The Ghana Police Service has dismantled an alleged drug distribution network targeting university students in the Ashanti Region, arresting 44 suspects in a major operation led by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Operations Team in collaboration with the Ashanti Regional Command. The three-day operation, conducted between July 3 and 5, focused on criminal hotspots...
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GNHR Hosts Data Dissemination Meeting to Strengthen Social Protection Delivery
The Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR), operating under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), convened a Data Dissemination Meeting on Tuesday to share findings from its Scale-Up and Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Reassessment exercise. The event, held at the Ministry’s Conference Room in Accra, brought together stakeholders to examine how updated...
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Director-General Calls for Urgent Action to Strengthen Anaesthesia Services at GAS 30th Anniversary
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has urged immediate and coordinated measures to address Ghana’s critical shortage of physician anaesthesiologists, describing anaesthesia as “the backbone of modern medicine and safe surgery.” Speaking as Special Guest of Honour at the 30th Anniversary celebration of the Ghana Society of Anaesthesiologists (GAS)...
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Deputy Health Minister Charges 49 Pioneer Emergency Nursing Students to Prepare for Lifesaving Roles
The Deputy Minister for Health, Hon. Prof. Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has charged the maiden batch of students admitted to Ghana’s new Bachelor of Science in Emergency Nursing Programme to prepare for lifesaving roles across the country. Speaking at the matriculation ceremony of the Nurses’ and Midwives’ Training College (NMTC), Tamale, she told the 49 pioneer...
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Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Responds to Mzbel’s Allegations
The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has issued an official statement addressing claims made by musician Mzbel in a widely circulated social media video. In the video, Mzbel alleged that her relative passed away due to the unavailability of a hospital bed at KBTH. The hospital’s management, in a release dated July 7,...
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Parliament’s Eighth Week Agenda Unveiled
The Majority Leader and Chairman of the Business Committee, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, has presented the Business Statement outlining parliamentary activities for the eighth week ending Friday, 10 July 2026. Delivering the statement on the Floor of the House, Hon. Ayariga announced that seven ministers are scheduled to appear before Parliament to respond to 23 oral...
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Speaker Urges MPs to Lead Flood-Area Clean-Up Exercise
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to take active roles in the upcoming National General Cleaning Days scheduled for July 10 and 11, 2026, in flood-affected regions. Delivering a statement on the floor of the House, the Speaker emphasized that Parliament fully supports the...
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Deputy Minister Tours Fuoshegu Health Centre to Tackle Maternal Mortality
The Deputy Minister for Health, Hon. Prof. Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has visited the Presbyterian Health Centre at Fuoshegu as part of the Ministry’s ongoing maternal mortality reduction tour. Her engagement with the Chief of Fuoshegu, Naa Gurundo Lasah, and health partners highlighted the facility’s innovative approach to managing anaemia among pregnant women through strong community...
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Moroccan Police Arrest 10 People Over Thwarted Islamic State-linked Attack Plots
Morocco’s counterterrorism agency on Monday said it had foiled several attack plots by a cell linked to the Islamic State affiliate in the Sahel. In a statement, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations announced the arrest of 10 people, including a minor, during coordinated operations carried out in the cities of of Agadir, Taroudant, Casablanca,...
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Interior Minister Reveals HIV Cases in Security Recruitment
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed‑Mubarak, has disclosed that about 1,300 applicants who participated in the recent security services recruitment exercise tested positive for HIV during the mandatory medical screening. The revelation was made when the Minister appeared before Parliament’s Assurances Committee on Tuesday. He explained that the applicants were identified during the medical...