The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mubarak, has held a high-level meeting with the Greater Accra Regional and District Police Commanders, alongside the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, to address escalating chieftaincy disputes and security concerns linked to the Homowo festival. The meeting, convened at the Ministry of the Interior, sought to strengthen...
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Foreign Minister Engages Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire on Welfare of Displaced Ghanaians
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed deep appreciation to the governments of Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire for their exceptional hospitality towards Ghanaians who fled recent communal conflict. Speaking from Ethiopia, where he is on official engagements, Hon. Ablakwa revealed that he held fruitful telephone discussions with Burkina Faso’s Minister of...
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NIA Launches Child Registration Drive at Premium Centres Nationwide
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has officially commenced the registration of Ghanaian children aged 6 to 14 years at all Premium Centres across the country. This initiative marks a significant milestone in Ghana’s quest to build a comprehensive and inclusive National Identity Register (NIR), ensuring that every citizen—from childhood—is accounted for in the national database....
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GTEC Closes 149 Unaccredited Distance Learning Centres Over Quality Concerns
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has closed down 149 open distance learning centres found to be operating without the necessary approval and accreditation. According to GTEC’s Director-General, Professor Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, many of these centres were located within senior high schools already facing challenges under the double-track system. “As we speak, the Ghana Tertiary...
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Government to Launch ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’ Poultry Programme in October
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced that the government will roll out the Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative in the first week of October, after its earlier postponement from July. According to him, the delay was necessary to allow for wider engagement with key players in the poultry industry, many of whom had...
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Ghana Condemns Israeli Attack on Qatar, Calls for Global Peace
The Government of Ghana has issued a formal and strongly worded condemnation of the recent Israeli military assault on the State of Qatar, calling the action “unprovoked” and a “violation of international law.” The statement, released today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expresses deep concern over the loss of lives and destruction of property...
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Ghana’s Small-Scale Gold Exports Hit Record 66.7 Tonnes, Worth $6 Billion – Gold Board CEO
Ghana’s small-scale gold export industry has reached an unprecedented milestone, with shipments totalling 66.7 tonnes between January and August 2025, valued at roughly $6 billion, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi. Speaking at the inaugural Mining and Minerals Convention at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel on September 9,...
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GES Leadership Tours Exam Centers To Safeguard Integrity Of WASSCE
The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kofi Davis, together with Deputy Director-Generals Prof. Smile Dzisi and Dr. Issahaque Munawaru, has embarked on a nationwide tour of examination centres as part of oversight measures for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The high-level team has been paying unannounced visits to...
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Abronye Remanded in Police Custody; Court Date Set for September 12
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye, was today arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court on charges of offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace. The court, presided over by a Circuit Court judge, remanded him into police custody and ordered that he...
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Ghanaian Teen Duo Among World’s Best U20 Players – CIES Report
Two young Ghanaian footballers, Prince Amoako Junior and Caleb Yirenkyi, have earned spots on the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) Football Observatory’s list of the world’s top-performing under-20 players. Amoako Junior ranked fourth globally among forwards in Europe’s non-big five leagues, while his FC Nordsjaelland teammate Yirenkyi also claimed fourth place in the midfielders’...