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Lands Ministry to procure 30 more drones for surveying

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources will, from July this year, procure at least 30 drones to be used for mapping and surveying...

We’re still working on Suale murder case – Police

The Ghana Police Service has dismissed claims that it has abandoned the search for the killers of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale. Ahmed was shot and...

Family of Ahmed Suale angry over ‘no justice’ a year after assassination

The family of slain journalist, Ahmed Suale, has expressed anger at the seeming slow pace of justice delivery by the police after the murder...

Prophetess narrates how step-mother ‘fried’ her in oil [watch]

A Prophetess by name Adwoa Nhyira has narrated the near-fatal ordeal she suffered in a polygamous home with her step-mothers who she says wanted...

Artist’s impression of Ahmed Suale’s suspected murderers surfaces online [photo]

An artistic impression of two male adults suspected to be behind the killing of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale, has for the first time, surfaced...

Rev Owusu Bempah breaks silence on Dompoase accident [Listen]

Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, the leader of Glorious Word Chapel International has told Ghanaians to expect more road accidents in 2020. His notification comes just...

US lifts visa restrictions on Ghana

The Embassy of the United States of America in Ghana has announced it has lifted the visa sanctions applied under section 243(d) of the...

7 injured in Huni-Ano accident

Seven persons sustained various degrees of injuries at Huni-Ano, a village along the Tarkwa-Bogoso road. This happened when a Hyundai Grace bus with registration number...

Former Beige Bank boss Michael Nyinaku files for bail

Lawyers for Michael Nyinaku, a former Managing Director of Beige Bank, who is being held for stealing and money laundering, have filed a motion...

Ablakwa pushes for national mourning of Dompoase crash victims

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is pushing for the declaration of a state of national mourning for the...

Nkwanta South SHS students ‘refuse’ to report after Christmas holidays

Management of the Nkwanta South Senior High School has appealed to parents to allow their wards return to school after the Christmas holidays. The appeal...

Video: Fire guts Accra Academy, dormitories burnt, over 100 students stranded

A late night fire has consumed two halls at Accra Academy, displacing more than 100 students. The fire started around 7:00 p.m. at Alema and...

Listen: Hare Krishna gives ‘spiritual forecast’ for Ghana in 2020

The Communications Director of the Hare Krishna Movement in Ghana, Jnana Chaksus Das, is predicting more bloodshed on roads in the country. According to him,...

2020 Population Census will come off – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the 2020 population census will come off though the scheduled date might change. The exercise was to take...

Lack of progress in Ahmed-Suale murder case unacceptable – Int’l Press Institute

One year after the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives...

Nkwanta South SHS students ‘refuse’ to report after Christmas holidays

Management of the Nkwanta South Senior High School has appealed to parents to allow their wards return to school after the Christmas holidays. The appeal...

Dompoase accident: Surviving driver breaks silence

The driver of the Yutong bus which had a head-on-collision on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway says he was not overtaking, as earlier believed. According to the...

International economist hails Ghana’s Sinohydro deal with China

Lauren Johnston, a Research Associate at the China Institute, School of Oriental African Studies of London University and a PhD holder in International Economics,...

Govt grants Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited 15-year mining lease

Just a little over two years of winning a major court case against the Minerals Commission for non-renewal of its gold prospecting license, Takoradi Gold Ghana...

Renowned lawyer leads Atewa Forest suit against gov’t

Two institutions, A Rocha Ghana and Flower Ghana and two private citizens, Awula Serwah and Oteng Adjei, have served a notice to the Attorney-General...

GES apologises to teachers over poor organisation of training programme

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken responsibility for difficulties experienced by teachers who are being trained on core subjects for the new curriculum. The ...

Fire officer narrates ordeal in Dompoase accident rescue [audio]

A Fire officer, ADO1 Abdul Wasiru Hudu, who was part of the rescue mission to find survivors at the scene of the Dompoase accident...

One victim of Buipe fire dies on admission

One of the three fire victims near Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) in the central Gonja District of Savannah Region, Tahiru Abdul Mohammed,...

Survivor of Dompoase accident gives chilling account [Audio]

A survivor of the Dompoase-Komenda accident has given a chilling account of the accident that took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning...

Suspending aspiring lawyers over pregnancy primitive – Group charges

Private Law firm, Legal Ink Lawyers & Notaries has come under sharp criticisms over the suspension of two aspiring lawyers for getting pregnant. Pro-democracy group,...

Traditional Council to pacify gods over Dompoase deadly crash [audio]

The Traditional Council of Dompoase in the Central region has revealed plans to perform rites to pacify the gods over the Elmina-Komenda highway accident....

NPP loses executive in Dompoase accident

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lost one of its constituency executives in the gory accident that claimed 34 lives at Dompoase on the...

One dead, six in critical conditions in Abrepo accident

One person has been confirmed dead and six others in critical condition in a dawn collision between an urban commercial vehicle and a tipper truck at...

Dompoase accident: Driver of mangled red VVIP bus still alive [audio]

It has emerged that driver of Takoradi-bound bus involved in Tuesday’s accident at Dompoase near Komenda is still alive. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Foster Gyasi...

Revealed: Similar accident occurred at Dompoase junction 10 years ago (Listen)

A resident of Dompoase in the Central region has revealed that, a similar accident between a tanker truck transporting diesel and an Intercity STC...

Photos: Agric Minister celebrates achievements of PFJ at National Results Fair

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has touted the successes chalked by his outfit in the implementation of the Planting for...

TUTAG members expected to return to work after court order

Teaching and learning at the various Technical Universities across the country is expected to commence today following an Accra High court order directing striking...

How mosquitoes delayed an STC bus for 45 minutes in Tamale

There was drama at the Tamale STC yard Tuesday afternoon following a decision by some passengers to refuse to board a bus which they...

Maame Tiwaa names one of her greatest achievements as CID Boss

Immediate past Director General of the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Maame Tiwaa, has named what she considers her greatest achievements...

If you missed National Service, here’s your second chance

The National Service Scheme has announced the date for the registration of eligible Ghanaians who missed the opportunity to do their national service in...

ECG begins night swoops to clamp down illegal connections

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced plans to commence night swoops to clamp down on illegal users of power in Ghana. The exercise is...

Ablekuma Gas Explosion: Retired Military officer who lost wife and 3 children traumatized

Retired Military Officer, Warrant Officer (WO) Kwakuru, is said to be in a state of extreme trauma following the death of his wife and three children...

2020 census delayed, new date to be announced

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the postponement of the Population and Housing Census originally scheduled for March this year, Myjoyonline...

Akufo-Addo consoles families of victims in Tuesday’s deadly crash

President Akufo-Addo has condoled with families of those involved in the fatal crash on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway Tuesday dawn. My sympathies and condolences go...

We’ve started prosecuting those responsible for banking crisis – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said his government has begun prosecuting individuals believed to be responsible for the banking crisis.  “We have begun prosecuting...