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TikToker “Bawumia Ba” arrested again over alleged offensive conduct

The Ghana Police Service has re-arrested 26-year-old TikToker Mahama Aminat, popularly known as “Bawumia Ba,” over an alleged case of offensive conduct. The social media...

Akyem Sagyimase Queen Mother launches foundation to empower youth, women and vulnerable groups

Nana Afia Ofosua Danquah I, Queen Mother of Akyem Sagyimase and Okyeman Nifaaman Baamuhemaa, has officially launched the Nana Afia Ofosua Foundation, an initiative...

500 unauthorised wooden structures demolished at Bayakasua slum

About 500 unauthorised wooden structures have been demolished at the Bayakasua slum behind the COCOBOD building in Kumasi during a major enforcement exercise by...

Samreboi case: I’m ready to join the appeal if invited – Appiah-Kubi on Wontumi’s 20-year sentence

Lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi says he is ready to return to the legal team of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, should he...

Unidentified man found dead at Jamestown

Residents of James Town in Accra are calling on the appropriate authorities to urgently remove the body of an unidentified person discovered opposite Accra...

Wontumi can appeal, seek bail after 20-year sentence – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu says Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has several legal options available following his conviction and 20-year prison...

I will advise Chairman Wontumi to appeal 20-year jail sentence – Appiah-Kubi

Private legal practitioner, Andy Appiah-Kubi has advised the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman...

Today is a sad day, judiciary must bow its head in shame – Appiah-Kubi on Wontumi’s jail term

Lawyer and former Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Andy Appiah-Kubi, has described the conviction and 20-year jail sentence handed to New Patriotic...

Ghana is working – Kpebu reacts to Wontumi’s 20 year jail term

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has welcomed the conviction and 20-year prison sentence handed to Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, describing it...

Wontumi should have received 25-year maximum sentence – Ken Ashigbey

Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has said he would have preferred the Accra High  Court to impose the maximum custodial...

COCOBOD CEO calls for united African front to increase cocoa value and farmer earnings

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Ransford Abbey, has called on Africa's leading cocoa-producing countries to unite in boosting local...

Wontumi’s conviction: NPP leadership holds emergency meeting

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is holding an emergency meeting to review the court judgment delivered in the case involving the...

Five suspected armed robbers, landguards arrested at Sapeiman

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested five suspected members of a criminal syndicate believed to be involved in a series of armed robbery...

Young man found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kwadaso

The family of a nurse trainee, Vincent Amo Amponsah, is demanding answers after he was found dead at his residence in Kwadaso in the...

Foreign Affairs Ministry presents first batch of free replacement passports to Accra flood victims

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has presented the first batch of free replacement passports to victims who lost or had their travel documents damaged...

Fuel tanker catches fire near Kpone Barrier after crash

A fuel tanker has caught fire near the Kpone Barrier on the Tema-Aflao Road after reportedly overturning, leaving the driver and his mate feared...

Arrests over false publications risk reviving criminal libel – Sulemana Braimah

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has warned that Ghana risks reintroducing the repealed criminal libel law "through...

Ghanaians react to Chairman Wontumi’s 20-year jail sentence

Social media has been flooded with reactions following reports that Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as...

Hundreds storm Manhyia Palace to celebrate fifth Akwasidae with Asantehene and new Asantehemaa

Hundreds of people from across the Ashanti Region and beyond thronged the Manhyia Palace on Sunday to celebrate the Akwasidae Festival with the Asantehene,...

Wontumi Samreboi Case: Full charges under Minerals and Mining Act

The Accra High Court has convicted Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, on all...

Mahama approves TVET Fund to boost technical education

The government has taken a major step toward strengthening technical and vocational education, with President John Dramani Mahama and Cabinet granting in-principle approval for...

GETFund allocates GH¢100m to support free education for persons with special needs

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has allocated GH¢100 million to support the implementation of...

Schools reopen in Yendi after week-long closure over Yaa Naa’s passing

Teaching and learning have resumed across the Yendi Municipality following a week-long closure of schools to allow students, teachers, and residents to mourn the...

Samreboi trial: Wontumi jailed for 20 years

The Accra High Court has sentenced Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20...

CAGG rejects claim that galamsey impunity is over, demands tougher action against illegal miners

The Coalition Against Galamsey Ghana (CAGG) has pushed back against the government’s recent Accountability Series presentation, insisting that the "era of impunity" regarding illegal...

Samreboi trial: Wontumi, Akonta Mining found guilty of illegal mining

The Accra High Court has found Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, guilty in...

40-year-old woman in custody over alleged attempt to bribe police with GH¢300,000

A 40-year-old woman, Theresa Sungbung, has been remanded into police custody by the Damongo Circuit Court after she was arrested for allegedly attempting to...

Supreme Court upholds dismissal of $33.3m arbitral award in Boankra Port dispute

The Supreme Court of Ghana has unanimously dismissed an application by Ashanti Port Services Limited (APSL) seeking to overturn a High Court decision that...

Discipline in schools: A national wake-up call

The recent spate of indiscipline in some of Ghana’s schools has become too serious to ignore. Reports of students vandalising school property, assaulting teachers,...

See the areas that will be affected by ECG’s planned maintenance on July 20-21

The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG) has announced a series of planned and emergency maintenance exercises across five regions, affecting numerous communities as part...

Ghana must act on misinformation crisis before it worsens – Sulemana Braimah

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has criticised Ghana for failing to take decisive action against the growing...

Court dismisses Wontumi’s deferment application, judgment proceeds

The Accra High Court has dismissed an application by lawyers for Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known...

Pru East DCE hands over 1,028 hexagonal tables and chairs to GES to boost early childhood education

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Pru East, Abdul Nassir Dauda, has presented 1,028 hexagonal tables and chairs to the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

Samreboi mining case: Wontumi arrives at court ahead of judgment [Video]

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has arrived at the Accra High Court ahead...

Traditional Medicine Practice Council cracks down on unqualified massage therapists

The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has announced renewed efforts to sanitise Ghana's rapidly expanding massage therapy sector, warning that the increasing number of...

MPC meets as inflation, cedi stability and global risks dominate agenda

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana begins its three-day meeting today to assess developments in the economy over the past...

Wontumi’s fate hangs as court rules on alleged illegal mining case today

The Accra High Court is expected to decide today, July 20, whether to deliver judgment in the alleged illegal mining case involving Ashanti Regional...

Mahama optimistic Ho-Aflao Highway sections will be commissioned within six months

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed optimism that completed sections of the ongoing Ho-Aflao Highway reconstruction project will be commissioned within the next six...

Sky Train trial: Former GIIF boss, Ameyaw Akumfi yet to file defence as deadline approaches

Former Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) Chief Executive Officer Solomon Asamoah and former GIIF Board Chairman Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi are yet to file their...

Minority demands briefing from Foreign Affairs Minister on Ghanaian killed in South Africa

The Minority in Parliament is calling on the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to appear before the House to brief lawmakers on...