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The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) will soon begin implementing Ghana's licensing regime for medicinal and industrial cannabis cultivation, following Parliament's approval of the regulatory and cost framework. In a press statement dated February 11, 2026, and signed by Francis Opoku Amoah, Acting Director of Public Affairs and International Relations, NACOC announced that it will operationalise the licensing regime for controlled cultivation, processing, and use of cannabis with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content […]

The New Juaben South Municipal Police Command is preparing to take 15 women to court over allegations of human trafficking and involvement in commercial sex work. The women, aged between 15 and 35, were arrested following a complaint by a sex worker who said she was abused by her trafficker and boyfriend for failing to meet daily earnings targets. During the police operation, several landlords were also arrested for turning […]

The number of Ghanaians facing food insecurity fell to 12.5 million in the third quarter of 2025, down from 13.4 million in Q2, according to the latest Quarterly Food Insecurity Report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). At the national level, food insecurity declined to 38.1% in Q3, from 41.1% in the previous quarter, signalling a modest improvement. However, the report highlighted persistent gender and regional gaps. From 2024 Q1 […]

A 28-year-old lawyer, Magdalene Aba Amporful, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting $150,000 from a nurse under the pretext of purchasing a house. She has been charged with defrauding by false pretence and pleaded not guilty. The court, presided over by a Circuit Judge, admitted Amporful to bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties, one to be justified, and directed her to report […]

Despite a national decline in severe food insecurity from 5.1% in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025 to 4.6% in the third quarter (Q3), the number of Ghanaians facing multiple layers of vulnerability continues to rise. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that 227, 519 people were simultaneously food insecure, multidimensionally poor, and unemployed in Q3 2025. This represents an increase of 19,455 people from the 208,064 recorded […]

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) taskforce has arrested three Chinese nationals and one Ghanaian in an intelligence-led operation at an illegal mining site at Adum Banso K9 in the Mpohor District of the Western Region. The raid, shared by the Deputy CEO of the Forestry Commission, Elikem Kotoko, on Facebook on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, was conducted on Monday, February 9, at about 11:20 a.m., following surveillance of […]