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Ghana’s emergency healthcare system failing patients — Former GMA Vice President

Former Vice President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Justice Yankson, has raised serious concerns about Ghana’s emergency healthcare system, describing it as...

Police arrest two individuals in Ahafo Region for possessing illegal firearms

The Ahafo Regional Police Command has arrested two individuals on the Ayomso-Goaso road for allegedly possessing firearms unlawfully. During a press briefing in Goaso, the...

Renaming of airport will not impose huge cost on state – Transport Minister

The Minister for Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has dismissed claims that the decision to rename the country’s main international airport will impose a significant...

ECG explains why your prepaid may not last long [Listen]

The Communications Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Boateng, has responded to concerns from sections of the public who claim they...

“He was the backbone of the house” – Sister of hit-and-run victim speaks out after tragic loss

The tragic death of 29-year-old engineer Charles Amissah, who died after being turned away from multiple hospitals due to a lack of beds, has...

Suspects identified as Police confirm arrest over assault on Obrachire SHS student

The Central Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three students in connection with the assault of an Obrachire Senior High School student,...

Court of Appeal dismisses Kennedy Agyapong’s second attempt to halt Multimedia defamation trial

The Court of Appeal has thrown out a fresh bid by failed NPP flagbearer candidate and former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, to halt...

Ahanta West Assembly Members dissociate from petition against MCE

The Assembly Members of the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly have officially distanced themselves from a petition calling for the removal of Municipal Chief Executive...

Nana Yaa Jantuah clashes with Titus Glover on Mahama’s performance [Watch]

A heated exchange erupted on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem between former Greater Accra Regional Minister Daniel Titus Glover and Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah...

Ghanaians overpaid GH¢1.5bn for electricity — CEMSE says amidst demand for 11% tariff cut

The Centre for Environmental Management and Sustainable Energy (CEMSE) has revealed that Ghanaian electricity consumers may have overpaid an estimated GH¢1.5 billion in the...

Cocoa Pricing: Clerks lament attacks by farmers, describe reduction as ‘biggest scam’

Some cocoa clerks and farmers in the Upper West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region say they are counting their losses following the government’s...

Acute water shortage hit sections of the Greater Kumasi Metropolis

An acute water shortage has hit sections of the Greater Kumasi Metropolis, leaving thousands of residents scrambling for water after days of dry taps. For...

Concerned Ahanta West NDC Executives petition President for removal of MCE

Concerned branch executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ahanta West have petitioned the President to remove the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of...

Two dead, 19 injured in gory accident on N1 highway [Photos]

Two people have died and 19 others sustained injuries in a serious accident near Fiesta Royale Hotel on the N1 highway in Accra. The collision,...

Mahama sets 15% manufacturing-to-GDP target by 2030, eyes 500,000 industrial jobs

President John Dramani Mahama has announced a national target to raise Ghana’s manufacturing sector contribution to at least 15 percent of Gross Domestic Product...

Asutifi North MP donates 35 Bunk Beds to Gyedu Technical Institute

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North two-in-one beds to Gyedu Technical Institute to help address a shortage of accommodation facilities. Speaking at a brief...

Mahama warns smuggling, counterfeiting are economic sabotage; vows ruthless crackdown

President John Dramani Mahama has declared that smuggling, counterfeiting, and the rebagging of substandard goods constitute economic sabotage and will be treated as serious...

Gov’t exceeds T-Bill auction target, raises GH¢11.4bn

Government has exceeded its target in the latest Treasury Bills auction, raising approximately GH¢11.4 billion against a target of GH¢9.32 billion. The Bank of Ghana’s auction results...

Tullow buys Prof. Atta Mills FPSO for $205million

UK-based oil and gas firm Tullow Oil has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire the floating production, storage and offloading vessel Prof....

OSP probes alleged GH₵25.8m palm oil diversion scheme

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has launched an investigation into suspected corruption involving the diversion of 50 twenty-foot containers of palm oil...

The education system is suffering from moral deficit – Rev. Opuni

Executive Director of the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa (ACAA), Rev. Opuni, has said that Ghana’s education system is suffering from what he described...

UniMAC SRC External Affairs Officer leads delegation to secure partnership with St. Philip Enterprise

The External Affairs Officer of the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC) SRC, Alex Kobina Stonne, has led a high-level delegation to St....

Court remands galamsey operator for wife’s murder

Nicholas Gyekyey, a 22-year-old galamsey operator, alias “Town Boy”, has been remanded into police custody by the District Magistrate Court in Enchi for allegedly murdering his wife, Erica Ocansey. His plea has not been taken, and he...

Cement manufacturers warn of price hike amid clinker delays at Port

Cement prices in Ghana could soon rise if persistent congestion at the country’s ports continues to delay the offloading of clinker, the primary raw...

National Teaching Council clarifies reports of licensure exams fee increment

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has refuted claims circulating on social media that it has increased fees for the teacher licensure examinations. At a press...

Education Minister engages stakeholders to finalise proposed 2026 GETFund allocation framework

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has held a high-level meeting with key stakeholders to review and finalise the proposed allocation formula for the...

Push them too hard, lose them to private hospitals – MP warns on doctors and rural postings

The Akim Oda MP, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has warned that forcing young doctors into rural postings without proper engagement could drive them into the...

Athletics clash: CID boss gives SWESBUS headmaster 24 hours to produce culprits

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Lydia Yarkor Donkor, has directed the Headmaster of Swedru School...

Three arrested over Obrachire student assault

The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the violent disturbances that...

Only 191 out of 318 ambulances are operational – Clinical auditor

The Clinical Auditor for the Southern Zone of the National Ambulance Service (NAS), Martin Ewuah Amoah, has revealed that a significant number of ambulances...

Eight injured, 3 in critical condition after athletics clash – Awutu Senya West DCE

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Awutu Senya, Eghan Kalala Nyamekye, has confirmed that eight students sustained injuries with three reported to be in...

Mahama appoints new Acting Customs Commissioner

John Dramani Mahama has named Aaron Kanor as Acting Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), with immediate effect. The announcement...

Sanitation time bomb looms as Kpone landfill nears capacity

Ahmed Ibrahim, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA) has raised alarm over an impending sanitation crisis in the eastern part...

Man stabbed to death over phone

A 26-year-old man, Wisdom Tetteh Assem, has been stabbed to death following a violent confrontation at Adorkorpe, near Ada Kasseh in the Greater Accra...

Mahama announces automatic cocoa pricing to protect farmers’ earnings

President John Mahama has unveiled plans for an automatic cocoa pricing system that will guarantee farmers 70 per cent of the international market price,...

Kotoka Int. Airport to introduce 3D scanners, end shoe removal for passengers

Passengers travelling through Terminal 2 at Kotoka International Airport will soon experience faster and more convenient security screening as Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL)...

Obrachire SHS victim demands justice after brutal attack at inter-schools event

A student of Obrachire Senior High Technical School has called for justice after he was violently attacked during a district inter-schools athletics competition at...

GNFS organizes fire safety quiz competition for market women in Sunyani

The Safety Department of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has organised an interactive fire safety quiz competition for market women at the Sunyani...

Food and Beverages Association demands full shutdown of affected imports via land routes

The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) is calling for a complete shutdown of affected imports through all land borders, insisting that the...

Muntaka presents food items to Prisons Service to support inmates during Ramadan

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has presented assorted food items to the Ghana Prisons Service to support inmates across the country during...