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Tensions erupt in court as five suspects face remand over Sabon Zongo lynching case

Tensions boiled over at the Asokore Mampong District Court as relatives of an accused persons and the family of the deceased clashed following the...

Family announces final funeral rites for UCC student found dead at beach

The family of 20-year-old Innocentia Atsufui Avinu, whose tragic death shocked the University of Cape Coast (UCC) community and beyond, has announced arrangements for...

Odarlai Parker touts experience, vows to help NPP reclaim Greater Accra

Aspiring Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odarlai Parker, has expressed confidence in retaining the position, saying his track record...

Former TOR MD, Asante Berko convicted in US bribery, money laundering case

A US federal jury in Brooklyn has convicted a former Goldman Sachs investment banker and one-time Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, Kwaku...

Weija Children’s Specialist Hospital handed over to government after months of delays

The contractor in charge of the construction of the Children’s Specialist Hospital at Weija has officially handed over the completed facility to the government. Officials...

Vice President urges universities to embrace AI, digital innovation

Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called on universities across Ghana to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) by integrating digital literacy and emerging technologies...

Senegal court jails three TikTok influencers for insulting president

A Senegalese court has sentenced three TikTok influencers to prison terms and fined two of them after finding them guilty of insulting President Bassirou...

Gov’t remains committed to launching Women’s Development Bank before end of year – Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang

Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has reiterated the government’s commitment to establishing the Women’s Development Bank, saying the initiative will provide financial support...

89-year-old man burnt to death after fire outbreak at Aputuogya in Ashanti Region

An 89-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Opoku, has died after he was trapped and burnt in a fire that destroyed parts of a five-bedroom...

Gamashie Homowo: The hidden meaning behind ‘Ye Yee Ye’ Twin Festival [Videos]

The historic streets of Ga Mashie in Accra erupted into a sea of white and vibrant cultural display as the annual 'Ye Yee Ye'...

Vice President Naana Jane recounts shock and disbelief after helicopter crash tragedy

Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has opened up about the emotional trauma she experienced following the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of...

WAEC releases 2026 BECE results for Private Candidates ; nine withheld

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for...

NACP Programme Manager urges Ghanaians at high risk of HIV to consider Lenacapavir for prevention

The Programme Manager of Ghana's National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP), Dr. Emmanuel A. A. Teviu, has encouraged Ghanaians who are HIV-negative but at substantial...

Car dealer shot dead, wife critically injured in attack at Tuba Beach Drive Estate

A 50-year-old car dealer has been shot dead, while his wife is in critical condition after unidentified gunmen attacked the couple outside their home...

Chief Imam urges youth to shun drugs as Osman Ayariga seeks blessings for National Youth Conference

The National Chief Imam of Ghana, His Eminence Sheikh Dr Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has urged young people to stay away from drug abuse and...

National Chief Imam backs NYA’s National Youth Conference

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has thrown his support behind the upcoming National Youth Conference being organised by the National Youth...

Osman Ayariga seeks National Chief Imam’s blessing for National Youth Conference

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Osman Ayariga, has visited the National Chief Imam to seek his prayers and blessings...

NYA CEO Osman Ayariga briefs National Chief Imam on National Youth Conference

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Osman Ayariga, has paid a courtesy call on the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman...

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang urges NDC to focus on governance, not 2028 flagbearer race

Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has cautioned members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against engaging in early discussions about the party's next...

Upper West: Two notorious thieves jailed 22 years

The Upper West Regional Police Command has secured a combined 22-year prison sentence for two convicted thieves in separate stealing-related cases in the region. The...

Vice President lauds outgoing Brazilian Ambassador’s contribution to Ghana-Brazil partnership

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has commended the outgoing Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Ghana, Mariana Gonçalves Madeira, for her...

GenCED urges respect for women in leadership after NPP petition incident

The Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED) has called on political leaders to uphold respect for women in leadership following the exchange between Minority...

We can’t continue like this – Somanya residents cry over weeks-long water crisis

Residents of Agavenya, the Mount Mary College of Education community, Takper and other surrounding areas in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality have petitioned...

Meet Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, Mahama’s new Defence Minister nominee

President John Mahama has reassigned the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, as substantive Minister for Defence. This was revealed...

James Agalga appointed Majority Leader as Mahama reshuffles ministers

Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga, has been appointed as the new Majority Leader in Parliament following President John Dramani Mahama's ministerial...

“He could have easily killed her” – Father recounts daughter’s alleged ordeal with Obuasi SHTS headmaster [Audio]

The father of a student of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), John Kwaku Bobena, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP),...

YEA CEO presents start-up equipment to over 2,000 artisans in Western North

The Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Malik Basintale, has presented start-up equipment to more than 2,000 trained artisans in the...

One year after helicopter crash: Mahama names new Defence Minister

President John Dramani Mahama has reassigned Kenneth Gilbert Adjei from the Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources to the Ministry of Defence. The move...

Pampaso Sub-Traditional Council invokes curses on Kumasi Mayor, others over alleged land takeover

The Pampaso Sub-Traditional Council in Kumasi has invoked curses on the Kumasi Mayor, Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi, Ashanti Regional Police Commander DCOP Arthur Osei...

Obuasi SHTS: Father says daughter reported rape by headmaster [Listen]

The father of a student of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), John Kwaku Bobena, has alleged that his daughter was forced into sexual...

Delayed construction projects creating air pollution and health risks for people across the country

Life for residents and workers along the Adentan–Dodowa Road was upended in 2024. A routine upgrade scheduled to take three long years has left...

Mahama appoints Zanetor, Mahama Ayariga as new Ministers, reassigns others

President John Dramani Mahama has announced changes to his ministerial team, nominating two Members of Parliament for ministerial positions and reassigning two serving ministers...

‘Our forests are breathing again because of late Murtala Mohammed’ – Lands Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Acting Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has described the repeal of...

TENET commissions 200-seater community centre at Mamakura in Oti Region

Residents of Mamakura, a farming community in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region, have welcomed the commissioning of a new 200-capacity community...

Walewale: Midwife delivers baby on tricycle during emergency referral

A midwife at the Yaama CHPS Compound in the Walewale Municipality of the North East Region has been praised for helping to save the...

Truck carrying marble catches fire on Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway

A DAF truck transporting marble stones caught fire at Ayensudo, near Aroma International School, along the Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway on Wednesday, August 5. According to...

Gov’t to probe 2026 BECE results after GNACOPS’ petition

The government has assured the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) that it will investigate concerns surrounding the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination...

Nine suspects arrested in connection with Fiapre Zongo robbery

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested nine suspects in connection with an alleged robbery attack that claimed one life at Fiapre-Zongo in the...

Demolition of illegal structures along Kpeshie Lagoon to begin in 21 days – Minister

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Ocloo, has announced that the government will begin demolishing illegal structures encroaching on the Kpeshie Lagoon within the...

Obuasi SHTS: I was angry, almost in tears after hearing students’ accounts – Alumni

An old student of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Kwabena Egyiri, says he was deeply disturbed and almost broke down after hearing allegations...