Parts of the Madina Market in Accra caught fire in the early morning of Friday, September 19, 2025, destroying numerous shops and wooden stalls. Swift intervention by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the early hours of Friday averted what could have been a devastating inferno at the Madina Market. According to GNFS, a distress...
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. John Oti Bless, has urged government to introduce legislation in Parliament to establish a dedicated funding source for waste management in the country. He made the call during a monitoring visit to Tamale in the Northern Region to assess sanitation challenges confronting...
Management of Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has firmly dismissed recent media reports suggesting unrest on campus involving students and personnel of the Ghana Police Service. In a press release signed by the Registrar, Dr. Moses Maclean Abnory, the university described the reports as misleading and unfounded, stressing that no such disturbances have occurred at TTU....
Former Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo has initiated legal action at the High Court, seeking to overturn her removal from office by President John Dramani Mahama. In a judicial review application filed through her lawyers, Justice Torkornoo contends that the President exceeded his constitutional authority when, on September 1, 2025, he issued a...
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) and the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) have commenced discussions aimed at promoting gold trading on the GCX platform, in a move expected to deepen the country’s precious metals market and broaden investment opportunities. The collaboration will explore the introduction of innovative gold trading models, including gold ownership and investment through...
The Government of Ghana has conferred one of its highest privileges on five distinguished citizens whose work continues to project the nation’s image on the global stage. At the launch of the 2025 Diaspora Summit in Accra today, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced that, acting under the authority vested in...
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has with immediate effect suspended the licence of NK Benark Enterprise, a licensed gold buyer (Tier 2), and directed the closure of all its trading outlets across the country. In a statement issued by the Compliance Directorate, GoldBod explained that the decision follows the company’s complicity in several gold-related offences...
The Northern Regional Police Command has confirmed that calm has been restored at the Tamale Technical University following an unlawful demonstration by students on Tuesday, 16th September. The demonstration, which drew over 500 students to the administration block, was sparked by growing dissatisfaction with the leadership of the Students Representative Council (SRC). Protesters demanded the...
The Railway Workers Union of Ghana (RWU), under the Trades Union Congress (TUC-Ghana), has formally notified the Ghana Police Service of plans to embark on a nationwide strike and peaceful protest on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. In a letter dated September 15, 2025, to the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, the Union said the action...
Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Agbodza, has directed all contractors engaged under the government’s ‘Big Push’ programme to secure comprehensive insurance cover for their projects. He warned that those who fail to comply risk having their guarantees invoked to finance repairs if their work proves substandard. Speaking at a sod-cutting ceremony in Afienya, Greater...