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NSMQ 2026 regional qualifiers rescheduled for July 25 to August 10
The organisers of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) have announced a new schedule for the commencement of the 2026 Regional Qualifiers after an earlier postponement.
World Bank approves $300m support to end double-track system by 2027
The World Bank has approved a $300 million financing package to support Ghana’s efforts to phase out the double-track system in Senior High Schools by 2027. The funding will be used to implement the Transformative Secondary Education for Access, Results and Relevance for Jobs (STARR-J) Project, a major education initia...
“Follow party constitution,” NPP legal committee rules in USA branch election dispute
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee has ruled that the party’s United States branch must comply with the NPP constitution, weeks after the national leadership ordered the branch to suspend all election-related activities. The ruling follows a dispute between the NPP’s national lea...
Patient’s allegedly relative assault nurse at Tema Community 22 Polyclinic
An attempt to enforce routine visiting regulation has allegedly resulted in the assault of a nurse at Tema Community 22 Polyclinic.
KATH doctors call for urgent opening of Afari and Sewua hospitals
A doctors’ association at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has urged authorities to urgently operationalise the Afari Military Hospital and Sewua Government Hospital to ease severe congestion and bed shortages at the facility. The call was made by Dr. Michael Leat, Chairman of the Komfo Anokye Doctors’ Associa...
NAPO urges Parliament to reconsider Anti-LGBTQ Bill amid controversy
Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, the 2024 Vice-Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, has called on Parliament to re-engage and reconsider the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025.
Over-reliance on imported medicines threatens national security – Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana says Ghana’s over-reliance on imported drugs for public use amounts to growing threats to national security.
Fuel prices go up significantly from May 16 despite extension of government intervention
Based on data picked up from the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies, petrol is expected to increase by between 5.29% and 7.30%, which could result in a litre selling at GHC 15.42.
July 3: A test of justice or a triumph of political retribution?
Beyond the Courtroom: What Is Truly at Stake? When the Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Justice Srem Sai publicly announced that, judgment in the Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi’s case would be delivered on July 3, 2026, it imm...
June 4 ideals must improve lives of Ghanaians — Vice-President
Vice-President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has urged government appointees, including Ministers of the State, to remain faithful to the ideals that inspired the June 4 Uprising. She challenged them, including the members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to work to ensure that public policies translate...
Bagbin seeks consensus talks after ‘surprise’ passage of anti-LGBTQ bill
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has expressed surprise at the passage of the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation, saying he expected lawmakers to only begin detailed consideration of the bill before its approval. Bagbin said he has summoned parliamentary leadership for urgent discussi...
Minority demands probe into Anti-Flood Taskforce
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called for the establishment of a parliamentary committee of inquiry to investigate the work of the seven-member Anti-Flood Taskforce set up to address the country’s perennial flooding. The caucus said the committee should examine the conduct of the taskforce and the relevant gover...