Following the revelations of systemic sexual abuse, exploitation, and institutional failures at the Obuasi Senior High Technical School, Parliament's select committees on Education, Human Rights, Gender, Children and Social Welfare has directed the ministries of Education and Gender to co-design and establish an independent reporting system in senior high schools to enable students report sexual abuse without going through their head teachers or other school authorities.

A father is in police custody following the death of his five-year-old daughter in an alleged domestic violence incident at Mim in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region.

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) is deploying 264 additional trading standards inspectors to intensify nationwide market surveillance and prevent substandard goods from reaching consumers during the Christmas shopping season.

The new officers, scheduled to be commissioned on December 3, have undergone training and received the necessary equipment and technology to support market intelligence, product inspections and enforcement activities.

Deputy Director-General of the GSA, Samuel Abdulai, said the expanded inspectorate would strengthen the Authority’s capacity to identify and remove inferior products from markets across the country.

The Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy Committee and Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre North, Collins Adomako-Mensah, says the previous government under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo deserves credit for laying the groundwork for the newly announced oil and gas discovery in the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points (DWTCTP) block.

He argues that key contractual and administrative processes that enabled the exploration project to proceed were completed under the previous government, urging recognition of its contribution to the discovery.

The comments follow President John Dramani Mahama’s announcement on Tuesday, November 10, of a new oil and gas discovery in the Deepwater Cape Three Points block in the Tano Basin.

President John Dramani Mahama has broken ground for construction works to begin on two major projects at the Takoradi Port in the Western Region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided a breakdown of the passport application fees in Ghana, outlining the costs for different book types, processing times and service levels.

The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has announced that a committee established to oversee the creation of the Women’s Development Bank has completed its work and submitted a banking licence application to the Bank of Ghana through the Ministry of Finance for regulatory consideration.

Gender Data Ghana (GDG) has urged the Ministry of Finance to ensure that the 2027 National Budget is gender-responsive, warning that the success of the government's proposed "New Economy" programme will depend on clearly defined channels for effective participation of women.

A Women-Friendly Solar Hub has been inaugurated at Voggu, a farming community in the Kumbungu District in the Northern Region, to improve rural women's access to business development services and support the growth of their enterprises.

The Executive Chairman of KGL Group, Alex Apau Dadey, has called for stronger collaboration between the media and the corporate sector to support national transformation and foster lasting economic prosperity.

The government has decided to migrate the 64-kilometre Ashaiman Roundabout–Atimpoku road project and other major road contracts onto the Big Push infrastructure programme to address delays caused by challenges with loan disbursements.

The country’s National Daily Minimum Wage will increase from GH¢21.77 to GH¢25.04 effective January 1, 2027, representing a 25.4 per cent rise.

An $18.8 million initiative has been launched to boost domestic rice production and reduce the country’s dependence on imports, with a target of achieving self-sufficiency in rice by 2028.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cautioned customers in the Krobo District of the Tema Region against unauthorised electricity connections and interference with its staff while performing their official duties.

Speakers at the Yam Festival celebration (Linujil) of the Konkomba people at Kpassa in the Nkwanta-North District have called on the people to use dialogue and lawful means to resolve their differences instead of resorting to the barrel of a gun.

The Paramount Chief of Kpassa in the Nkwanta-North District of the Oti Region, Ubor Tassan Nanja Konja VI, has appealed to the government to complete stalled educational and health infrastructure projects in the area.

The El Shammah Chapel of the Global Evangelical Church (GEC) at Tesano in Accra has climaxed its 40th anniversary celebration with a thanksgiving service to commemorate four decades of God's faithfulness and the congregation's contribution to the growth of the church.

The absence of reliable and predictable long-term markets is hampering efforts by local pharmaceutical manufacturers to attract investment and expand production, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Vaccine Institute (NVI), Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, has said. 

Following last week's announcement by celebrated US civil rights lawyer, Ben Crump that he has been retained by the family of Javits Frimpong, the 15-year-old Ghanaian boy who was killed while walking to school, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he has spoken to Crump to extend his services to all other Ghanaians killed in the US in recent months.

The country has discovered a substantial new gas and condensate offshore, a major boost for the nation’s upstream petroleum sector.