The Ghanaian cedi has recovered considerably in recent months, climbing by more than 25 per cent against the US dollar since January, with a seven per cent increase in May alone. 

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said that the House is ready to legislate a lifestyle audit act to end the abuse of state resources by individuals appointed into privileged positions in society.

Corporate institutions in the country have been urged to provide sanitary pads in their various washrooms to enable female staff and clients access them when the need arises.

The Government Statistician, Dr Alhasan Iddrisu, has said the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is undergoing rebranding aimed at transforming business data into actionable development outcomes to inform national planning and improve the lives of citizens.

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has finalised arrangements to repatriate the body of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun Olanrewaju to his home country on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, following his tragic death during a professional bout in Accra earlier this year. 

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has rejected a proposal by the government to start implementing their new conditions of service from 2026.

At a meeting held on Monday, June 9 — convened by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and attended by representatives from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labour, and others — government officials said budgetary constraints was making it impossible to meet the union’s demands this year.

Instead, they proposed deferring payment to the 2026 budget cycle.

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to return to Ghana after undergoing surgery for cancer in the United States, according to a statement issued by his family on Sunday, June 9, 2025. 

The Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has expressed the government’s commitment to implement revolutionary and transformational policies to create sustainable, decent and well-paying jobs.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has postponed the implementation of the GH¢1 Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Act, 2025, originally set to begin yesterday, to Monday, June 16, this year.

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An ongoing strike by public sector nurses is taking a toll on healthcare delivery in the country, with some major hospitals struggling to provide basic services as some of the wards have been deserted.

Parliament has passed the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to impose a GH¢1 on every litre of petroleum products to raise additional funds to defray the $3.7 billion energy sector debts.

Livestock prices in Tamale have dropped significantly ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha celebration on Friday, bringing relief to buyers.

The Bank of Ghana is set to implement a policy to block leakages in remittance inflows as part of efforts to further stabilise the local currency. 

President John Mahama has reaffirmed his commitment to preserving the independence of Ghana’s anti-corruption agencies, assuring that his administration will not interfere with ongoing investigations or pressurise the agencies to drop the cases.  

The Dansoman Circuit Court has remanded two people who allegedly valdalising concrete walls and uncompleted building and fence walls at Kwabenya in Accra. 

The massive 3319.66 kilogrammes of substance, which had been concealed in sacks, bags, and cleverly hidden in heaps of sand in a tipper truck to evade detection while being transported to Accra but was intercepted at Pedu junction in Cape Coast by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) have tested positive and confirmed to be cocaine.

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)successfully rescued a dog that had fallen into a dry well measuring 10.5 metres deep in the Koradaso area of Begoro. 

Canadian multinational conglomerate Rektron Group Incorporated has announced plans to acquire a controlling 60 per cent equity stake in AT Ghana Limited, the telecommunications company currently owned by the government of Ghana.

A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Kabokweni, outside White River, South Africa, in connection with the alleged murder of his elder sister, whose body he allegedly buried in a shallow grave at his residence nearly a year ago.

According to police, the suspect was taken into custody on Tuesday after he allegedly confessed to burying his sister, aged 44, in the yard at his home in Mpumalanga.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has secured a conviction for Thomas Andy Owusu, an aide to Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in a corruption case tied to illegal mining licensing.

The government has disbursed GH¢987.96 million to the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) as the first quarter allocation for 2025, the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has told Parliament.

President John Mahama has projected that the Ghana cedi will stabilise within a band of GH¢10 and GH¢12 against the United States (US) dollar, describing it as a fair value to support both exporters and importers while maintaining macroeconomic stability.  

A massive $2.5 billion project by Sentuo Building Materials Complex, an initiative under the government's Big Push programme, has stalled due to a dispute with squatters on the site.