SIM re-registration in Ghana: Why verification and validation matters
In recent years, Ghana has made significant efforts to improve SIM subscription management. Between 2021 and 2023, the country performed a nationwide SIM registration exercise to link each SIM card to a verified identification. Today, with a vast database of previously registered SIM cards in place, the focus has switched to verification and validation rather than full re-registration. Understanding the...
Ghana records over 1,000 Mpox cases in 11 months – Akandoh
Ghana has recorded 1,038 confirmed cases of Monkeypox (Mpox) with eight deaths as of March 3, 2026, according to the Ministry of Health. The outbreak, which began in May 2025, has affected 124 districts across all regions, with the Greater Accra and Western Regions being the hardest hit. Addressing Parliament on Monday, March 9, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Minister of Health, outlined government...
Russia-backed hackers breach Signal, WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, Netherlands warns
Russian-backed hackers have launched a global cyber campaign to gain access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts used by officials, military personnel and journalists, two intelligence agencies in the Netherlands warned on Monday. Users are persuaded in chats initiated by the hackers to divulge security verification and pin codes, giving them access to personal accounts and group chats, they said in...
India’s tech state Karnataka bans social media for children under 16
The southern Indian state of Karnataka, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, banned the use of social media by those under the age of 16 on Friday, becoming the first in India to join global calls for more scrutiny of minors’ digital usage. Concerns surrounding children’s growing social media addiction and exposure to unrestricted internet access have fired up...
Nkoranza SHTS wins 2026 Cowbell-GES Independence Day Debate
Nkoranza Senior High Technical School (SHTS) from the Bono East Region emerged winners at the 29th edition of the Cowbell-GES Independence Day Debate held in Accra as part of Ghana 69th Independence Day celebrations. With a score of 260.33 point, the Nkoranza South District school speaking against the motion “The departure of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS will...
Obrachire assault: Court grants GH¢10k bail to SWESBUS students
The two students of the Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS) who were captured in a viral video allegedly assaulting a student of the Obrachire Senior High Technical School have been granted bail by the Agona Swedru District Court. The suspects, Benedict Appiah and Bilal Mamid, appeared before the court on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, and were granted bail of GH¢10,000...
Close to 50 million cedis in Wontumi’s account has been
Ghanaian politician and the government spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has revealed that close to 50 million Ghana cedis in Chairman Wontumi’s account Source
Family of Daddy Lumba demotes Abusuapanin Tupac; says they have
Since it is only where the old woman sat and ate her kenkey that the rubbish could be picked from, the elderly women in the family of the late Daddy Lumba Source
Hunger made me lie that my husband was dead to
What a man can do, a woman can do it better- A woman named Amina is currently trending on social media for stupid reasons after she appeared as a guest on Source
If you want to help Ghanaians, give us your new
NPP communicator, Paul Yandoh has taken a swipe at Ibrahim Mahama, the brother of the first gentleman of Ghana, after the latter promised to make his old Source
