The Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade, Industry and Tourism has thrown its weight behind reforms being implemented by the Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPA) to improve Ghana’s investment climate and attract more quality investments into the country. The Committee also pledged to support efforts to adequately resource GIPA to enable it to discharge its expanded […] The post Parliament

The Inspector-General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohunu, has called on Christian and Muslim leaders to demonstrate interfaith unity publicly rather than confine messages of tolerance to their sermons, in remarks made when he and the Police Management Board (POMAB) met religious leaders at National Police Headquarters. The engagement followed an incident in which a video […] The post Yohunu

The Inspector-General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohunu, has called on Christian and Muslim leaders to build interfaith harmony and public confidence in the justice system directly into their weekly preaching, asking them to commit to three specific measures during an engagement with religious leaders at National Police Headquarters. Yohunu asked leaders to dedicate their Friday […] The post IGP

President John Dramani Mahama has pledged to complete the abandoned four-storey central laboratory complex at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS), Navrongo, as part of his government’s drive to put stalled public projects to productive use. The President made the commitment during an inspection of the project on Thursday, August 13, 2026, as […] The post Mahama Moves

A seemingly harmless visit to the barber, beauty salon or tattoo centre could expose people to Hepatitis B if equipment contaminated with infected blood is reused without proper sterilisation, the Programme Manager of the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme, Dr. John Gerald Adiiboka, has warned. Dr. Adiiboka said the virus, which is transmitted primarily through […] The post Hepatitis

The former Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has maintained that he executed his work at the Secretariat with utmost diligence. The Abuakwa South constituency legislator has thus denied allegations of “any wrongdoing” during his tenure as the Registrar, under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration. A statement signed by his lawyers, Sarkodie Baffour […] The post Kingsley

According to The Chronicle sources, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairmanship contests in the Eastern and Ashanti Regions are increasingly tilting in favour of Chairman Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang {chairman Cudjoe} and Odeneho Kwaku Appiah {Coka}, respectively, with delegates in the two regions showing strong preference for the two incumbents ahead of Saturday’s election. From Akuapem to Kwahu in the Eastern […] The post NPP

The Ofankor Barrier multiple-vehicle crash on Thursday, August 13, 2026 has left at least 11 people dead and several others injured, in one of the latest devastating tragedies on Ghana’s roads. According to an eyewitness account by Ofankor South Assemblyman, Dennis Daniel Quarshie, the incident started when an articulated truck allegedly knocked down an “Aboboyaa” […] The post Editorial:

The Ghanaian Chronicle was right this week to argue that Ghana’s AI strategy must move from promise to practicality. The next practical step should be simple enough to use every day: make human responsibility visible whenever AI shapes a consequential decision. That matters especially as Ghana prepares for an AI Diagnosis Summit in Accra next week. Health care […] The post Ghana’s

The Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the National Signals Bureau (NSB), has arrested two people over separate comments captured in videos that are alleged to have the potential to incite violence and disturb public order. One of the suspects, Masud Abdullah, 35, an Imam, was arrested over remarks he allegedly made during a sermon […] The post Police arrest two individuals

Criminals now find Ashaiman uncomfortable following tight security measures the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) and community watchdogs have put in place to make the area a brisk 24-hour business center. Several of the neighbourhoods have their recognised security patrols, mainly youth, whose operations are backing up the wider operations of the area’s police who have […] The post Crime cases in Ashaiman reduce

Dancehall Artiste Stonebwoy has criticised people who continue to refer to him as a “cripple”, saying those who use his physical condition against him are “not in the right frame of mind”. Stonebwoy has criticised people who call him a “cripple”, saying such critics are “not in the right frame of mind”. He opened up […] The post Stonebwoy fires back at critics over ‘cripple’

The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has announced plans to renovate and modernise the National Theatre of Ghana with support from the government of the People’s Republic of China. Speaking during the Government Accountability Series on Monday, August 10, 2026, Madam Dzifa Gomashie said the intervention formed part of efforts […] The post Ghana secures

The UK government has defended its seizure of a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the English Channel, after Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to “respond in kind”. The Smyrtos has been anchored off Weymouth after Royal Marines Commandos intercepted and boarded the vessel in a first-of-its-kind operation to disrupt the sanctioned tanker in June. […] The post UK

France has opened disciplinary proceedings against its top diplomat in the Central African Republic (CAR) over accusations of misconduct. This emerged after a report in a French weekly that Ambassador Bruno Foucher allegedly had brought dozens of women into his official residence and had sex with some of them. He has not commented publicly. The […] The post French

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has criticised Vladimir Putin’s first-ever visit to the disputed Kuril islands on Thursday as “absolutely unacceptable”. Russian state media reported that Putin visited Iturup, known in Japan as Etorofu, one of four islands in the Kuril chain that are claimed by Russia and Japan. Putin’s trip “has worsened Japanese sentiment towards […] The post Japan