The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has dismissed media reports suggesting that businessman Nana Yaw Duodu, popularly known as Dr. Sledge of Godridge Ghana Limited, has been cleared of corruption charges by a court. In a statement issued yesterday, the OSP clarified that no criminal charges have been filed against Dr. Sledge, and therefore...
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced that government has approved and will begin payment of gratuity arrears owed to retired military personnel under Constitutional Instrument (CI) 129. According to a statement issued by the Department of Public Relations at Burma Camp, the decision follows extensive consultations between the Military High Command, the Ministry of...
The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, has warned that students who engage in indiscipline will not be tolerated in schools. Speaking at the Ministry of Education and National Teaching Council Ghana Teacher Prize sponsors’ appreciation breakfast in Accra, Dr. Apaak emphasised the government’s commitment to maintaining a safe and conducive environment for teaching...
The Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Yaako Donkor, has been received by the Ghana Military Police Command, led by Lt. Col. Jacqueline Dela Galley, in a high-level engagement aimed at strengthening investigative collaboration between the two institutions. The meeting underscored the shared responsibility of the CID —...
The Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Hon. Dr. Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has reiterated government’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with the private sector to promote decent work, occupational safety, and sustainable job creation across Ghana. Speaking during a working visit to the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant of Zoomlion Ghana Limited on February 24,...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has interdicted five officers of its Customs Division pending the outcome of an internal investigation into alleged breaches of transit procedures. The decision follows preliminary findings from an enforcement operation conducted on February 18, 2026, involving a consignment of transit cargo declared for onward movement to Niger. The operation revealed...
The Deputy Minister for Defence, Hon. Ernest Brogya Genfi, has briefed Parliament’s joint committee on Defence, Interior, Foreign Affairs, and National Security on measures being taken to enhance security following the terrorist attack on Ghanaian tomato traders in Burkina Faso, which claimed eight lives and left three injured. Hon. Genfi revealed that two Forward Operating...
A defining highlight of Ghana’s high-level Trade and Tourism Mission to Russia (16th–20th February 2026) was the symbolic presentation of Ghana’s indigenous textile, Fugu, by the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Maame Efua Houadjeto, to the Governor of the Kamchatka region, Vladimir Solodov. The gesture, described as “a cultural statement to power,”...
Rosie Glazebrook, an Independent Director of MAKE UK, The Manufacturers’ Organisation, has paid a courtesy call on Ghana’s Ambassador, H.E. Sabah Zita Benson, in the company of Ivy Heward Mills, to formally introduce the organisation and explore potential opportunities for collaboration and investment in Ghana. H.E. Benson welcomed the engagement and expressed the Mission’s readiness...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a travel advisory warning Ghanaian nationals to exercise extreme caution in Mexico following the death of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The advisory, released after a Mexican security operation on February 22, 2026, noted that coordinated cartel retaliation has...