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Wontumi’s campaign team picks up NPP National Chairman nomination forms while he’s in prison

The campaign team of incarcerated New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman hopeful Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has picked up nomination...

A/R: 55-year-old woman gives birth to triplets after 25 years of marriage at Brofoyedru

A 55-year-old woman in the Ashanti Region has given birth to triplets after 25 years of marriage without a child, in what her family...

Court orders reversal of Cheddar’s No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel takeover

An Accra High Court has ordered that the No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel be immediately returned to Keningston Residential Partners 1 Limited. The ruling, made...

Police arrest suspect over GH¢1.1m fake gold scam at Berekum

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man, Gyamfi Christian, in connection with a suspected fake gold scam in the Berekum Municipality. The...

The name game: Why first names, titles and respect are dividing opinions

A brief exchange between Nigerian billionaire businessman and UBA Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, and a young woman has sparked a lively debate on social...

Legal vacation: Deputy AG accuses Oppong Nkrumah of ‘deliberate falsehood’

Deputy Attorney General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has accused Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and his legal team of building their challenge to the Chief...

Oyarifa demolition raises fresh questions over enforcement, property rights and due process

The demolition of part of an elderly woman’s residence at Oyarifa New York has reignited concerns over how demolition exercises are carried out and...

Tanoso Ankobeahene granted bail over alleged galamsey task force

The Ankobeahene of the Tanoso Traditional Council, Nana Okofo Dartey Amoako Atta, who was arrested by the Ahafo Regional Police Command for allegedly operating...

Interior minister orders Police to crack down on vigilante groups, bans recording of recruit training

Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has directed the Ghana Police Service to step up efforts against vigilantism and stop the formation of unauthorised self-defence groups...

Africa’s $9 trillion lithium bonanza: Can Africa turn its mineral wealth into global economic powerhouse?

Africa’s vast lithium deposits could hold the key to transforming the continent’s economic fortunes if African countries can take control of the entire value...

Saglemi progress validates work done under NPP – Oppong Nkrumah

Member of Parliament for Ofoase/Ayirebi and former Works and Housing Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says progress towards completing the Saglemi Housing Project demonstrates the...

GAF denies probe into former CDS General Thomas Oppong-Peprah

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has dismissed reports alleging that former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, is under investigation for...

When the belly begins to speak: The beautiful mystery of pregnancy’s dark mark

One day, you look at your growing belly and notice something you may never have seen before: a faint line running down the middle...

HEFRA orders probe into death of nursing mother at Nsawkaw hospital

The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HEFRA) has ordered an investigation into the death of a 27-year-old nursing mother, Elizabeth Poku, at the Nsawkaw Government...

Police kill three suspected robbers, arrest one over GH¢430K Buipe robbery

Three suspected members of a robbery gang have been shot dead during a police operation, while another has been arrested in connection with the...

Roads Minister threatens EOCO action against surveyors over compensation claims

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, says the government is considering reporting two quantity surveyors to the Economic and Organised Crime...

GoldBod losses: Afenyo-Markin vows to pursue issue despite attacks

Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has vowed to remain resolute in defending the New Patriotic Party (NPP) despite mounting criticism and personal attacks...

I’ll consider review — Oppong Nkrumah hints at next move after Supreme Court dismisses injunction

Ofoase-Ayirebi Member of Parliament Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has hinted at seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s decision dismissing his application to halt selected...

Ghana now spends less than 20% of our revenue on servicing debt– Dr Ato Forson

The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says Ghana now spends less than 20 per cent of its revenue on servicing debt, down...

Interior Minister directs IGP to crack down on illegal private security forces

Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak has directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, to take urgent action against individuals and groups forming private...

GREDA renews call for scrapping of 20% VAT on housing

The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) has renewed calls on the government to remove the 20% Value Added Tax (VAT) on housing, arguing...

NDC has not shown it can manage power sector effectively — Fiifi Boafo

Former Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Fiifi Boafo, has criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the recurring power...

From Kingston to Tema: Turning Mahama’s directive into trade

President John Dramani Mahama returned from Jamaica with more than the symbolism of African Caribbean reunion. He returned with a trade proposition and, importantly,...

96% of Ghanaian pensioners willing to work beyond retirement age – Study

Study by the Centre for Retired Experts (CREX) has found that 96% of pensioners surveyed in Ghana are willing to work beyond the mandatory...

Supreme Court dismisses Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s application seeking to halt legal vacation trials

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Ofoase-Ayirebi Member of Parliament Kojo Oppong Nkrumah seeking to halt selected criminal trials during the ongoing...

University suspends academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism

An academic who accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism has been suspended from his post at a Belgian university. Nathan Cofnas, a...

Parliament must summon GRIDCo, Energy Minister over recurring blackouts – Adomako-Mensah

The Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, is calling for the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Energy Minister to...

Ghana gets nuclear power plant simulator 

Ghana has acquired a nuclear power plant simulator to train personnel and strengthen safety preparedness ahead of its planned nuclear power programme. The simulation centre...

Asiedu Nketia shows off adorable wife in latest photo

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has given social media users a glimpse into his softer side with a...

NPP chairmanship race: Boakye Agyarko’s team rejects Global InfoAnalytics’ survey

The campaign team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman aspirant Boakye Agyarko has dismissed a recent survey by Global InfoAnalytics, which places former...

GRIDCo must come clean on causes of recurring power outages – Energy Analyst

The Director of the Africa Sustainable Energy Centre, Justice Ohene-Akoto, has accused the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) of failing to provide sufficient information about...

I don’t subscribe to Oyinbo life, Nigeria’s Elumelu schools lady for calling him by first name [Watch]

A young lady has gone viral after UBA Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, corrected her for addressing him by his first name during an interactive...

Deputy Education Minister slams BOGISS authorities over handling of assault case

Deputy Education Minister Dr Clement Apaak has criticised authorities at Bolgatanga Girls’ Senior High School (BOGISS) over what he describes as the poor handling...

Tatale Sanguli officials destroy expired food products, warn traders

The Environmental and Sanitation Unit of the Tatale Sanguli District in the Northern Region has confiscated and destroyed expired beverages and other food products...

The woman behind General Mosquito: Could Ghana be meeting its next First Lady?

For years, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has been one of the most recognisable figures in Ghanaian  politics. He is a strategist, party organiser and veteran  political operator whose nickname,...

Tanoso Traditional Council funds several anti-galamsey operations – Ankobeahene

The Tanoso Traditional Council in the Ahafo Region says it has been spending its own resources to support operations against illegal mining, popularly known...

At least 50 killed, mostly children, as boat capsizes in Nigeria

At least 50 people, mostly children, died after an overloaded boat capsized on Thursday ​in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state, witnesses said. The accident took ‌place...

27-year-old man arrested over provocative TikTok video on death of Mion Lana

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Abdulai Mohammed Saani, over a provocative TikTok video related to the death of the...

TUSAAG temporarily suspends strike action

The Technical Universities Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has suspended its ongoing industrial action and directed members to resume work following renewed engagements...

Man allegedly stabbed to death over land dispute at Achiase

Residents of Achiase, near Aboso in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region, have been left shocked following the alleged stabbing death...