Midday News

Real-time updates, results, analysis, and on-the-ground reports as Akwatia heads to the polls in this critical by-election.

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, in his capacity as the acting Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (MP), has written to the Office of the Attorney General for the formal and immediate revocation of Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462 and its amended version, L.I. 2501.

President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned a high-level government delegation, led by Minister of Interior Mohamed-Mubarak Muntaka, to engage with the Yagbonwura, traditional leaders, and other key stakeholders in the Sawla-Bole area as part of efforts to resolve the ongoing Gbeniyiri conflict.

The Ghana Police Service has deployed 5,500 personnel to the Akwatia constituency ahead of the September 2 by-election.

At least 17 Ghanaian PhD candidates studying in the United Kingdom on government scholarships have been placed on a deportation red list due to unpaid tuition fees

The flagbearer of the NPP for Election 2024, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday, officially filed his nomination to contest the party’s presidential primary.

The death toll in the Gbenyiri conflict has risen to 17, while eight others tragically drowned in the White Volta River as they attempted to flee the violence.

The Oti Region has recorded 10,233 confirmed cases of typhoid fever in the first half of 2025, sparking urgent public health concerns.

Police in the Eastern South Region have arrested 10 individuals and seized nine firearms in a series of targeted operations in Akwatia, as part of heightened security measures ahead of the upcoming by-election.

The Acting CEO of the Financial Intelligence Centre, Ing. Twum Boafo, has criticised Dr. David Tenkorang-Twum of the GRNMA for his comments on Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh’s handling of an incident at Ridge Hospital.