‎Former Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has been elected as the new Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Odeneho Kwaku Appiah has been elected the new Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), taking over from Bernard Antwi Boasiako, commonly known as Chairman Wontumi.

Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah also commonly referred to as COKA, beat Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, a former Member of Parliament for Bantama and Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)

Joseph Esibu has been elected Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, defeating incumbent Percy Dennis in the party’s regional executive elections.

Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has been re-elected as the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

‎A disagreement has emerged among aspirants over the procedure for counting ballots following the close of polls at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Greater Accra Regional Executive elections.

The 2024 parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency Elvis Figo Awonekai, has been elected the party’s Upper East Regional Chairman after polling 177 votes in the regional elections held in Bolgatanga.

Party members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are electing new regional executives this weekend with fierce contests in several regions as the party reorganises ahead of the 2028 general election.

Apart from the Westen North Region, which will hold its elections on Sunday, August 16, the remaining 15 regions are electing theirs today.

When a motor boat, which had journeyed from Ada Foah in the Ada East District in the Greater Accra Region, pulled up at the shores of the island community of Azizape at 2:45 p.m., after 29 minutes across the Volta River and the Atlantic, 61-year-old Noah Aggrey was spotted busily cleaning up his net. 

Dr. Emmanuella Amoako, a pediatric oncologist at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital advancing childhood cancer care in Ghana, has been named the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s (IHME) 2026 Roux Prize winner.

Dr. Emmanuella Amoako will receive a $100,000 award for using evidence to improve early diagnosis, expand access to treatment, and advance locally led cancer research in Ghana.

Ghanaian boxer Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe’s highly anticipated WBO International super lightweight clash against unbeaten American Ernesto “Tito” Mercado has been cancelled after the former IBO world champion missed the contracted weight limit by a staggering 10 pounds.

President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated a newly completed E-Block at the Paga Senior High School (SHS) in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region, with a commitment to transform the school into a full-fledged boarding institution from the next academic year.

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, has been found dead.

A former Deputy Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) East London Chapter, Richard Agyare, has described the election of Andy Owusu as NPP-UK Branch Chairman as timely, following a peaceful poll on Saturday, August 8, 2026.

Members of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have issued a two-week ultimatum for the government to address their grievances, effective August 14, 2026 else they will advise themselves.

Switzerland has appointed Thomas Oertle as its ambassador-designate to Ghana, Benin and Togo.

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice directing selected High Court judges to sit and conduct criminal trials during the legal vacation.

The government is working to establish four new public universities in different parts of the country as part of efforts to widen access to tertiary education and equip more young people with skills needed for national development.

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has dismissed claims that President John Dramani Mahama’s administration is using the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative to persecute political opponents, insisting that the cases being pursued are based on painstaking investigations and solid evidence.

A 19-year-old, Ahmed Mustapha, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour after being found guilty of robbery and causing harm at Asabi, a community within the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has said: "It is better to complete Agenda 111 hospital projects than to spend money on a national cathedral."

Reacting to what he said was a "resurgence in messaging about the national cathedral by very eminent religious people," Dr Ayine, who was speaking in Zuarungu during President John Mahama's visit to the Upper East Region on Thursday [Aug 13, 2026] said, "I want to say this, the money that was spent on the national cathedral, from the report of the PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), that was presented to me just last Friday... you don't build a house of God in the manner in which they went about it, that is is all that I can say. But the important thing is that, the money could have been used to complete the district hospitals." 

One person died last Wednesday while 14 others sustained injuries in a road crash on the Accra–Kumasi N6 highway.

 The crash, which involved a MAN Diesel truck and a Toyota Hiace happened near Paradise Restaurant, reports Citinewsroom.com.

He is 22-years-old and going to spend the next 10 years in prison with hard labour for snatching a handbag containing personal items and cash in Kumasi.

Christian Owusu, after his arrest and arraignment before the Atasemanso Circuit Court in Kumasi pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery and asked for forgiveness.

The court considered his plea and handed him the minimum sentence of 10 years with hard labour.

Some years ago, spectacles became an unlikely fashion accessory among young people. Children would pester their parents for a pair, with some even pretending to have problems with their eyesight simply because they wanted to wear them.

As a regular traveller on the Tema-Sogakofe highway, I have noticed the giant signpost indicating the existence of a city by the name Saglemi located just before Tsopoli.

President John Dramani Mahama says the time has come for the Upper East Region to have its own airport to facilitate travel, stimulate economic activity and attract investment to the region.