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Scammers target ECG customers with fake meter sales and MoMo payment calls

Fraudsters are taking money from electricity customers across the country through fake meter sales and phone calls demanding mobile money (MoMo) payments. The Electricity Company...

We need National Cathedral as a nation; it must be completed – Afenyo-Markin

The Minority in Parliament has restated its belief that the National Cathedral remains an important national project that ought to be finished. At a meeting...

Local Gov’t Minister urges banks to help keep public spaces clean and green

Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Mahama Ayariga has challenged banks to take a more active role in maintaining and beautifying public spaces...

Abuakwa South MP embarks on tour to expose galamsey destruction of Birim River

Abuakwa South MP has raised fresh alarm over the devastating impact of illegal mining on the Birim River, after a working visit revealed that...

Teachers’ strike: You can’t negotiate while holding the other party in handcuffs – Austin Gamey

Labour consultant Austin Gamey has criticised the decision by pre-tertiary teacher unions to maintain their nationwide strike while negotiations with government are ongoing. Speaking on...

Four, including baby injured in multi-vehicle crash at Sofoline flyover

Four people, including a one-and-a-half-year-old baby, have sustained serious injuries following a three-vehicle crash at the Sofoline Interchange flyover in Kumasi. The accident occurred on...

EOCO returns Hanan’s £6,700, GH¢2,750 and devices after defence challenge

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has returned £6,700, GH¢2,750, two laptop computers and at least six mobile phones seized from former Ghana...

Tullow starts selling Jubilee, TEN crude to Ghanaian refineries

Tullow Oil has begun selling crude from its Jubilee, Tweneboa, Enyenra, and Ntomme (TEN) fields to refineries in Ghana, in a move aimed at...

Tamale child deaths: Investigators meet family, community members as probe intensifies

Investigators probing the deaths of three children found in the trunk of a vehicle belonging to an immigration officer have met with family and...

Teachers’ strike: We won’t return to classroom until demands are resolved – NAGRAT

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Jacob Anaba, has said that members of the association will not return to the...

24 years, two national honours: The remarkable journey of Daniel Payne

From the classroom to educational leadership, Daniel Payne’s 24-year journey is a story of service, reinvention, faith and an enduring belief that the work...

Galamsey threatens Ghana’s forest reserves, Atewa could be lost – Afenyo-Markin warns

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has warned that Ghana could lose its forest reserves, including Atewa Forest, if galamsey is not brought under control quickly. He...

“I had aggregate 18 in BECE, I want to become a lawyer” – Viral Adanwomase SHS ‘smallish’ boy

The boy in a viral video from Adanwomase SHS in the Ashanti Region has broken his silence about his age, saying he is 16...

Ghanaian agri-tech platform SankofaFresh puts data to work against post-harvest losses

The start-up, co-founded by a Northeastern University PhD researcher, reports early results with an Accra food manufacturer Ghanaian food-systems platform SankofaFresh is using data...

FWSC CEO proposes regional processing of teacher promotions to speed up payment of arrears

The Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Dr George Smith-Graham, has proposed a regional approach to processing teacher promotions...

150 women empowered with digital skills under African Girls Can Code Initiative, GIFEC targets 500 next year

In a major boost for women's participation in Ghana's digital economy, 150 women from the Ashanti, Bono East and Northern regions have successfully acquired...

IGP decorates 22 police officers newly promoted to DCOP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), has decorated 22 police officers who have...

La Pleasure Beach expected to reopen within three weeks

La Pleasure Beach is expected to reopen within three weeks, following the demolition of structures at the facility, its management has said. The demolition was...

Ghana, India sign MoUs to deepen cooperation in agriculture, healthcare, railways and ICT

Ghana and India have signed several memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening cooperation in key sectors including agriculture, healthcare, railway development, zoological studies...

Afenyo-Markin raises GoldBod losses, galamsey and rule of law concerns at Christian Council meeting

Minority Leader in Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin has raised concerns over Ghana’s economy, governance, illegal mining and the rule of law during an engagement with...

Speeding tipper truck kills 2 basic school students at Ekumfi

Two final-year students of the Ekumfi Obidan-Potwabin Basic School in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region have been killed after being knocked down...

Ibrahim Mahama reaffirms belief in Ghanaian entrepreneurship

Chief Executive Officer and Sole Shareholder of Dzata Cement Limited, Ibrahim Mahama, has challenged Ghanaians to have greater confidence in their ability to establish...

How to spot a toxic partner and when it’s time to walk away

Sometimes, the person you fall in love with is not the person you eventually find yourself living with. At the beginning, everything can feel almost...

Tension at Obuasi Rabb Junction as shop owners resist demolition exercise

Tension has gripped Rabb Junction in the Obuasi East Municipality of the Ashanti Region after owners of container shops resisted a demolition exercise carried...

Breast self-check: A simple way to examine your breasts at home [Video]

Breast self-examination does not require any special equipment. The idea is to become familiar with how your breasts normally look and feel so that...

Obuasi East Assembly orders removal of containers from road reservation

The Obuasi East Municipal Assembly has directed owners of temporary structures and containers at Kwabrafoso-Padmore School to remove them, saying the structures have encroached...

La Pleasure Beach demolition: Affected persons will be compensated – Naa Odoley Sowah

The Deputy Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Naa Odoley Sowah, has revealed that a committee is expected to be set up...

PAC raises alarm over GH¢5.2bn financial irregularities in 2025 audit report

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has expressed concern over financial irregularities totalling GH¢5.2 billion captured in the 2025 audit report, including GH¢4.8 billion in...

GNFS to integrate fire safety education into basic school curriculum

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) and Ulster...

AMA pays GH¢38,656 surgery bill for injured sanitation worker

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has paid GH¢38,656 to cover the full cost of surgery for one of its sanitation workers who was injured...

Drivers call for ban on drinking bars at Lorry stations 

Some drivers in Accra are calling for a ban on drinking bars at lorry stations all over the country. According to them, when a bar...

Dilapidated classroom block poses danger to Berekum school community

Concern is growing over the safety of an abandoned and deteriorating classroom block at the Y. B. Demonstration C Basic School in Berekum, with...

AMA intensifies enforcement to reclaim BRT bus shelters from traders 

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has intensified enforcement activities to evict traders and other commercial operators from Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) shelters across the...

Sissala East MP raises alarm over seven reported deaths from suspected Yellow Fever outbreak

Member of Parliament for Sissala East, Mohammed Issah Bataglia, has expressed concern over reported deaths linked to a Yellow Fever outbreak in parts of...

Wontumi’s team waits for official list as Mahama pardons 863 convicts

The team of businessman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, says it has not been officially told whether he is among the...

Unauthorised billboards a threat to road safety – MP tells AMA

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has been asked to move quickly against unauthorised billboards and signboards lining the capital's major roads, with Parliament warning...

Fake jobs trap: Ghana warns citizens over forced cybercrime in Zambia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Ghanaians about a growing trend of fraudulent employment schemes being used to lure them to Zambia, where...

Autodata Ghana commends gov’t over suspension of pre-shipment inspection for used vehicles

The Chamber of Autodata Ghana has welcomed the government’s decision to suspend the implementation of the pre-shipment inspection exercise for imported used vehicles, describing...

Techiman-Krobo Nursing School principal was ‘saving humanity’ – Health Ministry Spokesperson

The Ministry of Health says the Principal of the Techiman-Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Hellen Dwamena, was justified in taking a firm approach...

Eric Opoku urges Ghanaians to buy locally produced chicken to boost poultry industry

The Food and Agriculture Minister and MP for Asunafo South in the Ahafo Region, Dr. Eric Opoku, has called on the people in the...