Top News in Ghana Today

The Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mr Abdul-Aziz Musah Ayaba, has disclosed that the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ) initiative has successfully trained 2,171 small to medium-scale fish farmers and young individuals in advanced aquaculture production techniques.

Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the first accused in the ongoing ambulance trial, has submitted an application for a mistrial.

Persons suffering from kidney diseases, aged below 18 and those above 60 years will receive all eight dialysis sessions per month for free under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) effective June 1, 2024 to Decem­ber 2024, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced.

President Akufo-Addo upon the invitation of the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, left Ghana on Friday, May 31, 2024, to Seoul, Korea.

A report by the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) reveals a 36 per cent shortfall in the Electricity Company of Ghana’s payments in accordance with the cash waterfall mechanism (CWM) for gas in 2023.

In a move to combat the scourge of tobacco smoke, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has joined forces with the Ghana Police Service to launch a crackdown on illegal tobacco smoke activities in the Eastern Region.

The Ga State in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources; Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development; the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council and Zoomlion Ghana Limited, will embark on a massive clean-up exercise aimed at cleaning the capital city, Accra.

Here are the front pages of some of Ghana’s newspapers today.

The Ghana Police Service on Sunday, June 2, 2024, arrested three persons at Ofaakor, near Kasoa in the Central Region for possession of a firearm without lawful authority.

Mr Raphael Amenyo, the Ketu North Municipal Director of Education, has advised the National Service Scheme (NSS) personnel not to see their postings to hard-to-reach places as a punishment, but a call to serve humanity.

Media practitioner and former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Gifty Afenyi Dadzie was part of the 182 newly qualified lawyers who were inducted into legal profession on Friday, May 31, 2024.

A Dambai Magistrate Court has remanded into prison, Ibrahim Anas, who inflicted multiple cutlass wounds on his pregnant wife.

The Ghana Police Service has apprehended a suspect, Imarana Abdulai Gomda, for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

The Ada Traditional Council in collaboration with the Asafotu Planning Committee, has launched this year’s Ada Asafotufiami Festival to pave the way for its celebration in August.

Beauty Emefa Narteh, Executive Secretary of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, has underscored the urgent need for Ghana to establish a robust framework to regulate conflicts of interest, a move she believes is critical for enhancing governance and curbing corruption.