LIVE: :Business Focus || 26-01-2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohammed Janabi, has arrived in Ghana for an official visit. The two-day visit from 26 to 27 January 2026 will foresee a series of high-level engagements aimed at advancing Ghana’s health sector priorities and strengthening Africa’s health sovereignty agenda. Dr Janabi during the visit is […]

About Ten (10) communities around the Abrewanko electoral area in the Yilo krobo Municipality are cheating death, as they depend on the only stream contaminated with fecal matter for domestic and agricultural purposes. The communities include Labolabo, Namusi, Nyamebekyere and others, farming communities off the Nkurakan to Somanya road in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of […]

A collapsed footbridge serving pupils, cocoa and other crop farmers, market women and residents at Torgodo, Azza and Adibordornya, in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region has endangered lives of people in the communities. School children are no longer able to cross to school, farmers cannot go to their farms and market women […]

Ghana has officially extended the stay of its troops deployed to Jamaica to support post-disaster reconstruction, beyond the initial 90-day period. Paying a courtesy call on Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, a Ghanaian delegation led by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Okudzeto Ablakwa, and the Deputy Defence Minister, Brogya Genfi announced […]

France is considering a sweeping ban on social media for children under 15, with President Emmanuel Macron pushing to restrict access to platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat over mental health concerns, following Australia’s lead.

Ghana’s fuel price debate has resurfaced a familiar policy dilemma: how to stabilise markets without short-changing consumers like we saw the National Communication Authority do when it declared MTN a significant market power without more to get the lagging Telcos to par. In April 2024, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) introduced a price floor in […]

Legendary gospel musician Stella Abba Seal has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Yaw Sarpong, describing his death as frightening and a heavy blow to the gospel music fraternity. Despite her grief, she emphasized the importance of celebrating legends while they are alive rather than waiting until they pass away. In an interview with […]

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis recorded a total of 122 disaster incidents in 2025, affecting 1,961 residents across all the sub-metros in the metropolis. According to NADMO, flooding accounted for the majority of the incidents, with 104 cases, followed by 14 fire outbreaks, while six were classified as other forms […]

Ghana has reaffirmed its firm and irreversible commitment to combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and illicit financial flows, as Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Ampem Nyarko addressed the opening of the AML/CFT Mutual Evaluation in Accra.

Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC), Dr. Riverson Oppong has raised concerns over the sale of fuel below the regulated floor price, describing the practice as “alarming” and a threat to both consumers and the petroleum industry. Dr. Oppong emphasized that the fuel price floor exists to safeguard the interests […]

The Builsa South District Directorate in the Upper East Region is passionately appealing to the Ministry of Health to as matter of urgency post midwives to the various CHPS compounds in the area. The District Director of Health Services, Dr. Emmanuel Kob-Puo disclosed that, four critical CHPS compounds are with no single midwives while the […]

Officials of the Narcotics Control Commission have rearrested Frederick Kumi also known as Abu Trica, a suspect of wire fraud and romance scam in the U.S after he was discharged on Monday morning by the court. Early on Monday, January 26, the Gbese District Court discharged Abu Trica and two alleged accomplices Lord Eshun and […]

Officials of the Narcotics Control Commission have rearrested Frederick Kumi also known as Abu Trica, a suspect of wire fraud and romance scam in the U.S after he was discharged on Monday morning by the court. Early on Monday, January 26, the Gbese District Court discharged Abu Trica and two alleged accomplices Lord Eshun and […]

The U15 Girls Regional Colts League has kicked off successfully in the Eastern Region, marking an encouraging start to the grassroots women’s football season under the FIFA League Development Programme in the Region. The opening ceremony was graced by FIFA Technical Expert, Thubaelihle Bridgette Sibandda, RFA Coordinator, Daasebre Adu Asare, and Women’s Development officer Jennifer […]

The Volta Regional Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its fight against drug trafficking following the interception of a vehicle conveying suspected narcotic substances along the Accra-Aflao road on Wednesday, January 21, 2026. In a well-coordinated intelligence-led operation, Police personnel intercepted a black Liberty Jeep with registration number FK692KF near Kpotame near Sogakorpe. […]

Kwaku Shai, celebrated for his traditional songs and captivating performances, has emerged winner of TV3’s Mentor XIV: The Breakout Edition. Beyond the coveted bragging rights, he walked away with a prize package worth GHC120,000. This included a cash prize, airtime, a collaboration with an A-list Ghanaian artist, a music production and distribution deal, headphones from […]

LIVE: : News Central || 26-01-2026

Government of Ghana’s domestic borrowing programme saw a significant surge in investor appetite on Friday, January 23, 2026, as the fourth Treasury bill auction of the year recorded a massive oversubscription. The auction accepted GHC12.803 billion leading to an oversubscription of 61.94 per cent. Government of Ghana’s target for the latest T-bill auction was GHC9.825 […]

Prof. Frimpong Boateng and two other NPP stalwarts have sued major political parties at the Supreme Court, seeking to declare the delegate-based electoral college system unconstitutional and ensure equal voting rights for all party members.