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Asiedu Nketia gives interesting position on Airbus scandal [Audio]

General Secretary to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has made a surprising claim about the Airbus bribery scandal that has been...

Abronye DC to face wrath of Nogokpo elders, others if…

The Deku Family of Avernopeme in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region has given a 72-hour ultimatum to the Bono Regional...

Meteo warns of increased chance of fire outbreaks as Harmattan intensifies

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned of an increased chance of fire outbreaks with the harmattan intensifying this week. “From our fire monitoring charts and...

President makes new appointments in Ghana Armed Forces

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah as the new Chief of Army...

New National Security Policy in the offing

The Ministry of National Security is to introduce a National Security Policy Document that runs for four years but subject to review at the...

Minority threatens to boycott State of the Nation Address, read why

Members of the Minority Caucus in Parliament have revealed their intention to boycott the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered by...

Dwamena Akenteng SHS student dies after short ailment

A second year student of Dwamena Akenteng Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti region has reportedly died after battling a short illness. The deceased,...

Kwesi Pratt recounts how punishments reformed students in his school days [Audio]

Editor-in -Chief of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Junior, has revealed how he endured corporal punishment in his early days at the Aburi Presbyterian...

uniBank saga: AG makes case against Duffuor, Asiama, others

Attorney-General Gloria Akuffo has presented in court her case against Dr Kwabena Duffuor and eight others over the collapse of uniBank. Read details of document...

Kwesi Pratt speaks on Ejisuman SHS viral video

 Veteran Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Junior, reacting to the deboardinisation of seven female students from the Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS), says it was a...

Full document: NDC’s Energy Forum in Accra

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday held a forum on Ghana’s energy sector. The forum was addressed by John Jinapor and was themed, ‘State of Ghana’s...

Meteo Service warns of fire hazards during harmattan season

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned Ghanaians to be cautious during the harmattan season as fire outbreaks could be rampant. A statement by the...

Akufo-Addo appoints new Chief of Army Staff

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah as the new Chief of Army Staff. In a statement signed by Eugene Arhin, the...

CHASS appeals for adequate funds for 2020 National Science and Maths Quiz

President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Alhaji Yakub A.B. Abubakar, has hinted of the possibility of second-cycle institutions’ failure...

Bawumia presented truthful achievements at Town Hall meeting – Aide

Special aide to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Gideon Boako, has described as ‘truth’ achievements presented by Dr Bawumia at this year’s maiden edition...

Audio: SHS students to enjoy free WIFI

Students in second cycle institutions across the country will soon enjoy free internet access. ALSO READ: Woman dumps sick husband, 4 physically-challenged children for another lover...

GIS denies Comptroller-General accident reports

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has dismissed reports which suggest that its Comptroller-General, Kwame Asuah Takyi, has caused an accident on the Suhum overhead...

Debt accumulation rate slowed to lowest in a decade – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration has achieved the lowest debt accumulation rate...

Akufo-Addo’s govt best performer in cedi depreciation management – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the Akufo-Addo-led administration is the best performing government in the cedi depreciation management since 1992.   The Vice President...

South African elected first Secretary-General of AfCFTA

South African national, Wamkele Mene, has been voted as the first Secretary-General of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA). READ THIS: Bawumia’s Town Hall...

Y’asem Nie: Surveyors reveal how fake people are destroying their work [video]

Some surveyors in the country have revealed how persons parading themselves as surveyors are hampering their work. Mr Kofi Obeng-Agyiebi and Mr Franklin Liggie-Kudonoo, chairman of...

NaCCA holds quality assurance review workshop on the New Common Core Programme

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment NaCCA), has began a 5-day workshop in the Eastern Region to review the draft B7 to B10...

Bawumia’s Town Hall meeting ‘statistical galamsey’ – Kwakye Ofosu

A former Deputy Communications Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration has described Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s Kumasi Town Hall meeting as a statistical galamsey. According...

Duffuor, Asiama and 7 others granted GH¢60m bail

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, and eight others standing trial over the collapse of uniBank have been granted a GH¢60...

Security man dragged to court for accusing Minister of having extra-marital affair

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH¢30,000.00 bail with three sureties to a security man who allegedly verbally abused Fisheries Minister, Elizabeth...

Boy crashed to death at road construction site

A 12-year-old boy has been crushed to death at a road construction site in Zebilla in the Upper East Region. A pick-up vehicle belonging to...

Today in History – Hearts of Oak ranked 8th best club in the World

Today in History, exactly 19 years ago, Accra Hearts of Oak were ranked 8th best club in the World in the CNN/World Soccer weekly...

Speaker, Leadership of Parliament console Deputy Minority Leader

The Speaker, Reverend Professor Mike Oquaye, and Leadership of Parliament on Tuesday commiserated with Mr James Klutse Avedzi, the Deputy Minority Leader, on the...

EOCO sent fertilizer sample for testing directly

COCOBOOD never sent fertilizer samples directly for testing but it was EOCO’s decision, Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah, third prosecution witness in the trial of Dr...

NCA orders shutdown of Radio Tongu in Sogakope

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has suspended the operations of Radio Tongu at Sogakope in the Volta Region “on the grounds of National Security...

Police guard accused of shooting resident in former Minister’s house

A policeman on guard duties at the home of former Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, is reported to have allegedly shot and injured...

Boy, 19, sets fire to girlfriend’s room after break up

A 19-year-old boy, Solomon Tetteh, has been arrested by the Police for setting fire into the room of his 28-year-old girlfriend, Abigail...

Two girls missing at Mallam, Gbawe

Two schoolgirls have been reported missing at and Gbawe, in the Greater Accra Region. According to a report from the Accra Regional...

Man accused of defilement tests HIV negative but victim tests positive

A 40-year-old cleaner is in the grips of the law following an accusation that he has defiled a 12-year-old girl at...

Police on manhunt for two who gang-raped 16-year-old

Police at Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region are on a manhunt for two of three suspects who...

Taxi driver inflicts cutlass wounds on suspected rival [photos]

A taxi driver, said to have been driven by jealousy, has inflicted deep cutlass wounds on a man he suspected to be having an...

Government to launch ECG credit mobile App

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed plans by government to launch a mobile application that will enable prepaid customers of the Electricity Company of...

Gov’t Town Hall Meeting: Bantamahene wants insecurity in Ashanti Region addressed [Audio]

Bantamahene, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia IV, has called on the government to immediately attend to the insecurity issues in the region. The traditional ruler is concerned...

Woman dumps sick husband, 4 physically-challenged children for another lover [Video]

A wife and mother of four physically challenged children, has left her family for another man. The four children; Kwabena, 20; Kojo, 15; Kwaku Tawia, 10,...

Menzgold customers threaten to defy police orders on demo

Aggrieved customers of Menzgold have vowed to march to the Jubilee House to petition President Nana Akufo-Addo over their locked up investments despite...