African music is no longer inching its way into global spaces, it’s moving with confidence and rewriting what mainstream pop looks like. The 2026 Grammy nominations make this clear, with artists from West, East and Southern Africa securing spots in some of the most competitive categories. This year’s African nominees including Burna Boy, Davido, Ayra […]
The planned new Accra–Kumasi Expressway, expected to be a completely new road built to expressway standards, and not a mere upgrade of the existing N6 route has been captured in the 2026 Budget Statement read in Parliament on Thursday [Nov 13, 2026]. The project is expected to be Ghana’s first purpose-built expressway, featuring limited access […]
Bringing up her five children alone, according to Esi Araba pushes her to cope and manage with the naked fire and the heat that emanates from the direct solid fuel, despite the attendant health hazards. Araba, within her 30s says she has engaged in the roasted yams and ripped plantain business for years as the […]
The Ghana Transport and Logistics Fair, held from October 22 to 24, 2025, showcased a strong presence of electric and hybrid vehicles, reflecting Ghana’s growing commitment to sustainable mobility. The event highlighted the government’s efforts to promote affordable, efficient, and eco-friendly public transport systems. Below are photos of some of the electric and hybrid vehicles, […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it has cleared over 40,000 passport backlogs to end years of delays that inconvenienced many Ghanaians seeking travel documents. Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister for Foreign Affairs, announced the breakthrough during a media briefing in Accra, saying the Ministry had fulfilled its pledge to eliminate bottlenecks in the passport […]
Dr Freda Prempeh, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency is urging the Defence Ministry to compensate applicants who were injured in the Accra recruitment stampede by enlisting them into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The Ministry of Defence has confirmed 28 casualties, 12 critical cases, five in the Intensive Care Unit […]
President John Dramani Mahama Wednesday visited the 37 Military Hospital to commiserate with victims of a stampede that occurred earlier in the day at the Elwak Sports Stadium, during a military recruitment exercise, which claimed six lives and left several others injured. The President, accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Defence, Mr Ernest Brogya Genfi, […]
Ghana has lost a total of 7,128.13 tonnes of cocoa to smuggling between 2020 and 2025 crop years in Volta and Oti regions. The tonnage recorded for 2020/21 crop year was 7,215 19, which reduced to 5,656.25 in 2021/22, further downward to 874.31 in the 2022/23 crop year while 2023/24 recorded 468.75 tonnes with 2024/25 […]
Creativity took centre stage at the 2025 Volta Regional Graduation Ceremony of the Ghana Co-operative Fashion Designers Association, when a fashion graduate, Mr Agbemewowoele Emmanuel, stunned the audience with an outfit made entirely from used pure water rubbers. Emmanuel, in his mid 20s, the only male among 17 graduating students, said his design was inspired […]
A middle-aged man was crushed to death by the Tema-Mpakadan moving train in the Bediako enclave, close to Afienya in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday evening. A video footage captured by the train’s camera shows the man, whose identity was yet to be confirmed, was walking on the rail tracks as the train approached. […]
