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Kpandai District Assembly disburses GH¢163,000, tricycles to 147 Persons with Disabilities

The Kpandai District Assembly has disbursed GH¢163,000 and distributed three tricycles to 147 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) as part of efforts to improve livelihoods...

Andy Appiah Kubi files motion to withdraw from Samreboi illegal mining case

Counsel for Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi has filed a motion to withdraw...

Seeking plea bargain does not amount to admission of guilt – Wontumi’s lawyer

Counsel for Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has rejected suggestions that his client’s request for...

I am not bound by Presidential directives – Speaker Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has reiterated that he is not obligated to follow directives from the President, stressing that his primary allegiance is...

Energy Minister receives Akosombo Substation fire report, commends investigative committee

Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, has received the final report of the committee established to investigate the fire outbreak...

Dredge Masters intensifies desilting of Accra’s storm drains

Following the three-day anti-flood clean-up operation launched by Zoomlion Ghana Limited and its partners, Dredge Masters Limited on Thursday, June 11, deployed specialised equipment...

NACOC, GSA begin scientific testing of seized drugs ahead of court-ordered destruction

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has commenced scientific examination of narcotic exhibits earmarked for destruction as...

Tension rises in Ofoase-Ayirebi as NPP holds coordinator elections despite court injunction

Tension is mounting in the Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency of the Eastern Region after executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) allegedly proceeded with Electoral Area...

High-profile criminal cases should be televised – Andy Appiah Kubi

Lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi, counsel for Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has called for high-profile criminal cases to...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing cocoa beans at Akyem Asuboa

The Akim Oda Police Division in the Eastern Region has arrested one suspect in connection with the alleged theft of cocoa beans from a...

DVLA rejects 4,896 Ghana driver licence applicants over failed eye examinations in 2025

More than 4,000 driver's licence applicants were denied licences in 2025 after failing mandatory eye examinations conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority...

STAR-Ghana Foundation advocates volunteerism as pillar of national development

STAR-Ghana Foundation has renewed calls for volunteerism to be placed at the centre of Ghana’s national development agenda, describing it as a sustainable tool...

Traffic light components in front of police headquarters in Accra stolen by thieves – Roads Minister tells Parliament

One of the major problems facing the roads sector, especially with malfunctioning traffic lights across the country, is vandalism, the Minister of Roads, Governs...

Concerned Drivers Association demands probe into fuel price increases

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) has raised concerns over what it describes as unauthorised increases in fuel prices at some filling stations...

GIS warns of abuses in the implementation of the ECOWAS free movement protocol

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has raised concerns over rising abuses of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol by ECOWAS Community citizens, warning that irregular...

GNFS rescues two in Nkawkaw gas tanker crash, prevents potential explosion

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has rescued two injured persons following a road traffic accident involving a gas tanker at Apesika near Nkawkaw...

Education Minister assures Free SHS suppliers of payment within one week

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has assured members of the National Association of Institutional Suppliers (NAIS) that government will take steps to settle outstanding payments...

Weija flooding: Don’t they see people building on waterways? – GWL questions assemblies [Audio]

The Director of Communications at Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Stanley Martey, says the continuous construction of buildings on waterways is worsening flooding in parts...

Akosombo Substation fire not a sabotage, caused by insulation failure – Investigation Committee

The committee set up to investigate the fire outbreak at the Akosombo Substation has concluded that the incident was caused by insulation failure resulting...

UK police hunt Nigerian man after escaping from police van

The public is being urged to be on the look out for a prisoner who escaped from a van while being transported from court...

NAIMOS gets new Director of Operations

Colonel K.S. Appiah has taken office as the new Director of Operations at the National Anti-illlegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS), taking over from Colonel...

Ablekuma North Assembly patches flood-damaged Dansoman Junction road, awaits funding for permanent fix

The Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly has begun temporary repair works on a flood-damaged stretch of road at Dansoman Junction, filling potholes with sand and...

Akufo-Addo failed Ashanti Region on Afari Hospital project – Akwatia MP

Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has accused the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration of failing the people of the Ashanti...

Ambulance Service trains KNUST Pharm D students in life-saving emergency care skills

The National Ambulance Service (NAS), Ashanti Region, has trained final-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...

Non-tariff barriers adding up to 20% to cost of trade in West Africa – Trade Minister

Ghana’s Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has described non-tariff barriers as the most persistent obstacle to regional trade in West Africa,...

GWCL inaugurates G-Water Bottling board to drive growth and expand market reach

Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has inaugurated the Board of Directors of G-Water Bottling Limited, charging members to transform the subsidiary into one of...

Investigation uncovers irregularities in US$150 million World Bank fish farming project in Talensi

An investigation conducted by journalist Moses Apiah has uncovered discrepancies in the implementation of a livelihood project funded under the Gulf of Guinea Northern...

Wontumi seeks plea deal in GH¢30m Exim Bank fraud trial — AG notifies High Court

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has formally requested a plea negotiation with...

2 rescued alive after road crash on Kpeve–Peki highway

Two people were rescued alive following a road traffic accident on the Kpeve–Peki stretch in the Volta Region, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)...

Accept sentence, rebuild your life – Vanderpuye to Sedina Tamakloe

The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has urged former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu to...

Major KNUST roads flooded, students stranded as academic activities disrupted

Heavy flooding on major roads within the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus disrupted movement and academic activities on Thursday morning. The...

Mahama will not intervene in Sedina Tamakloe’s case – Vanderpuye

President John Dramani Mahama will not intervene to secure a pardon for extradited former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, National Coordinator of the...

Greater Accra REGSEC lists flood-prone areas as GMet forecasts 100–150mm rainfall in June

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has identified several flood-prone communities across the region for heightened monitoring and intervention following forecasts of increased...

Family of Apostle Kwadwo Safo briefs Speaker on funeral arrangements

The family of the late Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo, led by the head of the Kantanka family, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, has officially informed the...

We spend money that can build 6 classroom blocks every year on sensitisation – GWL [Audio]

The Director of Communications at Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Stanley Martey, says the amount of money spent annually on public sensitisation and announcements about...

Mason remanded by Assin Fosu court over alleged robbery attack on farmer

A 40-year-old mason has been remanded into police custody for one week by a district court in Assin Fosu over his alleged involvement in...

Secondary Education Reforms Programme raising educational standards in Ahafo – GES Director

The Ahafo Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Abraham Fletcher, has lauded the Secondary Education Reforms Programme implemented by the Mastercard Foundation...

People are building on river buffers – GWL on Weija floods [Audio]

The Director of Communications at Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Stanley Martey, has attributed the flooding in parts of Weija to human activities along river...

Cracks appear on asphalt surface on Tema Motorway Interchange

Motorists and commuters using the Tema Motorway Interchange have expressed concern following the emergence of cracks on sections of the recently asphalted road surface...

Flooding not from dam spillage – GWL sets record straight on Weija situation [Audio]

Hundreds of homes in parts of Weija in Accra have been submerged following a controlled spillage of the Weija Dam, leaving many residents stranded...