The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of 36 suspects in connection with the lynching of a police officer at Gindabour in the Savannah Region. According to a statement issued by the Regional Police Headquarters in Damongo, the incident occurred when the officer was attacked by a mob following a confrontation. Reinforcement teams were...
A delegation from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), led by the French Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency Diarra Dimé‑Labille, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Transport, Hon. Joseph Bukari Nikpe, to discuss potential areas of partnership and financing for Ghana’s transport infrastructure, with particular emphasis on railway development. The delegation sought...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of arrears for the 2023 Capitation Grant to basic schools across the country. In a circular dated 14th September 2026 and signed by Prof. Smile Dzisi, Deputy Director‑General (MS), the Service confirmed that funds have been transferred to the accounts of District Education Directorates for onward...
The Inspector‑General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), has met with the leadership of the Okada Riders Association of Ghana (ORAG) to discuss their concerns and deepen cooperation between the riders and the Ghana Police Service. At the engagement, the IGP urged the Association to...
The Ghana GoldBod model is increasingly attracting interest from countries across Africa, with seven international delegations undertaking official visits and engagements with the Ghana Gold Board over a 12-month period to study Ghana’s new approach. This is to help these African countries formalised gold trading and centralised gold market regulation toward value maximisation and local...
FIFA said on Thursday that a review of the withdrawn FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal would be presented to the world football body’s Council, after Denmark’s football chief Jesper Moller criticised the lack of answers regarding the abandoned project. Last week, Moller criticised world football’s governing body for declining to answer what he described as “critical questions”...
An Israeli “double-tap” air strike killed two people, including a 15-year-old boy, in Gaza City on Tuesday, despite the US-brokered “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas in October last year. An Israeli drone targeted a group of Palestinians in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City. Israeli forces claimed they were targeting Hamas operatives. A...
The Kosovo war crimes tribunal has convicted former Kosovar President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia. Thaci, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for crimes, including murder, torture and illegal detention, committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo...
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun increasing pump prices for the second pricing window of September. Star Oil is among the first to adjust its prices, raising the price of petrol from GH¢15.17 to GH¢16.77 per litre. The new price, effective Wednesday, September 16, represents an increase of more than 6%. Diesel has also risen...
Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey has returned to training after recovering from the injury that has kept him sidelined since August. The 33-year-old resumed intensive training sessions under the supervision of Al Shabab’s fitness coach, with the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers approaching later this month. Partey picked up the injury during Al Shabab’s...