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KMA empowers 64 persons with disabilities, Mayor unveils plan for sustainable skills centre

In a major boost to inclusive development, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has disbursed livelihood support to 64 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) under the...

Explainer: Why Ghana is banning preaching on moving buses and what the law says

For many Ghanaians, a journey on a long-distance bus or commercial vehicle can come with more than the usual sounds of engines, conversations and...

BoG arrests seven for using Cedi notes to make money bouquets, cakes

The Bank of Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, has arrested seven people in Accra for allegedly using Ghana cedi banknotes to...

Revenue collector crushed to death on Kasoa-Winneba highway

A revenue collector working with the Gomoa East District Assembly has been knocked down and killed by an F-150 vehicle at Fetteh Kakraba on...

Gov’t announces plans to create 20,000 jobs in waste management, circular economy

The government is targeting the creation of at least 20,000 permanent jobs through a major overhaul of Ghana’s waste management and circular economy sectors,...

Gov’t plans major redevelopment of Agbogbloshie with industrial, housing zones

The government is preparing a comprehensive regeneration programme for the Agbogbloshie enclave, aimed at restoring the environment while creating new industrial and housing opportunities...

Livestream: Mahama Ayariga discusses local governance, development and accountability

Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga, is addressing Ghanaians on local governance, development and accountability. The engagement forms part of his...

Human resource practitioners urged to embrace digital revolution for efficiency in service delivery

The Head of the Public Services, Professor Lord Mensah, has urged human resource practitioners within Ghana’s Local Government Service to embrace the digital revolution...

Interior Minister builds and commissions polyclinic within six months for Ayigya Zongo

The Interior Minister, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Asawase, has within six months, ensured the construction and commissioning...

MTN Ghana Foundation steps up support for Hohoe flood victims

The MTN Ghana Foundation has stepped up support for victims of the September 28 floods in Hohoe with a donation of 1,400 relief boxes...

Archbishop Agyinasare calls for responsible speech amid growing social media abuse

Archbishop Dr Charles Agyinasare, Founder and Leader of Perez Chapel International, has cautioned Ghanaians against normalising information disorder through the circulation of unverified allegations,...

Teachers’ strike: Abosamso queen mother, assemblyman take over classroom

The Queen Mother of Abosamso in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti Region, Nana Akosua Nkyekyerenkye III, has stepped into the classroom alongside...

Ghana Jollof Case: Salomey Baffoe granted GH¢100,000 bail

Senior Nursing Officer Salomey Awiti Baffoe has been granted bail of GH¢100,000 in a case in which she has been accused of abetting the...

MTN deepens digital financial inclusion drive with MoMo App

MTN Ghana is stepping up efforts to deepen digital financial inclusion by encouraging customers to move beyond traditional mobile money (MoMo) transactions and embrace...

Tension mounts in Sekyekrom over alleged landguard attacks, farmland takeover

Tension is escalating in Sekyekrom and nearby communities in the Akwamu Traditional Area of the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality in the Eastern Region over a disputed...

Passengers escape death as moving bus catches fire on Bole-Sawla highway (Photos)

Sixteen passengers travelling from Kumasi to Wa narrowly escaped death after the Yutong bus they were travelling on caught fire at Gbogdaa, a farming...

Livestream: Adom FM Dwaso Nsem discusses outcome of NPP Delegates conference

What next for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following its National Delegates Conference? Join Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem as the programme takes a closer look...

‘Ghanaians are still selling their homes to save lives’ – GMTF Administrator warns as specialised healthcare crisis persists

Families are still selling homes, disposing of property, borrowing heavily and emptying their life savings to pay for specialised medical treatment, a stark reality...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund has surpassed expectations in first year – Health Minister

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has delivered a stunning first-year performance, exceeding expectations and emerging as a critical vehicle for expanding access to...

GES identifies 800 promotion applicants with unreachable phone numbers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is asking about 800 applicants seeking promotion to the ranks of Director II and Director I to provide active...

Nkwanta North DCE calls on residents to take responsibility for cleaner communities

The Nkwanta North District in the Oti Region has renewed its commitment to improving sanitation after residents and key stakeholders participated in a district-wide...

Oil slips as Middle East crude exports rise, G7 to release stocks

Oil prices edged lower on Monday as rising ​Middle East crude exports and a release of oil stocks by the Group of Seven ‌nations...

About 4,000 residents cut off after Kunfusi bridge collapses in Savannah region

About 4,000 residents in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region are struggling to access healthcare, markets and other essential services following the collapse...

GRA probes alleged GH¢600 extortion by Customs Officer at Airport

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched an investigation into an alleged extortion involving a Customs officer stationed at the Accra International Airport. The investigation...

REGSEC orders immediate demolition of building at Koforidua Jackson Park after fire incident

The Eastern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has ordered the immediate demolition of a fire-ravaged one-storey building near the Jackson Park traffic lights in Koforidua...

COCOBOD raises GH¢3.39bn at 11% in first commercial paper tranche

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), through its wholly owned special-purpose vehicle, Cocoa Capital PLC, has raised GH¢3.39 billion from the first tranche of its...

BoG clears Attijariwafa Bank’s takeover of Société Générale Ghana

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a “No Objection” to the proposed takeover of Société Générale Ghana by Morocco-based Attijariwafa Bank, Joy Business...

I am very much interested in Ghana’s coaching job – Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke

Former Manchester United and Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke has confirmed his interest in becoming the next head coach of Ghana's Black Stars. Ghana are...

GFA ordered to dissolve Black Stars technical team after Carlos Queiroz’s exit

The Ministry of Sports and Recreation has ordered a major overhaul of the technical team and management committee following the resignation of Carlos Queiroz...

28-year-old woman found dead in Kasoa Peace Town in suspected sexual assault

A 28-year-old woman has been found dead at her family compound in Kasoa Peace Town in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central...

Mahama urges African governments to treat healthcare as an investment, not budget cost

President John Mahama has called for a major rethink of healthcare financing in Africa, urging governments and investors to treat the sector as an...

Air ambulance vanishes after taking off from Bermuda for Boston

US authorities have found debris from a medical transport aircraft that went missing with six people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC...

NPP election: 8 participants suffer medical emergencies in Kumasi

Eight participants suffered medical emergencies during the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Conference and Election held at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The...

Fire tears through shops, residential properties in Koforidua

A late-night fire at Srodae in Koforidua has destroyed several shops and parts of residential properties, leaving a one-storey building severely damaged and sections...

Two unemployed men fined GH¢12,000 for stealing 

Two friends have been fined GHS 6,000.00 each by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region for...

Make cleanliness a daily habit beyond National Sanitation Day – Mayor urges traders

The Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has urged traders to make cleanliness a daily habit rather than treating sanitation as a responsibility reserved...

Fishing groups demand halt to reported offshore gold exploration

Fishing associations, coastal communities and civil society organisations have called on the government to immediately halt further progression of the reported offshore gold exploration...

Police restore calm at Larteh following Odwira festival disturbance

Calm has been restored at Larteh Ahenease in the Eastern Region after a heated confrontation between two factions disrupted celebrations during the Ahenease Odwira...

Meet the three newly elected NPP Vice Chairpersons

Kojo Fosu Boadu, popularly known as Kojo Bamba, has been elected First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the party’s national...

Hawa Koomson elected NPP’s National Women’s Organiser

Former Awutu senya East MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson has been elected National Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). She defeated her sole contender,...