The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has assured road contractors that the government will not suspend or cancel inherited road projects despite financial and contractual challenges facing the sector. He said the administration is committed to completing all the ongoing projects and settling all outstanding debts owed to contractors during a nationwide…
Black Sherif has been crowned Artiste of the Year at the 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards, winning a total of five awards at the event held at the Accra International Conference Centre on May 9, 2026. The 24-year-old artiste, whose real name is Mohammed Ismail Sherif, also took home the Album/EP of the Year award…
Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai, in a Facebook update, said the court will continue hearing several high profile cases under the government’s anti-corruption and anti-illegal mining initiative Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL). “During the period, several hearings involving corruption, illegal mining and cybersecurity-related offences will be held across various courts,” he said. Criminal Court 4,…
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, an aspirant for the Ashanti Regional chairmanship of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called for a united national approach in the fight against illegal mining, asserting that the battle against galamsey should be a national, not a partisan issue. Speaking during a visit to Heaven Seekers Ministry on Sunday, May 10,…
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has debunked Sammy Gyamfi’s claim on alleged losses at the Bank of Ghana, saying he was trying to down play a major financial loss. In a Facebook statement on May 10, the MP said the difference between “operating loss” and “total comprehensive loss” does not change the impact on taxpayers, alluding to…
To increase access to digital skills training, the Government has distributed 8,500 laptops to training centres across the country under the One Million Coders Programme. “The devices are meant for accredited centres not for individual participants and all the 158 participating centres have already been equipped,” said Fred Yeboah, Director of Research and Innovation at…
Ghana’s Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has called attention to the country’s dire shortage of midwives, with some 3,000 nurses and midwives leaving each year for better prospects overseas as the world faces a shortfall of almost one million midwives needed to ensure safe childbirth. At a symposium held in Kumasi to commemorate the International…
Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku said the Ghana Medical Trust Fund has spent more than GH¢36 million on strategic partnerships to improve specialist healthcare training in Ghana. Speaking Monday, May 11, during the government’s Accountability Series, the initiative aims to build a resilient healthcare workforce and improve access to specialist care across the country. She said the…
John Dramani Mahama has signed into law the Legal Education Reform Bill (2025) breaking the 66 year monopoly of the Ghana School of law over professional legal education in Ghana. The new law permits accredited universities to offer professional law programmes necessary for entry into the Ghana Bar, a reform that seeks to expand access…
Fred Yeboah, Director of Research and Innovation at GI-KACE and a member of the implementation committee for the One Million Coders Programme has announced that all Ghanaians with a valid Ghana Card are eligible to register for the One Million Coders Programme by the government. He explained that the initiative is a free one and…
