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Volta Region marks 80th Remembrance Day to honour Ghana’s fallen heroes

The Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC), in collaboration with the 66 Artillery Regiment and the Veterans Administration Ghana (VAG), has held the 80th Remembrance...

KNUST pushes sustainability agenda with two-day conference on social inclusion, innovation and governance

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CoHSS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has held a two-day International Sustainability...

Helicopter crash: Committee rules out mid-air explosion

The committee investigating the August 6 helicopter crash has dismissed claims of a mid-air explosion, confirming that the blast occurred only after the aircraft...

Z-9 helicopter crash: The captain was confident and saw no need for an emergency landing – AIB investigator

An investigator with the Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIB), Captain Paul Forjoe, has revealed that the pilot of the ill-fated...

Helicopter crash: Committee recommends urgent safety upgrades

The committee investigating the August 6, 2025, helicopter crash has recommended an urgent modernisation of the Ghana Air Force (GAF) fleet and upgrades to...

Cause of August 6 helicopter crash revealed

Investigations into the tragic August 6 helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight people at Brofoyedu in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the...

Investigation reveals safety gaps in August 6 military helicopter crash

The investigative committee probing the tragic military helicopter crash on August 6 has revealed that the aircraft was airworthy at the time of the...

Z-9 helicopter was air-worthy but lacked additional safety enhancements – Captain Forjoe

Captain Paul Forjoe, an aviation safety expert and member of the investigative team probing the recent military helicopter crash, has confirmed that the aircraft...

Helicopter crash: Crew had flown three flights before the accident – Investigator 

An aviation investigation expert, Captain Paul Forjoe, has disclosed that the crew involved in the August 6 military helicopter crash had completed three flights...

Helicopter crash probe followed standard GAF, international procedures – Captain Forjoe

Captain Paul Forjoe, an aviation investigator and expert in aircraft accident analysis, has stated that the probe into the recent military helicopter crashes was...

Gov’t to release 10 million birds to stabilise poultry sector

The government will release 10 million birds onto the local market before the end of 2025 as part of measures to stabilise the poultry...

Minority’s walkout during Baffoe-Bonnie’s vetting was to prevent disorder — Manhyia South MP

Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour-Awuah, has defended the Minority’s decision to walk out during the vetting of Chief Justice nominee...

Livestream: Gov’t presents report on August 6 helicopter crash

The government is presenting the report on the findings of the August 6 helicopter crash to the National Security Council at the Jubilee House. The...

‘I wasn’t angry’ – Abena Osei Asare clarifies exchange with DVLA CEO

Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and former Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, has clarified that she was not angry during her...

Bawumia or Akufo-Addo should have addressed Sophia Akuffo and bondholders during picketing — John Boadu

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has said that either former President Nana Akufo-Addo or former Vice President Dr....

Investors could start receiving locked-up funds next year – SEC Chairman

Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Board, Dr. Adu Anane Antwi, has indicated that investors with locked-up funds could begin receiving payments...

PAC Chair defends Akufo-Addo government against economic mismanagement claim

Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and former Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, has rejected claims that the Akufo-Addo government mismanaged Ghana’s...

MCE promises parliament will ratify Ewoyaa Lithium Project before year-end

The Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Eric Stanley Acquah, has assured residents that the long-awaited Ewoyaa Lithium Project will be ratified by Parliament before...

Patrick Boamah reflects on Baffoe-Bonnie vetting

The Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central and member of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has shared his reflections following the vetting of...

Otumfuo installs new Paramount Chief for Worawora

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has presided over the installation of Nana Yaw Safor Baah III as the new Paramount Chief of the...

United Nigeria Airlines names aircraft after late President Rawlings

Five years after the passing of Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings, United Nigeria Airlines, one of Nigeria’s leading indigenous carriers, has honoured his...

PAC Chair Abena Osei Asare justifies government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme

Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and former Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, has defended the Akufo-Addo government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme...

Challenged Foundation urges accessible education for persons with disabilities in Ghana

The Challenged Foundation has launched a nationwide petition urging the Government of Ghana to enforce existing accessibility laws and ensure that persons with disabilities...

Student Loan Trust Fund increases students’ loan by 50%

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has increased the loan amounts disbursed to regular students by 50 per cent. Consequently, loan amounts now range from...

Two dead, six injured in accident at Kwasu

Two people have died and six others sustained injuries in a road accident at Kwasu, along the Bechem–Techimantia road in the Ahafo Region. The incident...

Galamsey Kingpin arrested in Bonsu after attempt to bribe investigators

A well-known illegal mining operator, Iddrisu Zakari, widely called “Yaayaa,” has been arrested in a sting operation at Bonsu after he allegedly tried to...

Justice Gertrude Torkonoo deserves to be heard – Francis-Xavier Sosu

The Member of Parliament for Madina and human rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has called for fairness and due process in the ongoing case involving...

Kukuom Agric SHS poised to join government’s ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’ poultry programme

Kukuom Agricultural Senior High School in the Ahafo Region has announced its readiness to participate in the government’s Nkoko Nkitinkiti poultry initiative, aimed at...

Ghana’s renegotiated lithium mining lease scheduled for parliamentary presentation today

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry is scheduled to present the Mining Lease Agreement between the government and Barari DV Ghana Limited, Atlantic Lithium’s...

Minority came to Baffoe-Bonnie’s vetting with a script, not questions – Shaibu Mahama

Daboya-Mankarigu Member of Parliament, Shaibu Mahama, has accused the Minority in Parliament of attending the vetting of the next Chief Justice with a predetermined...

Manhyia receives 130 more gold and art objects from South Africa and Britain

The Manhyia Museum in Kumasi has taken receipt of one hundred and thirty (130) more gold and bronze art works from South Africa and...

Committee submits report on August 6 helicopter crash to Mahama

The Acting Minister for Defence, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has led the committee that investigated the August 6 helicopter crash to present its report...

Justice Baffoe-Bonnie defends Ataa Ayi’s 70-year jail term

Chief Justice nominee, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has defended the 70-year prison sentence he handed to notorious armed robber Ayi Ayeetey, popularly known as Ataa...

Baffoe-Bonnie hints at 24-hour courts to improve access to justice

Chief Justice nominee, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has unveiled plans to introduce 24-hour court operations in selected jurisdictions as part of broader reforms aimed at...

NDC is the most attractive political party in Ghana – NEIP CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Eric Agyei, has described the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as currently the...

IET President urges strategic planning to build sustainable and resilient communities

At a recent gathering of built environment professionals, Engr. Henry Kwadwo Boateng, President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET-GH), delivered a...

GES trains Greater Accra Guidance And Counseling Coordinators to strengthen school counseling services

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has launched a comprehensive in-service training programme for Guidance and Counseling Coordinators in the Greater Accra Region, aimed at...

MoFFA cracks down on unlicensed mortuaries: Three facilities closed down

The Registrar of the Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities Agency (MoFFA), Francis Ennin, has confirmed the closure of three unlicensed mortuaries and funeral facilities in...

Asantehene sets final mediation dates for Bawku chieftaincy conflict

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has scheduled November 30 and December 1, 2025, for what is expected to be the final session of...

New teacher management information system to transform development – Education Minister

In a major step toward transforming teacher management and professional development in Ghana, the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced the introduction of...