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U.S. Embassy to transition to new visa services provider website on August 26

The U.S. Embassy in Accra has announced a transition to a new visa services provider, set to take effect on August 26, 2024. This change...

NPP’s success in education too loud to ignore- Manifesto Committee Chair

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto committee on education Dr Prince Hamid Armah says beyond free SHS, which has been the...

Akufo-Addo launches aquaculture for food and jobs

President Nana Akufo-Addo has launched the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs programme under the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development. The programme would train 10,000...

Korle Bu Allied Health Professionals to suspend outpatient services amid management dispute

The Korle Bu Chapter of the Federation of Allied Health Professionals will suspend outpatient services at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital starting Friday, August 2,...

Iran vows revenge on Israel for Hamas leader’s assassination

Iran has threatened “harsh punishment” for Israel, which it says was responsible for assassinating Hamas’s leader on Wednesday. Israel has not commented directly on the...

Retired pastor found hanging from mango tree at home

Pastor Michael Ahiago, a retired pastor of the New Covenant Apostolic Church, is alleged to have committed suicide by hanging. The deceased, believed to be...

American woman found in Indian forest had been chained to tree for 40 days

An American woman has been found chained to a tree in an Indian forest where she had been for 40 days, triggering a manhunt...

Kenyan court nullifies 2023 finance law in new blow to President Ruto

Kenya's Court of Appeal on Wednesday declared the government's 2023 finance law unconstitutional, inflicting a new blow to the government of President William Ruto,...

‘Is she black or Indian?’: Trump questions Kamala Harris’ racial identity

Donald Trump has questioned Kamala Harris' racial identity during a heated exchange at a convention for black journalists. Trump falsely claimed the vice-president and presumptive...

Frustrated Nigerians vow ‘days of rage’ as hardships mount

“We are protesting because we are hungry,” Nigerian activist Banwo Olagokun tells the BBC. He is part of the Take It Back Movement, one of...

U.S. Embassy in Accra introduces new visa appointment system effective August 26

The U.S. Embassy in Accra has announced a significant update regarding its visa services. Effective August 26, 2024, the Embassy will transition to a new...

Vybz Kartel released from prison after 13 Years

Vybz Kartel, the Jamaican Dancehall legend, is finally free after 13 years in prison. Just over a decade ago in March of 2014, the musician...

Mahama would renegotiate IMF deal if he regains presidency

Former president John Mahama will try to renegotiate the terms of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout and boost local ownership of future oil...

Farmer jailed for attempting to sell son for GH¢80,000

A 53-year-old farmer, Bashiru Gambo, who attempted to offer his son for sale, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by the...

Disaster-in-waiting on Nortei Ababio Street at Airport Residential Area

Telecommunication utility poles are dangerously bent across a busy road on Nortei Ababio Street near Healthnet Airport Medical Centre in the Airport Residential Area. Residents...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill : Sam George to lead demo against CJ

Advocates of the anti-LGBTQ bill have announced plans to demonstrate against the Chief Justice on August 21, 2024, citing delays in the process of...

PNC will break NDC-NPP duopoly – Bernard Mornah

Presidential aspirant of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has pledged to break the duopoly of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the...

EC announces dates for exhibition of provisional voters register [Audio]

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the dates for the exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register ahead of the upcoming Mop-Up Voter Registration exercise. The...

Ablakwa urges Lands Ministry to provide data on state lands

Chairman of Parliament's Assurance Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has charged on the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry over its failure to provide Parliament with...

Mahama’s 24-hour policy will enhance economy – Minority

The Minority spokesperson on Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, says that a 24-hour economy will enhance productivity and boost government revenue. According to him, cocoa...

Ghana Gas to undertake planned facility maintenance shutdown between August 1 to 17

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited (Ghana Gas) has announced a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its Gas Processing Plant (GPP) and offshore gas export...

Several cars destroyed in explosion at fuel station in Bogoso [Video]

A massive explosion rocked Duke’s Filling Station at Akokobediaburo in Bogoso Tuesday evening, resulting in the destruction of several cars and tricycles. Fortunately, no casualties...

Minority files RTI request at DACF; demands cost DRIP, others

The Minority in Parliament has submitted a Right to Information (RTI) request to the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), seeking details about the recently...

Young Ghanaian footballer dies in swimming accident

German Bundesliga 2 club, Fortuna Düsseldorf has announced the tragic passing of Newton Opoku-Mensah, a youth team player of Ghanaian descent. The club reported that...

Afenyo-Markin petitions Bagbin to recall Parliament

The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to reconvene Parliament. This request follows dissatisfaction among the Majority caucus regarding...

Akufo-Addo launches ambitious District Road Improvement Programme

In a significant move towards bolstering Ghana's infrastructure, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) and commissioned essential equipment...

Election 2024: Accept defeat peacefully – Kan Dapaah advises Political leaders

The Minister for National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has issued a warning about the potential for electoral violence as the country approaches the 2024...

2024 polls: GJA cautions politicians against assaulting journalists

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has urged politicians to refrain from assaulting journalists as the 2024 elections approach. The GJA has noted that, politicians often...

Akufo-Addo has no reason to refuse assent to Affirmative Action bill – Otiko Djaba

A former Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection Otiko Afisa Djaba believes that President Akufo-Addo will sign the Affirmative Action Bill into law...

Abandoned baby discovered in bush at Juaso

A newborn baby girl was miraculously rescued after being abandoned by her mother in a bush at Juaso in the Asante Akyem South Municipality...

5,000 construction workers to gain employment through DRIP – Akufo-Addo

Some five thousand Ghanaian construction workers are expected to gain direct jobs from government's accelerated road construction project dabbed, District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP). The...

I’m disappointed no seats are reserved for women in Affirmative Action bill – Nana Oye

Former Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo has stated that there is currently no provision for reserving parliamentary seats...

Ambulance trial: The double standards of the NDC is regrettable – Nana B

The National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, widely known as Nana B, has criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

Man, 60, missing after attending crusade, family seeks help

The family of a 60-year-old man, Osei Kwame, is urgently seeking the public's help after he went missing on July 18, 2024. Kwame, who is...

Surge in blackmail: Cyber Security reports 226 sextortion cases in 4 months

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has reported a significant increase in online blackmail cases in Ghana. Following a March 2024 alert, which noted a 254%...

You’ll hand over to me once I’m elected – Mahama to Akufo-Addo

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has asserted that it is not within President Akufo-Addo's authority to decide his...

Appointments Committee of Parliament suspends vetting of Supreme Court nominees

The Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday failed to reach a consensus for the vetting of the two nominees of the President for appointment...

Godfred Dame is the ‘worst Attorney General’ in Ghana’s history – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has criticized Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame for his handling of the...

Check out last performance of veteran actress before her sudden death

A video capturing the final moments of veteran actress and singer, Onyeka Onwenu has surfaced online, stirring emotions among fans and well-wishers as they...

Rev Kusi Boateng shares bold prophesy on election, deaths and unrest [Video]

Founder of Power Chapel Worldwide, Rev. Kusi Boateng has made a bold prophecy that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will be crowned President of Ghana on...