EPA bans fabrication, sale and use of ‘Changfan’ mining machines in Ghana

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a sweeping directive prohibiting the fabrication, importation, sale, and use of “Changfan” mining machines across Ghana, citing their devastating impact on the country’s rivers and ecosystems. The ban, which takes immediate effect, follows growing concerns that

Armed Forces condemns soldier’s attack on drug store attendant and female customer, assures public of justice

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has arrested a soldier captured in a viral video assaulting a drug store attendant and a female customer at a pharmacy located within Burma Camp in Accra. According to a statement signed by Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin, Acting

2025 Ghana Tourism Awards set for November 14

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, is set to host the 2025 National Tourism Awards on Friday, November 14, 2025.  The event, to be held at The Grand Arena of the Accra

Seventeen school girls impregnated in Banda District within nine months 

The Banda District Directorate of Education in the Bono Region recorded 17 cases of pregnancies among school girls in the area between January and September 2025.  Comparatively, Madam Alimatu Amadu, the Banda District Girl Child Education Coordinator told the Ghana News Agency (GNA)

President announces state funeral for Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, will be honoured with a state funeral. President Mahama made the announcement yesterday when he visited the family at their residence in Accra. He was accompanied by

Heavy-duty truck kills pupil, 2 others in critical condition at Aburaso

Aburaso, a community along the Bechem–Kumasi Highway, was thrown into mourning on Tuesday afternoon, October 28, after a heavy-duty truck loaded with lumber lost control and killed a pupil. Information gathered by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) indicates that the deceased, whose identity

Fuel prices set to be reduced by a significant margin from Nov. 1

The price of petroleum products is expected to drop significantly at the pumps from November 1, 2025. This projection is contained in the latest outlook report by the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COoMAC), which guides the pricing decisions of oil marketing companies

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revokes his visa

Nigeria’s Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year and he was told to reapply if he wished to try again to visit the U.S.Nigeria’s Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on

Police retrieve lifeless body of 43-year-old woman at Penkwase

The Bono Regional Police have retrieved the lifeless body of a 43-year-old woman in her single room at Penkwase in the Sunyani Municipality.  According to a police statement issued, the lifeless body of the deceased, Cynthia Boahemaa, was discovered hanging on a crossbar,

Ghana’s 2025 Fisheries Reforms: Community efforts bring Volta’s fish back

When the fishing canoes of Adina and neighboring coastal communities began returning to shore in August, the scene resembled a festival.  Nets came in heavy with anchovies, small cod and other small pelagic species a striking contrast to the lean years’ locals had