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Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie leads new 11-member Council for Legal Education and Training Board

The Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET) has unveiled its new 11-member Board of Members, chaired by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. The board brings...

30% transport fare hike still on the table, talks resume Tuesday – GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has rejected claims by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) that its proposed 30% increase in transport fares...

Forklift crushes trader to death at Asokwa Brewery

A young pawpaw seller has been killed after a forklift reportedly lost control and crashed into roadside traders at the Brewery Traffic Light in...

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Ghana’s Constitution: Barker-Vormawor probes origins of Article 30

Legal scholar Oliver Barker-Vormawor has questioned whether the historical controversy surrounding Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusions influenced the wording of Ghana’s constitutional protection for...

Grief engulf Mankranso as residents mourn late DCE Abubakar Sedik

Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South West District has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of its District Chief Executive, Abubakar Sedik. The...

Veep honours Nkrumah on Founder’s Day

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has commemorated Founder’s Day by honouring the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. In a post...

CPP calls for protection and revival of state-owned enterprises to honour Nkrumah

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called for the protection, revival and proper management of Ghana’s state-owned enterprises as the country marks the 117th...

Mahama calls for unity, patriotism to advance Nkrumah’s vision

President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians to draw inspiration from the legacy of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, as the...

Kwesi Pratt urges Ghana to draw lessons from Nkrumah’s Seven-Year Development Plan

Veteran journalist and Pan-Africanist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has urged Ghana to draw lessons from Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s Seven-Year Development Plan as the country searches...

Mahama begins construction of 400-bed Mother and Child Block at Korle Bu

Government has commenced land preparation for the construction of a modern 400-bed Mother and Child Block at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The project, according...

Each Jehovah’s Witness member now decides whether to accept or donate main blood components

The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses announced on Friday that the decision to accept red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets from another person’s...

Kejetia market phase 1 shops bought for GH¢25k being resold for up to GH¢120k – Govt

The local government ministry is learning of what it describes as an unfair trend among shop owners at the phase one of the Kumasi...

I have no hand in the demolition of Laboma Beach – Nmati Abonase Quarter head

Head of Nmati Abonase Quarter, La Shikitele Nii Adjei Koofeh IV, has denied any involvement in the demolition of structures at Laboma Beach, insisting...

GES warns SHS heads against unauthorised charges for school items

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs) against imposing unauthorised charges on...

Ex-NPP Vice Chair, Ambassador Sophia Horner-Sam dies at 77

Sophia Horner-Sam, a former National Vice Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has died at the age of 77. The veteran politician and diplomat...

KMA warns developers against using roads and pavements for construction activities

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has issued a final warning to property owners, developers, contractors and construction companies against using public roads, pavements, drains,...

Ahafo Ano South West DCE Abubakar Sedik passes on

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South West District in the Ashanti Region, Hon. Abubakar Sedik, has died after a brief illness. Hon....

2026 WC: Why pay a purse holder $10,000? – Assafuah questions Black Stars spending

Ranking Member of Parliament for the Youth and Sports Committee, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has questioned payments allegedly made to officials who accompanied Ghana's Black...

Rice processing plant in Dormaa West locked up over lack of raw materials

A rice processing plant at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region has been left idle due to inadequate supply of...

I dare gov’t of Ghana to extradite me; they can never do it – ‘Ghana Jollof’ speaks

Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, popularly known as ‘Ghana Jollof’ on TikTok, has challenged the Ghanaian government to extradite her from the United Kingdom following her...

22-year-old woman arrested for allegedly faking own kidnapping, collecting ransom

Police in Anambra State, Nigeria, have arrested a 22-year-old woman for allegedly staging her own kidnapping and collecting ₦3 million in ransom from her...

Four pupils to one desk: The painful plight of schools in New Juaben North

The New Juaben North Education Directorate in the Eastern Region has appealed for more desks and chairs for schools in the municipality, following concerns...

Stranded Ghanaian medical graduates in Cuba appeal to Mahama for immediate return

Ghanaian medical graduates stranded in Cuba are appealing to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene to facilitate their immediate return home, saying repeated delays...

Police arrest South African arriving from Accra with suspected heroin worth over GH¢1.4m

Police have arrested a 52-year-old South African national after he allegedly arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on a flight from Accra with substances...

Two involved in near-fatal accident at Bonakye

Two young men have survived a near-fatal road accident at Bonakye in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region. The incident occurred along the...

Ghana’s William ‘Chembez’ Lamptey wins Africa Monologue Challenge Season 3

Ghanaian actor William “Chembez” Lamptey has emerged winner of the Africa Monologue Challenge Season 3, beating strong competition from across the continent to claim...

Sack Kofi Adams over Black Stars early World Cup exit – Nana Kwaku Bonsam

Ghanaian traditional priest Nana Kwaku Bonsam has called for the removal of Sports and Recreation Minister Kofi Iddie Adams, claiming the minister's failure to...

Fire guts multiple structures at Teshie near LEKMA Hospital

A fire has broken out at Teshie along the LEKMA Hospital Road, with a vulcaniser’s container among several structures used for commercial activities affected. The...

Akwatia MP, Kofi Bentil clash on Newsfile over how 3.9 tonnes of cocaine left Ghana [Video]

Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo and Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil Esq. had a heated exchange on JoyNews' Newsfile...

192 cocaine wraps confirmed in Wa drug bust

The Upper West Regional Police Command has confirmed that the substance retrieved from two persons arrested in Wa is cocaine. The Regional Police Commander, DCOP...

Tribute, tears flow as family bids farewell to 20-year-old law student

Tears flowed and emotions ran high as family, friends, schoolmates and loved ones gathered to bid a final farewell to 20-year-old Central University law...

What was your crime? – Father grieves over late Ivan Baidoo

The father of Ivan Apprey Baidoo, the 20-year-old Central University law student who died in a motorbike crash on the Tema Motorway, has told...

‘If the world, Africa honoured Nkrumah as the Millennium Man, why are we not doing same?’ – Asiedu Nketia

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has questioned why Ghanaians are not giving Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah the same...

Why I remain an unrepentant Nkrumahist – Asiedu Nketia

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has attributed his political journey and current position to the free education policy...

Honour Nkrumah by protecting Ghana’s rivers and forests – Armah-Kofi Buah urges Ghanaians

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has urged Ghanaians to honour Dr Kwame Nkrumah by protecting the country's rivers and...

Three suspected robbers killed, two officers injured as police team comes under fire in Tilly Forest

A follow-up operation by the Upper East Regional Police Command to retrieve weapons allegedly concealed by a robbery gang in the Tilly Forest has...

President Mahama leaves for 81st UN General Assembly

President John Dramani Mahama has left Accra for New York to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly, where he will host two side...

Three remanded as Oti Police seize suspected narcotics hidden in truck compartments

The Oti Regional Police Command has intercepted an articulator truck carrying 5,164 compressed round parcels suspected to contain narcotics, and arrested three men. Acting on...

Ghana Jollof case: Police case against Salomey Baffoe “founded on lies” – Lawyer

The lead counsel for Salomey Awitti Baffoe, the Techiman nurse remanded over the "Ghana Jollof" TikTok videos, says the police case against her is...

Foreign Affairs Ministry seeks special audit of COVID-19, Ukraine, Sudan and South Africa evacuations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Auditor-General to audit how public money was spent on every government-funded emergency evacuation since 2017, including...