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Pru East MP celebrates Mothers’ Day with newborn babies and mothers at Yeji Mathias Hospital

The Member of Parliament for Pru East Constituency (Yeji), Emmanuel Kweku Boam, has marked this year’s Mothers’ Day celebration with mothers and newborn babies...

Lightning strike kills farmer, sparking fear among residents in Adomanu

Fear and shock have gripped residents of Adomanu in the Adansi North District following the tragic death of a 46-year-old farmer who was allegedly...

Titus Medical Centre marks Mother’s Day with free health screening for women in Kumdi

A newly established health facility, Titus Medical Centre, has organized a free medical screening exercise for women in Kumdi in the Kpandai District as...

NPP declares full readiness to commence polling station elections

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it is fully prepared to begin its polling station elections, scheduled to take place from Sunday, May 10...

Akosua Agyapong urges mothers to raise children responsibly

Veteran Ghanaian musician and dancer Akosua Agyapong has advised mothers to raise their children responsibly and avoid comparing them to others, warning that such...

CDS pays courtesy call on Akwamu Adumasa chief over military housing support fund

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), William Agyapong, has paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Akwamu Adumasa, Nana Ansah Kwao IV, as...

Police inspector interdicted over alleged defilement and incest involving daughter

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted a police inspector stationed at Mamponteng in the Ashanti Region over allegations of defilement and incest involving his...

President Mahama celebrates mothers, praises Lordina in Mother’s Day message

President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to mothers across the country while expressing special appreciation to his wife, Lordina Mahama, in a heartfelt...

Persistence key to success – Karaga MP

The Member of Parliament for Karaga, Mohammed Amin Adam, has attributed his political success to persistence and determination after suffering multiple electoral defeats. Speaking during...

Mahama working to reduce healthcare travel burden in Eastern Region – Minister

The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, says President John Dramani Mahama is taking steps to reduce the burden residents face when travelling...

Asiakwa Suponmu residents call for proper drainage system to prevent flooding disasters

Residents of Akyem Asiakwa Suponmu in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region are calling on the Assembly and local authorities to urgently...

GACL announces partial road closure at Terminal 2 departure frontage

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced a temporary partial road closure at the Terminal 2 departure frontage of the Kotoka International Airport...

Traders appeal for Mahama’s intervention over fear Publican AI system could collapse businesses

Some traders across the country have appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene and suspend the newly introduced Publican AI system at the...

All nine MDAS in Oti region to benefit from Free Primary Healthcare policy

The nine Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Oti Region are set to benefit from the government’s Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) Policy, aimed...

GoldBod ends forex bureau rate gold purchases under GANRAP

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, Esq. has announced that GoldBod will no longer purchase gold using forex...

GoldBod targets $400 million weekly gold purchases under GANRAP

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, Esq. has revealed that government, through the Ghana Accelerated National Reserve Accumulation...

Ibrahim Mahama offers to support xenophobic attack victim evacuated to Ghana

Businessman Ibrahim Mahama has offered to support the entrepreneurial dreams of Emmanuel Asamoah, who recently returned to Ghana after reportedly experiencing xenophobic attacks in...

Charles Amissah’s death: Prof. Akosa should have recused himself from probe — Justice Yankson

Former General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Justice Yankson, says Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa should have stepped aside from the committee...

GSE suffers sharp weekly decline this week as market cap sheds GH¢12.5bn

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) recorded a steep decline this week, shedding GH¢12.5 billion in market capitalisation as a broad-based selloff swept through the...

Mahama breaks ground for 1,067-Unit Green City Housing Project in Ashanti Region

President John Dramani Mahama has cut sod for the construction of the Green City Housing Project at Dedesua in the Ashanti Region, in what...

No process breached in Hanan and wife’s case – Raymond Archer

The Executive Secretary of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer, has insisted that due process was fully observed in the handling...

Kumasi to become Industrial energy hub with over 1,000MW capacity — Energy Minister

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, says Kumasi is on course to become a major industrial energy hub as the...

Civil Service Council pays courtesy call on Education Minister

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has reaffirmed the ministry’s commitment to advancing national development through quality education, describing investment in education as an...

Wassa Juabo chief cuts sod for construction of Police bungalow

The Chief of Wassa Juabo in the Amenfi Central District of the Western Region has cut sod for the construction of police bungalows aimed...

Foundation Light for the Eye organises free screening for Dzolokpuita residents

More than 200 residents of Dzolokpuita in the Ho West District of the Volta Region have benefited from a free eye screening and preventive...

Health Minister launches Free Primary Healthcare policy in Oti region

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has officially launched the Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) Policy in the Oti Region, describing it as a...

Putin denounces Nato at scaled back Victory Day parade

Vladimir Putin has used his annual Victory Day speech in Moscow's Red Square to justify his war in Ukraine and denounce Nato. Speaking in front...

Raymond Archer has reduced EOCO to a one-man institution – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has accused the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer, of running the agency in...

Tears flow as pregnant woman who died at Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital is buried [Video]

Tears and grief filled the air as family, friends, classmates, and loved ones gathered to bid a final farewell to Abigail Opoku, the pregnant...

Focus on fixing power challenges – NAPO tells gov’t

Former Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, has urged the government to focus on fixing the country’s growing power challenges instead...

Former Buffer Stock CEO’s case one of EOCO’s strongest — Raymond Archer asserts

The Executive Secretary of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer, has described the ongoing case involving former National Food Buffer Stock...

I didn’t deny former Buffer Stock CEO and wife access to lawyers – Raymond Archer

The Executive Secretary of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer, has rejected claims that former National Food Buffer Stock Company Chief...

There is nothing like ‘no-bed syndrome’ – Dr Nsiah-Asare

Former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service and former Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has rejected the popular description of overcrowded emergency...

Suspected narcotics worth GH¢200,000 seized as Police arrest 50 in Accra

About 50 suspects have been arrested by the police following an intelligence-led anti-narcotics operation conducted on May 7, 2026, at the Madina Market enclave...

Three million people enrol on NHIS from April as coverage moves to 70%

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, has announced a significant increase in enrolment...

Medical negligence continues to claim lives every day – CDD-Ghana’s Abena Addo

Vera Abena Addo, Programmes Officer at CDD-Ghana responsible for Elections, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, has alleged that medical negligence continues to claim lives...

We must find the hit-and-run driver – Dr. Yankson on Charles Amissah’s case

Lawyer and former General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Justice Yankson, has called for urgent action to identify and apprehend the...

Hearse driver dead, others injured in accident involving mourners near Nsuatre Amamfoso

A fatal road crash at Nsuatre Amamfoso in the Bono Region has claimed the life of a hearse driver following a head-on collision with...

Reckless driver captured in viral video on Accra-Kumasi Highway convicted

A driver captured in a viral video driving dangerously on the Kumasi-Accra highway has been convicted by the La Motor Court. The convict, identified as...

GHS tightens surveillance after Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship in Cape Verde

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has stepped up surveillance and preparedness measures following reports of Hantavirus infections detected on a cruise ship...