General News

July 22, 2025

The Cocoa Health and Extension Division of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has engaged cocoa farmers in the Bodi District of the Western North Region to educate them on the...

U.S. Embassy Accra concludes six-week counterterrorism training initiative for Ghana’s National Intelligence Bureau

The U.S. Embassy's FBI Legal Attaché Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State's Counterterrorism Bureau, has completed a comprehensive six-week, capacity-building initiative for Ghana's National Intelligence Bureau–Counterterrorism Directorate...

Citizens reflect on economic gains as President Mahama tours Eastern Region

Voices from across the Eastern Region rang with optimism and civic pride on Sunday as President John Dramani Mahama commenced a regional “Thank You Tour” following his 2024 landslide electoral...

Banks anticipate policy rate cut as BoG prepares for MPC meeting

Commercial banks are expecting a 200-basis point cut in the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) ahead of the 125th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. The anticipated reduction...

Chiefs of Sissala set new maize price to protect farmers

The Tumu Traditional Council, in consultation with the other Traditional Councils in the Sissala area, has taken a decisive step to safeguard the livelihoods of maize farmers in the Sissala...

Pupils re-enact slave trade to justify calls for reparative justice

Some pupils in the Upper East Region have justified the calls and movement for reparative justice for African countries that suffered the devastating effects of the slave trade several centuries...

Mahama pledges to provide Juaboso SHS with a school bus

President John Dramani Mahama has pledged to provide Juaboso Senior High School (SHS) in the Western North Region with a school bus. The President made the pledge at Juaboso at...

Lydia Yaako Donkor Promoted to COP, Heads CID

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Ms Lydia Yaako Donkor has been promoted to Commissioner of Police (COP), following her appointment as Director-General of CID. She was appointed to the role...

AG directs EOCO to investigate Yamin and Abanga over illegal mining activities

Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Tuesday directed the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to initiate a full-scale investigation into suspected illegal mining activities involving...

Bawku Violence: Majority Caucus demands apology, probe