2 h. ago Amedzofe Canopy Walkway temporarily closed after structural incident

The Amedzofe Canopy Walkway in the Volta Region has been temporarily shut down following an incident on Wednesday involving one of the small exit pillars that supports a section of the structure.

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3 h. ago GES Orders Dzodze School Head to Step Aside Over Allegations

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ges-orders-dzodze-school-head-to-step-aside-over-allegations/Ghana Education Service has directed Dzodze-Penyi Senior High School Headmaster Joshua Vidzro to step aside immediately following allegations of sexual misconduct involving female students. A letter dated December 6, 2025, from the Volta Regional Directorate of Education stated the directive was necessary to guarantee the integrity of the investigative process. GES explained the allegations require […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ges-orders-dzodze-school-head-to-step-aside-over-allegations/

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6 h. ago Africa We Want Summit Highlights Technology and Trade for Growth

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/africa-we-want-summit-highlights-technology-and-trade-for-growth/The 2025 Africa We Want Summit convened entrepreneurs, policymakers and young innovators in Accra to discuss how technology, trade and entrepreneurship can accelerate the continent’s economic transformation through digitalisation and regional integration. Held at Mountville International University College, the summit focused on creating competitive African enterprises under the theme Unlocking Africa’s Market: Technology, Trade and […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/africa-we-want-summit-highlights-technology-and-trade-for-growth/

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6 h. ago NAIMOS seizes excavators and shuts down illegal Riverbank mining in Eastern Region

NAIMOS intensified its Eastern Region offensive on December 6, 2025, delivering one of the most decisive blows yet to illegal mining networks operating along the Birim and Ayensu river corridors.

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20 h. ago CAC to shut down unregistered PoS operators from January 2026

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cac-to-shut-down-unregistered-pos-operators-from-january-2026/The Corporate Affairs Commission has announced that all unregistered Point of Sale operators in Nigeria will be shut down effective January 1, 2026. The Commission also placed financial technology firms enabling illegal transactions under strict surveillance in a statement released on Saturday, December 6. The CAC described the growing number of unregistered PoS terminals as […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cac-to-shut-down-unregistered-pos-operators-from-january-2026/

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22 h. ago Ras Mubarak And Borderless Africa Tour: Progress, Purpose, Personality

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Victor Yao Nyakey, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ras-mubarak-and-borderless-africa-tour-progress-purpose-personality/Abstract In August 2025, Ghanaian politician and Pan‑African advocate Ras Mubarak embarked on an unprecedented 163‑day, 40,000‑kilometre road expedition across 39 African countries. The initiative—known as the Trans Africa Tourism and Unity Campaign—seeks to accelerate the movement toward a visa‑free African continent by 2030. This report examines the progress of the tour to date, its […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Victor Yao Nyakey, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ras-mubarak-and-borderless-africa-tour-progress-purpose-personality/

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24 h. ago Newmont donates GH₵368k to support Asutifi North Farmers Day celebration

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/newmont-donates-gh%e2%82%b5368k-to-support-asutifi-north-farmers-day-celebration/Newmont Ahafo South Mines has reaffirmed its commitment to agricultural development with a GHC368,000 support package for this year’s Farmers Day celebration in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region. The extensive donation included one Motor King with large bucket, five Motor Kings with medium buckets, one Royal motorbike, 30 bicycles, 10 boxes of […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/newmont-donates-gh%e2%82%b5368k-to-support-asutifi-north-farmers-day-celebration/

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41 h. ago Limit mobile phone use in schools to improve student performance — Educationist on 2025 WASSCE results

Dr Abena Nyarkoa, Founder of the Nkunim Education Project, has called for restricted or no access to mobile phones for students in senior high schools across Ghana.

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42 h. ago Ghana’s Dr Bernard Appiah appointed to WHO Technical Advisory Group on alcohol and drug epidemiology

The World Health Organization has selected KNUST alumnus Dr Bernard Appiah as a proposed member of its Technical Advisory Group on Alcohol and Drug Epidemiology, marking a major global recognition for the Ghanaian public health communication scholar. The appointment places the Syracuse University-based researcher and former KNUST pharmacy student among leading international specialists advising the WHO on evidence and strategies to curb alcohol and drug-related harm. It also reinforces KNUST’s growing contribution to global health leadership and research expertise.

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42 h. ago Government to deploy 60,000 surveillance cameras nationwide to tackle cybercrime

Government is expanding the use of technology and infrastructure to strengthen national security, including the deployment of 60,000 additional surveillance cameras across the country, President John Dramani Mahama has said.

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43 h. ago Mampong tragedy: Students among 30 injured as curve crash kills three

A deadly road crash at Mampong Abuontem on December 4, 2025, has claimed three lives and left 30 others injured. Twenty-six of the victims have since been treated and discharged, while four remain in critical condition at the Mampong Government Hospital.

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50 h. ago MoFFA shuts down several Eastern Region mortuaries over poor sanitation, non

The Mortuary and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA) has begun a two-day enforcement exercise in the Eastern Region, temporarily closing multiple mortuaries for operating without licences and failing to meet basic environmental and safety standards. Speaking on the exercise, MoFFA Registrar Mr Francis Ennin explained that the inspections were aimed at safeguarding public health and ensuring the dignity of the deceased. “We are here to ensure compliance and safeguard the welfare of Ghanaians,” he said, warning that non-compliant facilities would be surcharged and closely monitored.

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50 h. ago Newage Agric Solutions donates rice, soybean oil and cash to MoFA for farmers’ day

The CIMG 2024 Agric Company of the Year, Newage Agric Solutions Ltd has presented GH¢30,000 worth of food products and a cash donation of GH¢50,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) towards the 41st Farmers Day celebration to be held in the Volta Region. The food products included bags of EVIVI RICE and EVIVI SOYABEAN oil to be distributed by the Ministry to support the celebration.

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51 h. ago World Vision and Unilever Launch Campaign to Improve Children’s Oral Health

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/world-vision-and-unilever-launch-campaign-to-improve-childrens-oral-health/World Vision Ghana and Unilever Ghana’s Pepsodent brand have launched a nationwide oral health campaign targeting more than 25,000 children in underserved communities across the country. The yearlong initiative, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in early December, aims to improve oral hygiene practices, reduce infections and equip children with lifelong habits for […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/world-vision-and-unilever-launch-campaign-to-improve-childrens-oral-health/

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58 h. ago More than 300 flights cancelled as Indian airline IndiGo faces ‘staff shortage’

India's biggest airline IndiGo faced a growing crisis, with more than 300 flights cancelled since Tuesday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded nationwide.

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66 h. ago Ghanaian PhD students in UK appeal directly to British PM over unpaid fees, stipends

A group of Ghanaian government-sponsored PhD students in the United Kingdom has made a direct appeal to British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, urging him to intervene in a protracted funding crisis that has left them facing deportation, homelessness, and academic withdrawal. In a petition dated 3rd December 2025, the students' executives revealed that despite promises of full tuition and monthly stipends from the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat (GSS), payments are in arrears by up to 48 months, plunging over 100 scholars into severe distress.

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67 h. ago Oak City International College marks sixth graduation; celebrates 28 newly licensed healthcare professionals

Oak City International College (OCIC) has celebrated its sixth graduation ceremony, marking a milestone in its continued contribution to healthcare training in Ghana.

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68 h. ago Understanding Ghana’s Scholarship Debt: A Systemic Issue, Not an Individual Failure – – Prosper Agbenyega Writes

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/understanding-ghanas-scholarship-debt-a-systemic-issue-not-an-individual-failure-prosper-agbenyega-writes/Her Excellency, Ghana Envoy to the United Kingdom, Zita Benson’s recent public comments on alleged scholarship arrears reflect a worrying misunderstanding of how government scholarship financing is structured, processed, and settled. While her concerns for Ghanaian students in the UK are valid and deserve attention, the conclusions she has drawn — and the accusations she […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Prosper Kay, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/understanding-ghanas-scholarship-debt-a-systemic-issue-not-an-individual-failure-prosper-agbenyega-writes/

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3 d. ago Strike at public technical universities disrupts admissions, finance Services over unpaid allowance

The Technical Universities Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has vowed to continue its strike until the government pays a negotiated One-Time Research Allowance, which has been pending for nearly 17 months. Speaking to journalists at Kumasi Technical University on Wednesday, December 3, the Local President of TUSAAG, Akwasi Sarfo Agyemang, said the strike is in full force and members are abiding by the association’s directives to stay at home. “And as we rightly said, we are on strike and being on strike means that our members are not supposed to come to work. And that’s just what they are doing now,” he explained. Mr. Agyemang clarified that while some people may still be seen on campus submitting applications, these are not TUSAAG members, and the processing of such applications is being handled by non-striking officers. He emphasized that the strike affects senior administrators responsible for admissions, finance, and audit services. The industrial action was d...

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3 d. ago Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama makes history as first African to top ArtReview’s Global Power 100 list

Ghanaian Artist and PhD student in Painting and Sculpture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ibrahim Mahama, has become the first African to top ArtReview’s prestigious Power 100 list, the influential annual ranking of the most powerful figures in contemporary art. The 2025 list was released on December 4, 2025. […]

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