The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that approximately 30.8% of Ghana’s urban population, or about 4.8 million people, live in slum conditions. The “Slums and Informal Settlements Thematic Report,” based on the 2021 Population and Housing Census, highlights significant disparities in housing, basic services, and tenure security across the [...]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a 2.45% increase in electricity tariffs for all consumer categories in Ghana, effective July 1, 2025. This decision comes as part of the Commission’s quarterly review process, taking into account various economic indicators such as exchange rate fluctuations, inflationary pressures, and rising [...]
The Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Hon Mahama Ayariga, has strongly condemned the killing of the Bongo District Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mohammed Seidu Akugri, describing it as both “gruesome” and “dastardly.” “I hereby condemn, in no uncertain terms, the shooting, killing [...]
Queen Namawu Bimuka, the 2024 winner of the Queen of the North TV Reality Show has launched a bold anti-drug abuse campaign at the palace of His Royal Majesty Buipewura Jinapor II on Friday. The campaign aims to tackle the growing issue of drug abuse among the youth in the [...]
Former National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Hajia Safia Mohammed, has condemned the government’s decision to terminate the contracts of caterers under the programme with immediate effect. She observed that this abrupt and politically motivated action smacks of nothing but vindictiveness, discrimination, and an utter disregard for [...]
The Ghana Police Service has interdicted Lance Corporal Shani Abdullai, who was caught in Tamale with boxes of tramadol in his possession. In a video which has since gone viral on social media, the policeman admitted of trading in the restricted pharmaceutical in the past six months or more. The [...]
The government has, with immediate effect, terminated the contracts of caterers working under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) nationwide. The National Coordinator of the programme, Hajia Fati Forgoh, announced this in a statement dated Friday, May 2, 2025. “Please be informed that contracts of all caterers of the Ghana [...]
The country has followed various statements by Government Officials about the establishment of a Gold Board. H.E. the President of the Republic says this new ‘creature’ will “ensure effective governance of the gold industry,” and the Finance Minister has gone as far as constituting a technical committee to fashion out [...]
The government has terminated the contracts of all Regional and Zonal Coordinators of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) with immediate effect. The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Programme, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey (MP) in letter dated Tuesday, March 4, 2025, further thanked the affected persons for their [...]
Fire has destroyed electrical materials worth millions of Ghana cedis at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) sub-station warehouse in Tamale in the Northern Region. The disaster which occurred Sunday afternoon at about 1423 hours (March 2, 2025) affected equipment such as transformers, high [...]