The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that more than 7,200 health professionals have secured placements under the ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise and are expected to begin work on July 1, 2026, as part of efforts to strengthen the Free Primary Healthcare policy and improve healthcare delivery, especially in underserved communities. According to the Director…
The New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has been charged at the High Court in Accra with new charges of alleged fraud, forgery, money laundering and causing financial loss to a public institution. He and another accused allegedly obtained over GH¢14.3 million from the Ghana Export-Import Bank on false pretences including the use…
The Ministry of Health has announced that it will give priority to deprived and underserved districts in the ongoing recruitment of 8,000 health workers as part of efforts to strengthen primary healthcare delivery across Ghana. The exercise is meant to fill staffing gaps in rural communities, the ministry said adding that more than 105,000 trained…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the non-existence of records and vehicles relating to a GH¢223,127 claim raised in the Auditor-General’s report on government arrears, including two Nissan Tiida vehicles allegedly acquired in 2011, which cannot be traced and supporting documents are not available. On May 18,…
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that more than 7,200 health professionals have secured placements under the ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise and are expected to begin work on July 1, 2026, as part of efforts to strengthen the Free Primary Healthcare policy and improve healthcare delivery, especially in underserved communities. According to the Director…
The New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has been charged at the High Court in Accra with new charges of alleged fraud, forgery, money laundering and causing financial loss to a public institution. He and another accused allegedly obtained over GH¢14.3 million from the Ghana Export-Import Bank on false pretences including the use…
The Ministry of Health has announced that it will give priority to deprived and underserved districts in the ongoing recruitment of 8,000 health workers as part of efforts to strengthen primary healthcare delivery across Ghana. The exercise is meant to fill staffing gaps in rural communities, the ministry said adding that more than 105,000 trained…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the non-existence of records and vehicles relating to a GH¢223,127 claim raised in the Auditor-General’s report on government arrears, including two Nissan Tiida vehicles allegedly acquired in 2011, which cannot be traced and supporting documents are not available. On May 18,…
Ghana has lost some $78 million in health funding following the suspension of aid programmes to some African countries by the United States, President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed. Speaking at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva on 18 May, he said the drop in bilateral and multilateral support since 2025 had hit key…
The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern but said the outbreak does not meet pandemic criteria and warned of a potential wider regional spread. The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease, and has seen around 246…
Godfred Bokpin, a Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, has warned that Ghana’s post-International Monetary Fund adjustment strategy should not be driven by expenditure cuts alone, as such action could jeopardise long-term fiscal stability and economic growth. “If fiscal consolidation is to be achieved mainly through expenditure cuts, it risks undermining…
The High Court of Ghana has received new documents, in which 20 criminal charges have been brought against the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, relating to alleged financial misconduct involving millions of Ghana cedis. On May 15 2026, the…
Host of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere has defended the expenditure incurred during his tenure as Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited and described the controversy surrounding the installation of a Christmas tree at Kotoka International Airport as a propaganda campaign. Despite public criticism about the festive decorations, the airport spent less overall…
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has condemned the arrest and prosecution of the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe saying the case was politically motivated and has no legal basis. Abronye DC was rearrested on May 13, 2026, on allegations of spreading false information and making offensive public statements. He was…
