Ghana’s year-on-year inflation rate fell significantly to 18.4 per cent in May 2025, marking a continued slowdown from the 21.2 per cent recorded in April and extending the country’s disinflation trend for a fifth consecutive month.

Two final-year students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have developed an innovative, low-cost phototherapy device to treat neonatal jaundice in newborns, offering a potential lifeline to resource-constrained health facilities across Ghana and beyond.

Consumers are going to pay GH¢1 per every one litre of fuel purchased following the Parliamentary approval of the Energy Sector Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which was introduced in Parliament on Tuesday, [June 3, 2025] under a certificate of urgency by the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.

The Ministry of the Interior has issued a strong warning to the public against a fraudulent recruitment message circulating on social media, which falsely claims to offer opportunities to join the Ghana Security Services through an online “Data Gathering Form.”

President John Dramani Mahama has said the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice is currently building 33 cases of corruption and related offences against former government appointees.

Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, has confirmed that he was invited by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) in relation to his time as Minister of Education under the erstwhile Nana Akufo-Addo administration.

Ghana has taken a major step towards reinforcing its position as a leading oil and gas producer in West Africa, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government and key energy partners to extend the production licences for the Jubilee and TEN oil fields to 2040.

The Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has laid before Parliament a bill seeking to amend the Energy Sector Levies Act, 2025.

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has assured the newly inaugurated Board of Trustees of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) that the government has cleared all arrears owed to the Fund.

A 50-year-old businessman, Ibrahim Baako Alhassan, has been convicted by the Tamale Circuit Court for illegally installing in-line water pumps—devices used to boost water flow—on the Ghana Water Limited (GWL) service pipeline.

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has officially inaugurated a new Board of Trustees for the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), issuing a strong caution against politically motivated transactions and urging responsible stewardship of pension funds.

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

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has made 252 recommendations between 2021 and 2024 for improvement in the public sector financial system, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has disclosed. 

A three-term limit should be established for Members of Parliament (MPs) as recommended by research from the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana).

Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is expected to undergo surgery on June 13, 2025, at the Mayo Clinic in the United States.

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, has expressed concern over what he sees as an increasingly retaliatory and politically driven approach to justice in Ghana, warning that such practices risk undermining lawful governance.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 26 new cases of Mpox, bringing the total number of infections across the country to 45.

Police have arrested a taxi driver in the Greater Accra Region after discovering large quantities of suspected cannabis concealed in fertiliser sacks.

The government is taking steps to expand the operations of the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) to cover all tertiary institutions nationwide, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has said.

A restaurant located on Worcester’s Grafton Street in  Massachusetts that serves cuisine from Ghana has been seized by the state’s Department of Revenue (DOR) due to unpaid taxes, according to two signs posted on the building’s windows.

A Ghanaian woman, Gifty Amoakowaa, has initiated legal proceedings against Peace and Love Hospital, alleging that the institution violated her constitutional rights by placing surveillance cameras in rooms designated for intimate medical assessments, including breast examinations.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has re-declared former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, a wanted person and a fugitive from justice.

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako a.k.a Chairman Wontumi, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), five days after securing a bail. 

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is to file criminal charges against some high-ranking officials of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) before the end of June over an alleged corrupt scheme involving over GH¢280 million.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has reopened the case involving former Minister of Sanitation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, following a fresh request from its new leadership, the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng has disclosed.