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National School Indiscipline Conference ends with call for coordinated action

The two-day National Conference on Stemming the Growing Indiscipline in Schools in an Emerging World has ended with a call for coordinated national action...

We will not be misled by the ‘brofo’ -VALCO workers reject intimidation claims over proposed strategic investor deal

The Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) Local Union has accused the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, of attempting to...

Oprah Winfrey to close her school for girls in South Africa

US talk-show host Oprah Winfrey says the school for girls that she launched in South Africa nearly 20 years will close next year. At the...

Government unveils support package for children of officials killed in helicopter crash

The government has presented support packages to the children of the eight state officials who died in the August 6 helicopter crash, as part...

Accra Mall accident: All children alive but some critically injured

There is a glimmer of hope following the horrific crash on the Accra Mall–Dzorwulu highway, as all 11 children involved in the accident have...

Attorney-General files motion to halt Sedina Tamakloe’s acquittal

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has filed a motion at the Court of Appeal for a stay of execution to...

Sedinam Tamakloe-Attionu’s acquittal confirms NDC protects its own – Minority

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has described the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit and discharge former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and...

Gov’t accepts recommendation for presidential election to be held in November

The government has accepted a recommendation to move Ghana’s presidential election to the first week of November, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr...

REGSEC impounds nine excavators in Obuasi anti-galamsey crackdown

The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has intensified its fight against illegal mining, impounding nine excavators during a recent operation at the Airport Community...

Parents urged to get involved in SHS placement process as Nightingale Educational Complex marks 20th anniversary

Parents and guardians of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates have been urged to actively participate in the Senior High School placement and school...

Government urged to prioritise environment and sanitation in national development agenda

The Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa South has criticised the government for failing to give adequate attention to environmental sustainability, climate change and sanitation...

Bagbin assures Chief Imam anti-LGBTQ+ Bill will be passed before recess

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has given strong assurances that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill will be reconsidered and...

Government backs constitutional amendment to expand voting rights in political party primaries

The government has accepted a recommendation to amend the 1992 Constitution to guarantee equal voting rights for all members in good standing of registered...

Court of Appeal erred in acquitting Sedina Tamakloe – Former Deputy Attorney General

Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has criticised the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit and discharge former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC)...

USTED Pro Vice-Chancellor praises government’s sustained investment in TVET education

The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (USTED), Professor Isaac Boateng, has commended successive governments for their sustained investment...

Universities must produce innovators, not just job seekers – Asiedu Nketia

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has called for increased investment in graduate education, scientific research and innovation, describing...

400 police officers deployed to Yendi over enskinment of the Kpampayaa Naa

Deputy Northern Regional Crime Officer, ASP Richard Akumey, has confirmed that 400 police personnel have been deployed in Yendi to provide full security coverage...

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s acquittal: Government not responsible for ruling – Kwakye Ofosu

The Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has rejected claims that the government bears responsibility for the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit...

Ampeyo Gyasehene urges peaceful resolution of Fotor Yeye boundary dispute

Nana Kwaku Ware, Gyasehene of the Ampeyo Traditional Area in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region, has appealed to the Ghana Boundary Commission...

Gov’t accepts five-year presidential term, age limit cut to 35

The government has accepted a key recommendation of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) to extend the tenure of the President and Parliament from four...

Gov’t backs constitutional amendment to allow dual citizens contest parliamentary elections

The government has accepted a proposal to amend the 1992 Constitution to allow Ghanaian citizens by birth with dual nationality to contest parliamentary elections...

Convicted, Extradited, Acquitted: Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s 78-count case in one timeline

She was flown home in handcuffs, two years after her conviction, to serve 10 years for allegedly stealing millions in public money, money meant...

Africa’s environmental future depends on empowering girls in STEM – Gabriel Nii Kommey Adams

Africa’s ability to address its growing environmental challenges will depend significantly on empowering girls and young women to participate in science, technology, engineering and...

Gov’t endorses Supreme Court cap, fixed tenure for Chief Justice

The government has accepted recommendations to place a constitutional limit on the size of the Supreme Court and introduce a fixed term of office...

Gov’t backs separation of Attorney-General and Justice Ministry under proposed reforms

The government has accepted a major constitutional reform proposal to separate the Office of the Attorney-General from the Ministry of Justice, ending the current...

NPP demands withdrawal of cases against former appointees after Sedina Tamakloe acquittal

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the Attorney-General to discontinue all criminal cases involving former appointees of the previous Akufo-Addo administration, following...

Gov’t accepts recommendation to abolish death penalty

The government has accepted the Constitutional Review Committee’s recommendation to abolish the death penalty, paving the way for life imprisonment to replace capital punishment...

Proposed five-year presidential term will not apply to Mahama – Felix Kwakye Ofosu

The Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has clarified that the government's proposed constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term from four years...

Tipper truck crashes into school bus on Dzorwulu–Accra Mall stretch

A loaded tipper truck has crashed into a Benz Sprinter school bus carrying about 11 lower primary pupils on the Dzorwulu–Accra Mall stretch on...

Immigration Service arrests 102 foreigners; rescues 85 in cyber fraud and trafficking raid

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has dismantled a suspected cyber fraud syndicate in Dawhenya, rescuing 85 victims of human trafficking and arresting 17 foreign...

Korle Bu, KATH and others receive 100 wheelchairs from Premier Insurance

Premier Insurance Company has donated 100 wheelchairs to five major public hospitals across Ghana as part of efforts to strengthen emergency healthcare delivery and...

Cables stolen at Oforikrom court as operationalisation delays

Cables used for wiring the Oforikrom District Court in the Ashanti Region have been stolen by unknown persons, delaying efforts to operationalise the facility. The...

NYA CEO Osman Ayariga announces nationwide Youth Clean-Up Exercise Festival on August 1

The National Youth Authority (NYA) has announced that it will hold the National Youth Clean-Up Exercise Festival simultaneously in all district capitals across Ghana...

We suspect our father’s body is not in the casket; Adwoa Safo may be tricking us – Kantanka family secretary [Video]

The Secretary to the Kantanka Family, Dr. Phillip Siaw Kissi, says the family will continue to rely on the courts to resolve the ongoing...

Brafie Inc. bridges continents with compassion, calls for global support to expand impact

A Ghanaian-led diaspora initiative is quietly transforming lives on both sides of the Atlantic, combining philanthropy, cultural preservation and community development in a model...

‘We won’t disrupt the funeral but…’ – Safo family reacts to Adwoa Safo’s event

The family of the late Apostle Prof. Emeritus Ing. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka has expressed disappointment over the ongoing funeral arrangements being organised by former...

Jospong Group invests in future as 118 AAC-RUDN scholars return from Russia to boost food security

Dr. Mrs. Adelaide Araba Siaw Agyepong, CEO of the African Agribusiness Consortium (AAC) and Executive Director of the Jospong Group of Companies, on Thursday...

DVLA CEO cuts sod for construction of office at Bechem

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, has cut sod for the construction of a...

Parliamentary Committee commends YEA for strong mid-year performance

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has received commendation from Parliament’s Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions Committee for its performance and progress in implementing programmes...

Supreme Court ruling on delegate system socially discriminatory – Local Gov’t Minister

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has expressed concerns that the Supreme Court’s decision to abolish the political party...