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Safety tips: How to prevent electrical fires during the rainy season

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) is urging households and businesses to strictly observe electrical safety measures as the rainy season intensifies, warning that...

NHIA takes free NHIS registration drive to Zoggu in Northern Region

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has registered and renewed National Health...

Minority commends Presbyterian Church’s anti-galamsey campaign

The Minority on Parliament's Select Committee on Lands and Natural Resources has commended the Presbyterian Church of Ghana's nationwide anti-galamsey campaign, describing it as...

Gifty Oware-Mensah trial: ADB processed initial transfer to secure deal — Witness

The head of Consumer Finance at the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Gilbert Serbeh-Yeboah, has told the Accra High Court that the bank processed an...

GHS launches 2026 mass drug campaign to eliminate river blindness, elephantiasis and bilharzia

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has officially launched its 2026 Integrated Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign aimed at eliminating three major Neglected Tropical Diseases...

Two arrested in Ashaiman with suspected stolen automobile spare parts

Two men have been arrested by the police after they were found in possession of automobile spare parts suspected to have been stolen during...

SSNIT eyes expansion of Labadi Beach Hotel as profits surge

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) plans to expand the Labadi Beach Hotel, citing the facility’s strong financial performance and its position...

Resource Governance Forum challenges GoldBod’s land reclamation project

The Forum for Responsible Resource Governance (FRRG) has described the Ghana Gold Board’s (GoldBod) planned nationwide land reclamation initiative as unlawful, arguing that the...

Bats take over school building as teacher shortage hits Afram Plains

A three-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities constructed for Kamalo D/A Junior High School in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern...

Missionary flouting directives by Regional Minister to move from foot of Adaklu mountain

National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) disclosed this when the Ghana News Agency contacted him on Tuesday to find out if NADMO had condoned the...

Convicted persons must serve their sentences – Ahiagbah on Sedina Tamakloe’s case

The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has insisted that former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small...

Bulldozed at midnight: How a 70-year-old Wa school was reduced to rubble for a market

For seven decades, the red-brick walls of Tindamba Primary School sheltered more than classrooms. They nurtured generations of children from Sokpayiri, Kabenya and Wa Zongo,...

Mahama hosts Bono Regional House of Chiefs at Presidency

President John Dramani Mahama has assured the chiefs and people of Bono Region of their fair share of the national cake. He noted that under...

FACT CHECK: Kennedy Agyapong’s claim that NPP government didn’t do anything in 8 years to complete Afari hospital false

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Agyapong has said his party “didn’t do anything” to complete the 500-bed Afari Military Hospital during...

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu in prison custody, not under house arrest – Kwakye Ofosu

he Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has dismissed claims that Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is under house arrest, insisting she...

Franklin Cudjoe demands clarity on Sedina’s whereabouts after extradition to Ghana

Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President of IMANI Africa, has called on authorities to provide greater transparency regarding the whereabouts and status of former Microfinance and...

Two suspects nabbed over fraudulent GH¢100,000 car sale

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with an alleged fraudulent online vehicle sale scheme that reportedly defrauded a...

Driver, passenger escape unhurt after tree falls on taxi at Golf Hills

A driver and his passenger narrowly escaped injury after a tree fell onto their moving taxi on Golf Hills Road near the International Central...

NPP defends record on Afari Military Hospital, says project is 98% complete

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected claims that the Afari Military Hospital remains largely unfinished, insisting that the project is substantially complete and...

Akatsi North DCE, MP commission development projects, cut sod for new infrastructure works

The District Chief Executive for Akatsi North, Bless Katamani, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, have commissioned a number of...

Three million gallons of palm oil ready for distribution to SHSs

The Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG) has announced that three million gallons of palm oil are ready for distribution to Senior High...

We must focus on prosecuting corrupt officials rather than romance scam suspects

Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has questioned what he describes as a disproportionate focus on prosecuting romance...

SMG raises alarm over alleged teacher-student sexual relationship at Bole SHS

The Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) has expressed deep concern over an alleged incident of sexual misconduct involving a teacher and a student of...

Minority praises Roads Minister Agbodza for leadership and performance

Members of the Minority in Parliament have commended the Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, for what they described as his strong...

We owe no contractors on Accra-Tema Motorway project – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has assured Parliament that government has settled all outstanding payments owed to contractors working on...

Cost of governance: NDC has reduced ministers but expanded diplomatic payroll – Oppong Nkrumah

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is challenging the NDC government's repeated claim that it has reduced the cost of governance, according to Ofoase-Ayirebi...

2026 WC: Ghana High Commission distributes tickets to supporters across Canada

The Ghana High Commission in Ottawa has successfully distributed FIFA World Cup tickets provided by President John Dramani Mahama to Ghanaian supporters across Canada,...

Zoomlion, NADMO, Dredge Masters target critical flood-prone Accra areas

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, in partnership with the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Dredge Masters Gh. Ltd, and other partners, on Wednesday, June 17, intensified...

2026 WASSCE: GES condemns assault on teachers at Bawku SHS amidst probe

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has strongly condemned the assault on two teachers and the destruction of school property at Bawku Senior High School,...

Krachi West MCE appeals to caretakers not to misuse items for PWDs

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi West in the Oti Region, Prosper Addo, has cautioned caretakers of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) against treating...

Interior Minister inaugurates 13-member committee to probe causes of recent building collapses

The Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has inaugurated a 13-member Committee of Inquiry to investigate the causes of Ghana’s recent cases of deadly building collapses. The...

Ayariga, Afenyo-Markin clash in parliament over Ofori-Atta’s US residency reports

The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, and the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, clashed in Parliament over the latest developments involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta...

Sam George announces major MTN fibre broadband price cuts following government engagement

The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has announced significant reductions in fibre broadband prices by MTN Ghana , describing...

Carpenter electrocuted while working on storey-building at Millennium City

A 35-year-old carpenter, identified as Michael, has been electrocuted at One Leg, a suburb of Millennium City in the Gomoa East District of the...

AI Era requires graduates who think deeply, learn continuously and lead responsibly – AIT President

The President of the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), Professor Clement K. Dzidonu, has called on university students to become deep thinkers, lifelong learners,...

Thomas Partey’s visa saga a major distraction ahead of Ghana’s World Cup opener – Berekum West MP

Member of Parliament for Berekum West, Dickson Kyere Duah, has expressed deep disappointment over the growing attention surrounding Thomas Partey's visa troubles, describing the...

Media urged to follow corruption cases until verdicts to restore public trust

Chairperson of Crusaders Against Corruption Ghana, Bishop Dr. Suzanne Nti, has called on the Ghanaian media to play a more deliberate and strategic role...

OSP, Attorney General owe Ghanaians some answers – Nukpenu on Ofori-Atta’s US permanent residency

Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has called on the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the...

Inherited economy could not have created jobs for Ghanaians – Akwatia MP

Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has defended the government's performance on job creation, arguing that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) inherited...

Meet Ewurabena Quartey, the youngest funeral undertaker in Ghana’s Central Region

At just 24 years old, Ewurabena Quartey has chosen a profession that many people her age and gender, would hesitate to pursue. She works...