A 51-year-old drug dealer and his 42-year-old wife, who are said to be supplying illegal drugs in Accra, have been arrested by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC).

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has stated that the yet-to-be-reviewed Constitution must contain detailed provisions to substantially reduce the President's current overwhelming appointing powers. 

Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings is not the first Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) with a science background.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has announced that full funding required for the construction of the Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be secured by the end of 2026 without borrowing.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has clarified that it is not an automatic rule that a traveller carrying more than two mobile phones into Ghana will be required to pay Customs duty.

The key consideration is whether the items being carried are genuinely for the passenger’s personal use or whether, based on the circumstances, they are being imported for another person, for sale, distribution or other commercial purposes, the GRA has said. 

The number of phones carried does not, on its own, determine whether duty is payable, it added. 

Details emerging from the case involving the two security guards at the Bolgatanga Girls' Senior High School (BOGISS) who are said to have defiled a 14-year-old student with special needs, indicate that they lured her by purchasing an Itel keypad mobile phone for her.

They are said to have taken advantage of the 14-year-old special needs student, who experienced a medical relapse/detachment requiring care at the time, and abused her not only on one occasion, but several times at different periods and different places before the incident was uncovered.

The acts by the two security guards were uncovered after the student was found using the mobile phone on the school compound and was questioned by the school's Dean of Discipline about how she acquired it.

After a 10-day working visit to the United States of America (USA), which culminated in a grand celebration of Akwasidae Kɛse in Maryland, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, returned to Kumasi on Thursday to a rapturous welcome.

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has opened entries for the 30th GJA Media Awards, with two new categories introduced and the Best Female Journalist of the Year category scrapped.

Following recent shooting incidents and other firearm related offences in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region, the police has been able to retrieve one AK-47 rifle and 28 rounds of ammunition.

A Deputy National Coordinator for the National Apprenticeship Programme (operations), Fahad Agbenyadzi, has urged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) holding political appointments to respond to telephone calls from branch executives of the party.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released a harmonised prospectus outlining items required for students entering senior high school (SHS) for the 2026/27 academic year.

The Coordinator of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), Sherif Sulemana, has announced that, out of about 2100 available vacancies at the Aburi Girls’ and Achimota schools combined in the 2026 placement, over 36,000 candidates applied to the two schools as their preferred choice.

This means a total of about 34,000 who applied to the two schools will now have to compete for placement in other schools since there are no vacancies for them in the two schools

About 50,000 candidates in the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) cannot be placed into senior high schools because they failed English Language or Mathematics.

Uber is cutting more than 3,000 jobs worldwide as part of a major overhaul designed to shrink management layers and refocus spending on its core business.

Donald Trump's portrait has made its way on to a US coin - the first time a living president has appeared on American currency in a century.

The Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has urged commercial motorcycle riders to justify the government's decision to legalise their activities by strictly adhering to road safety regulations.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called for a principled, comprehensive and nationally owned constitutional reform process to create a constitutional architecture that limits excessive executive power.

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has threatened legal action against the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) over its failure to pay statutory revenues due to the agency for providing aeronautical meteorological services.

Construction works on a major underground storm drain from Hansonic Junction to Kaneshie First Light are progressing steadily, with contractors currently undertaking excavation works ahead of the drainage structure.

The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has said the government will push to implement the country's decentralisation policies effectively.

Global ride-hailing giant Uber has announced the closure of its operations in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, and Uganda, with immediate effect.

Uber said it had reached the “difficult decision” following a thorough review of its business operations in the two countries. The company began operating in Nigeria in 2014 and expanded into Uganda two years later.

Uber drivers in Nigeria have long complained that fares on the platform are too low amid rising fuel and operating costs, while commission charges remain high. The company has also faced growing competition from rival ride-hailing platforms.

A new app designed to help people verify the marital status of their prospective partners before entering into marriage has been launched in Ghana.

Named Marrify, the app was launched in Accra on August 28, 2026, in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP).

The curtains came down on the remarkable life of veteran actress Grace Nortey when she died at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in the early hours of Wednesday, August 26, 2026. She was 89.

About 80,000 teachers who wrote and passed their promotion examinations will be placed on their right salary scales and receive the expected salaries per their promotions, effective this month.

The Deputy European Union (EU) Ambassador to Ghana, Jonas Claes, has stated that the media and the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) have critical roles to play as the country prepares for a historic constitutional review process.