The release of the 2025 WASSCE results have sparked intense debate as a result of the poor performance by the students. So much have been said so far. I take this opportunity to fill in an important gap in the reasons that have been adduced to explain the poor performance of the students. WAEC has […]

Ghanaian hiplife artiste, Captain Planet, formerly of the defunct group 4×4, has teased his fans of a potential Christmas hit song. In a post on X, December 4, 2025, Captain Planet criticised the current music scene’s lack of festive hits since his last releases around 2021-2022. He said the current songs being released are not […]

The leadership of Ghana’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has held a day’s comprehensive engagement with journalists, police, GPRTU, and other stakeholders on plans to roll out the new vehicle registration number plate. The Capacity-building engagement took place in Wa on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, and forms part of an effort to educate key […]

Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, says that the creation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) was a good decision by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Manasseh described the OSP as a legacy that Mr Akufo-Addo gave to Ghanaians as part of the fight against corruption. He stated that the issues of the […]

Private legal practitioner, Kofi Bentil, has disagreed with calls to scrap the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). He made the point that the OSP was well contemplated and discussed at various forums before being instituted; many of us were part of the process and haven’t forgotten that it was not meant to be a […]

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Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has confirmed Ghana has been exempted from new US Green Card reviews and immigration restrictions following high-level diplomatic engagement.

The Ahafo Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects who are part of a robbery syndicate that simultaneously attacked a gold buying company and a cocoa buying company. The robbers also seized two police rifles and also made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the vault of the Asutifi Rural Bank all located within the […]

Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has projected that the cost of manufacturing in Ghana will go up by 30 per cent, due to the electricity tariff increase. He made the point that the Ghanaian manufacturing sector is less attractive. “By Jan 1, 2026, Manufacturer’s Cost of production is set to go […]

The Forestry Commission has arrested 11 Chinese nationals and 10 Ghanaians in a coordinated raid on illegal mining in the Yakombo Forest Reserve, seizing vehicles, equipment and an excavator.

President John Dramani Mahama has reposed confidence in the police administration to maintain law and order, particularly ward the street off criminal elements. The president reiterated his resolve at re-tooling the police to fighting crime head on in an unending manner. Presenting some 40 special purpose armored vehicles to the Ghana Police Service on Thursday, […]

The Ghana Police Service has received 40 new special purpose armoured vehicles from President Mahama to strengthen its operations and enhance public safety across the country. The handing-over ceremony took place on Thursday, December 4 at the police headquarters. The ceremony was attended by President John Mahama, Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed, Chair of Defence Committee […]

The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, expressed a fervent hope for the swift return to operation of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the establishment of a strategic national buffer stock of petroleum products. Speaking on TV3’s Business Focus on Monday, December 1, 2025, Amoah noted that the return […]

The new president of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), Clement Boateng, has issued a strong appeal to government to provide capital support to the private sector to strategically spur the local production of vehicle parts. This move, he argues, is essential to leverage Ghana’s booming vehicle assembling industry and boost domestic manufacturing. Speaking […]

Ghanaian rapper and singer, Black Sherif has topped the 2025 Spotify rankings in Ghana. The singer won the top spots on Spotify’s charts for Most Streamed Artiste of the Year and Top Artiste of the Year. His album “Iron Boy,” released in 2024, was named the Most Streamed Album of the Year, and his song […]

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has described his detention by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as needless, arguing it forms part of what he deems a “suicide mission” being undertaken by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng. Mr. Kpebu was arrested and detained by the OSP on December 3, 2025 for obstructing an officer of the […]

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson welcomes the continued inflation decline to 6.3% in November 2025, calling it clear evidence of economic stabilisation.

The government’s ambitious push to sanitise Ghana’s small-scale mining sector is gaining momentum, with the Responsible Cooperative Mining Skills and Development Programme (RCOMSDEP) holding a key engagement in some mining communities in the country. The initiative, championed by President John Dramani Mahama and Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Kofi Armah Buah, seeks to […]

Civil Society Organizations, Community Leaders, Academia and Technical experts have convened at the High-Level West Africa Conference on “Equity in Extraction: addressing inequalities in natural resource governance, critical minerals and climate change” to reaffirm the sovereign rights of states to govern their natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations. They say they […]

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has stressed that the introduction of Non-Interest Banking in Ghana is not only a progressive regulatory development, but it is also strategic in deepening financial inclusion, attracting new sources of investment, and diversifying our financial system. To that end, he said the capacity to […]