The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has announced the immediate suspension of the license of Evanex Gold Enterprise, a Tier 2 licensed gold buyer.

The acting Commissioner of the Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIB), Ghana, John Mmeb Kunyan Wumborti, has given assurance that the country’s airspace remains the safest in Africa despite the recent military helicopter crash near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.

President John Dramani Mahama has said he will not contest the 2028 presidential election because per the 1992 Constitution his mandate will end on January 7, 2029.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong and Dr Bryan Acheampong, yesterday filed their separate nomination forms to contest the party’s 2028 presidential flagbearership race. 

Results for this year's senior high school (SHS) placement for qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates will be out on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the Ministry of Education has indicated.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that parts of the Volta, Greater Accra, Tema, and Ashanti Regions will experience power outages on Thursday, August 28, 2025, as the company undertakes planned maintenance works.

Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has named a 24-man squad brimming with both experience and exciting new faces ahead of Ghana’s crunch 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Chad and Mali next month.

The list reads like a roll call of Ghana’s finest: midfield general Thomas Partey, playmaker Mohammed Kudus, and sharp-shooters Jordan Ayew, Antoine Semenyo, and Inaki Williams are all present as the Black Stars look to extend their impressive run in the qualifiers.

Ghana once stood as a beacon of poultry self-sufficiency in West Africa. In the 1970s and 1980s, poultry farms across the country employed tens of thousands, while the industry supported a thriving ecosystem of maize and soya farmers, feed millers, veterinary suppliers, processors, transporters and retailers. Chicken was fresh, local, and affordable.

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to broadcast journalist Emmanuel Kwakye Asare in connection with the publication of alleged false news regarding the August 6 helicopter crash.

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his commitment to Ghana’s two-term presidential limit, insisting that he will not appear on the ballot in 2028.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that this year’s school placement exercise will commence on September 17, 2025, providing successful Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates with a pathway into senior high schools across the country.

A court in Equatorial Guinea Wednesday, August 27, handed an eight-year jail term for embezzlement to a senior official, Baltasar Ebang Engonga who separately won notoriety for appearing in a series of sex tapes with other officials’ wives.

The committee set up to investigate last week's alleged assault of a nurse at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital [Ridge] has presented its findings, pointing to gaps in medical evidence, staffing, security, and emergency care delivery.

The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) has confirmed a temporary outage on the government of Ghana Email Platform, which supports official communication across ministries, departments and agencies.

Medical records from the Greater Accra Regional Hospital have confirmed that the nurse allegedly assaulted at the emergency department did not suffer any fracture or bone dislocation.

The Bank of Ghana has announced new amendments to its guidelines on the importation and exportation of foreign currency as part of enhanced anti-money laundering measures.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reiterated the caution to institutions and individuals against charging or accepting payments in foreign currencies for goods and services in Ghana, stressing that the Ghana cedi remains the only legal tender.

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has said it is offering a temporary special bonus of GH¢832 per pound of gold for all licensed miners across Ghana.

The Ministry of Education will this afternoon kickstart the process towards a smooth senior high school (SHS) placement exercise in September with a press briefing at the Ministry.

Western Serene Atlantic Hotel, a member of the First Sky Group, has announced the appointment of Mercy Abena Twumwaa Asubonteng as its new General Manager, effective September 1, 2025.

The tension in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District has forced hundreds of residents, particularly women and children, to flee their homes for safety.

The Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, and a team of top security officers have engaged chiefs, opinion leaders and community stakeholders at Gbiniyiri in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region as part of efforts to restore peace and stability in the area.

Ghana’s natural rubber production has come under threat as illegal miners in the Western Region have made incursions into mature rubber plantations, destroying trees ready for tapping.

This is the concluding part of my lecture on academic title abuse, originally delivered in 2009.

Have several distinguished individuals, including politicians, not been given doctoral honors? The following segment from my 2009 lecture addresses this.

• Explosion of fake degrees - Occasional Kwatriot Kwesi Yankah writes