The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of six juvenile students of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School in connection with the alleged assault of a final-year student of Adisadel College. According to a police statement, the suspects were handed over to the Kotokuraba Police Station by school authorities on February 20, 2026, following the...
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Ghana, Japan Sign US$20m Grant to Boost Health Delivery
Ghana and Japan have signed a US$20 million grant facility aimed at improving health delivery in selected hospitals across the Northern Region. The agreement was formalized at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Hiroshi Yoshimoto, signed the exchange of notes. The grant...
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Ghana, EU Strengthen Ties with Strategic Dialogue
Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has held what he described as a “very positive and mutually beneficial engagement” with His Excellency Rune Skinnebach, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Ghana. The meeting reaffirmed Ghana’s strong partnership with the EU, which has now become the country’s largest trading partner. Minister Ablakwa emphasized...
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OSP Probes GHS25.8m Palm Oil Diversion Scandal
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has launched a sweeping investigation into suspected corruption involving the diversion of fifty (50) containers of palm oil valued at GHS25.8 million. According to an official statement, the consignment was originally declared as in transit to Burkina Faso but was unlawfully diverted into Ghana’s local market without payment...
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President Mahama Urges Bold Private Sector Partnerships for Growth
President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghana’s private sector to forge bold partnerships with government to accelerate economic growth and national development. Speaking at a strategic Presidential Dialogue, the President emphasized the need to position Ghana as West Africa’s production hub. “We must work to make Ghana West Africa’s production hub,” he stated, urging...
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Bank of Ghana Reaffirms Commitment to Stability and Growth
The Bank of Ghana has reiterated its commitment to consolidating macroeconomic gains and strengthening long-term resilience during a high-level engagement with the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce at Bank Square. In his opening remarks, Governor Johnson Pandit Asiama highlighted the progress achieved through disciplined monetary policy and regulatory reforms, noting that these measures have contributed to...
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Trade & Transport Ministers Visit Injured Tomato Traders, Pledge Boost in Local Production
The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, together with the Minister for Transport, Hon. Bukare Mikpe, on Monday visited Ghanaian tomato traders who survived a recent attack in Burkina Faso. The delegation, which included the Deputy Trade Minister and senior officials of the Ministry, called on the two injured traders — a...
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Three Students Arrested Over Assault on Obrachire SHS Student
Police in the Central Region have arrested three students of Swedru School of Business in connection with the assault of an Obrachire Senior High School student, an incident that was captured in a viral video. The arrests followed an engagement between the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, and the...
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CID Boss Engages Schools Over Student Violence Incident
The Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, has met with the management of Swedru School of Business and Obrachire Senior High Technical School following the recent violent incident involving students from both institutions. The meeting was convened in response to public concern after the assault, which has attracted widespread attention....
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Mugabe’s Son Appears In Court Over Johannesburg Shooting
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former president Robert Mugabe, appeared in a South African court on Monday facing attempted murder charges after a gardener was shot at his Johannesburg home last week. The 29-year-old and co-accused Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze, 33, also face charges of defeating the ends of justice and unlawful...