Following an earlier directive for Empire Cement Ghana Limited to shut down its factory operations at Weija in Accra with immediate effect over alleged breaches of conditions attached to its environmental permit, the EPA on Wednesday stormed the premises to shut down the company's operations forcefully.

Ghana’s newest public institution of higher learning, the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS), has pledged to train engineers and agricultural scientists who will blend expertise to create a unique value chain from agriculture to agribusiness.

A majority of Ghanaians who participated in a survey believe the double-track system has contributed to a decline in the quality of senior high school (SHS) education.

The Ghana Police Service will begin full enforcement of traffic offences through its automated traffic law enforcement programme, TRAFFITECH-GH, from October 1, 2026.

The ambitious Accra-Kumasi Expressway project found expression in tangible terms yesterday as the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) handed over the 175.6-kilometre cleared right-of-way to the Ministry of Roads and Highways for the start of actualconstruction.

The Narcotics Control Commission is working with French authorities to obtain further information on the recent drug bust in Dunkirk, France, that is said to have originated from Ghana’s ports.

The Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has announced plans to introduce a Legal Practitioners’ Standards Board Bill to reform the regulation and discipline of lawyers.

Four suspects, including two teachers, said to be involved in the kidnapping incident of 30-year-old Bismarck Amo from Assin Fosu, have been arrested by the police.

The arrest of the suspects said to have kidnapped, tortured, and attempted to extort money from the family of Amo followed a coordinated intelligence-led operation, according to the police.

Bismarck Amo was reportedly abducted in Kumasi on September 6, 2026, after he was said to have been lured to travel from Assin Fosu to Kumasi under the pretext that he was going to meet a newly found girlfriend.

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that construction works on the new 198.7-kiliometre Accra-Kumasi Expressway is expected to begin before Christmas 2026.

He said US$2 billion was already available in a special account at the Bank of Ghana to finance the project and stressed that the money had not been borrowed.

The Deputy Chief of Staff at the Presidency in charge Operations, Stan Xoese Dogbe, has directed the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council to commence the ecological restoration of reclaimed sections of the Kpeshie Lagoon following the removal of illegal structures within the wetland's protected buffer zone.

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested three suspects following the seizure by French customs of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine concealed in a container that arrived from Ghana.

I first encountered Cameron Duodu not as the 89-year-old journalist and writer I would meet many years later, but as the author of a book I read as a secondary school student.

Ghana’s proposed £10million (about GH¢153 million) "Visit Ghana" front-of-shirt partnership with Sunderland AFC is in danger of collapse, casting doubt over a potentially powerful global tourism marketing platform and the planned friendly between 2026 Democracy Cup champions Asante Kotoko and the English Premier League club.

Thirteen subject areas aimed at improving foundational learning and equipping pupils with 21st-century skills, values and ethics are to be the focus in a revised curriculum prepared by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) aimed at introducing or strengthening basic level  education.

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) and the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have held a training workshop to help equip basic school teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to implement the new Chinese language curriculum effectively.

President John Dramani Mahama has said the recent West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, which he said had generated considerable public discussion, reflect the genuine performance of students.

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has launched the “Operation Water Shield,” a sustained national enforcement campaign to help protect Ghana’s major rivers, watersheds, and other critical water resources from the destructive effects of illegal mining.  

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) on Sunday started demolishing beachfront nightclubs, eateries and other hospitality facilities at Laboma Beach in the La Dadekotopon Municipality because they were in the buffer zone of the Kpeshie Lagoon.

This followed the expiration of the 21-day notice to the operators to vacate.

Among the structures demolished is the popular Pink Flamingo Lounge. 

President John Dramani Mahama said he disagrees with using taxpayers' money to fund the National Cathedral project, arguing that the Christian community has the numbers and resources to raise the funds to complete it.

The policeman said to be involved in an alleged “hit-and-run” incident that resulted in the death of a Central University level 200 student, Ivan Baidoo has been identified and interdicted by the Police administration.

He has been named as General Corporal Robert Koranteng.

He was reportedly chasing a motorcycle rider with Ivan Baidoo as the pillion rider and it resulted in a crash that killed Baidoo.

It all started as a dispute over a GH¢1,500 payment, which allegedly escalated into the killing of 80-year-old medical doctor Dr Jesse Amuah and his 64-year-old wife, Elizabeth Esi Amuah, at Asylum Down in Accra on March 23, 2026.

The legendary award-winning Ghanaian gospel musician and professional banker Bernice Offei has died.

The business comunity has called for measures to address container congestion at the Port of Tema, as the impact spills onto the roads in the port city.

The Ranking Member on Parliament's Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has expressed concern over a series of international drug seizures linked to Ghana, warning that the country's reputation is being damaged.

His comment followed the seizure by French customs authorities of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine, valued at about €225 million, from a container of plastic waste that arrived at the northern port of Dunkirk from Ghana.

The National Communications Authority has reached the next stage of the process to assign spectrum in the 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, and 3 GHz bands for the provision of mobile broadband services, including 5G.