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Hemang youth hunt for man accused of defiling teenage boys after police bail

Tension is mounting in the Hemang community in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region as some angry youth launch a manhunt...

MahamaCares will not cover treatment abroad – Administrator

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund, popularly known as MahamaCares, will not sponsor medical treatment outside Ghana, the Fund’s Administrator, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has disclosed. Speaking in...

Adele chiefs release land for construction of additional market in Nkwanta

The Adele Traditional Council, led by the Okyeampanyi of Dadiase, Nana Akamani, has released parcels of land for the construction of an additional market...

NHIA targets 80% coverage in Bono East by the end of 2026

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Bono East Regional Directorate has set an ambitious target to register at least 80 percent of the region’s...

2026 WASSCE begins on Wednesday with Oral English

Final-year senior high school (SHS) students from Ghana officially rejoin their West African counterparts tomorrow to write the May-June West African Senior School Certificate...

Landlords have right to enter tenants’ rooms for inspection – Rent Commissioner

Commissioner of Rent, Frederick Opoku has hinted that landlords have the right to enter tenants room for inspection. According to him, the law mandates landlords...

Landlords cannot impose arbitrary rent charges without property assessment – Rent Commissioner

Acting Rent Commissioner Frederick Opoku says landlords and property owners cannot arbitrarily determine rent charges without proper assessment, insisting that the law requires all...

Redevelopment of Dambai: Krachi East MCE opens up access roads

The Krachi East Municipal Assembly has commenced the opening and reshaping of key access roads in Dambai in a move aimed at strengthening the...

Okaikwei North Assembly deploys 24-hour taskforce to enforce Lapaz decongestion

The Okaikwei North Municipal Assembly says it will deploy a 24-hour taskforce at Lapaz to sustain its ongoing decongestion exercise and prevent traders from...

Value for Money Office to begin operation in January 2027 – Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, has hailed President John Dramani Mahama for graciously assenting the Value for Money Office Bill. The...

NDC Central Regional Chairman Richard Kofi Asiedu installed as Development Chief of Agona Kwanyarko

The Central Regional Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Richard Kofi Asiedu, has been installed as the Development Chief of Agona Kwanyarko...

GNFS conducts emergency simulation exercise at Bank of Ghana in Tamale

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), together with other sister security agencies, has conducted a joint emergency simulation exercise at the Bank of Ghana...

Massive fire razes Poku Pharma warehouse at Fumesua

A fierce fire outbreak has destroyed a warehouse and large quantities of pharmaceutical products belonging to Poku Pharma Company Limited at Fumesua. The incident triggered...

Former Ahafo Minister appeals for medical equipment stuck at port to be cleared

Former Ahafo Regional Minister, George Boakye, has appealed to the current Regional Minister and other key government officials to expedite processes to clear medical...

‘Any law student who goes to court over entrance exam will lose’ – Kwaku Ansa-Asare

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has issued a blunt warning to aspiring lawyers intending to challenge the legality...

GWL intensifies pipeline repairs to reduce water losses in Accra, Tema

Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has intensified efforts to repair aging transmission pipelines from the Kpong Water Treatment Plant to curb massive water losses that...

Police Inspector interdicted and remanded over alleged robbery

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has interdicted a police inspector stationed at the Asuoyeboah Police Station over his alleged involvement in a robbery attack...

Tamale Police probe alleged assault, blackmail and circulation of woman’s nude Video

Police in Tamale in the Northern Region have begun investigations into the alleged assault, filming and attempted blackmail of a young woman after her...

Ghana’s envoy reveals growing fear among 20,000 Ghanaians in South Africa

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Anani Quashie, has revealed growing fear among Ghanaians living in the country following renewed xenophobic tensions. He said...

GMA offers legal and mental health support to staff named in Charles Amissah’s death

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says it has put in place psychological, psychiatric and legal support for health professionals implicated in the Charles Amissah...

Fire destroys parts of Nima Market

A fire outbreak swept through parts of the Nima Market late Monday night, destroying goods and properties belonging to several traders. The fire reportedly started...

Jealous ex-boyfriend allegedly sets rival’s house ablaze at Jema

A suspected jealous boyfriend has allegedly set a house ablaze at Jema following a misunderstanding involving his ex-girlfriend and her new partner. The incident occurred...

Chief Fire Officer warns against attacks on firefighters as 50 personnel pass out

Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of the Ghana National Fire Service, Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sarpong, has warned individuals who attack firefighters during emergency operations to...

Six convicted for illegal dumping of waste at Kejetia

The Prempeh Assembly District Court in Kumasi has convicted six persons for illegally dumping refuse at the Otumfuo Roundabout at Kejetia in the Ashanti...

NSA scandal trial moves on as court rejects bid to halt proceedings

The High Court has rejected an oral application by lawyers for Gifty Oware Aboagye Mensah to stay proceedings in the ongoing National Service Authority...

Law School entrance exams abolished under new reforms – Dafeamekpor

The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, says entrance examinations for admission into law schools in Ghana, as previously known, no longer exist under the...

Quitting banking for cleaning: Mary Anane Awuku’s bold career shift

The Chief Executive Officer of Brain Hills International School and Facility Pro Management Services, Mary Anane Awuku, has shared how she walked away from...

An MBA class assignment birthed Brain Hill International School – CEO reveals

CEO of Brain Hills International School, Mary Anane Awuku, has revealed that the school began as a simple classroom assignment during her Master of...

I was bullied for my looks – Mary Anane Awuku

Ghanaian entrepreneur and leadership development advocate Mary Anane Awuku has opened up about her experiences with bullying, revealing how she was mocked for her...

Don’t hide in your shell, take leadership roles – Mary Anane Awuku urges

Respected Ghanaian entrepreneur and leadership coach Mary Anane Awuku has encouraged young people to actively embrace leadership opportunities at every stage of their education,...

Mahama Cares investing in specialist training to improve treatment of non-communicable diseases – Obuobia Darko-Opoku

The Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, says the fund is investing heavily in specialist training to strengthen the treatment of...

I used to hawk after school to support my family – Mary Anane Awuku recounts childhood hustle

Entrepreneur and leadership coach Mary Anane Awuku has opened up about her early life, recounting how she spent her childhood supporting her mother through...

Gov’t rolls out new incentives to support teachers — Dr Apaak

Deputy Minister for Education, Clement Abas Apaak, has highlighted a series of reforms and incentive packages being implemented by government to strengthen the teaching...

A/R: 34-year-old man arrested for alleged sexual abuse of teenage boys at Kronum

The police at Kodie have arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly having sexual relations with over teenage 20 boys at Kronum-Heman in the Ashanti...

Manso Aboaboso CHPS Compound operating with only one health worker

The Manso Aboaboso CHPS Compound in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region is operating with only one health worker, a situation residents...

Mahama Cares to begin full operations in June across 29 health facilities – Obuobia Darko-Opoku

The Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has announced that the initiative will begin full operations in June after successfully completing...

Don’t politicise Ghana Medical Trust Fund – Obuobia Darko-Opoku

The Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has appealed to Ghanaians to avoid politicising the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), popularly...

‘Chofi’ is still banned in Ghana – FDA tells public

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has reminded the public that the importation of turkey tail, popularly known in Ghana as “Chofi”, remains banned...

Implementation will begin without delay – A-G on legal education reforms

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, says government will immediately begin implementing Ghana’s new legal education reforms following President John Dramani...

Mpraeso MP urges gov’t to tie Gold Fields lease extension to action on xenophobia in South Africa

The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has called on the government of Ghana to use ongoing discussions surrounding Gold Fields’ proposed...