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Double track system long overdue – Kokofu

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Bantama, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has said the implementation of the double track system is long...

No toilet, no light – MCE orders

Municipal Chief Executive for Hohoe, Teddy Ofori, has asked the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), not to give electricity metres to households without toilet...

Menzgold CEO meets EOCO next week Friday

The Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Company Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah will meet officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Friday,...

University of Ghana to ‘cough’ $160million for Africa Integras

The University of Ghana is said to have lost an arbitration in London in relation to the Africa Integras Project and therefore expected to...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Heads must roll over our delayed salaries – Teacher trainees

Teacher trainees across the country have threatened to take the government on if they are not paid their delayed two-year salary. According to Mr Kwabena...

Double-track system a very smart approach – Deputy Education Minister

About 181 thousand students can now heave a sigh of relief following government’s decision to roll out the double track system in September this...

AUDIO: 40 Crocodile Matchet workers suspended for demonstrating

Forth (40) workers of Crocodile Matchet Company Limited, manufacturers of various types of cutlasses, have been suspended for protesting on the streets of Tema. The...

GACC urges government institutions to work without fear or favour

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition is urging government institutions to discharge their duties without fear or favour or religious considerations. Executive Secretary of the Coalition, Beauty...

10-year-old girl crashed to death at Lower Manya Krobo

A 10-year-old girl, Abena Tetteh, has been crashed to death by an Opel Astra Taxi with registration Number GR 9378V. The incident occurred Monday at...

State burial for J.H Mensah on August 17

President Nana Akufo-Addo, has revealed that Government will honour the late John Henry Mensah with a state burial, which will be held on Friday,...

Ashanti records 6, 269 teenage pregnancies in six months

A total of 6, 269 teenage pregnancies were recorded in the Ashanti Region between January and June, this year, Dr. Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, Deputy Regional...

Audio: Residents of sexually suggestive towns ‘mad’ over Agyarko’s dismissal

Residents of sexually suggestive towns in the Abirem Constituency of the Eastern Region say their hope of being connected to the national grid has...

Photos: Boy, 7, with severe skin disorder responding to treatment – KATH

Doctors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) say a 7-year-old boy who is suffering from severe skin and mucous membrane disorder is responding to...

Menzgold CEO calls BoG’s bluff; calls caution a joke

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Company Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM1, has described as the “joke of the day”,...

Police go after cemetery ritual organisers

The stool father of the Prampram Traditional Area, Numo Osabu Abbey, is assisting the Police in Tema in the investigation of a case involving...

We’re coming after you – Bank of Ghana to Menzgold

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a public notice that it is in discussions with relevant regulatory authorities to sanction Menzgold Company Limited...

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko sacked

Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko has been sacked over the controversial revised AMERI deal. He has been asked to handover to Minister of Lands and...

Wisconsin graduates call on government to build more ICT Centres across Ghana

Some Information Technology (IT) graduates of the Wisconsin International University College have called on the incumbent government to build more ICT centres to boost...

I resigned before Sovereign Bank collapse – Former Board Chair

Former Board chairman of the defunct Sovereign Bank is threatening legal action over reports linking him to the collapse of Sovereign Bank. Dr Kwame Acheampong-Kyei...

Planting for Food & Jobs fertilizer worth GH¢600,000 stolen

Seven officers of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in the Sunyani Municipality of the Brong Ahafo are under investigation for allegedly stealing...

Man arrested for attempting to sell 14-year-old

The Ellembele Police in the Western region have arrested a man for allegedly attempting to sell his son to the city’s National Democratic Congress...

I took hormonal pills to look and feel like a woman – Repented gay

A repented homosexual Pastor Manuel Magabolo has revealed that he took hormonal pills just to look more like a woman when he was in...

AUDIO: Okyehene not demolishing 500 houses – Okyehene Palace

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has debunked reports that it intends to demolish over 500 buildings to make way for the expansion of Okyehene...

Wife, 5-yr-old son of Ghanaian living in Canada drown in backyard pool

“My son is dying.” Elizabeth Solomon uttered the chilling words in a phone call and then hung up. Minutes later, her husband discovered her body...

Man fined GHC1,708 for stoning neighbour during quarrel

Gideon Dogbatse a Customer Care Provider has been sentenced to pay a fine and compensation of GH¢1,708 cedis for throwing a stone at his...

Hajj 2018: Banned kola nuts, pepper seized at Tamale

Kola nut, which Saudi Arabia authorities has warned Hajj pilgrims of carrying into the Kingdom this year, has been found in the luggage of...

19-year-old boy high on Tramadol falls to his death

A 19-year-old boy known to be addicted to Tramadol has fallen from 4th floor of a storey building to death at Asafo market in...

Video: Gays should not be attacked – Opuni Frimpong

The former General Secretary of Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong has condemned homophobic attacks on people who associate themselves with the...

Church taxes: Be clear on your position or shut up – Opuni-Frimpong to critics

Immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong has lambasted critics who are calling for churches to pay...

Tanker kills 4 people drinking at a bar

Tragedy struck int he Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State PortHarcort on Saturday August 4,2018 as a tanker rammed into a bar where...

2,617 hajj pilgrims to fly from Tamale to Mecca

The first batch of 2,617 Muslim pilgrims from the three Northern regions will fly direct from the Tamale International Airport Jedda, Saudi Arabia. The over...

Video: Ghana is still worth dying for – Rawlings

 READ: Dr.  Obengfo struggles to execute bail Former President Jerry John Rawlings has subtly ‘hit back’ at brother of late President John Evans Atta Mills over...

Dr Obengfo struggles to execute bail

The case in which Dr Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, Proprietor of Obengfo Hospital at Weija is being held for operating a health facility without licence...

Asphalting of Kasoa-Accra road commences on Sunday

From Sunday, August 5, sections of the Kasoa-Accra road will be closed to vehicular traffic to pave the way for the asphalting of the...

Obengfo CEO struggling to meet bail conditions

The Chief Executive Officer of the Obengfo Hospital, Dr. Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh is facing challenges to meet his bail conditions in his murder trial. Dr Obeng is...

First Allied Savings and Loans denies locking-up female customer overnight

Management of the First Allied Savings and Loans Limited has denied assertions by a female customer of the Adabraka branch that she was locked...

Abensuo CEO rehabilitates Amrahia roads

Oheneba Kasempa Enterprise, producers of Original Abensuo drink has as part of its corporate social responsibility rehabilitated some roads in Amrahia and its environs...

Supplementary Law School entrance exams ‘unconstitutional’ – Students

Some of the students who wrote last week’s Ghana Law School entrance examination have expressed outrage over the General Legal Council’s (GLC) order for...

Okada fatalities hit 21% from 2.7% in 15years

The Ministry of Transport and its stakeholders are meeting in Koforidua in the Eastern regional capital to review its performance, diagnose pressing challenges facing...

Operation Vanguard marks anniversary as experts mark performance

The performance sheet of government's militarisation of the fight against illegal mining has been pulled out showing a 10% conviction rate after more than...