The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has rescued a dog that was trapped in a well at Amamorley Canada Junction in the Greater Accra Region, following a swift emergency response.

President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to advanced nations in the Global North to support the Accra Reset Initiative, describing it as a new framework for equitable global partnership and shared prosperity.

Ghana is set to deepen its trade and investment engagement with China with plans to open a new Trade Office in Nanjing, Shandong Province, in 2026, the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has announced.

Hajia Amina Adam, the widow of the late Member of Parliament for Ayawaso East has formally declared her intention to contest the National Democratic Congress parliamentary primary as part of the processes in finding a replacement Member of Parliament.

The five presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have signed a peace pact committing themselves to a peaceful, transparent and credible internal election ahead of the party’s presidential primary scheduled for January 31, 2026.

The Accra High Court has dismissed a defamation suit by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD, Randy Abbey, against the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye on grounds of being procedurally defective.

In its ruling delivered on Monday, January 19, 2026 the court presided over by Justice Halimah El- Alawa Abdul Baasit, described the writ as “procedurally defective” because it was issued by the Legal Department of COCOBOD with the Director of Legal of COCOBOD as lawyer for the plaintiff [Randy Abbey].

The Court of Appeal has ordered the Inspector General of Police to take immediate steps to promote forty (40) police chief inspectors who were excluded from a promotion exercise, while others were promoted to their appropriate ranks during a special amnesty exercise that considered all policemen who had upgraded their educational levels with a first degree while still in service between 2008 and 2020.

The Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry has reported a 41.21 per cent growth in non-traditional export (NTE) earnings for the first half of 2025, reaching $2.54 billion, as part of steps towards a $10 billion export target by 2030.

The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reiterated the country’s commitment to expanding trade, investment, and people-to-people relations with China.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold its parliamentary primary on February 7, 2026, to elect the party’s candidate for the Ayawaso East Constituency parliamentary by-election slated for March 3, 2026.

Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, says it will launch more than 5,400 satellites to create a new communications network.

The Ghana National Fire Service has successfully contained a commercial fire that broke out at Madina Zongo Junction in Accra, preventing it from spreading to adjoining buildings and averting possible casualties.

The proactive and consistent statements on grave global issues by government is not a shift from the country’s foreign policy direction, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said. 

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has robustly defended its decision to recruit nurses from Ghana, describing the move as a necessary intervention to address persistent staffing shortages and burnout within the country’s healthcare system.

The Minister of Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare has accused Ghanaians of acting as enablers of foreigners illegally operating in the country’s retail sector. 

Parts of Sunyani and surrounding communities have been plunged into power outages following a fault on one of the largest transformers at the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) switchyard in the Bono Regional capital.

Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has announced the successful completion of critical repair works on a burst 42-inch transmission main, restoring water supply to thousands of residents in Tema and surrounding communities after a period of disruption.

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is set to lead a 14-member Commonwealth Observer Group for Bangladesh’s forthcoming parliamentary elections and a nationwide referendum, both scheduled for February 12, 2026.

The Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry is planning to roll out a national consumer price transparency application as part of efforts to improve market accountability and protect consumers from arbitrary pricing.

The Accra High Court has adjourned to January 26 an application for judicial review by way of certiorari filed by social media influencer Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, and two others who are facing extradition proceedings.

An electrician who was contracted by private persons to resolve an electric fault was electrocuted while working on an electricity pole belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Ashaley Botwe School Junction in the Adenta Municipal area.

A 42-year-old miner has been killed during a robbery at his home at Asonkore SSNIT Flats Down at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.

The assailants made away with GH¢2,600, a laptop and a car key, the police has said.

Ghana has recorded progress in reducing multidimensional poverty over the last year, with over 360,000 people escaping deprivation between mid and late 2025 alone. 

A taxi driver has been shot dead at Tetegu, near Weija, in the Greater Accra Region, following an encounter with a policewoman, the Ghana Police Service has said.

Ghana has opened formal negotiations to take possession of the house where Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah lived and worked during his final years in Guinea, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said.