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CSIR-BRRI advocates use of local materials in cement production to reduce prices

The Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is advocating for increased use of local materials...

Mother, 2 sons die in violent family feud at Barekese-Achiase

A gruesome incident has rocked Barekese-Achiase, a farming community in Atwima Nwabiagya North District in the Ashanti Region, leaving three family members dead. A family...

Mentally challenged man allegedly butchers mother, brother at Offinso-Achiase

A 21-year-old man with a reported mental condition has allegedly killed his mother and brother in a violent incident at Achiase, a community near...

Tension at Mamprobi Polyclinic over alleged baby theft

Tension erupted at the Mamprobi Polyclinic on Tuesday following reports that a newborn baby allegedly went missing shortly after being delivered via Caesarean section. The...

Gideon Boako takes steps to reconstruct Yamfo market

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North in the Ahafo Region, Dr. Gideon Boako, has initiated steps to reconstruct the Yamfo market to...

Govt strengthens debt recovery efforts with GH¢10 billion DDEP payment

The Government of Ghana has paid GH¢10 billion in interest obligations under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), marking a major milestone in efforts...

Techiman South MP hands over equipped CHPS compound to three communities

Residents of Kuntunso, Tadieso and Bomiri in the Techiman South Constituency are set to benefit from improved access to primary healthcare following the handover...

Driver arrested as Ashanti South Police intercept prohibited drugs  

The Ashanti South Command of the Ghana Police Service has intercepted large quantities of prohibited drugs suspected to be smuggling along the Obuasi–Dunkwa highway, leading to the arrest of five suspects.   The operation, carried out...

Farmer behind bars for damaging colleague’s cocoa farm

The Tarkwa District Magistrate Court One has put Samuel Asamoah, a 25-year-old farmer, behind bars for damaging a colleague’s cocoa farm at Huniso.    The convict, who pleaded guilty...

Fire razes 2-bedroom apartment at Santa Maria

A two-bedroom apartment has been completely destroyed by fire at Kwashie Bu in Santa Maria, near Rect Academy in Accra, despite the swift response...

Dual nationals face scramble for UK passports as new rules come into force

When Jelena returns home from a "holiday of a lifetime" travelling around South America later this year, she faces being told she can no...

Muslims begin Ramadan, embrace month of reflection and fasting

Muslims across Ghana have begun observing Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, reflection, and spiritual renewal, joining millions worldwide in marking one of Islam’s...

SSNIT to offer pensioners discounts under new loyalty programme

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) will soon roll out a Loyalty Programme that offers pensioners discounts at selected hotels, retail shops,...

NSA assures prompt payment of outstanding service allowances

The National Service Authority (NSA) has reaffirmed its commitment to the prompt payment of outstanding allowances owed to National Service Personnel, assuring that concrete...

Russia distances itself from suspect in Ghana ‘sexcapade’ case

Russia has distanced itself from the individual at the centre of the viral explicit video scandal in Ghana, stating it cannot confirm the person’s...

My political ambition can die, but… – Fifi Kwetey

NDC General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, says he is ready to lose his political ambition if it will help the party and the country...

Govt summons Russian Ambassador over viral sex videos

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Russian Ambassador to Ghana, Sergei Berdnikov, over what it has described as the unlawful circulation of...

Mahama orders air evacuation of injured Ghanaians from Burkina Faso attack

President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the immediate air evacuation of injured Ghanaian nationals following a deadly terrorist attack in Titao, in northern Burkina...

Parliament refers anti-gay Bill for reconsideration

The Parliament of Ghana has referred the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 to the appropriate parliamentary committees for consideration and a...

Government issues new travel guidelines over Burkina Faso attack

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that eight Ghanaians have died following a terrorist attack in Titao, northern Burkina Faso. In a press release,...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund oversees restoration of Cath Lab at Korle Bu

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund is actively supervising the restoration of the Catheterisation (Cath) Laboratory at the National Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu...

Tomato traders suspend Burkina Faso operations, threaten penalties for violators

The National Chairman of the Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (GNTTTA), Eric Osei Tuffuor, has announced an immediate suspension of all travel...

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate whose booming oratory and populist message propelled the civil rights movement in the...

One killed as Police foil planned robbery along Dormaa-Gonokrom Highway

The Bono Regional Police Command has recovered five assault rifles following an intelligence-led operation targeting robbery gangs operating in the region. According to a statement...

Foreign Affairs Ministry must get involved over Burkina Faso attacks – Okyere Baafi

The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi, has called for urgent action from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the...

State initiates compensation talks in Latif Iddrisu vs. IGP trial after eight years

The long-running High Court trial involving Multimedia journalist Latif Iddrisu and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and Attorney-General has taken a significant turn after...

Mahama consoles families after terrorist attack kills 7 Ghanaian traders in Burkina Faso

President John Mahama has expressed the government’s condolences to the families of Ghanaian traders killed in a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, as efforts...

Four Policemen return GH¢85,000 found on Techiman-Kumasi highway to owner

The Ghana Police Service has commended four officers on snap checkpoint duty along the Techiman-Kumasi Highway for their integrity and prompt action in returning...

Three miners killed in rock collapse at Gbane

Three miners have died after a rock collapse at an underground mining site in Tarkwa, a community near Gbane in the Tongo District of...

GNTTTA Chairman provides update on Titao attack amidst visit to bereaved families [Listen]

The Chairman of the Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (GNTTTA), Eric Osei Tuffour, has revealed that families of those affected by the...

Sorrow has hit us – GNTTTA Chairman reacts to deadly Burkina Faso attack [Audio]

Chairman of the Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (GNTTTA), Eric Osei Tuffuor, has provided a heartbreaking update on the aftermath of the...

Titao attack appears targeted – GNTTTA Chairman [Listen]

Chairman of the Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (GNTTTA), Eric Osei Tuffuor, has described the deadly attack on Ghanaian tomato traders near...

Trial of Osei Assibey Antwi adjourned to Feb 25 over amended NSA charges

The criminal trial of former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, has been adjourned to February 25 to allow...

Blow-by-blow account of attack that claimed lives of 7 Ghanaian traders in Titao [Audio]

Eric Osei Tuffour, Chairman of the Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (GNTTTA), has recounted the harrowing events that led to the deaths...

Education Ministry orders swift probe into WASS teacher attack

The Ministry of Education has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to speed up investigations into the recent attack on teachers at West Africa...

Emotional scenes as Patapaa mourns mother at one-week celebration

Musician Patapaa was visibly overwhelmed with grief as he mourned his late mother, Madam Ekua Boatema, during her one-week observation ceremony on Tuesday, February...

John Jinapor rallies support for Gonjaland Youth Association’s Golden Jubilee Congress in Buipe

The Energy and Green Transition Minister and Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu, John Abdulai Jinapor, has called on the sons, daughters, and friends of...

Project C.U.R.E begins 10-day assessment to support Ghana Medical Trust Fund’s NCD fight

Project C.U.R.E., the world’s largest distributor of donated medical supplies serving more than 135 countries, has begun a 10-day engagement in Ghana to assess...

Mahama calls for farmer-centred cocoa policies at tree crops summit

President John Dramani Mahama has stressed the need for farmer-centred policies in Ghana’s cocoa sector, drawing on his personal experience as a cocoa farmer...