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Ablakwa announces GH¢5,500 support package for South Africa evacuees

The government has announced a GH¢5,500 support package for Ghanaian evacuees returning from South Africa as part of efforts to facilitate their reintegration into...

$300m World Bank loan not to fund Free SHS – Haruna Iddrisu

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has dismissed claims that the government’s $300 million World Bank loan is intended to finance the Free Senior...

Illegal miners operate near Mpohor Fiase police station

Illegal mining activities have become deeply entrenched in parts of the Mpohor Fiase District in the Western Region, with miners operating openly near a...

IMF describes Ghana’s ECF programme as broadly satisfactorily

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described Ghana's performance under its Economic Credit Facility-supported programme as broadly satisfactory. According to the Fund, the government sustained...

We’re not seeking Mahama’s third term – Ken Kuranchie on Supreme Court case

Private legal practitioner Ken Kuranchie has rejected suggestions that a case he is pursuing at the Supreme Court is aimed at securing a third term for...

Court extends plea negotiations in Wontumi’s GH¢30m EXIM Bank case

The High Court in Accra has given the prosecution and the defence 30 days to conclude plea bargain negotiations in the GH¢30 million alleged...

Transport operators to meet gov’t over proposed 30% fare hike

Transport operators are expected to meet with the Ministry of Transport on Tuesday, July 28, to discuss a proposed 30% increase in transport fares...

Historic first as Archbishop of Canterbury meets Mahama on maiden Africa visit

President John Dramani Mahama has received the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Sarah Mullally, at the Presidency in Accra during her first official...

Wontumi apologises to Mahama, seeks Presidential clemency

The incarcerated Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has apologised to President John Mahama...

Several feared dead after vehicle crashes into pedestrians at Bukom Junction

Several people are feared dead after a vehicle reportedly suffered brake failure and crashed into a group of pedestrians at Bukom Junction in the...

Two arrested as Police seize 170 parcels of suspected Indian hemp in Tamale

Police in the Northern Region have intensified their crackdown on drug trafficking, arresting two suspected dealers and seizing 170 parcels of suspected Indian hemp...

Do your job well and fear no change in government – NEIP CEO to appointees

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Eric Adjei, has urged government appointees to discharge their duties with integrity,...

NPP voters boosting Asiedu Nketia’s poll numbers, Ato Forson leads among floating voters – Mussa Dankwah

Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwah, says National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia's strong showing in the firm's latest tracking...

Otumfuo destools Kenyase II Manhene after 89-year reign

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has destooled Nana Kwabena Nsia Ababio, the Kenyase II Manhene, who was recognised as the longest-reigning Paramount Chief...

Doctors successfully remove motorbike key from farmer’s skull after Jasikan attack

A 29-year-old farmer from Awoma in the Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region is recovering after doctors at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra...

NPP cannot be equated to the NDC in any way – Eric Adjei

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Eric Adjei, has suggested that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) may face...

Two arrested over shooting of forest guard, destruction of plantation in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano South East District has arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting of a...

AMA announces August National Sanitation Day clean-up exercise with strict enforcement measures

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that the August edition of the National Sanitation Day clean-up exercise will take place on Saturday, August...

Greater Accra courts to suspend sittings for Supreme Court’s 150th anniversary celebrations

The Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has directed all courts in the Greater Accra Region to suspend sittings on Tuesday, July 28, and Friday, July...

VALCO not for sale – Board Chairman dismisses claims amid return to profit

The Board Chairman of the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO), Horace Nii Ankrah, has firmly dismissed claims that the company is being sold, describing...

GIADEC dismisses alleged sale of VALCO to Ibrahim Mahama

The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has dismissed as false claims circulating on social media and other public platforms that the Volta Aluminium...

Students growing involvement in drugs becoming is worrying — NACOC Deputy DG

The Deputy Director General in charge of Enforcement, Control and Elimination at the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Alexander Twum-Barimah, has expressed concern over the...

623 Ghanaians qualify for free passport replacement after June 29 floods – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that 623 Ghanaians affected by the June 29 floods have qualified for the government’s free...

Ibrahim Mahama denies interest in acquiring VALCO, threatens legal action over claims

Businessman Ibrahim Mahama has denied claims that he is seeking to acquire the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO), describing the allegations as false and...

272 Ghanaians recruited into Russia-Ukraine war since 2022, about 55 dead – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed that an estimated 272 Ghanaians are believed to have been drawn into the ongoing Russia-Ukraine...

Foreign Affairs Ministry providing consular support to detained Asante Akyem North MP – Ablakwa

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has confirmed that the government is providing consular assistance to the Member of Parliament for Asante...

Body of xenophobic attack victim from South Africa arrives in Ghana, awaits second

The government of Ghana has confirmed receiving the remains of one of two Ghanaian nationals killed during the recent wave of xenophobic violence in...

How Ghana ushered in the television era in 1965

Ghana officially entered the television broadcasting era with the launch of its first national television service, a landmark project valued at 3.35 million cedis. The...

Ashanti NPP constituency chairmen announce night vigil in honour of Chairman Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Constituency Chairmen's Caucus of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to hold a night vigil in honour of the...

NDC supporters besiege Kasoa divisional police command over arrest of Zongo Ward Youth Organiser

Supporters and delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Awutu Senya East Constituency have thronged the Kasoa Divisional Police Command following the...

Government secures 200 jobs for returning Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa

The government has secured approximately 200 employment opportunities for Ghanaians returning from South Africa as part of efforts to support their reintegration following recent...

70-year-old woman found dead under mysterious circumstances in Eastern Region

A 70-year-old woman, identified as Afua Kyere, has been found dead under mysterious circumstances at Akyem Koforidua Akura, a suburb of Akyem Akroso in...

Kantanka family heads to court over Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s burial

Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena I, Head of the Kantanka Family and Leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana (KAMOG), has announced that the...

PMSU-VALCO disassociates itself from protest, backs search for strategic partner

The Professional and Management Staff Union (PMSU) of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) has distanced itself from the ongoing demonstration by some workers against...

Xenophobic attacks: Ramaphosa vows crackdown on perpetrators

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured that his government will take firm action against individuals involved in xenophobic attacks, stressing that violence and...

Bechem Omanhene calls for completion of abandoned St. Joseph’s College of Education projects

The Omanhene of the Bechem Traditional Area in the Ahafo Region, Nana Asiwobour Osei Bonsu III, has appealed to the government to urgently complete...

Government allocates GH¢50m for UMaT Kenyasi campus infrastructure – Haruna Iddrisu

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that the government has allocated GH¢50 million through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to support...

NGO empowers 5,000 young women in five years, calls for more funding to expand

More than 5,000 young women across Ghana have been equipped with vocational and entrepreneurial skills over the past five years through the intervention of...

Bagbin cautions parents against sending children abroad too early

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has cautioned Ghanaian parents against sending their children abroad for education at a very young age, warning that the...

Students of Techiman-Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College protest over poor conditions

Students of the Techiman-Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Bono East Region have staged a demonstration to protest what they describe as...