December 2024

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday granted presidential charters to 14 Ghanaian private universities. 

Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adams's on Thursday did present the highly anticipated 2025 Mini-Budget to Parliament. 

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has pledged to "strongly resist" any partisan appointments in the Civil Service and Local Government Service.  

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has sounded the alarm, warning that the country is on the brink of a cholera epidemic due to the government's alleged failure to act decisively.  

The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana National Fire Service are investigating a fire that destroyed a school laboratory and library, where the Ablekuma North 2024 election ballot boxes were stored. 

The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disposed of over 5,000 non-compliant FDA-regulated products in the region as part of its regulatory activities to ward off unwholesome products from the market.  

Ms Gertrude Banini, Ghana’s Professional Chess Sports Champion, who made her debut at the just ended 45th World Chess Olympiad in Budapest, in Hungary, has promised to inspire the next generation to venture into the sport. 

Christopher Kofi Okyere Sorpkpa, a preacher, has been sentenced to five years in prison for damaging the windscreens of five vehicles in Parliament House car park. 

As of November 2024, a total of 12,646 Ghanaians have been deported from various countries over the past five years, according to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).  

The country's timber export value for the third quarter of 2024 amounted to €92.6 million euros out of a target of €145 million, Mr John Allotey, the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, has said.