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Justice Anin-Yeboah approved

Chief Justice nominee, Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, was on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 approved by Parliament to replace Justice Sophia Akuffo as Ghana’s new Chief...

Video: Akufo-Addo’s Christmas message

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Christians to use the Christmas season to rededicate themselves to the Saviour and remain committed to...

Zoomkids wow audience with creative artifacts from waste materials

Joy and ecstasy were the words and feelings on the mouths and minds of the Zoomkids at Zoomlion Children’s party bash to end the...

MJ Comet Foundation donates cash, items to the aged at HelpAged Ghana

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MJ Comet Foundation, Nana Pokua, has donated some a huge sum of money, presents and other valuables to the...

Licensure regime: A critical tool aimed at improving teacher standards

Ghana, as a country, has developed an enviable record in many spheres of development across the Western African Sub-Region, and the continent at large....

Rural communities need improved health facilities to reduce avoidable deaths – Dr Samira Bogobiri

Dr Samira Seidu Bogobiri, the Co-founder and Director of Cornerstone Medical Outreach (CMO), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in the Northern region, has proposed...

Sanitation Ministry useless – Mahama [Listen]

Former President John Mahama has described government’s Sanitation Ministry as a useless Ministry.Speaking in a live video encounter with Ghanaians on Monday, the former...

MTTD outlines plans to deal with Christmas traffic

The Motor, Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has deployed more personnel to maintain calm and orderliness on major roads...

Police warn ‘Akpeteshie’ sellers against alcohol abuse

The Sunyani District Police commander, DSP Francis Numado, has called on cooperative distillers to urge local beverages (Akpeteshie) sellers to caution customers against alcohol...

How mob helped woman who stole rice, oil for Christmas

In preparation for the Christmas celebration scheduled for December 25, 2019, a yet-to-be identified plus size woman was caught stealing a bag of...

Election year budget: Govt to blow GH¢98b in 2020

The legislative arm of government (Parliament) has approved some GH¢ 98 billion to cover all government expenses for the 2020 fiscal year.READ THIS:...

Teacher dons bodysuit showing images of internal organs

A teacher found an innovative way to teach her students anatomy by donning a bodysuit showing where organs are placed.  Verónica Duque wore the outfit...

How TOR MD Isaac Osei was forced to vacate post, the inside story by IES

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) claims the immediate past Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) was forced to leave his post...

Audio: Akufo-Addo came with a ballot in one hand and a gun in the other – Bissiw

Dr Hannah Louisa Bissiw, National Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has tagged President Nana Akufo-Addo as a vindictive, intolerant and oppressive...

Akufo-Addo presents 100 vehicles to Police Service

The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented 100 new vehicles donated by China to the Ghana Police Service to boost the...

Aggrieved customers of Menzgold want three-year payment plan revised

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold has kicked against the three-year payment plan for investors’ locked up investments.READ THIS: CJ nominee to...

Heavy traffic in parts of Accra [Video]

Traffic congestion, which has been a major worry for road users in parts of Accra, seems to be nowhere near curbing, especially in the...

Justice Anin Yeboah’s take on Judicial Service corruption

Justice Anin Yeboah, Ghana's Chief Justice Nominee has said he believes that issues of corruption in the Judicial Service are exaggerated.According to him, even...

Justice Anin-Yeboah reacts to wig, robe wearing by judges

Chief Justice nominee, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, has said he will not halt the tradition of legal practitioners wearing wigs, gowns and suits.His statement comes...

What Akufo-Addo wants in exchange of handing over 100 vehicles to police

President Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo says he expects a more efficient Police Service after handing over 100 vehicles to add to the fleet of the...

Why Sammy Gyamfi’s meeting with CID was rescheduled – Lawyer [listen]

Lawyer for Sammy Gyamfi, Edudzi Tamakloe, has been explaining why a meeting between his client and the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over an...

CJ nominee to resign from his prestigious position

Chief Justice nominee, Anin Yeboah has announced plans to resign as the Chairman of FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee if cleared to occupy the highest office...

Justice Anin Yeboah outlines what will make legal services accessible

Anin Yeboah, Chief Justice nominee, has called for the building of more courts in Ghana to make legal services accessible and less expensive for...

Tinkaro Osei awarded Student Icon of the Year

Immediate past president of the National Union of Ghana students (NUGS), Tinkaro Asare Osei has been adjudged Student Icon for 2019 at the Maiden...

Man 32, crashed to death on Kasoa highway [Audio+Photo]

A Honda saloon car has crashed to death a 32-year-old man identified as Isaac Kobbi at Kubease on the Kasoa Winneba highway.Information gathered by...

Selected Madina roads to be closed to Christmas hawkers

The La-Nkwantanang/Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMA) has earmarked three roads that would be closed to vehicular traffic during the festive season.The roads to be turned...

Separated conjoined twins express gratitude to Rawlings

Identical twins, Lydia and Linda Awui who were born conjoined and were separated at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in 1999, three months after...

JB @ 124: DI celebrates anniversary with kids at Potter’s Village

The Danquah Institute (DI), has celebrated the 124th anniversary of late Dr. Joseph Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah with kids at the Potter's Village.The...

GNFS records 12.6 per cent in fire reduction in 2019

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has recorded 12.6 per cent reduction in total cases of fire outbreaks as against that of 2018....

FDA destroys 802 cartons of expired Lucozade products

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has destroyed 802 cartons of expired Lucozade energy drink at the Kpone landfill site.Addressing the media, Head of...

Akufo-Addo charges NFA to make Ghana’s film industry globally competitive

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Governing Board of the National Film Authority (NFA) to work hard to make Ghana's Film Industry...

Nana Addo promises a peaceful election

His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians of a peaceful 2020 general election.READ THIS: Afro Nation concert in limbo as...

NPP performance better than NDC – IMANI

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is better at achieving its campaign promises than their predecessors, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), policy think tank,...

Assembly elections: Not a single person voted at KNUST campus polling station

The Republic Hall ‘B’, one of the polling stations on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus, recorded not a single...

Law students peeved as their suit against Attorney-General, GLC is pushed to 2020

A suit brought against the Attorney-General and the General Legal Council (GLC) by a group of law students has been adjourned to January 2020...

Fasten efforts to make OSP fully operational – Parliament to govt

Parliament has urged the government to speed its efforts in making the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) fully operational.READ THIS: Yaya Toure blames...

Body of drowned 16-year-old boy found

The body of Michael Esiamah, the 16- year -old school boy who drowned in an abandoned stone quarry pit at Fetteh Kakraba, has been...

Audio: Only Atuguba can win my case for me – Hon. Aponkye

The services of retired Supreme Court judge, Justice William Atuguba, is in high demand following the gargantuan defeat of popular aspiring Assemblyman, Nana Adabor...

Ashanti region records 334 deaths through road crashes

A total of 334 persons lost their lives through road crashes in Ashanti Region between January and November 2019, according to the regional Police...

TUTAG threatens industrial unrest over salary disparities

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has threatened nationwide industrial unrest to demand better remunerations and conditions of service.The Association has also...