Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to establish an Agricultural University in Afram Plains if elected in the 2024 general elections.  

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged businesse

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted Detective Corporal Baba Amando Ibrahim, stationed at Tuna Police Station in the Savannah Region, following allegations of professional misconduct captured in a viral video.  

The government on Thursday inaugurated 80 new educational infrastructure in about 60 municipalities and districts across the country as part of efforts to transform the delivery of education.

 The Police Administration has put in measures to enhance the safety of journalists and facilitate their work in the upcoming elections.

They include stationing two plainclothes personnel at the premises of media organisations across the country, sharing itinerary of media personnel deployed for the elections with commanders and the establishment of a National Security Taskforce Press Briefing Centre to share information "with the speed of light".

Hundreds of commuters were stranded on the Cape Coast to Kumasi highway for several hours following a truck accident last Sunday.

It was a heavy-duty truck carrying an ECG power engine, which was traveling towards Kumasi from Cape Coast that fell on a truck and a private car, severely injuring the driver of the truck which was carrying charcoal.

The road was blocked immediately after the accident and commuters spent between five to six hours before crossing.

Our Central Regional correspondent, Shirley Asiedu-Addo reported that the accident happened at the Assin Darmang Ngresi section of the Cape Coast-Kumasi road.

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday afternoon (Nov 21, 2024) destroyed defective ballot papers printed for the Ahafo and Volta regions for the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections. There were serial number issues with the ballot papers at the press house and so the EC took a decision to destroy all ballot papers meant for the Ahafo and Brong Ahafo regions and print new ones.

The ballot papers were burnt at the Adipa Waste Management Centre, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region.

Mrs. Samira Bawumia, wife of Vice President and NPP flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has passionately endorsed her husband as the leader Ghana needs, citing his integrity, problem-solving abilities, and dedication to the nation.  

Prominent New Patriotic Party (NPP) member Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has heaped praise on the Ghanaian contractors behind the newly commissioned headquarters of the Bank of Ghana, known as The Bank Square.

Salt has been recognized for its spiritual significance across various cultures, symbolizing energy, balance, protection and purification. 

It is believed to absorb negative energy, ward off malevolent influences, and cleanse both mentally and physically. 

Salt is also used in rituals to sever ties with unwanted energies and amplify intentions during prayers. 

Thirty-seven bags of cocoa beans found in a private residence at Walewale in the North East Region, and suspected to be meant for onward transportation to neighbouring countries have been confiscated by the police.

It was based on an intelligence-led operation by the West Mamprusi Police Command that uncovered the 37 bags of cocoa beans in the private residence in Walewale.

The bags of cocoa beans are believed to have been transported from southern Ghana to the north on a transit outside of Ghana as part of a syndicate that smuggles cocoa beans outside of Ghana to neighbouring countries.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced the dissolution of the Black Stars Management Committee following the team's failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be held in Morocco.

The decision was made during the Executive Council (ExCo) meeting on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, as the association seeks to address the aftermath of Ghana’s disappointing campaign.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will meet Black Stars head coach Otto Addo on November 27, 2024, to critically assess his technical report following Ghana’s shocking failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).  

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said that the economy is charting a course of recovery and resilience, driven by robust performances across construction, industry, agriculture, consumer demand and tourism.

He said recent data estimating the provisional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 6.9 per cent in the second quarter of the year demonstrated the dynamism of the Ghanaian economy, with non-oil GDP growth of 7.0 per cent further reinforcing the strength of the nation’s economic fundamentals.

The National Service Authority (NSA) is collaborating with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to establish ranches nationwide to revolutionise livestock farming. 

The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, accompanied by First Lady Linda Ramkalawan, received a warm reception on Wednesday upon landing at Accra's Kotoka International Airport for his inaugural official visit to Ghana.

The visit coincides with the 100th Anniversary celebrations of Asantehene Nana Agyeman Prempeh I's return from exile in Seychelles, underscoring historical ties between Ghana and Seychelles.

He will be in Kumasi at the weekend as the guest of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

The Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has urged political parties and all stakeholders in this year’s general election to commit to peace, unity and vigilance.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn in a High Commissioner and four Ambassadors to represent Ghana in missions abroad. 

They are Dr Senalu Kwabla Yaolui, High Commissioner to Australia; Mathilda Aku Alumatu Osei Agyeman, Austria; Vivian Kafui Akua Asempapa, Senegal; Regina Apia San, Spain, and Makarios Akambiana Akampong, Iran.

With 16 days to the crucial general election on December 7, the two main political parties, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), have intensified campaigns on their manifestos that appear similar in many ways but depart in several other means.

In typical fashion, both parties promise more fiscal discipline without stating how they intend to achieve them except agreeing on appointing less ministers and removing some taxes.

The government has reconstructed the Nigerian High Commission (NHC) building that was demolished in June 2020 by some individuals under the cover of darkness and handed it over to the commission.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration handed over the one-storey building apartments off the Independence Avenue in Accra, to the NHC Wednesday.

A historic moment unfolded at the Jubilee House last Tuesday  when 500 members of the African diaspora were officially granted Ghanaian citizenship. 

The event, the third of its kind under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration, celebrated the enduring bond between Ghana and its global diaspora.

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has seized a number of firearms and live ammunition at the Golden Jubilee Terminal of the Tema Port.

POLITICS in Ghana, like much of Africa, is often dubbed a "dirty game" — filled with mudslinging, grandiose promises, and a singular focus on winning at all costs, often sidelining meaningful policy discussions.

Four Ghanaian soldiers on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon sustained injuries as a rocket, "fired most likely by non-State actors within Lebanon" – hit their base “UNP 5-42” in the east of the village of Ramyah in Lebanon on Tuesday.

The UN peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon said the four peacekeepers were injured when the rocket hit their base, one of three separate incidents in which its troops and bases came under fire on Tuesday [Nov 19].

The four Ghanaian soldiers were injured, with three requiring hospital treatment, after the rocket struck the base near the border with Israel, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said. The severity of their injuries is unknown.

In the Tuesday, November 12 issue of the Daily Graphic, the Chairperson of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Kathleen Addy, urged voters to vote for competence rather than other considerations in the upcoming December 7 general election. 

For her, considerations of money, religion or even ethnicity should not come into play when voting, adding that the duty of voting was to shape governance and hold leaders accountable.