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Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Senior Technical High School arrested!

Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Senior Technical High School has been arrested and detained by police for detaining two students in his office. The students were...

Touching tribute by classmates as KNUST SHS student is buried

Students of the Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) have paid their last respects to their colleague, Leonard...

Rawlings pays respects to late Atta Mills [Photos]

Former President Jerry John Rawlings, in the early hours of Friday, July 24, 2020, paid his respects to former President John Evans Atta Mills. Mr...

Barbaric: 90-year-old woman lynched

A woman, believed to be in her 90's, has been lynched at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region. Reports indicate the...

Govt announces reduction in 9% CST charges

Government has announced a reduction in the Communication Service Tax (CST) from nine per cent to five per cent. The move is to reduce the...

National Security busts ‘connection man’ for getting Nigerian a Ghanaian passport, birth certificate [Photos+Video]

A Ghanaian has been arrested by operatives of the National Security for allegedly falsifying passport and birth certificate documents for a Nigerian. The documents were...

We’re ready to account for ¢54.3m spent on meals during lockdown – Deputy Finance Minister

Deputy Finance Minister Kwaku Kwarteng has said his outfit is ready to justify the ¢54.3 million that went into the distribution of cooked food...

Lockdown: Check out how much govt spent on cooked food

The Finance Minister has revealed that the government spent GH¢54.3 million on cooked meals distributed during the 21-day lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. According to...

‘Only Ghanaian contractors to build 88 district hospitals’

Government has said only Ghanaian construction companies will be awarded contracts to build 88 hospitals in districts across the country. Delivering the Mid-year Budget Review...

Ofori-Atta announces another 3 months of free electricity, water to Ghanaians

Ghanaians will enjoy another three months of free water and electricity supply as the government further reduces the burden of the Covid-19 pandemic on...

Revealed: When construction of 88 district hospitals will begin

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed President Nana Akufo-Addo’s promise to build some 88 district hospitals will begin dring his next term. Mr Ofori-Atta disclosed...

Finance Minister justifies GH¢ 10 billion BoG loan

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has justified the government’s GH¢ 10 billion loan from the Central Bank. Presenting the 2020 Mid-Year Budget Review on Thursday,...

Akufo-Addo to launch GH¢ 100 billion Ghana Development Programme – Finance Minister

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that President Nana Akufo-Addo, in the coming weeks, will launch a development programme aimed at revitalising the...

Kantanka granted official operational licence

The highly-anticipated Kantanka range of vehicles, built by Ghanaian inventor, Safo Kantanka, is set to soon get on the market. This is because the Kantanka...

Ken Ofori-Atta replies Bishop Agyin-Asare in 2020 Mid-Year Budget Review

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has hit back at the Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare. Presenting the 2020 Mid-Year Budget Review on...

2020 and beyond will be difficult – Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has admitted 2020 and beyond will be difficult for Ghana's economy due to the impact of COVID-19. He stressed the...

Parliament passes new land bill

Ghana’s Parliament has passed Ghana's land bill 2019 into law after the third reading in the House. The bill was passed on Thursday, July 23, 2020,...

US lifts visa sanctions imposed on Ghanaians

The United States (US) Government has lifted the visa sanctions imposed on some Ghanaians in 2019. The sanctions were over claims that Ghana was unreasonably...

Uncle Ebo Whyte shares ‘wild’ confession to celebrate wife of 37 years

Popular playwright and life coach, Ebo Whyte, has taken to social media to show off his beautiful wife with whom he has been married...

Familiarity defeating fight against coronavirus – NCCE

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has identified family ties, familiarity among relatives and friends as a major challenge confronting the efforts at...

If you jab me, I’ll jab you back 10 times – Ministers face-off in Parliament

Two ministers in Nigeria have been involved in a face-off in parliament following a committee to probe some anomalies. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr...

KNUST commissions executive campus at Moree, Cape Coast

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has commissioned the second phase of its campus at Moree, Cape Coast. The commissioning was done...

Media Foundation demands list of shut down radio stations from NCA

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has invoked the Right to Information Law and requested details of radio stations shut down by the...

Outrage as deceased gets buried in penis-shaped coffin [Photo+Video]

A group of mourners somewhere in Accra have taken their treatment given to the dead to bizzare levels. A video of the mourners carrying their...

All set for Finance Minister’s Mid-Year Budget Review [Photos]

All is set for the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta's 2020 mid-year budget review presentation, today, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Mr Ofori-Atta’s presentation before Parliament is...

Akufo-Addo shoots Ursula Owusu’s DTT directives to GBC down

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Communications Minister to suspend the DTT directive given to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). A press release issued by the...

Ejisu SHTS student hospitalised after failed suicide attempt over alleged theft

A second-year student of the Ejisu Secondary Technical Senior High School has been hospitalised after drinking liquid soap in what is believed to...

Asomdwee Park sees major facelift [video]

Ghana’s first presidential mausoleum and final resting place of late President John Evans Atta Mills has seen a major facelift. Asomdwee Park, which hitherto was...

Govt delegation storms Sir John’s hometown for his one-week observation [Photos]

Vice Presiden Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Chief of Staff, Akosua Fremah Opare, led a government delegation to the one-week observation of the late Chief...

Coronavirus: Over 254 staff of KATH test positive

A total of 254 staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak in the...

Fake lawyer busted in court

An Accra High Court has ordered for the arrest of a 56-year-old man who allegedly posed as a lawyer and was defending a client...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for €70m Eastern Regional Hospital

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of Phase One of the new 600-bed Eastern Regional Hospital. The project is expected...

Middleman arrested for alleged forging of DBS invoice

Police in the Ashanti region have granted enquiry bail to a former agent of DBS Industries who allegedly forged and issued the company's invoice. The...

Kennedy Agyapong’s car involved in accident [Photos + Video]

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong's escalade vehicle with registration number GE 6790-17 has been involved in an accident. The minor accident is said...

Covid-19 taskforce shuts down 4 churches

Four churches in the Sunyani Municipality were shut down indefinitely for non-compliance with safety protocols and guidelines to stem the spread of Covid-19. The Sunyani...

National Commission on Small Arms condemns use of arms at registration centres

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has condemned the use of arms at some centres in the ongoing voter registration centres. The...

Husband’s defence after wife found condoms on him will crack you up [Video]

A mason, Julius Obomeh, who was confronted by his wife for having condoms has mounted a hilarious defence, saying he only fills...

Jean Mensa reacts to Mahama’s decision to abruptly end tour of registration centres

The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as unfortunate, John Dramani Mahama's decision to end his tour of some registration centres in the country.  Mr Mahama...

Why we arrested NDC PC for Effutu – Police

The Winneba District Police Command has given insight into why the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Effutu, James Kofi...

Over 60 shops in Koforidua market centre razed down by fire [Video]

About 60 shops at the Juaben Serwaa market in Koforidua have been razed down by fire. The cause of the fire is not...