Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has challenged reports that the Ashanti Regional office of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has exonerated the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Zakaria Abdulai, over allegations of sexual abuse involving female students.
Ghana’s High Commission in South Africa has accepted responsibility for errors in the records of 15 evacuees.
Speaking during his New Economy engagement with faculty and students at the University of Ghana, Dr Forson said Ghana had reached a moment when public policy must confront the underlying causes of its economic challenges.
The Simpsons character Apu has returned to the show, voiced by a new actor, after almost a decade away amid accusations of racial stereotypes.
President John Dramani Mahama has visited former President John Agyekum Kufuor at his residence to enquire about his well-being and exchange views on issues affecting Ghana and the international community.
Ghanaian youth leader Isaac Opoku has been received by the Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Secretary General in London, as he celebrates being named one of the QECT 100 Young Leaders 2026. Isaac, founder of the Starlight Foundation, visited Her Excellency Mrs Sabah Zita Benson, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Her Excellency Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, alongside two fellow Ghanaian awardees. During the visit, he shared his personal story, explained why he started the Foundation, and spoke about its work with children and families across Ghana. The three young leaders also presented the award plaques they had received. The High Commissioner said she was impressed by their work and proud that they had raised the flag of Ghana high within the Commonwealth. Madam Botchwey, the first Ghanaian and the first African woman to serve as Commonwealth Secretary-General, spoke of her pride in seeing young Ghanaians recognised at this level and of her belief in the work they are doing.
The National Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mavis Hawa Koomson, has called for a swift, independent and transparent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving 19 female students of Obuasi Senior High School (SHS).
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reversed its directive, asking embattled Obuasi Senior High Technical School headmaster Zakaria Abdulai to withdraw from the constituency chairmanship race.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a 30-day suspension and fined 255 euros (£215) by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) after leaving his country's international camp last month.
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, has been found guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them children.
When a mobile-money payment fails or a hospital cannot reach a referral team, the customer does not ask which fibre route is down. The immediate question is whether there is another way to complete an essential task. That should also be the starting point for Ghana’s approach to telecommunications resilience.
When heavily pregnant Fatna and her disabled son arrived in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta during a chaotic mass border crossing on July 30, she hoped to be high on authorities' list for help.
Ghanaian filmmaker and former National Film Authority (NFA) Executive Secretary Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante has questioned why Zakaria Abdulai, headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), remains on the Authority’s Governing Board despite allegations of sexual misconduct involving female students.
Italian police detained 271 young people during unrest in Milan on Sunday, authorities said, after a second day of protests over poor public services and rising costs that saw demonstrators clash with officers, loot stores and vandalise property.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has announced that Japan Motors Trading Company Limited has donated five branded motorcycles towards the 42nd National Farmers’ Day celebration. In a press release issued on Monday, October 19, 2026, the Ministry said the donation qualified the company as a silver sponsor of the annual event, which recognises the contributions of farmers and fishers to Ghana’s development. “The Ministry remains deeply grateful to the Company for its dedicated commitment to support the celebration and the promotion of agricultural development in Ghana,” the statement, signed by the Ministry’s Public Relations Unit, said.
Félix Tainta, the agent for Athletic Club winger Nico Williams, says Barcelona's move for the Spain international in the summer of 2025 fell apart because the Catalan club could not guarantee his registration. The admission ends months of guessing about what killed a transfer that had filled Spanish front pages. Williams had been Barça's preferred target for the left wing, and the player himself had shown interest in the switch. In Spain, a club cannot field a new signing until league squad-cost rules are satisfied, and Barcelona's chronic squeeze left room for doubt. Without solid guarantees that he would be eligible to play, Tainta steered his client away from the deal. Williams stayed at Athletic Club, where his contract runs well into the next decade. The episode is another marker of how Barcelona's money troubles now reach into the transfer market itself. Tainta's comments are the first clear explanation from inside the negotiation to reach the public.
Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has appointed Justina Stella Laing as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Comedian Prince Kwame Amoabeng has revealed that he feels stuck with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after campaigning for the party during the 2020 general elections. During the elections, he faced backlash for publicly declaring his support for the party. However, he said the criticism did not bother him because of the environment in which […]
For many Ghanaians, childhood memories of the outdoors include tiny lights flickering through the darkness as fireflies moved across the night, and small, funnel-shaped pits in sandy ground where antlions, locally known as kokroko, lay in wait for their prey. These encounters were once familiar sights for some people. Today, however, some Ghanaians say they rarely see these insects, raising questions about whether their populations are declining and what might explain their apparent disappearance. While these observations do not, on their own, establish a nationwide decline, they point to a question worth investigating: what has happened to the insects that once formed part of everyday life in many communities?
CNN's chief international anchor, Christiane Amanpour, has announced she will leave the organisation next year after more than four decades.
Kofi Tonto, spokesperson for Employment on the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Policy Committee, has called on Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to address alleged discrepancies in records covering the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa.
It is hard to believe that, in 2026, there are still young people in Ghana who have never touched a computer. For those of us in Accra and the country's other urban centres, technology feels like it is everywhere, in our pockets, in our classrooms, on our desks, and woven into almost everything we do.
Cristiano Ronaldo has received a 30-day suspension and a €255 fine from the Portuguese football federation after leaving the Portugal squad during the most recent international break. The forward is 41. In late September, Ronaldo clashed with national team coach Jorge Jesus after spending the 2-1 international win over Norway on the bench. Ronaldo said […]
Following my address at the Africa Fintech and Banking Summit in Nairobi on 8th October 2026, it is clear that while Kenya remains Africa's undisputed fintech capital, the market narrative is fundamentally shifting. Widespread mobile money adoption, a vibrant innovation infrastructure, and a growing pipeline of technology-enabled financial services firms have turned Nairobi into a global launchpad. From digital lending and smart asset financing to embedded wealth solutions, fintech platforms are redrawing economic boundaries. Yet, initial market validation is merely step one; the true test lies in long-term execution. As tech scale-ups expand, they face complex regulatory frameworks, highly sophisticated cybersecurity threat landscapes, and rising consumer expectations. At the same time, institutional investors have turned away from the era of 'growth at all costs,' placing a premium on immediate pathways to profitability, clear corporate governance structures, and robust operational resilience. Long-term market leadership now belongs exclusively to firms that can balance continuous market-driven innovation with total operational discipline.
Uber has won its legal push to dismiss a hefty damages case brought against it in London. The action, worth around 340 million pounds, was filed by thousands of London black cab drivers together with two former private hire firms. The drivers argued that Uber's rise in the capital sapped their earnings and did lasting damage to the traditional taxi trade. They had hoped the courts would award them a collective payout for those losses. Uber instead asked for the case to be thrown out before it got going, and the bid succeeded. The company has seen plenty of litigation in Britain over the years, so a straightforward win counts as rare good news in its legal department. For the cabbies, a route to compensation that took years to build now appears to be shut.
The Ghana Education Service has scheduled its Teachers' Promotion Examinations for November 2 to 4, 2026. Candidates in six rank categories will write the papers according to a designated timetable released by the Service. GES has also spelled out the examination formats and the syllabus that teachers should cover before the tests. The notice details the identification requirements candidates must satisfy at their examination centres. Venues have been mapped out nationwide so teachers can sit the papers in the area assigned to them. Teachers aiming for promotion have been told to check the timetable and syllabus well before the November dates. The early release leaves candidates with a long runway to prepare for an exam that shapes their career progression in the Service.
Member of Parliament for Salaga South and Vice-Chairperson of Parliament’s Gender, Children and Social Welfare Committee, Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah, has described Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) as a “big crime scene” following allegations of sexual abuse involving the school’s headteacher.
The General Secretary of the National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, Gapson Kofi Raphael, has called for legal action against persons implicated in the alleged sexual abuse of students at Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) and those suspected of covering up the incidents.
Comedian Jeneral Ntatia has opened up about the painful loss of his father, revealing how the experience transformed his life and thrust him into the difficult reality of carrying family responsibilities as the firstborn son. The comedian became emotional as he recounted the events surrounding his father’s death, describing how a day that began with […]
A raging fire has engulfed multiple container structures, a mechanic shop, welding shops and five vehicles in the Cable and Wireless area of Darkuman in Accra, according to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).
Weija Gbawe Municipal Hospital’s maiden Nurses’ and Midwives’ Belting Ceremony offers Ghana an important opportunity to rethink professional recognition, leadership accountability and the future of nursing.
The Member of Parliament for Salaga South has questioned why the headteacher of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), who has been accused of sexually abusing students, has not been arrested despite reports of alleged abuse.
The Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) is targeting the commercialisation of pentane and isopentane recovered from its gas processing operations by the end of 2026, in a move expected to reduce gas flaring and generate additional revenue. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Judith Adjobah Blay, says studies have been completed to determine the available […]
Former Finance Minister and Economic Adviser to the President, John Mahama, Seth Terkper, has called for stronger development finance institutions to support the country’s infrastructure needs and economic transformation.
The National Secretariat of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) has appealed to the national leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to intervene following reports that former TEIN executives have been disqualified from contesting regional executive positions in various regions. In an appeal addressed to the National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, through the General […]
Adansi Travels has been elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG), following its fourth consecutive win as Marketing-Oriented Hospitality Facility (Allied & Support Services) of the Year, 2025.
President John Mahama says his government has secured funding for the Tamale, Damango and Yendi water projects to improve access to potable water for residents.
Ghana’s response to urban flooding may depend partly on what future engineers learn in the classroom, with a university-led project calling for sustainable drainage systems to become part of construction education. Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (USTED), and project lead, Professor Isaac Boateng, says engineers must be trained to do more than construct drains as the country confronts the pressures of urban expansion, intense rainfall and inadequate stormwater management. “The question is no longer simply whether we can construct drains. It is whether we can design, build and maintain drainage systems that protect people, conserve resources and support sustainable urban development,” he said. His comments come as USTED and Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland work to integrate Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) into Ghana’s construction curricula, equipping future professionals to consider approaches that slow, store and manage rainwater rather than relying exclusively on conventional drainage channels.
Liberia’s Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung says African countries must clearly understand the true value of their mineral resources before commencing negotiations with investors to develop them. He said this is fundamental to getting a good return and ensuring that Africa actually gets a fair share of the value of its minerals. “Africa must understand […]
The Rent Control Department (RCD) has launched a public accountability series to strengthen public confidence in the department, outline ongoing reforms and improve service delivery in Ghana’s rental sector.
A new institution that wants to close the distance between university classrooms and what jobs actually demand has launched in Accra. It goes by the name Global Leadership, Innovation and Development Academy, shortened to GLIDA. The course list spans leadership, entrepreneurship, diplomacy, innovation and governance, with the weight placed on doing rather than reciting. Behind the launch sits a problem employers and graduates both recognise, because a degree on paper does not automatically translate into competence on the job. Diplomacy appearing next to business-oriented subjects suggests the founders expect enrolments from public institutions as much as from private firms. Until the first cohort finishes, the initiative stays largely on paper, and its real test will be what the graduates can do when they return to their desks. The launch statement itself kept to broad aims, leaving enrolment dates, fees and class structure for later.
The University Basic School (UBS), Legon, has won the 2026 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Food Research Institute Quiz Competition, securing its third consecutive title with 70 points. UBS finished ahead of Christ the King International School, which scored 63 points, The Ridge Church School with 50 points, and Armed Forces Basic School with 47 points. The competition was held at the CSIR-Food Research Institute's conference hall at Shiashie in Accra as part of activities to commemorate World Food Day, observed annually on October 16. The latest victory extends UBS's winning streak since it first participated in the competition in 2024, having also emerged champion in the 2024 and 2025 editions.
Lawyer for former National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s decision to halt the trial, insisting the charge sheet lacks sufficient detail on the allegations against his client.
The Ghana Stammering Association (GSA) has called for greater understanding and inclusion of people who stammer, urging Ghanaians to create spaces where everyone can communicate without fear of ridicule or discrimination.
President John Dramani Mahama has outlined plans to progressively halt the export of unprocessed mineral ores by 2030, seeking to make domestic processing a central part of Ghana’s mining industry.
President John Mahama has commended the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) for its contribution to the growth of gold exports, increased foreign exchange earnings and efforts to promote responsible small-scale mining.
France's central government asked some local authorities to impose curfews and faced pressure over security failings on Monday after a weekend of riots and looting borne out of nationwide anti-government protests.
Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has ruled out taking a second wife, saying he does not have the capacity to handle the stress that would come with it.
Members of the Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been urged to double their propagation of government policies and programs, grassroots mobilization efforts, and expand membership drives to secure the party’s victory and maintain its parliamentary majority in the 2028 general elections.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the Foreign Ministry has established what he describes as the first comprehensive database of Ghanaians living across the world, with particular attention to those requiring diplomatic and consular assistance.
