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Three friends jailed for a total of 27 years for stealing

Three friends have been sentenced to nine years each by the Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region for theft. Blessed...

Ga Traditional Council condemns attacks, forced evictions of Ga–Dangme settlers in Eastern Region

The Ga Traditional Council has condemned recent attacks on Ga settlers in the Eastern Region, particularly in the communities of Okanta and Otwebedidua. According to...

Popular South African DJ shot dead in broad daylight

CCTV footage in the Johannesburg CBD has shown a man with dreadlocks opening fire on Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras. A radio and...

Worker dies after being trapped in heavy-duty machine at Nsawam factory

A young man identified only as Humble, believed to be in his early 30s, has died following a tragic workplace accident at a Chinese-owned...

Man who assaulted wife in viral video granted GH¢100,000 bail

John Odartey Lamptey, the man widely seen in a viral video physically assaulting his wife, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000...

President Mahama hails Otumfuo for transparent mediation of Bawku conflict

President John Mahama has praised the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for his selfless and patriotic role in mediating the protracted Bawku conflict. The president...

Trump imposes partial travel restrictions on Nigeria, 14 other countries

President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from entering...

Over 2,000 students receive fire safety education in Asankrangwa ahead of Christmas

More than 2,000 students at Asankrangwa Senior High Technical School have received fire safety education from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) as part...

GNFS trains fire volunteers in Tolon District to boost community fire safety

The Rural Fire Department of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Northern Region has organised a training programme for community fire volunteer...

Police arrest two suspects over viral child abuse video at Agona Jamasi

The Ghana Police Service has arrested two suspects following a viral video showing the physical abuse of a young girl at Agona Jamasi in...

Asantehene demands enforcement of law recognising Naba Azoka II as Bawku Chief

The Chairman of the special peace committee tasked with resolving the protracted Bawku Chieftaincy Conflict, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the government...

Government to issue position on Bawku peace mediation report within 24 hours

The government has pledged to communicate its definitive stance on the Bawku Peace Mediation Report within the next 24 hours. President John Mahama made the...

Bryan Acheampong says Bawumia is his biggest competitor in NPP race

NPP presidential aspirant and Abetifi MP, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has identified Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as his main competitor in the party’s 2026...

Mysterious salty tilapia raises alarm along Afram River

Residents of the Afram Plains and parts of the Volta Region face a potential public health risk if urgent action is not taken over...

Gov’t presents Bank of Ghana Bill to extend board mandate, give parliamentary oversight

The government has presented a bill to Parliament seeking to amend the Bank of Ghana Act to allow for the extension of the Bank’s...

NPP race: I will accept outcome – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has expressed confidence in the fairness of the party’s 2026 presidential primaries and pledged to...

Fire destroys several shops at Sunyani Zongo

Properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis have been destroyed following a fire outbreak at Sunyani Zongo in the Sunyani East Municipality of the Bono...

NPP Primaries: I give delegates transport money – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has defended providing delegates with transportation money during the party’s 2026 presidential primaries. Speaking on Asempa...

SSNIT hotels saga was propaganda – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant and Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has dismissed claims that his alleged interest in the...

NPP Race: Public endorsements are inconsequential – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant and Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has downplayed the significance of public endorsements in the...

Asantehene hails reconciliation between Kusasi and Mamprusi communities

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has revealed that significant reconciliation has been achieved between the Kusasi and Mamprusi communities in towns affected by...

Otumfuo mediation committee confirms Naaba Asigri Abugrago Azorka as rightful Bawku Chief

The mediation committee led by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, tasked with resolving the longstanding Bawku conflict, has concluded its work and submitted...

Communication in 2028 elections will be largely AI-driven – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant and Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has predicted that communication in the 2028 general elections...

NPP Primaries: I know my voters, no candidate will beat me – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant and Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has expressed strong confidence in winning the party’s 2026...

I have engaged 200,000 out of 209,000 delegates – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant and Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, says his campaign ahead of the party’s internal contest...

Republic Bank begins solar-powered borehole project at Taviefe SHS

Excitement filled Taviefe Senior High School as school authorities, students, teachers, and traditional leaders gathered for the sod-cutting ceremony for a solar-powered mechanised borehole...

Kpandai: Supreme Court’s decision to suspend rerun surprising but fair – Justice Abdullai

Lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Law School, Justice Abdulai, has described the Supreme Court's decision to suspend the parliamentary rerun...

Rev. Wengam leads Assemblies of God delegation to congratulate Chief of Defence Staff

A six-member delegation from the Assemblies of God, Ghana, led by the General Superintendent, Rev. Stephen Wengam, has paid a courtesy call on the...

MP warns against ongoing raw rubber exports despite government ban

In total defiance of the ban on raw rubber exports imposed due to high local market demand, foreign exporters continue to export the commodity,...

IGP Special Operations Team arrest all-female suspected drug trafficking ring in Tamale

In a highly coordinated and successful raid, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Operations Team has dismantled a suspected all-female drug peddling network operating...

Petition for removal of Justice Yoni Kulendi dismissed

A petition filed against Supreme Court Justice Yonny Kulendi has been dismissed after the Chief Justice concluded that it does not disclose a prima...

EOCO denies prior contact with ‘Abu Trica’ ahead of arrest in $8m romance scam

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has dismissed claims that it had any prior contact with notorious cybercrime suspect Abu Trica, describing such...

Agradaa fined GH¢12,000, ordered to pay GH¢50,000 to Osofo Appiah

An Accra Circuit Court has fined evangelist and former fetish priestess Nana Agradaa GH¢12,000 and ordered her to pay an additional GH¢50,000 in compensation...

Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Finance calls for stronger support as ADF-17 pledging meeting opens in London

Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Finance, Thomas Nyarko Amprem, has called on development partners and participating countries to increase their commitments to the African Development...

Chiefs and NADeF commission 3-storey hostel for Ntotroso Nursing College

The Chiefs of Ntotroso in the Ahafo Region, in collaboration with the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF), have commissioned a three-storey, 24-unit hostel facility...

Six schools in Ahafo receive learning materials from Clean Heart Entertainment

Clean Heart Entertainment has donated over 3,000 exercise books, pens, school sandals, and footballs to six basic schools in the Ahafo Region to support...

Akufo-Addo: I have not engaged Mahama over Ofori-Atta case

The Office of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has strongly denied claims that he is seeking assurances from President John Dramani Mahama for...

Kpandai re-run suspension in the interest of justice – Fati Abubakar 

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court to suspend the anticipated parliamentary rerun in the Kpandai Constituency, originally...

Ho Central MP promises to resolve furniture shortage at Taviefe SHS

The Member of Parliament for Ho Central, Richmond Edem Kofi Kpotosu, has assured that the long-standing furniture shortage at Taviefe Senior High School will...

GNFS to begin nationwide vehicle fire extinguisher compliance exercise

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) will commence a nationwide compliance exercise on December 18, 2025, to ensure that all vehicles on the road...