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Parliament approves up to 6-month custodial sentence on promotion of LGBTQ activities

Parliament has approved an amendment to the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-gay bill. This includes imposing a six-month...

Anyone who tries to decouple Bawumia and Akufo-Addo will fail – Joyce Bawah

Special Aide to the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has said that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia cannot escape...

Otomfuo’s Silver Jubilee: Mega concert slated for May 10 

The Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi will see an array of its mega musical stars in a concert on May 10, 2024 as part of...

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to hand over morgue to AMA

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra is to hand over the hospital’s mortuary to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to be used as...

Cyber Security Authority warns against Valentine’s day scams

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has warned individuals against malicious cyber actors who often use the Valentine's Day celebration to defraud unsuspecting victims. An amount...

PAC sets one-month deadline for Ken Attafuah to repay GH₵98K used for SSNIT penalty

Public Accounts Committee has instructed Prof. Kenneth Attafuah, the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), to reimburse over GH¢98,000. The amount in question...

Agogo-based Salt FM remains shut as operations move online

Agogo-based radio station, Salt FM has transitioned its operations online following the disconnection of their equipment by the National Communications Authority (NCA). In response to...

Bawumia is an absolute disgrace to the Northern Region – Fifi Kwetey

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has described the governing New Patriotic Party's (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia,...

Bawumia can only propose a running mate, NEC takes final decision – Ayikoi Otoo

Former Attorney-General Ayikoi Otoo says Vice-President Mahamadu Bawumia does not hold the ultimate authority to choose his running mate for the upcoming December elections. Mr...

GJA President alleges threat from Yendi MP

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Dwumfuor, has alleged that, Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama has threatened him. According...

The video that triggered interdiction of Police Inspector [Watch]

The video that led to the interdiction of Chief Inspector Benjamin Doe Kuwornu has gone viral on social media. The interdiction was initiated to facilitate...

Manhyia Palace receives first consignment of looted objects

The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi has received the first batch of looted objects and artefacts from the American Museum. The Palace is expected to receive...

Manhyia drops list of prominent Asante chiefs who died alongside 4,000 soldiers in ‘Sangrenti War’

Several prominent Asante chiefs perished when the British Army clashed with soldiers of the Ashanti Kingdom at Amoaful near Asante Bekwai in 1874. The...

Hawa Koomson to meet GJA over assault case

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has said Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson has called for peace. According...

Agogo residents protest over closure of Salt FM by NCA

There is an uneasy calm at Agogo in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti region following the forceful closure of Salt FM. A...

Kasoa ritual murder: I don’t know anything about Ishmael’s death – 18-year-old speaks

The 18-year-old teenager who has been charged together with a 15-year-old juvenile has told the High Court in Accra that “I do not know...

Aburi Girls SHS student reported dead

A first-year student at Aburi Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the Eastern Region has tragically passed away. The student, who complained of severe stomach...

NPP primaries: My support for ‘Ken must go’ contributed to my defeat – MP

Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom, Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi, has asserted that his his involvement in the 'Ken must go' campaign accounted for...

Minimum of GH₵2m needed to contest parliamentary primaries – MP

New Patriotic Party (MP) Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom, Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi has revealed a parliamentary aspirant need a minimum of GH₵2 million...

Veteran journalist passes on

A former Editor of The Mirror, Emmanuel Nii Okai Provencal has passed away, aged 79. He passed away on January 10, after a short...

Adwoa Safo raises gender bias concerns in National Pledge

Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa Safo, has described the National Pledge as gender insensitive. During parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday, the former Minster...

Plot to remove IGP: Committee will not serve anyone’s interest – Atta Akyea

The Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee of Parliament investigating has the alleged clandestine plot to remove the Inspector General of Police(IGP) Dr George...

Bawumia to address the nation today

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will today, February 7, 2024, address the nation. The event will take place at the...

NIB officials stripped me naked – Agordzo

A former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Benjamin Agordzo, who has been acquitted and discharged over an alleged coup plot has shared more harrowing experiences...

Support Mahama in 2024 elections – Fifi Kwetey urges Northern region voters

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has urged the people of the Northern region to support former President...

ECOWAS lacks an understanding of the shifting forces in sub-region – Prof Aning

The Director of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Professor Kwesi Aning, has what he believes poses a...

King Charles seen for first time since diagnosis as Prince Harry arrives in the UK

King Charles has been pictured for the first time since his cancer diagnosis was made public, after the Duke of Sussex arrived in the...

NGO raises concerns over Emissions Levy Act

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Penplusbytes has express worry the taxation framework for vehicles outlined in the Emissions Levy Act. The organisation has said the...

Withdraw Public University Bill – UTAG to government

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Public University Bill, 2020. UTAG has described the Bill...

Amasaman accident: Truck driver arrested

The driver of the truck involved in a crash on Monday with a Sprinter bus around the China Mall stretch of the Amasaman-Nsawam road,...

Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II’s book on Asanteman History launched

After more than five decades after his death, a book on the History of Asanteman authored by Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, has...

Occasional Kwatriot Kwesi Yankah writes: Asenso Boakye, son of a ‘konkonte’ seller

The forthcoming Valentine's Day, imposed by our kids, may be good after all. It tells adults to 'beloved let us laugh' putting behind us...

GNAT joins demo against electricity VAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has announced plans to participate in the demonstration against the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity...

Another police officer interdicted

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted a Police Chief Inspector, Benjamin Doe Kuwornu for unprofessional conduct. Chief Kuwornu, stationed at Assin Fosu in the...

Bawku conflict: We’re no longer safe – Upper East Regional House of Chiefs

The Upper East Regional House of Chiefs says residents are now living in fear following the recent surge in violence in the Bawku municipality...

Akufo-Addo conveys well-wishes to King Charles III amid cancer treatment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has wished His Royal Majesty, King Charles III well amid his cancer treatment. In a post on X formerly Twitter, the...

NCA, security officers shut down Salt FM

The National Communications Authority (NCA) accompanied by security officers has shut down Agogo-based Salt 95.9 FM in the Ashanti region. The radio station was shut...

15% VAT on electricity: Can government afford a withdrawal?

In a bold move to reshape the energy sector and alleviate debt burdens while ensuring a steady power supply for industries, the government has...

Six illegal miners arrested for mining in river Tain

A task force against illegal mining at Wenchi in the Bono Region has arrested six persons who were reportedly mining in the river Tain. The...