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Mahama visits Akosombo substation, commends VRA’s response to fire incident

President John Dramani Mahama has commended the Volta River Authority (VRA) for its swift response to the recent fire outbreak at the Akosombo control...

Exam malpractice more dangerous than galamsey – Ahafo Catholic Schools Manager

The Ahafo Regional Manager of Catholic Schools, Boakye Baafi Williams, has described examination malpractice as more dangerous to Ghana’s future than illegal mining, popularly...

Kasoa Mother and Child hospital: Titus Glover calls for interdiction of medical doctor and midwife

Former Greater Accra Regional Minister and Tema East MP, Titus Glover, has called for the immediate interdiction of health professionals on duty during the...

Jomoro MP engages US investors to boost jobs and tourism

The Member of Parliament for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has engaged investors from the United States as part of efforts to create jobs for the...

Child Rights Int’l backs Adom Brands News Head’s call for specialised child courts

Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has backed calls for the establishment of specialised courts to handle child abuse cases in Ghana. The...

Kasoa death: They told me to buy malt while my daughter was dying – Heartbroken mother [Audio]

A grieving mother, Mrs Ansong, has given a heartbreaking account of the final moments of her daughter, Abigail Opoku, who died at the Kasoa...

Ho Central MP distributes 3,500 mathematical sets to BECE candidates

The Member of Parliament for Ho Central Constituency, Edem Kofi Kpotosu, has donated 3,500 mathematical sets to 3,232 candidates in the Ho Municipality ahead...

AMA suspends trading activities on May 2 over sanitation exercise

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced a temporary suspension of all trading activities across parts of the city as it prepares to hold...

A nurse shouted at me instead of helping her — Mother breaks down over death of pregnant daughter at Kasoa [Listen]

A grieving mother, Mrs Ansong, has broken down in tears as she recounted the painful circumstances surrounding the death of her 27-year-old daughter, Abigail...

Sefwi Wiawso passport office records 1,700 applications in under four months

Illegal mining activities in the Suaman District of the Western North Region are causing severe destruction to major river bodies, prompting calls for swift...

Galamsey destroys rivers in Suaman as group demands urgent action

Illegal mining activities in the Suaman District of the Western North Region are causing severe destruction to major river bodies, prompting calls for swift...

Attitude must change — Titus Beyuo on healthcare concerns

Member of Parliament for Lambussie and Board Chairman of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Titus Beyuo, has called for a change in the conduct of...

Adu-Boahene trial: I was given pre-signed cheques to move huge sums – Witness tells court

The third prosecution witness in the trial of former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene has detailed how she carried out large cash...

Jacobu Police arrest 10 illegal miners operating under high-tension lines

Ten suspected illegal miners have been arrested by police at Jacobu in the Ashanti Region for carrying out mining activities directly under high-voltage electricity...

“No one should die this way” — Prof. Titus Beyuo on Kasoa maternal death tragedy

Member of Parliament for Lambussie and Board Chairman of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Titus Beyuo, has described the death of a pregnant woman and...

I was sacked from the ward, so I had to communicate with her on phone – Sister of deceased pregnant woman at Kasoa

Fresh details have emerged in the death of Abigail Opoku, the pregnant woman who died at the Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital, as her...

NDC lacks understanding to fix dumsor crisis – Miracles Aboagye

An aide to former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticised the government’s handling of the ongoing power challenges, accusing the ruling...

Be agents of change, not just title holders – NYA CEO urges youth

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority, Osman Ayariga, has called on young people across the country to rise above complacency and...

MCE for Awutu Senya East calls for management shake-up at Kasoa Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital

The Municipal Chief Executive for Awutu Senya East, Seth Banini, has acknowledged lapses in professional standards at the Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital following...

Those responsible must be punished — Awutu Senya East MCE on Kasoa maternal death

The Municipal Chief Executive for Awutu Senya East, Seth Banini, has called for a thorough investigation into the tragic death of a pregnant woman...

Tampuli donates motorbikes, maths sets to support GES, GHS in Gushegu

The Member of Parliament for Gushegu, Alhassan Tampuli, has donated motorbikes and mathematical sets to the Municipal Directorates of the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

We need specialised court for medical negligence – Hamza Suhuyini

A lawyer and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communications team, Hamza Sayibu Suhuyini, has called for the establishment of specialised courts to...

Unemployed graduate returns GH₵4,000 found at Oyarifa Fidelity Bank ATM

Staff at the Oyarifa branch of Fidelity Bank in Accra were taken aback on Monday, April 27, 2026, when an unemployed graduate returned a...

GES holds sensitisation meeting on exam malpractice in Ahafo Region

The Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Ahafo Region has organised a stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting to tackle examination malpractice, which remains a major concern...

My wife was sent to buy medicine while our daughter lay dead — Father of pregnant woman who died at Kasoa

A grieving father, Sampson Ansong, has recounted the painful moments leading to the death of his pregnant daughter, Abigail Opoku, at the Kasoa Mother...

Father of pregnant woman who died at Kasoa Mother and Child recounts final hours [Audio]

The father of a pregnant woman who died at the Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital has shared a detailed account of the events leading...

Security Analyst warns military presence alone cannot resolve Bawku conflict

Security analyst Paul Boateng has cautioned that increasing military presence in Bawku and surrounding communities will not provide a lasting solution to the protracted...

Church of Pentecost Elder arrested over alleged galamsey at Akyem Morso

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has arrested a man identified as David Bobie Peter, said to be an elder of The Church...

Court premises declared crime scene as Judicial Service relocates Sunyani Circuit, Magistrate Courts

The Judicial Service has relocated the Circuit Court ‘A’ and District Magistrate Court ‘B’ in Sunyani to the Sunyani High Court premises following a...

Court throws out prosecution witness statements in Buffer Stock trial

The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has struck out two witness statements filed by the prosecution in the ongoing trial of...

Auditor General recovers GH¢57.2m unearned salaries, supervisors to be surcharged

A total of GH¢57.2 million in unearned salaries has been recovered from public sector workers who remained on the government payroll despite being absent...

Lightwave secures substituted service in defamation suit against Health Minister

Lightwave Health Care Solutions Limited has secured a High Court order permitting substituted service on the Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, in an...

Minority makes demands amid condemnation of Kofi Jumah’s arrest

The Minority in Parliament has criticised the arrest and continued detention of Maxwell Kofi Jumah, describing the move as politically motivated and aimed at...

Ghana Health Service probes death of pregnant woman at Kasoa

The Central Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has launched an investigation into a reported maternal death at the Kasoa Mother and...

Five-year-old battles life-threatening brain condition as family seeks GH₵53k for urgent surgery

A deeply distressing medical case involving five-year-old Miguel Ntsiful has come to light, with urgent calls for support as he battles a severe brain...

Manso Kaniago miners protest extortion by ‘fake’ security operatives

Small-scale miners at Manso Kaniago in the Amansie South District have accused some “unauthorised” security personnel of using the name of the National Anti-Illegal...

Supreme Court dismisses Wesley Girls’ objection to suit on alleged religious discrimination, case to proceed

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Wesley Girls’ High School seeking to strike out a constitutional suit challenging some of the school’s...

Body of drowned 20-year-old water tanker attendant retrieved from quarry pit at Mpobi

The body of a 20-year-old water tanker attendant who drowned in a water-filled quarry pit in the Afigya Kwabre South District has been retrieved. The...

GNAT kicks against 7,000 teacher recruitment, demands increase

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the government’s decision to recruit only 7,000 teachers, despite over 10,000 trained...

NAS gives Ministry of Defence technical advice on GAF ambulance procurement

In a move to ensure transparency and value for money, a high-level delegation from the National Ambulance Service has briefed the Ministry of Defence...