Author: Yaw Prekoh
Parliament passes COCOBOD Bill 2026 amid Minority pushback over Certificate of Urgency
The Parliament of Ghana has passed the Ghana COCOBOD Bill 2026, a major law to regulate and overhaul the legal framework of the country’s cocoa value [...]
Gov’t announces activities to mark first anniversary of 2025 helicopter crash
The government has announced a series of national activities to commemorate the first anniversary of the August 6, 2025, helicopter crash that claimed [...]
Ghana spent ¢36bn importing chicken, rice and sugar in 2025
Ghana spent more than GH¢36.5 billion importing food products in 2025, with cereal grains, frozen chicken and animal products accounting for a signifi [...]
Gov’t accepts proposal to tax President’s salary and allowances
The government has accepted a recommendation by the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) for the President to pay taxes on his salary and allowances [...]
Dawhenya: 17 suspected cyber fraudsters arrested, 85 trafficking victims rescued
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested 17 foreign nationals suspected of operating a cyber fraud syndicate and rescued 85 victims of suspect [...]
Six-year-old girl confirmed dead after tipper truck crashes into school bus at Dzorwulu
A six-year-old girl has died following Thursday’s crash involving a school bus and a tipper truck at Airport Junction on the Accra Mall–Dzorwulu stret [...]
Police investigate death of taxi driver in his car at Kotwi-Nkoranza
The Trede police in the Atwima-Kwanwoma district of Ashanti have begun investigations into the death of a 35-year-old taxi driver in his car at Kotwi- [...]
NACOC grants first licences for medicinal cannabis cultivation to two companies
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has granted its first licences to two companies to cultivate cannabis with a tetrahydrocannabinol content of [...]
Ghana to ban importation of right-hand-drive and over-aged vehicles from October
Ghana will from October 1 ban the importation of originally manufactured right-hand-drive and overaged vehicles.
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA [...]
“Let the gods deal with him”: Birim Central MCE invokes traditional curses on Akyem Oda MP over galamsey row
In a dramatic turn of events, Hon. Solomon Brako Kusi, MCE for Birim Central, has invoked traditional curses on Hon. Alexander Akwasi Acquah, MP for A [...]