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Former BOST deputy MD sues company over alleged unlawful termination

Former Deputy Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, has taken the company to court over...

Man who assaulted wife in viral video jailed three months with hard labour

A 30-year-old farmer, Emmanuel Kwofie, has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting his wife in an incident that went...

GES asks teachers to check status of 2026 promotion applications on October 15

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed Regional Directors of Education to notify applicants for the 2026 promotion exercise to check the status of...

Afenyo-Markin to pursue GH¢15m defamation suit against Sammy Gyamfi despite court setback

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, will pursue his GH¢15 million defamation suit against the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board...

Ghana cannot industrialize without skilled workforce – TVET Director-General

The Director-General of the Ghana TVET Service, Engineer Dr. Eric Kofi Adzroe, has called for a major shift in Ghana’s approach to Technical and...

Martin Kpebu urges Afenyo-Markin not to return to court over Sammy Gyamfi lawsuit

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has urged Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin not to return to court over his GH¢15 million defamation suit against Ghana...

Traders fear losing livelihoods over Madina Market demolition

Fear and uncertainty have gripped traders at the Madina Market following a planned demolition by the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly, with about 1,000 livelihoods...

Taxi goes up in flames on Teshie Lekma Road

A taxi driver is counting his loses after his car went up in flames on Teshie Lekma Road near Paris Villa on Tuesday evening,...

Minister challenges CSIR scientists to find alternatives to plastic packaging

The Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, says banning Styrofoam takeaway packs alone will not put an end to Ghana’s plastic...

Education Minister hopeful university administrators’ strike will end by Friday

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu says the government is working to resolve the concerns of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) over market premium...

15 arrested, 6 trucks impounded over sand winning activities on Kumasi-Accra Expressway

The National Security in the Ashanti region has arrested fifteen individuals for their alleged involvement in sandwinning activities on the Kumasi–Accra Expressway project. The suspects,...

Thunderstorms to hit parts of Ghana tonight

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecast predominantly cloudy conditions across most parts of the country this evening, with thunderstorms and rainfall of varying...

Korle Bu upgrades drug production with new quality assurance equipment

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has acquired new equipment for its Drug Manufacturing Unit to improve production efficiency, strengthen quality assurance and enhance the safety...

Ketu North MP calls for housing schemes for customs officers at revenue collection points

The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana, has called for urgent measures to provide accommodation for customs officers stationed at national...

Family demands probe into 14-year-old Abomosu STEM SHS student’s death amid concerns over treatment

The family of a 14-year-old student of Abomosu STEM Senior High School in the Eastern Region is calling for a thorough investigation into his...

GRA submits preliminary report on drug shipment case to Mahama – Commissioner-General

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has disclosed that a preliminary investigation report into the recent drug shipment case...

Procedural errors rendered Afenyo-Markin’s GH¢15m defamation suit incompetent – Sammy Gyamfi’s lawyers

Lawyers for Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Chief Executive Officer Sammy Gyamfi, Seth Anyaaba and Koko Abotsi, say the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s failure to...

Mahama links galamsey fight to job creation, promises alternative livelihoods for youth

President John Dramani Mahama says his government is pursuing job-creation initiatives to address the economic difficulties pushing some young people into illegal mining, popularly...

Water crisis in Kadentwe: Residents rely on dugout as boreholes fail

Residents of Kadentwe in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region are appealing for urgent help with a worsening water shortage, even though...

GoldBod, Armed Forces launch GH¢35m project to reclaim 60 hectares of Tano Nimri Forest Reserve

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has partnered with the Ghana Armed Forces Engineer Regiment to undertake a GH¢35 million land reclamation project aimed at...

Sexual abuse allegations against teachers erode parents’ trust – Salaga South MP

The Vice Chairperson of Parliament’s Gender, Children and Social Welfare Committee and Member of Parliament for Salaga South, Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah, has expressed concern...

Government to audit 2,016 community network sites – Communications Minister

The government will conduct an audit of 2,016 community network sites inherited under an existing contract to determine their completion status and establish how...

NHIA CEO calls for increased NHIS enrolment in Jomoro

The Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Victor Asare Bampoe, has challenged authorities in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western...

Power restored to parts of Accra after GRIDCo Mallam substation fire

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) says electricity has been restored to some of the parts of Accra that lost power after a fire at...

Sky Train trial: Supreme Court dismisses former GIIF CEO’s certiorari application

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the first accused in the $2 million SkyTrain case, Solomon Asamoah, seeking to quash decisions by...

Gender Ministry monitors LEAP cash grant payments across all 16 regions

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has deployed monitoring teams across Ghana’s 16 regions to assess the disbursement of cash grants to...

Obuasi SHTS will reopen once safe, conducive for academic work – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is working with the police to determine when Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) can reopen following...

GES justifies interdiction of Obuasi SHTS headmaster amidst alleged sexual misconduct

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) was interdicted to prevent possible interference with investigations into...

Supreme Court halts promotion of 40 police officers pending IGP’s appeal

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of a Court of Appeal judgment ordering the promotion of 40 police officers who sued the Inspector-General...

KMA to extend daily toll collection to nights and weekends

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has announced plans to extend its daily toll and market fee collection to night-time businesses and weekends, effective October...

Ghana must integrate AI into mainstream education — DigiMarkt Project Board

The management board of the DigiMarkt Project has made a strong case for the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Ghana's mainstream education curriculum,...

Govt deploys monitoring teams across 16 regions to assess LEAP payments

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has deployed monitoring teams across Ghana’s 16 regions to assess the ongoing disbursement of cash grants...

KNUST announces reopening date for 2026/2027 academic year

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has announced revised reopening dates for the 2026/2027 academic year. In an official notice issued...

GNFS contains Somoco warehouse fire, bushfire near TTU in Takoradi

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), with support from the Air Force Base Fire Department, has contained a fire at a warehouse belonging to...

GRA identifies about 100 additional foreign digital service providers for VAT collection

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has identified about 100 additional foreign digital service providers that are not charging Value Added Tax (VAT) and plans...

Assemblies of God to loan 10,000-seater dome for Ghana@70 celebrations

The Assemblies of God, Ghana, will loan its newly arrived 10,000-seater dome to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for activities marking Ghana’s 70th anniversary...

Mahama urges Assemblies of God to mentor younger generations

President John Dramani Mahama has urged the Assemblies of God Church to play a leading role in mentoring younger generations, stressing the need to...

Police to arrest motorists who use pedestrian footbridges – ACP Obeng

The Ghana Police Service is set to deploy officers to monitor and arrest motorists who use pedestrian footbridges, Director of Education, Research and Training...

High Court throws out Afenyo-Markin’s GH¢15m defamation suit against Sammy Gyamfi

The High Court’s General Jurisdiction 1 has thrown out Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s GH¢15 million defamation suit against Ghana Gold Board Chief Executive Officer,...

Cedi edges higher as GoldBod boosts dollar supply to banks

The Ghana cedi has recorded marginal gains against the US dollar on the interbank market for the second consecutive week, supported by improved foreign...