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Damaged Korle Bridge raises safety fears as residents, fishermen call for urgent repairs

A damaged section of the Korle Bridge in Accra has become a source of concern for pedestrians and other road users, with fears that...

Accra: Tata bus breaks down, completely blocking TUC to Kojo Thompson road

This is the road from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) building towards the Kojo Thompson Road in Accra. The yellow Tata bus broke down, completely...

Poor state support for small-scale mining fuelled galamsey – Sammy Gyamfi

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has attributed Ghana’s persistent illegal mining crisis, popularly known as galamsey, partly to...

Government yet to adopt revised KG–Primary Six curriculum – Haruna Iddrisu

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has disclosed that the government is yet to formally adopt the revised curriculum for Kindergarten to Primary Six developed by...

Forensic audit reveals how Ghana Embassy in US allegedly extorted $19.3m from visa, passport applicants

For six years, thousands of visa and passport applicants who turned to Ghana’s Embassy in Washington believed they were following standard government processes and...

Three reported dead after mining pit collapses at Odumase-Santenso

Three people have died after a mining pit collapsed on them at Odumase-Santenso in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The victims,...

OSP details role in US conviction of former TOR MD

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it provided investigative and evidentiary support to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), contributing...

Ghana High Commission to proceed with oath-taking for UK scholarship beneficiaries

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sabah Zita Benson, has confirmed that the Ghana High Commission will proceed with a planned verification and...

GETFund launches nationwide furniture appeal to support schools facing shortages

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has launched a nationwide initiative to mobilise classroom furniture for basic, junior and senior high schools facing critical...

Apam SHS to be upgraded from Category B to A school – Education Minister

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced plans to upgrade Apam Senior High School in the Central Region from a Category B to...

25-year-old man arrested for attempted robbery in Ashanti Region

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with an alleged attempted armed robbery on the Hiakose-Newense stretch in the...

‘A time may come when the land cannot yield crops’ – Duncan-Williams warns over galamsey

The General Overseer of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has called on Ghanaians to pray for the restoration of the country’s polluted water...

GoldBod profiles artisanal miners to trace sources of Ghana’s gold – Sammy Gyamfi

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has commenced a nationwide exercise to profile artisanal and small-scale gold miners as part of efforts to establish comprehensive...

Dr. Ato Forson commissions Butler Barracks as he wraps up role as Acting Defence Minister

Finance Minister and outgoing Acting Minister for Defence, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has commissioned the Butler Barracks accommodation and office complex, reaffirming the government’s...

NPP urges Mahama to return Cocoa Board Bill to Parliament for wider consultation

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged President John Dramani Mahama to withhold his assent to the Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026, and...

Police arrest two suspects over murder of 54-year-old man, shooting of wife at Tuba

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a 54-year-old man, Mohammed Rahman, and the shooting of...

NDC chairman calls for timely distribution of sanitation equipment to districts

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman for the Asante Akyem North Constituency, Peter Abaje, has called on the government to prioritise sanitation and environmental...

Obuasi East Assembly restores power to Kwabenakwa and Asonkore communities after 6 month blackout

The Kwabenakwa and Asonkore communities in the Obuasi East Municipality of the Asante Region have been successfully reconnected to the national grid, ending a...

ECG announces 4-day power outage schedule for parts of Accra West

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a four-day maintenance exercise that will affect power supply in several Accra West communities. The works are...

Adansi Asokwa DCE calls for regular communal labour to prevent disease outbreaks

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region, Albert Dakurah, has called on residents to participate regularly in communal labour...

Motor rider in critical condition after head-on collision with Sprinter in Berekum

A motor rider is in critical condition after sustaining serious injuries in a head-on collision involving a Sprinter vehicle at Berekum in the Bono...

Wangara Krom residents appeal for removal of abandoned vehicle from Bogoso road

Residents of Wangara Krom in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region have appealed to the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Dr Mathew...

Kunka 24-hour model market: Chief calls for unity to sustain development

The Traditional Leader of Kunka in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Nana Kwaku Ponkoh III, has called for unity among National Democratic...

Four vehicles collide at Tech Junction-Top High as Ambulance attempts to navigate stationary traffic

Four vehicles collided at Tech Junction-Top High in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region on Sunday morning. The accident occurred after an ambulance with...

Kristo Asafo Mission reaffirms Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena I as successor to founder

The Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana has confirmed Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena I as the new leader of the church following the death of...

Ghana’s Deputy Ambassador to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sanni Jajah dies

Ghana’s Deputy Head of Mission and Deputy Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sanni Jajah, has died. His death was announced by the Member...

Sir Sam Jonah drags Nigeria to ICC arbitration over Abuja land dispute

Ghanaian mining magnate Sir Sam Jonah has initiated international arbitration proceedings against the Nigerian government over a long-running dispute over one of his biggest...

NPP’s Asante Mampong parliamentary aspirant Nana Yaa Siaw reportedly dead

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant for the Asante Mampong Constituency, Beatrice Owarewa Siaw, popularly known as Nana Yaa, has reportedly died. According to...

Asantehene urges GRA to widen tax net to informal sector

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the Board and Management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to expand the tax net to cover...

Thousands attend late Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s Thanksgiving Service in Kumasi (Photos)

Thousands of members of Kristo Asafo and residents of Kumasi gathered at the Prempeh Assembly Hall to participate in the thanksgiving service held in...

Accra Premium Lions Club, Brooklyn District 20-K1 holds free health screening, support over 500 pupils with educational items at Obom

The Accra Premium Lions Club, in collaboration with Lions Clubs International, Brooklyn District 20-K1, has supported more than 500 pupils of the Reverend Father...

IMF-backed reforms must tackle Ghana’s long-running energy crisis – Prof. Bokpin warns

Economist and Professor of Finance, Prof. Godfred Bokpin, has called for greater transparency, broader consultation and a clearly defined role for private-sector participation in...

NaCCA directs school heads to stop using unapproved mock exams

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has directed heads of pre-tertiary schools across the country to stop administering assessment items and mock...

Ghana, US authorities pursue others linked to former TOR MD’s alleged $1 million bribery

Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai says the Attorney-General’s Office is working with authorities in the United States to pursue other individuals allegedly linked to...

Scrap MPs’ share of Common Fund and allocate it to Assembly Members – Former Local Gov’t Minister

Former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kwadwo Adjei Darko, has called for a comprehensive review of Ghana’s local governance system, proposing that...

Suame Interchange phase two to be fully completed, handed over by October – Urban Roads D-G

The Director-General of the Department of Urban Roads, James Oduro Amoo-Gottfried, says the local roads component of the Suame Interchange Phase Two project will...

Ga Mashie celebrates Homowo [Photos]

The annual Homowo Festival begun with a colourful procession of chiefs through the forts and main streets, accompanied by the traditional sprinkling of Kpokpoi,...

District Police Commanders have made arrests over insults an ‘enterprise’ – Miracles Aboagye alleges

Aspiring National Communications Officer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has alleged that the government is presiding over a growing pattern...

Ghana’s democracy is under a ‘creeping’ threat – Kofi Bentil warns

Senior lawyer and Vice-President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has warned that attacks on democracy rarely happen abruptly, arguing that the gradual erosion of...

Obuasi East MCE donates relief items to CKC SHS fire victims

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi East, William Kofi Adzowu, has donated relief items to students of Christ the King Senior High School...