The Supreme Court’s recent ruling holding that limiting participation to delegates is unconstitutional and requiring political parties to expand participation in their parliamentary and presidential primaries to all members in good standing is among the most consequential rulings in Ghana’s Fourth Republic.

President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to restructure the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to permanently remove political interference from its operations.

President John Dramani Mahama has declared that the successful revival of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has demonstrated that strategic state-owned enterprises can be restored to efficiency, profitability and national relevance through visionary leadership, sound governance and dedicated human capital.

Transparency International Ghana (TI-Ghana) has raised concerns about the speed with which the Court of Appeal acquitted former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, of 78 corruption-related charges.

To be given the power, authority, legitimacy, and showered with all the comforts and luxury under the sun as President to govern a nation and manage its resources for the benefit of the ordinary citizens, is a rare and noble honour very few people get the opportunity to realize throughout their lifetime. 

Ghana suffered a heartbreaking setback on the penultimate day of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after being denied a bronze medal in the men's 4x100m relay following Canada's successful appeal against its disqualification on Saturday night.

Canada, who finished second behind Australia in a thrilling final, were initially disqualified for a lane violation, along with South Africa.

A 34-year-old man, said to be the driver of a DAF XF 105 articulated truck (registration number GS 3097-20), who reportedly allowed a 12-year-old to driver the truck has been arrested.

The arrest followed the circulation of a video showing the minor behind the wheel of heavy-duty vehicle and driving it.

The boy has also been picked up by the police

Two people died while eight others sustained injuries following a road traffic accident at Dompoase near Komenda on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway on Friday evening.

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has presented a full container load of life-saving medical equipment, consumables and essential healthcare supplies to the Ghana Prisons Service in an intervention aimed at transforming healthcare delivery within correctional facilities across the country.

The kingmakers of the Dagbon Kingdom have enskinned the first son of the late Ya-Na Abukari II as Regent to oversee the affairs of the kingdom during the transition period following the passing of the Overlord.

Two Members of Parliament (MPs) last Wednesday expressed differing opinions on the Supreme Court's ruling declaring the delegate system used by political parties to elect their presidential and parliamentary candidates unconstitutional.

Thousands of members of the Kristo Asafo Mission from across the country yesterday converged on the Independence Square to pay their last respects to the founder of the church and the Kantanka Group, Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, as activities marking the second day of his final funeral rites continued.

For generations, mangroves have served as a natural barrier protecting coastal communities in the Ada West District from flooding, tidal waves and shoreline erosion, while supporting livelihoods through fishing, crab harvesting and other ecosystem services.

It was painful to watch him outside No.10 on Monday.

FIFA has scrapped World Cup sell-off plans, Fifa president Gianni Inffantino has said.

A new fuel tax law to help stop smugglers from cheating the system in Ghana has been passed by Parliament.

Parliament passed the new law on Friday (July 31, 2026) to close a loophole that some businesspeople have been using to dodge fuel taxes — a scam that has already cost the country an estimated $25 million in just six months.

There was no notice of an appeal filed by Sedina Tamakloe Attionu in 2024, which came to the attention of the Office of the Attorney-General; the immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has said.

A Maryland-based Ghanaian woman has been sentenced to 70 months in a United States federal prison for her role in a romance scam that defrauded victims across the country of more than $1.6 million.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has granted its first licences to two companies to cultivate cannabis with a tetrahydrocannabinol content of not more than 0.3 per cent for medicinal and industrial use, in a move aimed at creating jobs, attracting investment and supporting research under a tightly regulated framework.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Reverend Sarah Mullally, has visited Cape Coast Castle, the former British slave trading post where thousands of enslaved Africans were held in appalling conditions before being transported to the Americas.

The Ahafo Ano South East Member of Parliament, Yakubu Mohammed, has issued an unqualified apology after a video of him telling a schoolgirl during a Parliament visit that he would marry her in the future sparked widespread public outrage.

A visit to Parliament meant to inspire young minds has taken a troubling turn after a video emerged showing a Member of Parliament (MP) telling a schoolgirl that he would marry her when she grows up—a remark that has ignited outrage across social media and renewed calls for public officials to exercise restraint in their interactions with children.

The government has unveiled a comprehensive constitutional reform package that accepts a five-year single term for the President, the removal of the dual citizenship bar for Members of Parliament (MPs), and the establishment of a comprehensive Human Rights law, among other proposals.

In a solemn display of Pan-African solidarity, Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema paid homage to former President Jerry John Rawlings at the military cemetery in Burma Camp yesterday, where he laid a wreath on the tombstone of the former President as part of his three-day official visit. 

Parliament has passed the Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026, to provide a comprehensive reform for the cocoa sector governance framework and to establish a sustainable funding model for the sector.