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Why EOCO is leading AKSA bribery probe, not OSP – Deputy AG

Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem-Sai has explained why the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), rather than the Office of the Special Prosecutor...

Two arrested over alleged galamsey activities in Tanoso

The Tanoso Police Command has arrested two individuals over their alleged involvement in or cooperation with illegal mining activities in the Tanoso area of...

Five injured in road crash at Ahwerase

Five people have sustained injuries in a road accident involving two vehicles at the Ahwerase Christland School Junction in the Akuapem South Municipality of...

BOST, tanker drivers agree on measures to address concerns at Kumasi Depot, strike suspended

BOST Energies Limited and the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union (GNPTDU) have reached an agreement on measures to address concerns raised by tanker...

Some commercial transport operators in Kumasi charge additional Gh¢1 amid rising fuel prices

Some commercial transport operators at Tech Junction in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region have increased their fares by one Ghana cedi, citing...

Sammy Gyamfi rejects Afenyo-Markin’s claims that GoldBod made losses

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has rejected claims by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin that the institution has incurred...

Ghana Drunkards Association commends Mahama over 100,000-hectare oil palm initiative

The Ghana Drunkards Association has commended President John Dramani Mahama for his plan to cultivate oil palm on 100,000 hectares of land by 2032. The...

I will bridge the gap between NPP Regional and Constituency Executives – Bernard Okoe Boye

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Greater Accra Regional Chairman-elect Bernard Okoe Boye has pledged to bridge the gap between regional and constituency executives as part...

Allied Heath Council warns hospitals against assigning medical records duties to receptionists

The Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC) has cautioned health facilities and private providers of allied health services against engaging unqualified persons to perform Health...

Fire guts ICT lab, classroom at Gushegu Nursing and Midwifery Training College

Fire has damaged an ICT laboratory and an adjoining classroom at the Gushegu Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Northern Region. The incident occurred...

Police warn motorists against using AirPods, earphones while driving or riding

The Ghana Police Service has warned motorists and riders against using AirPods, earphones or any other audio devices while driving or riding. In a public...

KsTU equips graduating students for industry

The Faculty of Built and Natural Environment of Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) has held its 2026 Final Year Exit Conference to equip graduating students...

Galamsey could cause major health crisis in Ghana soon – Medical experts warn

Medical and public health experts are warning that Ghana could face a major public health crisis within the next five years if urgent action...

Godfred Dame opposes trial of Hanan Abdul-Hamid during legal vacation

Former Attorney-General and lead counsel for former National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Hamid, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has rejected any...

World Vision Ghana equips 24 out-of-school youth with apprenticeship training

Twenty-four out-of-school young people from the Kwahu Afram Plains North and South districts have successfully completed a two-year apprenticeship skills training programme sponsored by...

Interior Ministry reaffirms commitment to ECOWAS arms import rules

The Ministry of the Interior has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to complying with the ECOWAS exemption regime governing the transfer and importation of Small Arms...

27-year-old spiritualist arrested over alleged attempt to use 11-year-old girl for ritual

A 27-year-old spiritualist has been arrested after residents of Lamtey in the Ga South Municipality near Kasoa allegedly caught him attempting to use an...

NADMO deploys personnel to North East ahead of dam spillage

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has deployed personnel from its headquarters to the North East Region ahead of the anticipated spillage from the...

VALCO’s current operating position is unsustainable – Lands Minister backs calls for strategic investor

The government is considering the involvement of a strategic investor to restore the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) to full-scale production, with the Minister for...

Man breaks into woman’s house, steals 22 pants for ritual purposes

A 27-year-old man has been remanded at a correctional facility in Yola, Adamawa State, after he was accused of breaking into a woman’s home...

Brekusu chief appeals to Mahama over deplorable Katesi-Brekusu-Dome-Kwabenya road

The chief of Brekusu, Nana Oteng Krankye II, has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama and the Minister of Roads and Highways to urgently...

Man in court for conspiring with stepmother to kill father in Nigeria

A man has been arraigned before a Kano Magistrate’s Court for allegedly conspiring with his father’s former wife to kill his father. The suspect, Nura...

Kasoa chiefs invoke deities against MCE over landguard accusation [Video]

Traditional leaders of Awutu Odupong have invoked their deities against the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Awutu Senya East, Seth Sabah Serwonoo-Banini, after accusing...

Labone bank robbery suspect remanded

Nigerian national Maazi Okechuku Augustine, who has been arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court in connection with an alleged foiled bank robbery at Labone,...

AMA supports PWDs with start-up capital, working tools

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has provided start-up capital, working tools and assistive devices to 50 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) across the metropolis as...

Adu-Boahene trial put on hold pending Supreme Court decision on legal vacation

The Accra High Court has adjourned the trial of former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, to August...

Volta Regional Minister calls for stronger Ghana-Namibia economic ties

Volta Regional Minister James Gunu has called for stronger economic, educational, cultural, and people-to-people relations between Ghana and Namibia. According to him, the historical bonds...

The cheating has been there for too long, we’re not happy – GAUA says amidst strike

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) says it expects concrete action from government to address its concerns, warning that it will not consider...

Asutifi North Assembly distributes 1,500 bags of fertilizer to 500 farmers

The Asutifi North District Assembly in the Ahafo Region has commenced the distribution of 1,500 bags of fertilizer to 500 farmers to support agricultural...

Sunyani Paramount Chief warns chiefs over sale of cemetery lands

The Paramount Chief of the Sunyani Traditional Area, Odeefour Ogyeamansan Boahen Korkor II, has warned divisional and sub-chiefs against the unauthorised sale and encroachment...

Ahafo NPP will unite for 2028 elections – Former Asutifi North MP

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ahafo Region will present a united front in the 2028 general elections to help the party regain...

14 arrested for cultivating and distributing ‘wee’ at Daliga

Police in the Upper East region have arrested 14 people on suspicion of cultivating and distributing narcotic drugs at Daliga in the Nabdam...

Galamsey threatens fish farming in Ghana – Fisheries Commission warns

The Fisheries Commission has raised concerns over the growing impact of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, on fish farming and aquaculture in Ghana. The...

KMA donates 400 recycled plastic desks to SHSs as part of wooden furniture phase-out

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has donated 400 mono metal-recycled plastic desks to four senior high schools in the Kumasi Metropolis as part of...

FDA cautions against use of chemicals for plantain ripening

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned traders and the general public against the indiscriminate use of chemicals to accelerate the ripening of...

Agotime Konor appeals for completion of district hospital, improved water supply

The Konor and President of the Agotime Traditional Council, Nene Nuer Keteku IV, has appealed to the government to prioritise the completion of the...

FDA warns against sale of cleaned, repackaged flood-damaged food and beverages

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public against purchasing food and beverages that were affected by the recent floods and subsequently...

Small Arms Commission intercepts 50,000 AA cartridges in Upper West

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) has seized 50,000 rounds of AA cartridges in the Upper West Region as part...

Tanker drivers in Ashanti and other regions begin 3-day sit-down strike over faulty fuel meters

Tanker drivers in the Ashanti, Bono, Ahafo and Western North Regions have begun a three-day sit-down strike over alleged inaccuracies in fuel measuring meters...

Adansi North Health Directorate staff embark on sit-down strike over alleged land encroachment

Staff of the Adansi North Health Directorate in the Ashanti Region have embarked on a sit-down strike over what they describe as an alleged...