Policy think tank IMANI Center for Policy & Education has launched a new transparency campaign aimed at tracking the wealth accumulation of Ghana’s public officials through the use of the Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989). Announcing the initiative, the President of IMANI, Franklin Cudjoe, said the campaign seeks to challenge the long-standing practice where asset declarations submitted by …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has sworn in Mohammed Baba Jamal Ahmed as the Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso East Constituency. The brief ceremony took place in the chamber of the Parliament of Ghana on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. During the ceremony, Mr. Baba Jamal took the oath of office and the oath of allegiance administered by the …

Story by Linda Agyemang Viewer’s discretion is advised! Residents around ST. Mary’s Senior High School in Accra have been left shocked after the body believed to be about five months old was discovered dumped in a gutter close to the school premises. The lifeless body of the baby was discovered in a gutter near the compound of ST. Mary’s Senior …

Ghana has emerged as one of Africa’s strongest digital reformers, achieving the continent’s highest improvement in the 2025 editions of the Digital Nations and Society Index (DNSI) and the Digital Policy and Regulatory Index (DPRI). The findings were presented at the GSMA Ministerial Programme during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Delivered on March 2, 2026, by Kalvin Bahia, …

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed Ghana’s status as a model of democracy in Africa, stressing that the country will continue to demonstrate that democracy, economic reform, and African unity can thrive together. Speaking at the Independence Day celebrations on March 6, 2026, President Mahama said Ghana would continue to lead by example while pursuing reforms that strengthen democratic governance …

President John Dramani Mahama has called for renewed discipline and accountability in Ghana’s national life, warning that the country’s independence must be matched with integrity, responsible leadership, and the protection of public resources. Addressing the nation during the Ghana Independence Day celebrations on Friday, March 6, the President said the effort to reset the country must go beyond economic reforms …

The Ghanaian Battalion Headquarters serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has come under missile attack amid rising tensions between the Israel Defense Forces and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. In a statement issued on Friday, March 6, the Ghana Armed Forces said the base was struck between 17:45 and 17:52 local time. According …

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has officially declared his intention to contest for the position of National Chairman of the party. Speaking to party faithful in the Western Region ahead of the NPP’s national executive elections scheduled for September 2026, Wontumi stressed that leadership should be assessed …

Ghana’s only integrated aluminium smelter, the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), has unveiled an ambitious recovery and expansion roadmap designed to restore operational capacity, deepen value addition, and reposition the company as a critical pillar of Ghana’s industrial transformation. During a working tour of the facility, the Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Hon. Dr. Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, reaffirmed Government’s …

A 42-year-old woman and her three children have tragically drowned in a water-filled galamsey pit at Wassa Dunkwa in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The heartbreaking incident occurred on Saturday, February 28, when the family reportedly went in search of firewood near an abandoned illegal mining site that had become dangerously waterlogged. A local source told Citi …