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Takoradi: Dawn swoop leads to arrest of suspected drug dealers

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) on Saturday, May 3, stormed a suspected den of drug addicts in Takoradi and arrested some suspects.According to NACOC...

10,000 National Service Personnel to begin military training in August – NSA

The National Service Authority (NSA) will pilot a military training programme for at least 10,000 National Service Personnel beginning August 3, 2025, with plans...

See the areas that will be affected by ECG’s planned maintenance on May 3, 4 & 5

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a series of planned maintenance exercises scheduled for this weekend and the beginning of next week,...

School Feeding Caterers urge Mahama to reverse contract terminations

The School Feeding Caterers Association has called on President John Dramani Mahama to reverse the termination of their contracts. According to the group, the sudden...

Ghanaian student dies under suspicious circumstances at Indian University

A Ghanaian student at Andhra University in India has died under suspicious circumstances, prompting concerns from both university officials and the Ghanaian diplomatic mission. The...

The time to act is now: GJA President urges IGP to end impunity in attacks on Journalists

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has issued a firm and urgent call to the Inspector General of Police...

World Press Freedom Day: Mahama salutes journalists

President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to journalists in Ghana and around the world in a message marking World Press Freedom Day, calling...

Scores mourn with Akumaa Mama Zimbi as she buries mother

Scores of sympathisers, including colleagues from the Multimedia Group Limited (MGL), on Saturday, May 3, 2025, mourned with Adom TV/FM presenter Joyce Akumaa Dongotey...

“No Ghana Card, no NSS” – National Service Authority cracks down on ghost names

The Acting Director General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Felix Gyamfi, has announced sweeping reforms to eliminate ghost names from the authority’s payroll. He...

Four arrested over deadly shooting at Asiyaw

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the fatal shooting incident that left five people dead at Asiyaw,...

Bawumia signs Book of Condolence during visit to Mamponghene’s Palace

Former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Friday morning visited the Mamponghene's Palace in Asante Mampong to commiserate with the chiefs and people of...

Bawumia accuses NDC of abandoning 24-hour economy promise

Former Vice President and 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of abandoning...

Sanitation crisis: Central Regional Minister demands urgent action in KEEA

The Central Regional Minister, Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere, has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Chief Executive to immediately clear a...

Why I will not appeal Adu-Boahene’s remand into EOCO custody – Lawyer [Listen]

Samuel Atta Akyea, the lawyer for embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has declared that he will not appeal...

It’s a clear case of tit for tat – Atta Akyea on Adu-Boahene’s remand into EOCO custody

Legal counsel for Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Samuel Atta Akyea, has taken on the Attorney General over...

President Mahama swears in Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu as Government Statistician

President John Dramani Mahama has officially sworn in Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu as the new Government Statistician, charging him to lead efforts to place credible...

Galamsey: Excavator operator arrested in Pranum Forest Reserve

The Forestry Commission in Akyem Oda, in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region, has arrested an excavator operator, Ahmed Nuhu, for engaging...

Gov’t requests details of Assembly Members ahead of monthly allowance rollout

The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has directed all Regional Ministers and Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to urgently...

Adu-Boahene’s lawyer cuts communication with Attorney-General

Samuel Atta Akyea, the lawyer representing former National Signals Bureau head Kwabena Adu Boahene, has announced he will no longer communicate with Attorney General...

KATH CEO relieved of his duties, gov’t to announce replacement soon

The Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah, has been relieved of his duties and is expected to...

Minister of Energy and Finance engage Karpower on legacy debt

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, and the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, held a crucial meeting with...

School Feeding Coordinator terminates contracts of caterers

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has, with immediate effect, terminated contracts for all caterers nationwide. In a statement dated May 2, 2025, GSFP explained...

Fuel tanker overturns on Accra-Kumasi Highway; disaster narrowly averted

A major catastrophe was narrowly avoided at Neefio on the Accra-Kumasi Highway, thanks to the swift and tactical response of the Suhum Municipal Fire...

Travesty of justice – Adu-Boahene’s lawyer slams AG

Samuel Atta Akyea, legal counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) head Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has condemned his client’s prosecution as a travesty of justice. The...

Savelugu MP raises concerns over free sanitary pads initiative

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Savelugu in the Northern Region, Hajia Fatahiya Abdul Aziz, has raised concerns about the...

Sextortion on the rise: GH¢499,000 lost in 2025 – Cyber Security Authority warns

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has issued a public alert following a sharp rise in financial losses linked to online blackmail and sextortion in...

CLOSAG members in Oti Region demand better conditions of service

Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOSAG) in the Oti Region have voiced serious concerns about their working conditions,...

Goldbod will end up in the hands of galamseyers – Afenyo-Markin

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has raised serious concerns about the government’s Goldbod initiative program, warning that it could ultimately benefit illegal...

National Chairman hasn’t abandoned ‘Thank You’ tour – Justin Kodua

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has clarified that the party’s National Chairman, Stephen Ntim, has not abandoned...

Adu-Boahene remanded into EOCO’s custody for 7 days

An Accra High Court has ordered that the former head of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, whose bail conditions have not been...

Family of one of rescued kidnap victims breaks silence [Listen]

The family of 39-year-old hairdresser and event decorator, Ama Serwaa Konadu, has expressed joy over her safety following her rescue. In an interview on Adom...

Magistrate urges gov’t to fund NCCE for public rights education

Magistrate Samuel Esa-Walker of the Donkorkrom District Court has appealed to the government to provide increased financial support to the National Commission for Civic...

Labour Minister pledges safer workplaces amid tech advancements

Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has reaffirmed the government’s firm commitment to strengthening occupational safety and health (OSH) standards...

What is NPP’s problem? Is CJ their Women’s Organiser? – Nana Yaa Jantuah quizzes [Video]

Presidential staffer, Nana Yaa Jantuah, has launched a scathing attack against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over their planned demonstration following the suspension of...

Manasseh Azure Awuni petitions Mahama over YEA-Zoomlion contract

Earlier this week, I formally petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to discontinue the 19-year-old contract between the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and Zoomlion Ghana...

Current constitutional processes for removing Chief Justice unfair – Sophia Akuffo

Former Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, says the current constitutional processes outlined in Article 146 of the 1992 Constitution for suspending and...

ECG, GRIDCo attribute Thursday’s outage to tipper truck incident

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have attributed a widespread power outage that occurred in parts of...

Nkawkaw SHS in dire need of sickbay to improve student healthcare

The Headmaster of Nkawkaw Senior High School, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed, has appealed for urgent support to complete a sickbay project to address the growing...

Consequential in-camera trial meeting on Adu-Boahene expected today

An in-camera consequential trial meeting sanctioned by His Lordship John Eugene Nyadu Nyante, the trial judge in the criminal case involving the former head...

Police probe killing of five at sand winning site in Asiyaw

The Eastern South Regional Police Command has commenced an investigation into a shooting incident that resulted in the death of five people at Asiyaw,...