The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana (NMC) has inducted 7,842 newly qualified nurses, midwives and nurse assistants from the southern part of the country. The inductees are part of the over 32,000 nurses, midwives and nurse assistants who passed the council’s Licensing Examination for August 2024 and April/May 2025. They have been duly issued […]
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced an official investigation the unrest that broke out during election week, following accusations that her government was responsible for violently crushing historic protests. She was declared the winner of last month’s presidential poll with 98% of the vote – a result the opposition has denounced as a “mockery […]
The Ghana Education Service (GES) Directorate in the Central Tongu District has directed all Headteachers of Junior High School (JHS) in the area to desist from collecting any form of data processing fees from candidates sitting for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 2026. According to the directive signed by Mrs Happy Tsifokor, the District Director of […]
Ghana’s Mental Health Fund, established under the Mental Health Act, 2012 (Act 846) to finance mental healthcare and improve services nationwide, has remained dormant since its creation, mental health stakeholders have revealed. “We have a Mental Health Fund that has been set up, but there are no funds in it,” Professor Sammy Ohene, Board Chair of the Mental Health […]
Government has quietly put money where talk often goes by creating a Creative Arts Fund and seeding it in the 2026 budget. The Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, told Parliament that the fund will receive GH¢20 million as startup capital to support music, fashion, visual art, culinary creative industries and the wider value chains […]
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 […]
