenting on this week's two new deputy chairperson appointments for the commission and the varied public reactions to Ms Emelia Afi Agbenyo's appointment for instance, Prof. Asante described the controversy as “a needless pressure” the President has brought upon himself. 

It was his view that the President had many other candidates who were not politically exposed to appoint from to fill the vacant position of deputy chairperson of the Electoral Commission.

The Northern Regional Police Command, through a Special Operations Team has arrested four suspects and recovered 142 parcels of compressed suspected Indian hemp, with the arresting officers said to have rejected a GH¢50,000 bribe offered them by the suspects.

The Special Operations Team of the Ghana Police Service has arrested 41 suspects during an intelligence-led operation at Lapaz and Chantan in Accra on October 15.

Locally made metal trunk sellers in Accra say their businesses are going through a difficult period as more senior high school (SHS) students opt for suitcases, leaving traders with unsold stock.

The sellers, some of whom have been in the trade for decades, attribute the decline in demand for trunks to changing consumer preferences, the inclusion of suitcases on school prospectuses and the sale of school supplies on campuses.

The founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has questioned the authority of Cabinet to determine Ghana’s proposed participation in BRICS without broader parliamentary scrutiny and public consultation.

Life on the various campuses of public and technical universities is expected to return to normal from Monday following the suspension of the strike by the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) and the Technical Universities Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) yesterday.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that Ghana has received $250,000 in relief assistance from the Economic Community of West African States to support victims of the June 2026 floods.

The President of the Ghana Shea Employers Association of the Northern Region and Chief Executive Officer of Maltiti A. Enterprise Limited, Hajia Rabiatu Abukari, has urged the government to establish local facilities for organic shea testing and certification, arguing that Ghanaian dealers continue to spend unnecessarily on a process that could be handled within the country.

When vaping first took off at Gracey Mungulu's school, she was vocal about the fact she found it as repulsive as smoking.

"I literally used to tell people like, 'Er, why are you doing that?'" she says.

But Gracey says the habit became so common among her classmates that by the age of 16 she too had taken it up, even though the first time left her coughing rather than inhaling.

On September 25, this year, the people of Akropong in the Eastern Region gathered to celebrate a significant milestone in their cultural history, as Odwira, their annual festival of purification, remembrance and thanksgiving, marked 200 years of tradition.

A 44-year-old Reverend Minister of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Rev. Richard Tagoe, has been enstooled Amanonehene of Abotakyi in the Akuapem Traditional Area in the Eastern Region.

President John Dramani Mahama has charged four newly appointed ambassadors designate to prioritise economic diplomacy, the welfare of Ghanaians abroad, and the projection of Ghana’s interests on the global stage.

Ghana's application to join the BRICS bloc of countries is a deliberate strategy to broaden the country's development partnerships and deepen South-South cooperation, President John Dramani Mahama has said.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested by the police for cultivating cannabis at Mangoase in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region.

The police picked 16 sacks of dried leaves believed to be Indian hemp from the farm at the time of his arrest.

The University of Ghana (UG) will reopen for the 2026/2027 academic year on Monday, October 19, with lectures scheduled to begin a week later, on October 26.

The revised dates were announced in a notice dated Friday, October 16, 2026, following a meeting of the university’s Business and Executive Committee on the same day.

The Africa Prosperity Network has announced that the Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2027 will now take place from January 13 to 15, 2027, at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra, replacing the previously announced dates of January 27 to 29.

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has restored calm at Manso-Nseina in the Ashanti Region following a shooting incident involving a police team and some youth of the town, which resulted in the death of one person and injury to one police officer.

The Volta North Regional Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old man, Saviour Dzadze, for unlawful possession of firearms, cultivation of suspected narcotics, and threats of death.

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has urged President John Dramani Mahama to demonstrate consistency with his previously stated position on electoral reforms by calling on Ms Emelia Afi Agbenyo to step down as a Deputy Chairperson of the EC Electoral Commission (EC).

The Controller and Accountant-General's Department (CAGD) has paid promotion-related salary adjustments and arrears to 56,003 teachers of the Ghana Education Service.

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has suspended its nationwide strike with effect from Friday, October 16, 2026. Members are to report to work on Monday, October 19, 2026.

A major land reclamation campaign to help restore degraded lands in the Ashanti Region has been launched.

The National Service Authority has extended the registration deadline for the 2026/2027 service year from October 15 to October 23, 2026.

The government has secured a €323 million financing package to help end persistent water shortages in three cities in northern Ghana.

Meta and fourteen other leading technology companies have joined law enforcement counterparts from ten countries to disrupt criminal scam networks operating in West Africa, in the largest operation of its kind to date.