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N/R: Robbers attack police at checkpoint, kill one and steal their weapons

A female police officer has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at a checkpoint in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region. She was...

Photo: Fake Barclays Bank staff jailed for fraud

A 47-year-old man Mohammed Ali also known as Eric has been jailed by two Courts for defrauding by false pretence. The convict parading as a...

Parliament to engage public after ‘dropping the chamber’

Parliament is set to engage Ghanaians after succumbing to pressure to drop its planned construction of a $200 million Parliamentary Chamber. A statement signed by the Acting...

Pastor arrested for allegedly raping three women

The Asunafo South District police command in the Ahafo Region has arrested a 29-years-old self-styled man of God for allegedly raping ...

NAM1 bail condition not favourable – Menzgold

Managers of embattled gold dealership firm Menzgold have described as “unfavourable” the bail condition set by the court for the release of their CEO,...

Breaking news: Gov’t suspends PDS contract

The government of Ghana has suspended the concession agreement it has entered into with Power Distribution Services (PDS), a statement by the Minister of...

Sam George reveals his relationship status with E. T. Mensah and it will surprise you

The Ningo Prampram MP confirms he's at loggerheads with his predecessor and political mentor, E. T. Mensah Says he will only help the former...

Full Statement: Minority predicts IMF “bailout” for Ghana

The Minority caucus of parliament has predicted that it would not come to them as a surprise if the government sought an International Monetary...

Oti River in danger, residents appeal for help

Residents of the Oti Regional Capital, Dambai are appealing to the government, to as a matter of urgency, provide them with a potable water...

Video: Kenya deports ‘Jesus’

The Kenyan government has moved with speed to deport a man who has been masquerading as Jesus in the country. A reliable source confirmed Interior...

2019 WASSCE: How to check your results in 8 easy steps

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates, who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates...

Former NDC chairman backs communication service tax increase

A former Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Benard Allotey Jacobs, has commended the government for increasing communication service tax (CST). Mr Allotey...

Our dams not guinea fowls to fly to Burkina Faso – Bawumia

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s commitment to fulfilling the ‘One Village One Dam’ campaign promise it made to the people of Ghana. The...

Court dismisses application to put Ofosu Ampofo’s trial on hold

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application filed by lawyers for National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, seeking to put...

COPEC threatens ‘sleepover’ over energy sector levy increment

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has threatened to protest against the increment in the Energy Sector Levies (ESLA) as announced by the Finance...

Video: Killer taxes may send Ghana back to IMF – Minority reacts to Mid- year Budget Review

The Minority in Parliament says Ghana is likely to return to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout just a year after it...

2019 WASSCE results: Check out candidates who failed English Language

The West African Examinations Council has released the provisional results of candidates who wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in 2019. The...

Govt to pilot centralised application and processing service for tertiary institutions in Nov.

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Education, is set to pilot Centralised Application and Processing Service (CAPS) for tertiary institutions in the...

Gyakiti residents appeal to govt for potable water [Photos]

Residents of Gyakiti in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region have appealed to government for an immediate intervention to deal with the absence...

Ignore Badu Kobi’s comments, remain focused – Gender Minister urges woman

Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Morrison has urged Ghanaian women to ignore Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi’s provocative comment against Ashanti, Fante...

Audio: Okyenhene rejects govt’s community mining initiative

The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has vehemently rejected government's community mining initiative instituted by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Mining as alternative to illegal...

Photos+Audio: Car knocks down man to death at Gomoa Mpota Junction

A 30-year-old man, identified as Neenyi, has been knocked down to death by an unidentified car at Gomoa Mpota Junction in the Gomoa East...

We will match to your church if…– Group to Badu Kobi

A group, calling itself the Women of Faith and Substance, has threatened to match to Prophet Badu Kobi’s church if he fails to apologise...

Audio: Telecoms Chamber reacts to 3% increase in ‘Talk Tax’

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications is shocked at the increment of the Communications Service Tax from 6% to 9%. The increment, according to the Chief...

Audio: ‘Talk Tax’ increment needless – Coalition for Social Justice

The Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ), a political pressure group, has described as needless government's decision to increase the Communication Service Tax, popularly known...

WAEC releases 2019 results; withholds those of over 48,000 candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results with those of 48,855 candidates withheld by...

Budget review: Over GH₵5bn to be spent on energy sector – Minister reveals

It has emerged that over GH₵5 billion of the GH₵6.3 billion Supplementary Budget needed for the remaining months of the 2019 fiscal year will...

Audio: Luxury car owners, dealers shower praises on Akufo-Addo over Luxury Vehicle Tax

Vehicle and Assets Dealers Association of Ghana has welcomed the decision by the Akufo-Addo government to withdraw the Luxury Vehicle Tax which was introduced...

Canadian girls kidnappers: Four granted GHC 800,000 bail

The Accra High Court has granted bail to four of the eight accused persons standing trial for the kidnap of two Canadians in Kumasi. Each...

Acting IGP cracks whip; interdicts police commander for unlawful detention

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has interdicted the District Commander for Lakeside, DSP Eric Partey Opata, for unlawful detention of a...

Ghana Cocoa Board to raise $1.3 billion in syndicated loans

Ghana Cocoa Board will raise $1.3 billion in syndicated loans for its operations in the 2019/2020 season, the Minister of Finance Mr Ken Ofori-Atta announced in...

GNAT raises red flag over SHS 2 vacation classes

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says the decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sideline teacher unions on discussions regarding the...

Driver, Houseboy remanded over robbery

An Accra Circuit Court on Monday granted a GH¢ 20,000.00 bail with a surety each to two persons, including a teenager who is a...

Govt took tough decisions to right wrongs of Mahama’s era – Finance Minister

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that the Akufo-Addo government has had to take some difficult decisions to correct the wrongs of the...

We shall fix our roads not with pictures and videos – Ofori-Atta jabs

The politics about infrastructural development will be taken a notch higher as the Akufo-Addo government intends to fix a lot of roads across the...

Govt eats humble pie over killer Luxury Vehicle Levy

Government has scrapped the Luxury Vehicle Levy (Act 969) which was introduced by Parliament and assented to in July, 2018. The decision, according to the...

Obedient Akufo-Addo will fix our roads; alleviate poverty – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says the Akufo-Addo-led government is committed and will gradually fix all deplorable roads in Ghana. “Fellow Ghanaians, I wish to plead...

Govt to resume work on major cocoa roads – Ken Ofori-Atta

The government has resumed work on cocoa roads, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister has announced. The resumption includes upgrading, routine and periodic maintenance activities of...

Audio: Ofori-Atta digging his own grave – Adongo

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo has expressed disappointment in the Mid-year Budget Review presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. He...

Population census to be conducted in 2020

Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister has revealed that a new population census would be conducted in 2020 to among others update the country’s statistical...