The Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Malik Basintale has proposed an amendment to the law establishing the YEA, making it mandatory for public and private sectors to channel employment through the agency.
The Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission, Prof Benjamin B. Campion has announced that the missing seven crew members of a fishing canoe from Sekondi (Second Chance) have been located and rescued at sea.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kumasi has dismissed an attempt by the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to halt a defamation suit filed against him and Wontumi Multimedia Company Limited by Samson Lardy Anyenini, a lawyer and a journalist from the Multimedia Group Limited.
The Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Abena Osei Asare, has praised the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, for his strong grasp of the Authority’s operations and his handling of issues raised during a recent Committee hearing.
Speaking on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, during a working visit by PAC members to the NPA head office in Accra, Abena Osei Asare commended Mr Tameklo’s ability to respond to questions, particularly those relating to the Unified Petroleum Price Fund (UPPF) audit and a ratification matter on licensing.
The Executive President of the Ghana Baptist Convention, Reverend Enoch Nii Narh Thompson, has been inducted into office for a second term.
The Executive Director for Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare has urged students to report sexual abuse in schools directly to an external agency, arguing that complaints should not depend solely on school authorities when members of management are implicated.
A man has died while attempting to rescue a toddler who fell into a domestic well at Abule Egba, Lagos State, while the child’s body remains unrecovered.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the incident occurred at No. 4, Paul Street, inward Agbe Road, on Tuesday, October 20.
In a statement signed by its Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency said it received a distress call at 9:48 a.m. and immediately deployed its response team from the Igando Base.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a nationwide meter audit exercise across all its operational areas, aimed at reducing commercial losses, improving revenue assurance and combating electricity theft.
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) is targeting 17,200 recruits for teaching assistant and skills training programmes in November 2026 as part of efforts to create employment opportunities for young people.
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) are exploring avenues for collaboration to strengthen Ghana’s downstream petroleum industry through research, technical training and knowledge sharing.
A statement released by the NPA on Tuesday said the Chief Executive Officer of the NPA, Mr Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, Esq., gave the indication when a delegation from UMaT, led by the Dean of the School of Petroleum Studies, Professor Richard Amorin, paid a courtesy call on him on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
A 19-year-old woman, Emmanuella Asante, has been remanded into police custody by the Accra Regional Police Command in connection with the death of a 33-year-old man at Ofankor Barrier in Accra.
A new review of 45 scientific studies has found that toxic metals from illegal mining activities, locally known as galamsey, are contaminating everyday vegetables in Ghana, posing an elevated health risk to consumers.
President John Dramani Mahama has said he is not concerned about Russian security assistance in the Sahel region, declaring that anyone committed to fighting terrorism is welcome in the region.
Child Rights International (CRI), a child-friendly organisation, has called for the counselling unit of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to be elevated to an authority to give it greater independence to efficiently deal with child welfare and protection in pre-tertiary schools.
A 29-year-old Ghanaian, Linford Atakora, has been sentenced by a United States federal court to approximately nine months' imprisonment for fraudulently working under the name and Social Security number of a US citizen.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for La Dade-Kotopon, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, has called for a peaceful, issue-based campaign as the National Democratic Congress goes to the polls to elect constituency executives this weekend.
Ghana and the United States are planning a technical and vocational education partnership to equip Ghanaian youth with industry-ready skills to improve their employment prospects.
Nutrition experts and dietitians have urged the government to make healthy food more affordable as Ghana marked World Food Day on Friday, October 16, 2026.
Korean scholarship alumni in Ghana have been urged to apply the knowledge and skills acquired through their studies and professional training in South Korea to strengthen local institutions to accelerate national development.
Ghana’s human capital development strategy is falling short if industries cannot find the skills they need while graduates struggle to secure jobs.
