The Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) Julius Neequaye Kotey has said the elimination of DP plates issued at the ports for imported vehicles and replacing them with stickers have helped greatly to get rid of fraud in the issuance of the numbers at the ports. 

Before April 2025, when the DVLA started issuing DP stickers, he said an average maximum of 1,900 vehicles were deemed to be cleared from the port per month but that increased to over 5,000 in April 2025, and by October 2025, the figure had risen to 15,000 stickers per month.

The Attorney-General has urged the Accra High Court to dismiss a submission of no case filed by Mr Kwabena Adu-Boahene, former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, arguing that the prosecution has established a prima facie case against him and his co-accused.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority has introduced a simulator testing system to enhance the driver's licence testing regime, testing prospective applicants in a virtual environment and determining their responsiveness to road-related scenarios.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has introduced six Ghanaian languages on its computer-based driving theory test platform to help applicants who cannot read or write in English.

The Minister of the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has disclosed that there were plans to introduce polygraph testing for personnel selected for certain sensitive security assignments, alongside improvements in equipment, working conditions and supervision.

According to the minister, this will help deal with suspected leaks within the security services, which were hampering Ghana'sfight against drug trafficking.

I write anonymously on behalf of hundreds of desperate farmers whose livelihoods have been impaired due to the construction of the Accra-Kumasi Expressway.

It has happened again.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced that its global crackdown on scam centre fraud, Operation Blackout, has so far resulted in the seizure of roughly US$17 billion, the arrest of hundreds of alleged scammers and the freeing of thousands of trafficked workers, while acknowledging the role of Ghanaian authorities in the operation.

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested eight suspects over the alleged assault of a 21-year-old man during what investigators describe as his initiation into internet fraud - 'sakawa' - at Kotokrom in the Sunyani West Municipality.

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed all prospective parliamentary aspirants, their agents and supporters to cease all forms of campaign activities with immediate effect.

Pope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated on "in the coming days" after a nodule was found on his lung during a medical check-up.

The University of Ghana has postponed the reopening date for the 2026/2027 academic year sine die.

A new date will be communicated, according to a notice issued by the university and dated October 10, 2026.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it will undertake thematic reviews of banks’ compliance with its revised Cyber and Information Security Directive amid growing concerns about digital fraud, cyber threats and other risks associated with digital financial services.

President John Dramani Mahama has projected that when the Poultry and Meat Processing Factory at Bechem in the Ahafo Region becomes operational, it will make the town the chicken capital of Ghana.  

The United States is engaging Ghana to review the health compact agreement that was previously rejected by the Ghana government, President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed.

All 23 banks operating in Ghana have now met the regulatory capital requirements, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has disclosed, marking the completion of a recovery process that began after the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA), in consultation with the Ministry of Sports and Recreation and the Black Stars Coach Search Committee, has extended the deadline for applications for the position of Black Stars Head Coach to October 15, 2026.

Ghana has not ruled out evacuating more citizens from South Africa if the situation in the country deteriorates, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said.

He said Ghana’s mission in Pretoria had submitted a report to the ministry describing the situation as “quite a dire situation”, amid continued anti-immigrant sentiment in the country.

President John Dramani Mahama has clarified the provision under the Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519), which prohibits preaching and hawking in moving public and commercial vehicles.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has postponed the re-opening of the university for the 2026/2027 academic year indefinitely, citing the ongoing strike action by the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA).

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union has asked the police to postpone the full implementation of TRAFFITECH-GH to to 2027, citing concerns over inadequate preparation and public education ahead of the November 1 rollout.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has clarified that Ghana is not seeking full membership of BRICS, but intends to apply as a Partner Country.

President John Dramani Mahama has inspected ongoing works on the Poultry, Meat and Feed Processing Plant at Bechem in the Ahafo Region, as part of his Resetting Ghana tour, Ahafo Region edition.

Farmers of vegetables in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region are counting their losses as a sharp decline in the prices of tomatoes, pepper and okra threatens to undermine their incomes.

Ghana’s decision to apply to join BRICS is not a diplomatic footnote; it is a strategic signal.