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Mahama will win 2024 election by 57% votes – MP 

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament(MP) for Twifo Atti Morkwa, David Vondee has predicted a landslide victory for its flagbearer, John Mahama in...

Stop Asians invading retail market – GUTA to govt

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) is calling on authorities to be bold and clamp down on foreigners operating in the retail space. According...

Producer Price Inflation hits 23.6%

The year-on-year inflation rate at ex-factory prices for all goods and services was 23.6% in May 2024. This was far higher than the 16.8% recorded...

Over 1,000 locked up in child marriages in Nkwanta North

More than 1,000 children aged between 12 and 17 years have ever been in a marital union in the NKwanta North District in the...

Prof Alabi speaks on NDC’s action plan for 2024 election

The Head of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer's campaign, Prof Joshua Alabi has revealed the party will revisit some strategies from 2008 in...

Kenya rolls out free Electronic Travel Authorisation for Ghanaians

The Kenyan government has begun the issuance of Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETA) to Ghanaian travellers at no cost. This was announced in a statement issued...

Your letter infuriated us – Striking Medical Lab workers to Health Ministry 

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has criticised the Health Ministry over the letter asking them to call off its strike. The Ministry acknowledged...

Rawlings’ death affected NDC’s 2020 campaign – Joshua Alabi

The Campaign Manager for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, Professor Joshua Alabi, has said the death of its founder, Jerry John Rawlings and...

Wa overlord demands report into killing

The overlord of the Waala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, is demanding a comprehensive report from the Police on the spate of...

Interior Ministry arrests 2 persons for wearing unprescribed private security uniforms

The Ministry of Interior has issued a stern warning to all private security organisations using unauthorised uniforms to desist from that or suffer the...

Interior Ministry renews curfew imposed on Bawku, Bunkpurugu

The Ministry of Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region, and Bunkpurugu township and its environs...

Election is about competence, ideas, and not religion or ethnicity – Christian Council Chairman

The Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend Dr. Hilliard Dela Dogbe, has emphasised that elections should be based on the competence and...

We don’t have the final say but… – Health Ministry to striking Medical Laboratory Professionals

The Health Ministry has said it does not have the final say concerning the working conditions of the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU). However,...

Adults aged 25 and above constitute majority of HIV population – AIDS Commission

The Ghana AIDS Commission has raised concerns about the rising rate of new HIV infections and the demographics most affected in the country. The Commission...

Excavator operator robbed of GH₵30K, mobile phones while asleep

Gun-wielding men have reportedly robbed a 33-year-old Excavator Operator, Owusu Ansah of his cash and other valuables amounting to GH₵35,000 at Dadwen, near Obuasi...

Flood destroys drugs, properties at Tain District Health Directorate

Flood has taken over the Tain District Health Directorate in the Bono Region, destroying drugs and other items at the district capital, Nsawkaw. Speaking to...

Attorney General digs into Jakpa’s military background

The Attorney-General and Minister Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame through Yvonne Attakorah Oboubisa, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), has taken his turn to cross-examine Richard...

Wa killing: Measures have been put in place to arrest perpetrators – MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa has assured that the Security Council is working to ensure that the perpetrators of recent murders are brought...

Asante Kotoko terminate contracts of seven players

Asante Kotoko has announced the termination of contracts for seven additional players, bringing the total departures to 18 as part of a major squad...

Rock City Hotel saga: Bryan Acheampong dares Ablakwa

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has refuted allegations that his hotel, Rock City, is incurring losses. These allegations were made by Samuel...

Kwesi Yankah Writes: Poor Mahamudu; the sad plight of a happy man

Mahamudu Bawumia looks like a happy man having roused the country to its feet since May. With all eyes on him, he has quietly...

We’ve lost our independence due to over-dependence on external aid – Prof Quartey

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, has highlighted the hidden costs of aid dependency. According to...

Plaintiff in FDA versus celebrities case expresses disappointment in verdict

Mark Darlington Osae, the plaintiff in the case against the Food and Drugs Authority, which sought the annulment of the ban on the promotion...

Ablakwa makes fresh demands after the ‘Hands Off Our Hotels’ demo

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called for a dissolution of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust(SSNIT) Board. According to...

The loss is on FDA – George Quaye reacts to ban on using celebrities in alcohol ads

Media personality George Quaye is not satisfied with the Supreme Court ruling upholding the barring of notable figures from advertising alcoholic beverages in the...

Sale of SSNIT hotels: CHRAJ formally writes to SSNIT, Bryan Acheampong, others

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has formally reached out to the Minister of Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, and other stakeholders involved...

Woman stabs 76-year-old mother to death over witchcraft accusation 

A 55-year-old woman, Joyce Boateng, has allegedly stabbed her 76-year-old mother, Afia Sarpomaah, to death in Abuakwa Asonomaso, Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, Ashanti Region. This...

Yaw Nsarkoh Writes: Burning and looting in the city…

The looting of core state properties in opaque circumstances, by those with political power, is a route to the very capture of that state....

Recent ‘dumsor’ not load shedding by ECG – NAPO

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said the recent power outages experienced in various parts of the country are not due...

Opoku Prempeh leads in NPP’s choice of running mate for Bawumia – NIB Report

According to a survey conducted by the National Investigation Bureau (NIB), the Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is the favoured choice among New...

AAFCON 2024: We bought our jerseys at Kantamanto – Ghana Amputee coach

Ghana's amputee football team, known as The Black Challenge, had to buy their jerseys from Kantamanto market for the 2024 Amputee AFCON, according to...

Wa killing: Our security personnel aren’t fully equipped to fight crime – Rashid Pelpuo

The leader of the Northern Caucus in Parliament, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has said many of the country's security personnel, both in public and private sectors,...

Help solve Ghana’s economic woes – Kofi Amoabeng to business executives

Former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct UT Bank has appealed to business executives to sacrifice their comfort and help create solutions to address...

Opuni trial can’t start afresh — Supreme Court affirms

The Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision thrown out an application seeking to start the trial of former Chief Executive of the Ghana...

SSNIT proceeding with sale of hotels despite CHRAJ petition – Ghana Federation of Labour alleges

The Ghana Federation of Labour says the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is proceeding with talks to sell its stake in four...

Strike leaves labs empty: Patients directed to private facilities

The laboratory units at the Manhyia Government Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on Kumasi have been closed. This follows the strike by the...

World Bank approves $250 million credit for energy sector

The World Bank has approved a $250 million credit to support a four-year Ghana Energy Sector Recovery programme. It has also approved an additional $10...

Koku Anyidoho sends harsh question to Mahama over Atta Mills

Former General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lampooned the party's falgbearer, former President John Mahama for not honouring late former President...

Self-acclaimed chief jailed for fraudulent land transaction

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a self-proclaimed chief and a businessman to 15 months imprisonment for a fraudulent land transaction. Nii Kotey Susubribi, also...

Celebrities can’t promote alcoholic drinks – Supreme Court upholds FDA ban

The Supreme Court has by a majority decision upheld the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)'s directive which prevents celebrities from endorsing alcoholic drinks. This brings...