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NGO chases FDA for ‘banku deaths’ report

Consumer Advocacy Centre (CAC), a Non Governmental Organisation, is on the neck of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to make public, the results...

Prison Service extends recruitment exercise

The Ghana Prisons Service has extended its recruitment exercise for applicants who are interested in safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners. A statement...

2018 Hajj fare to cost GHȼ15,000; Board provides travel details

Chairman of the Hajj Board, Sheikh I.C Quaye, has announced that the fare for this year’s 2018 Hajj pilgrimage is GHȼ15,000.00, an equivalent of...

Death threats: BOST CEO sues Duncan Amoah for GHC 5 million

The Chief Executive Officer for the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, has sued the Executive Director for the...

Wee sale booms in Begoro as youth engage in wee smoking

Begoro, a farming community in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region, is now becoming an end-user and peddler hub for illicit drugs trade. Findings...

Govt critically looking at the welfare of Goldfields mines workers – MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency in the Western Region, George Mireku Duker has assured workers of Goldfields mines of a well deserved...

12 arrested in police swoop at Assin Fosu

The Assin Fosu District Police, on Monday dawn, conducted a swoop which has led to the arrest of 12 persons suspected to be peddling...

Police blames Goldfields workers for bloody clashes

Police in the Western region has blamed workers of Goldfields mines for the bloody clashes during a protest Monday. According to the Regional Commander, ACP...

Gov’t to supervise Goldfields retrenchment exercise

A new roadmap has been drawn to address the impasse between Goldfields Ghana Limited and the Ghana Mines Workers Union over the ongoing retrenchment...

My kind of journalism is tried and tested; stands judicial scrutiny – Anas

Africa’s most revered investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas insists that his methodology in unraveling the bad guys he names, shames and jails in society...

Judges and magistrates to withdraw services on March 21

Judges of the lower courts have served notices to withdraw their services from March 21, this year, if issues concerning their salaries and working...

Jasikan DCE, driver trade slaps over use of Assembly vehicle

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Jasikan Assembly in the Volta Region, Lawrence Kwami Aisle has sacked his driver over what he described as gross...

Komenda Sugar Factory now an albatross – Minister

The controversy surrounding the Komenda Sugar Factory seems not to be ending soon as the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamena Duncan, has cast further...

Gun shots at Goldfields Tarkwa mine; four injured

Four workers at Goldfields mines in Tarkwa in the Western region have been left injured amid firing of gunshots after allegations of military and...

Photos: Strong wind injures six students at Kpandai SHS

Some six students from Kpandai Senior High School have been admitted at the Kpandai District Hospital after sustaining injuries from a strong wind that...

Fake soldier not part of Veep’s convoy – Police

Police in the Ashanti Region say the 23-year-old man who faked himself as a soldier in the region was not part of the security...

We are ready to leave but… – Traders around Nana Addo’s residence

Shop owners and traders around the private residence of President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo say they are ready to vacate the location on one...

My life is in danger over BOST saga – COPEC boss

Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Duncan Amoah is calling for police protection following incessant death threats on his life. Duncan Amoah...

PHOTOS: Bees attack Fetteh Kakraba residents

Bees have attacked some residents of Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region of Ghana, leaving one person unconscious and others injured. The victims of the...

Hot video: There are many gays in Ghana – US Ambassador reveals

United States Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, wants Ghanaians to be conscious of the rights of homosexuals and treat them equally as heterosexuals. According to...

Akufo-Addo pledges to increase solar energy

The President has pledged the commitment of his government to increase the contribution of the solar energy to the country’s energy mix. Despite an abundance of...

Chief of Staff urges united effort to ‘build Ghana beyond aid’

Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei Opare, has called for a united effort to accelerate the transformation of the economy and end the...

Child marriages decline globally – UNICEF

Increased global effort over the last decade against child marriages has paid off as the risk of a girl marrying before her 18th birthday...

My rings are just for fashion, there are no strange powers – Salifu Amoako

The General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, Prophet Elisha Salifu Badu, popularly known as Salifu Amoako has said his rings are just for fashion. Speaking...

PHOTOS: K.B Asante laid to rest

Retired Ghanaian diplomat K.B Asante has finally been laid to rest after a burial service held at the forecourt of the State House, Saturday...

Pregnant woman, 5 others killed in motor accident

Six persons including a pregnant woman were killed in a motor accident near Haomako on the Techiman-Ejura road on Thursday. An Opel taxi cab travelling from Techiman...

T.B. Joshua’s ‘son’ exposes witches’ plans

A Bolgatanga-based prophet, who is much the same as Nigeria’s Prophet T.B. Joshua both in appearance and in speech style, has revealed four unsuspected...

PHOTOS: Traders around Nana Addo’s residence asked to vacate

National Security has given shop owners and traders around the private residence of President Nana Akufo-Addo one week to pack out of the area. The...

Help us write our final exams in peace – Ejisuman SHS alleged sex victims 'cry'

Some victims of the alleged sexual abuse at the Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS) have asked educational authorities to make alternative arrangements for them...

Clean and neat Accra is the new London – Zoomlion boss

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has claimed that Accra is the “new London” because it is neat...

HOT AUDIO: 'Enjoy' slaps from your wife in the interest of peace – MP urges men

Vice Chairperson of Parliamentary Select Committee on Gender, Abena Duruwaa Mensah has admonished men to refrain from any action which seeks to retaliate a...

Man commits suicide over GHC900 debt

A Trotro driver, Sampson Kwaku Ayisi, 61, has committed suicide at Alajo, a surburb of Accra. The sad incident occurred Thursday at Alajo Down Town,...

Elimination of child marriage my priority – First Lady

First Lady of the Republic, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the elimination of child marriages in Ghana and the retention of girls in school...

Ghana deports 100 illegal migrants

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it has deported 100 illegal African immigrants for engaging in fraudulent activities in the country. This represents a sharp...

Stop 'sex for jobs' or face prosecution – TUC warns male employers

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says it will push for the prosecution of employers who engage in ‘sex for jobs’ – a practice where...

11 new magistrates sworn into office

The Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has sworn into office 11 new Magistrates. During the swearing in ceremony on Thursday March 8, she entreated the new...

Woyome wins appeal against Judgment Debt Commission

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, setting aside some adverse findings contained in the Judgement Debt Commission...

AUDIO: Educate young girls on sex – NGOs urged

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the country have been urged to introduce children to sex education. The Market Queen at Makola, Aunty Bee, who disclosed this...

AUDIO: Let’s support our own – Charlotte Osei urges women

As the world marks International Women’s Day (IWD), Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has urged Ghanaian women to support their own to...

AUDIO: Victims of sexual abuse need to be protected – Charlotte Osei

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has called for full protection for young girls who are abused sexually. She called on religious bodies, the...