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KLM Flight returns to Accra after reported onboard fire scare; no injuries recorded

A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight travelling from Ghana to the Netherlands was forced to return to Accra on Thursday night after a reported...

Zoomlion, NADMO, DML deploy officers at MMDAs to sustain anti-flood campaign

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), and its partners have deployed officers across all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in...

GNFS avert major blaze at GRIDCo power station in Techiman

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has successfully contained a fire outbreak at the GRIDCo Power Station in Techiman, preventing what could have been...

Minerals Development Fund to empower human resources in mining communities to drive ‘real development’

Administrator of the Minerals Development Fund, Dr. Hanna Louisa Bisiw-Kotei, says mining communities must see tangible, holistic development that goes beyond ‘token’ projects. She insists...

Nii Lantey Vanderpuye resigns as DRIP National Coordinator to pursue NDC executive position

Former Member of Parliament for Odododiodio, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has resigned from his position as National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme...

Labour expert urges employers to be flexible as worsening traffic takes toll on workers

A Labour Expert, Peter Bismarck Kwofie, has called on employers to adopt more flexible workplace policies as worsening traffic congestion continues to affect workers'...

Minority to move motion for parliamentary inquiry into Ministers of State Excellence awards

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has announced plans to file a substantive motion seeking a parliamentary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a recent awards...

Floods submerge over 200 homes, shops at Kasoa Krispocity

More than 200 homes and shops have been flooded at Kasoa Krispocity in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region following heavy...

Citizens’ Platform calls for clear roadmap on constitutional reforms implementation

The Citizens’ Platform on Constitutional Reform (CPCR) has urged President John Mahama and the government to urgently publish a clear roadmap and timeline for...

Ghanaians welcome plans for local vaccine manufacturing

Many Ghanaians have welcomed plans by government to establish local vaccine manufacturing as part of efforts to strengthen the country's health security, improve access...

Bawumia champions strong collaboration between state, faith-based organisations

Former Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has called for a deep, continuous collaboration between the state...

Adu-Boahene trial: Witness denies claims of inter-branch fund transfers

Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the trial of Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others, has disputed claims that UMB Bank branches independently transferred...

Salaga baby theft: Two midwives remanded

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded two midwives from the East Gonja District Hospital in Salaga into police custody in connection with the disappearance...

GJA Ashanti Chairman advocates closer media-research partnership

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Kofi Adu Domfeh, has called for stronger collaboration between the media and research...

Salaga: A nurse jokingly asked mother to “gift” her newborn before disappearance – Assemblymember

The Assemblymember for Kito Electoral Area in Salaga, Thomas Gyando, has also raised concern over comments allegedly made by a nurse shortly before a...

NAIMOS hands over 141 seized firearms for destruction

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has handed over 141 seized firearms and 1,864 cartridges of ammunition to the National Commission on Small...

Anti-LGBTQ Bill not strong enough to protect family values — GPCC

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has stated that the recently passed Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025, commonly known as...

Local Gov’t Minister pushes for transparency as three-day accountability tour exposes gaps in fund utilisation

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has concluded a three-day accountability and monitoring tour of ten Metropolitan, Municipal and...

Salaga Hospital: Father says spiritualist told him baby has been sold, but buyer has not yet received her

Gabugya Simon, the father of a missing newborn at the Salaga Municipal Hospital, has alleged that he received information suggesting the baby may have...

NPP neglected Volta’s health sector – James Gunu

The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, has accused the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration of failing to adequately address the health infrastructure needs...

Missing newborn at Salaga Hospital: We don’t know when the baby disappeared – Father speaks

The father of a missing newborn at the Salaga Municipal Hospital, Gabugya Simon, has given a detailed account of how the baby reportedly disappeared...

Salaga missing baby: Pregnant woman travelled 13 miles on motorbike before delivery at hospital – Assemblymember

The Assemblymember for the Kito Electoral Area in Salaga, Thomas Gyando, has narrated a troubling incident in which a newborn baby reportedly went missing...

Court gives prosecution final chance in Mamprobi Hospital baby theft case to file disclosures

The Gender-Based Violence Court at the Police Headquarters in Accra has given the prosecution a final opportunity to file disclosure documents in the Mamprobi Hospital baby...

Gov’t repatriates 327 stranded Ghanaians affected by demolitions in Côte d’Ivoire

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the repatriation of 327 Ghanaian nationals affected by an ongoing mass demolition exercise in the Port Bouët...

Ghana Christian University president jailed 14 days for contempt of court

The Adenta High Court has sentenced the President of Ghana Christian University College, Rev. Dr James Yamoah, to 14 days' imprisonment for contempt of...

Ghana Gas CEO Judith Adjobah Blay woos investors at Global Energy Show in Canada

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Gas Company Limited, Judith Adjobah Blay, has showcased Ghana’s growing investment potential in the natural gas...

Assin Fosu MOFA empowers schools through ‘Feed Ghana’ initiative

The Assin Fosu Municipal office of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) has officially launched a specialized training program for students and teachers...

Local Gov’t Minister warns MMDAs against underutilisation of development funds

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has cautioned Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) against the underutilisation of development...

Local Gov’t Minister orders Ayawaso Central Assembly to account for GH¢400,000 disability fund

Local Government Minister Ahmed Ibrahim has directed the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly to provide detailed records of the utilisation of more than GH¢400,000 allocated...

2026 WASSCE: 154 Sekondi College students barred from writing Chemistry paper

A total of 154 final-year students of Sekondi College were on Thursday, June 11, 2026, prevented from sitting their Chemistry examination after arriving late...

Titus Glover calls for Mintah Akandoh’s dismissal as Health Minister

Former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Titus Glover, has called for the dismissal of Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, expressing strong concern over what he...

Commuters stranded for hours as massive gridlock hits Ofankor–Achimota stretch

Commuters heading into Accra on the Ofankor–Achimota Highway were left stranded for hours on Monday, June 1, 2026, after a heavy traffic build-up brought...

Ahafo Police Command warns residents against child labour

The Ahafo Regional Police Command has cautioned residents against engaging in child labour, warning that anyone found culpable will face the full rigours of...

Bawumia highlights strong UK-Ghana partnership after meeting British High Commissioner

Former Vice President of Ghana and the New Patriotic Party’s 2028 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has underscored the importance of Ghana’s long-standing relationship...

Court grants Abronye leave to travel outside of Ghana

The High Court in Accra has granted the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC,...

High tension lines kill two tipper truck operators at Atwima Nwabiagya

Two tipper truck operators have died after their truck came into contact with a high-tension electricity cable at Bokankye in the Atwima Nwabiagya North...

Court strikes out application to dismiss East Legon property case 

An Accra High Court (Land Division) has struck out an application by defendants seeking to dismiss a suit filed by property developer Carlos Kwebena...

Charcoal is now Ghana’s biggest inflation driver as prices soar by 50% – Gov’t Statistician

Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu has revealed that charcoal has become the single biggest driver of inflation in Ghana, with prices surging by more...

Driver remanded for breaking into lawyer’s chambers and stealing GH¢750,000

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into lawful custody a driver accused of GH¢750,000 from a lawyer’s office.  Theophilus Terkpernor, 45, is said to have...

Kpone-Katamanso MCE condemns cattle invasion of school after viral video

Samuel Tetteh Kwashie Morton, the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has condemned the invasion of the Kpone Community Preparatory School by stray cattle after...