The Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking to temporarily stop the High Court from hearing the case of former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority, Gifty Oware-Mensah.

She is standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss of more than GH¢38 million to the state.

MTN Ghana and Mobile Money Fintech LTD (MMFL) have reinforced their commitment to accelerate Africa’s digital finance transformation at the 2026 3i Africa Summit in Accra, where both organisations championed stronger cross-border payment systems, financial inclusion and digital innovation.

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have scheduled an extensive network of planned and emergency maintenance exercises across four regions for Wednesday, May 20, 2026, with engineers set to undertake critical infrastructure upgrades that will temporarily disrupt power supply to dozens of communities in the Accra East, Accra West, Tema, Central, and Volta Regions.

Ghana’s quest to return to the Africa Cup of Nations has been handed an early major challenge after the Black Stars were drawn against Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia and Somalia in Group C of the qualifiers for the 2027 tournament.

As smartphones increasingly become repositories of personal conversations, financial records, work information and digital memories, a little-known iPhone feature called Guided Access is gaining attention among users seeking greater privacy when lending their devices to others.

The Supreme Court has given 14 civil society organisations (CSOs) the greenlight to join the suit challenging the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP’s) and its power to conduct prosecutions.

The issue of the quality of mobile network services in Ghana in recent times was up for discussion at a hearing of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday.

The discussion turned tense after the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, and the committee chairperson, Abena Osei-Asare, exchanged sharp words over the worsening mobile network services and delays in telecom infrastructure expansion.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has questioned a GH¢35.8 million reimbursement claim submitted to the Ministry of Finance in relation to the deployment of 6,000 police personnel during the 2023 African Games in Accra after it emerged that no supporting documents were attached to the request.

The Ministry of Health has announced the recent outbreaks of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have triggered heightened precautionary measures in Ghana aimed at strengthening the country’s preparedness and response systems.

An Ebola outbreak which has killed at least 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be spreading faster than originally thought, a World Health Organization (WHO) representative has warned.

Dr Anne Ancia told the BBC that the more the agency investigates, the clearer it becomes that cases have spread to other areas.

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, says cocoa purchases for the 2026/2027 crop season will be financed with $1 billion raised from the local bond market.

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, from the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) custody.

President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Ghana is looking inwards to fund its healthcare needs, and announced a series of domestic measures that will move the country away from donor dependency.

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The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company Limited (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, have been re-arraigned before the High Court on fresh charges as the Attorney-General rebuilds its prosecution following the withdrawal of the original 24-count charge sheet filed in October last year.

Ghana’s 2026 National AI Strategy signals ambition.

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has welcomed the stabilisation gains acknowledged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under Ghana’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme, but rejected what it described as the government’s “political packaging” of the fund’s latest assessment.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has extended the deadline for the sale and submission of nomination forms for its ongoing branch executive elections to Monday, May 25, 2026.

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The Damang Gold Mine has sold another consignment of gold said to be 100 percent of its gold production, to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod).

The latest consignment, according to the company amounts to 121 kilogrammes of gold, equivalent to about 3,400 ounces. 

The figure, the company said exceeds the 103 kilogrammes supplied during the company’s first transaction with GoldBod.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled planned maintenance exercises across the Tema, Ashanti, and Accra East Regions for Tuesday, May 19, 2026, even as engineers continue to battle a broken high-tension pole that plunged parts of Suame Magazine in the Ashanti Region into darkness on Monday.

Who Is Afraid of the Mirror?

By Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran — Accra, Ghana

A recent article published in this outlet [How Iran became the world’s bogeyman] by the Zionist regime's delegate has recycled familiar accusations against Iran: nuclear threat, proxy networks, regional destabilisation. These are charges that have been circulating in the Western media echo chamber for years. We have no interest in issuing a defence, nor do we pay any regard to the source of the article. But the people of Ghana and Africa deserve to see the other side of the coin.

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, a.k.a. Chairman Wontumi, has been slapped with fresh charges at the High Court in Accra.

President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana lost about US$78 million in health support following cuts to some United States aid programmes, affecting malaria, HIV/AIDS and maternal healthcare services.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) says it is introducing a volunteer programme to serve in rural and deprived areas, especially for more than 6,000 health graduates awaiting employment.

According to the ministry, the volunteer arrangement would cover health professionals who completed training from 2022 to date and were not included in the current recruitment exercise for the 2021 batch of nurses and midwives.