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How a pack of noodles became a tool for exploiting schoolgirls at Jato

I had seen strange stories in my years as a journalist. But nothing prepared me for what I found in Jato Village in the...

Teachers, parents petition Mahama over alleged bullying, mismanagement in Anloga District basic schools

Concerned teachers and parents in the Anloga Municipal District have petitioned President John Mahama, calling for urgent intervention to address alleged and proven administrative...

Agona Swedru police seize 209 slaps of suspected narcotics, reject Gh¢100,000 bribe

The Agona Swedru District Police Command has arrested two men in connection with the alleged transport of 209 slaps of narcotic drugs in the...

Govt advises against non-essential travel to Mexico amid unrest over El Mencho killing

The Government of Ghana has issued a travel advisory for its nationals in Mexico following violent incidents linked to the killing of Nemesio Ruben...

Peripheral hospitals must be strengthened to ease ‘No Bed’ crisis — GMA

Dr Richard Selormey, General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), has urged the government to strengthen peripheral hospitals to prevent the persistent “no...

US Africa Command ready to support West Africa combat terrorism

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has expressed deep concern over the escalating terrorist threat in West Africa and signaled its readiness to support...

Mahama swears in new Fire Service and Immigration heads [Photos]

John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sarpong as Chief Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service and Samuel Basintale Amadu...

Traders count losses as fire guts Zabzugu yam market

Traders are counting their losses after a fire ravaged the yam market in Zabzugu in the Northern Region, destroying several stalls and sheds. Eyewitnesses said...

Accra Mayor lobbies jobs for PWDs, youth during company tour

The Mayor of Accra, Hon. Michael Kpakpo Allotey, has appealed to corporate institutions to prioritise employment opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and the...

GRA interdicts five customs officers over suspected transit cargo breaches

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has interdicted five officers of its Customs Division with immediate effect, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into...

Ghana Baptist University President calls for government’s support for private universities

The newly inducted President of Ghana Baptist University College, Professor Godwin Awabil, has called on the government to support private universities with essential equipment...

Inter-schools violence: Older generation failed to guide youth – Security expert

A security expert, Dr. Emmanuel Sowattey, has attributed the rising wave of violence in Senior High Schools to the older generation’s failure to provide...

Rainstorms expected to hit parts of Volta, Eastern and Accra — GMet warns

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has issued an impact-based weather alert, warning that localised rainstorms and thunderstorms are expected to affect parts of the...

Police intercept truck carrying over 7,000 parcels of suspected marijuana in Nkwanta South

The Nkwanta South Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service has intercepted a suspected drug-laden container truck, retrieving more than 7,000 parcels of dried...

Afenyo-Markin urges Bagbin to summon Korle-Bu, Police, Ridge Hospitals over alleged denial of care to hit-and-run victim

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to direct the Health Committee to summon the management of Korle-Bu...

Many Ghanaians are confused and frustrated with the NDC – Miracles Aboagye

A former presidential staffer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, accusing it of...

No NDC appointee can talk about ORAL now; what they’re doing is worse – Miracles Aboagye

A former presidential staffer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the Operation Recover...

GRIDCo probes cause of power outage in parts of Tema

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has confirmed that an electrical fault at its Smelter II substation in Tema caused a power outage in...

Tow or be towed: New L.I targets traffic congestion and road safety

The Director of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Transport, Ghana, Eric Tetteh Addison, has revealed that a Legislative Instrument (L.I.) is currently before...

EPA says $35m needed to fully restore the polluted Birim River

The Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Nana Ama Brown Klutse, has revealed that an estimated $35 million will be required...

40 Ghanaian languages face extinction

The Executive Director of the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), Ziblim Alhassan Betintiche, has revealed that at least 40 Ghanaian languages are on the verge...

Abesim murder: Footballer sentenced to life in prison

The High Court in Accra has sentenced Richard Appiah, the footballer and draughtsman convicted of murdering two children in Abesim in the Bono Region,...

GNFS warns first-time drivers over dangerous Asukawkaw road

The Oti Regional Second-in-Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), D.O.1 Francis Agbavitor, has cautioned first-time drivers to exercise extreme care when using...

ECG grants metre readers authority to cut power over unpaid bills

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has introduced significant changes to its operations, empowering franchise officers, previously known as metre readers, to disconnect electricity...

Six Aggrey Memorial SHS students arrested over brutal attack on ADISCO student

The Ghana Police Service has arrested six students of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School for allegedly attacking a final-year student of Adisadel College in...

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 three individuals in Ahafo Region for possessing illegal firearms

The Ahafo Regional Police Command has arrested three 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...