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Health Minister inspects La General Hospital project, promises swift completion

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to completing the La General Hospital project, describing it as crucial to...

Court adjourns Immigration Officer’s murder case as prosecution awaits forensic results

The Adabraka District Court has adjourned the case involving the murder of Immigration Officer Stephen King Amoah to October 22, 2025, as police prosecutors...

Cash and carry returns as frustrated patients lament NHIS system breakdown nationwide

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been thrown into an acute crisis, with a sustained collapse of its national digitised platform forcing hospitals...

Why Wontumi remains in custody despite meeting bail terms – Lawyer explains

Lawyer for Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has attributed the delay in...

Maverick City Music CEO fires back after Chandler Moore’s lawsuit allegations

Co-founder and CEO of Maverick City Music, Jonathan Jay, has issued a public rebuttal to allegations brought by former member Chandler Moore. Jay’s statement follows...

CSOs raise alarm over worsening teacher shortage in Northern Ghana

Civil society organisations(CSOs) in Northern Ghana have sounded the alarm over what they describe as a deepening teacher shortage in rural communities, a situation...

Is Wontumi the one who killed Jesus Christ? – Paul Yandoh on bail conditions

The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Kwabena Yandoh, has criticised the government and the judiciary for what he...

Gushegu MCE warns against rising cases of child marriage

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Gushegu, Hafiz Adam, has issued a strong warning to individuals engaging in child marriage, stating that the Assembly...

NAGRAT President warns of rising youth frustration, says African leaders have failed their people

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has warned of growing frustration among Ghanaian youth, driven by low salaries and...

Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine exit Maverick City Music amid legal turmoil

Two of gospel music’s most visible voices have stepped away from Maverick City Music, the influential collective that helped reshape contemporary worship in recent...

Daddy Lumba’s wife and children seek injunction on funeral arrangements

The direct family of the late highlife legend Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, has filed an injunction against funeral arrangements announced...

GHS embarks on free HPV vaccination against cervical cancer

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has started a free Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign targeting girls aged nine to 14, with vaccines administered in...

Some teachers, health workers now actively involved in galamsey – Angel Carbonu [Video]

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has raised alarm over the growing participation of professionals, including teachers, nurses, and...

Seven convicted for open defecation and illegal dumping

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court has convicted seven people for engaging in open defecation and dumping refuse at unauthorised places within the...

GAF is not dumping ground for ‘overage party foot soldiers’ – Ntim Fordjour 

The Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has cautioned against attempts to politicise the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), warning that...

Garu MP raises alarm over rising non-communicable diseases in Ghana

The Member of Parliament for Garu, Thomas Winsum Anabah, has expressed deep concern over what he describes as a growing national crisis of non-communicable...

Nkwanta conflict: Persons with disabilities advocate for lasting peace

Persons with disabilities in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region are advocating for lasting peace to promote socio-economic development. They express that the...

Four dead after six-storey building partially collapses in Madrid

Four people have died after a six-storey building, which was being partially refurbished, collapsed in the centre of the Spanish capital, Madrid. The city's mayor,...

Conduct extensive background checks on nannies before hiring – Doctor advises parents

The CEO of Medicas Hospital, Dr Yaw Osafo, has advised parents to conduct thorough background checks on nannies and caregivers before employment. His comments come...

I fund my entire operations – Wode Maya

Ghanaian travel vlogger and globally recognised YouTube personality, Berthold Kobby Winkler Ackon, popularly known as Wode Maya, has revealed that he finances every aspect...

Indian police arrest owner of cough syrup company linked to deaths of 17 children

Indian police have arrested the owner of Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, the cough syrup company linked to the deaths of at least 17 children in...

Criminologist applauds police for arresting Wa serial killer

A lecturer and criminologist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Jones Opoku-Ware, has praised the Ghana Police Service for...

TEWU demands 50% base pay increase

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) is demanding a 50 per cent increase in base pay as labour unions prepare to engage the...

Economic realities to drive public sector salary negotiations – NAGRAT President

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonou, has stated that prevailing economic conditions will significantly influence labour’s demands in...

Don’t present 2026 budget until… – Angel Carbonu tells Finance Minister [Audio]

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonou, has urged the Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, to hold...

NPP Council of Elders cautions presidential aspirants to uphold discipline and unity ahead of primaries

The National Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that its Ad Hoc Committee, set up to oversee the conduct...

Kraboa–Coaltar residents demand independent probe into alleged Police inaction and community violence

Residents of Kraboa–Coaltar in the Eastern Region are demanding an immediate and independent investigation into what they describe as a persistent pattern of injustice...

Trade Minister urges government appointees to ensure judicious use of public funds

Minister for Trade, Industry, and Agribusiness Elizabeth Ofosu Adjare, has called on government appointees responsible for managing public funds to use them prudently and...

EPA, 4 others receive 24 vehicles and 250 motorbikes to clamp down on galamsey

The government has handed over 24 vehicles and 250 motorbikes to five major institutions as part of efforts to strengthen environmental monitoring and clamp...

Cervical cancer: Go for the HPV jab; it’s safe – Health Minister rallies girls

The country, yesterday, Wednesday, October 8, started the mass administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, targeting 2.5 million girls aged between nine and...

Teenage girls in Nkwanta South laud government’s free sanitary pad initiative

In an effort to improve menstrual health and hygiene, teenage girls in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region have expressed deep gratitude...

See the areas that will be affected by ECG and GRIDCO’s planned maintenance today

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have announced scheduled maintenance works in five regions today (Thursday, October 9)...

Mahama appoints Dotsei Malor, former CDS, and 16 others as Deputy Head of Missions 

President John Mahama has named 18 new Deputy Heads of Mission to serve in Ghana’s embassies and high commissions abroad, including former Chief of...

Labour unions pressure gov’t to seal public sector pay deal before 2026 budget presentation

Government is under increasing pressure from labour unions to finalise negotiations on public sector base pay before the presentation of the 2026 budget to...

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang joins world leaders in Brussels for EU Global Gateway Forum

Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is in Brussels, Belgium, leading Ghana’s delegation to the 2025 Global Gateway Forum, a flagship event organised by...

Firefighters rescue 10 after head-on collision at Yapei [Photos]

Ten people have sustained injuries following a head-on collision between a tractor and a Toyota Hiace at Yapei in the Central Gonja District of...

NPA boss welcomes Sierra Leone petroleum delegation on study visit

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mr Godwin Kudzo Tameklo (Esq.), has welcomed a delegation from the Sierra Leone National Petroleum...

Landlord arrested for selling house to galamsey operators in Osino

A landlord at Osino Zongo in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region has been arrested for allegedly selling his residential property to...

Musah Ahmed sworn in as new Judicial Secretary

Private legal practitioner and lead counsel at Ahmed Legal Consult, Musah Ahmed, has been officially sworn in as the new Judicial Secretary of the...

NAIMOS arrests Chinese and Burkinabè nationals in illegal mining crackdown

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has arrested two Chinese nationals and intercepted several Burkinabè workers during coordinated anti-galamsey operations in the Western...