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Ayitey Powers takes ‘spiritual’ bath in sea after release (Watch)

Former Ghanaian boxer Michael Nii Ayitey Okai, popularly known as Ayitey Powers, has undergone a spiritual cleansing following his release from police custody. The exercise...

REGSEC closes Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHSs after violent reprisal attacks

The Eastern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has directed the closure of Okuapeman Senior High School (OKUASS) and Mount Sinai Senior High School in the...

‘Protect us or we’ll protect ourselves’ – A-Plus warns government over deadly Gomoa clashes

Gomoa Central Member of Parliament Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has warned that residents of Gomoa could take collective action if the...

Court adjourns case of Labone robbery suspect (Video)

The case involving alleged Labone robbery suspect Augustine Ogechukwu Maazi has been adjourned to September 16, 2026, for the prosecution to file its disclosures. Maazi,...

Military to prevent illegal dumping and squatting at cleared Jamestown site

The government plans to deploy the military to secure the Jamestown Transfer Station after the accumulated waste at the site is evacuated, Minister for Local Government,...

Six injured in violent clash between Okuapeman, Mount Sinai SHS students

Six students of Okuapeman Senior High School (SHS) have sustained injuries following reprisal attacks involving students of Okuapeman SHS and Mount Sinai Senior High...

Asutifi North MP supports 150 commercial drivers, riders with DVLA registration

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, has supported 150 commercial drivers and riders to complete their...

Central Regional Minister visits victims of New Winneba attack

The Central Regional Minister has visited the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital to check on residents who sustained injuries during an attack in the...

CID boss confirms arrest of 68, seizure of over 800 devices in INTERPOL cybercrime operation

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 68 suspects and confiscated 835 digital devices in a coordinated operation with Interpol as part of efforts to...

Ghana Water MD admits ‘smart’ meters installed since 2017 still not fully activated

Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited, Adam Mutawakilu, has admitted that the company has been using smart meters since 2017 without fully activating their...

Ghana Water loses nearly half of daily supply to theft and leakages – Adam Mutawakilu

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Water Limited, Adam Mutawakilu, has disclosed that the company is unable to account for nearly...

HEFRA probes death of 31-year-old woman after C-section at Ridge Hospital

The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HEFRA) has commenced investigations into the death of a 31-year-old woman following a caesarean section at the Greater Accra...

13 reported dead, others injured in accident on Sege-Ada highway

At least 13 people have been killed in a fatal road crash involving a Ford Transit and a Toyota Hiace on the Sege-Ada Highway. The...

Dr Bawumia takes a stand against corruption

Former Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has taken a stand against corruption, warning that it diverts...

KMA announces temporary ban on new billboards

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has suspended the erection of new billboards across the Kumasi metropolis until further notice. The Assembly said the directive forms...

Ho Central MP donates office equipment to Ambulance Service

The Member of Parliament for Ho Central, Edem Kofi Kpotosu, has donated essential office equipment to the Ghana National Ambulance Service in the constituency...

Firefighters rescue 68 after accident involving 2 buses on Kumasi-Accra Highway

Sixty-eight people have been injured after two Granbird buses collided at Duapompo on the Kumasi-Accra Highway. The accident occurred at about 10:31 p.m. on Sunday,...

Ahmed Ibrahim describes ministerial reassignment as ‘divine intervention’

Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Ahmed Ibrahim, has described his reassignment from the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs as...

Afenyo-Markin calls for swift arrests over deadly New Winneba violence

Minority Leader and Effutu Member of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the police and other security agencies to swiftly investigate the deadly violence...

Beans seller recounts how she narrowly escaped New Winneba attack

A beans seller at New Ateitu near New Winneba in the Central Region, Rebecca Kukua, has recounted how she narrowly escaped an attack that...

Ga Central residents protest over perennial flooding, demand urgent drainage works

Residents of the Ga Central Municipality have taken to the streets to protest the recurring flooding that has affected communities in the area over...

Baba Sadiq arrives in Abuja to begin duty as Ghana’s High Commissioner-designate to Nigeria

Ghanaian media personality and politician Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abu has arrived in Abuja to begin his national assignment as Ghana’s High Commissioner-designate to the...

Ghana Muslim Mission chairman cautions religious leaders against provocative preaching

The National Chairman of the Ghana Muslim Mission, Dr Sheikh Amin Bonsu, has called on religious leaders to discourage provocative preaching that could inflame...

Honour promise to pay locked-up funds – Defunct Gold Coast customers tell Mahama

Aggrieved customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund Management have appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to honour his campaign commitment to settle their...

NSMQ 2026: Bright SHS makes history as first private school to reach semi-finals

Bright SHS has made history as the first private school to reach the semi-finals of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), completing a...

NSMQ 2026: Achimota School shatters Adisadel’s semi-final hopes to book penultimate spot

Adisadel College’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) ended in heartbreak after a promising start quickly...

Kumasi gears up for Otumfuo’s royal return on September 3

His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, is expected to return to Kumasi on Thursday, September 3, 2026, following an important trip to the...

Hotel Manager convicted for accumulating refuse behind hotel premises

The Hohoe Magistrate Court has convicted Dzikum Justice, Manager of Johnvic Memorial Hotel Ltd., for accumulating refuse behind the hotel premises.  The offence, the court says, is contrary to...

Man accused of threatening EOCO staff granted GH¢100K bail 

An Accra Circuit Court has granted Kweku Osei Korankye Asiedu, also known as Koka, a marketer, bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties, who must reside within...

Unemployed graduates with disabilities threaten fresh picketing over jobs

A coalition of unemployed graduates with disabilities has threatened to resume picketing after September 15 if the government fails to present a clear and...

Truck crashes into three cars near Tema Harbour

A horrific accident has occurred on the Tema New Town Fishing Harbour Road, involving a trailer and a taxi with registration number WR 2698-18. The...

‘Online pastor’ romance scam cases to be consolidated and moved to High Court

The Attorney-General’s Department has initiated steps to consolidate two separate cases against Nana Yaw Bonsu Kwarteng, the self-styled online pastor accused of defrauding women...

Effutu MCE, Gomoa Central DCE appeal for calm after deadly New Winneba attack

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Effutu, Rev. Arthur Mensah, and the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa Central, Hackman Aidoo, have appealed for...

Air pollution sickens traders at Tema station in Korle Klottey

Traders operating at the Tema Lorry Station in the Korle Klottey Municipality have raised concerns over prolonged exposure to vehicle smoke, as health and...

Seven suspects arrested over deadly New Winneba attack

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested seven suspects in connection with the violent attack at New Winneba in the Central Region on Tuesday,...

Kaneshie traders fear loss of livelihood as GARID project forces six-month relocation

Some traders at the Kaneshie Market in Accra say they are worried about losing their source of livelihood as construction works under the Greater...

Asiedu Nketia dismisses NPP’s GoldBod criticism as political distraction

National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has rejected criticisms of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) by the New...

KNUST study reveals sea defence system shifting tidal impacts to other Keta communities

A three-year study by researchers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has revealed worsening coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion and growing...

Asantehene, wife visit Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and his wife, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, have visited the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., as...

A-Plus calls for IGP intervention after New Winneba clash, urges calm

Gomoa Central Member of Parliament, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to intervene in the...