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Dead body exhumed at Assin Akropong cemetery; vital organs missing

The lifeless body of 15-year-old Kenneth Ampofo, who was laid to rest just last Friday, has been exhumed by unknown perpetrators at the Assin...

Bawumia slams NDC over new ‘dumsor levy,’ warns Ghanaians of more taxes ahead

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at the governing NDC for introducing a new fuel tax barely months after abolishing...

Galamsey: Wontumi’s aide convicted in bribery case, fined GH₵200k

The High Court today, Wednesday, June 4, convicted Thomas Andy Owusu, aide to NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi,...

Strike by nurses disrupts healthcare services across Ghana

The ongoing strike by nurses in public hospitals across Ghana continues to severely impact healthcare delivery, leaving patients stranded and medical services disrupted. In many...

OLA Girls SHS wins Energy Commission Renewable Challenge in Ahafo region

Ola Girls’ Senior High School (SHS) in Kenyasi has emerged as the winner of the Ahafo Region edition of the 2025 Energy Commission’s Renewable...

AIES urges gov’t to scrap ‘dumsor levy’ over economic hardship

The African Institute of Energy Sustainability (AIES) has strongly condemned the government’s newly introduced GHS1.00 per litre Energy Levy, dubbed the “Dumsor Levy,” describing...

2025 BECE: GNAT General Secretary warns Ahafo Teachers against exam malpractice

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah, has issued a stern warning to teachers in the Ahafo Region...

Goosie Tanoh urges NDC to uphold probity and accountability to sustain leadership for the next 50 years

Presidential Advisor and veteran National Democratic Congress (NDC) comrade, Goosie Tanoh, has urged the party to recommit to its founding values of probity, accountability,...

OSP drops all corruption, bribery charges against Thomas Owusu Andy

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has withdrawn all six charges of corruption and bribery against Owusu Andy Thomas, effectively clearing him of...

Ghana Link defends e-tracking system after national security criticism

Ghana Link Network Services Ltd, operators of the country’s Electronic Cargo Tracking (E-Tracking) system under the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), has strongly refuted...

KPN executives pay courtesy call on Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng III

A delegation of executives from the Kwahu Professionals Network (KPN) has paid a courtesy call on the Omanhene of the Kwahu Traditional Area, Daasebre...

Gov’t is in crisis – Kwadwo Poku on GH¢1 fuel levy [Audio]

The Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Policies and Research, Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku, claims the government is in crisis and unable to fund...

Man found dead after heavy rains at Oforikrom

A yet-to-be-identified man has been found dead in a stream at Kings Down, a suburb of the Oforikrom Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The lifeless...

Scholarship Secretariat boss rescues brilliant but needy SHS graduate

The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Alexander Kwaku Asafo Agyei, has reached out to assist Senior High School (SHS) graduate Dorcas Baafi, whose...

Kofi Adomah’s road to recovery brings hope in uplifting new video

During the vibrant Kwafie Festival in Dormaa Ahenkro, a celebration rich in tradition and cultural heritage, popular Ghanaian journalist and actor Kofi Adomah Nwanwani...

Fomena MP supports 2025 BECE candidates with 1,300 mathematical sets

The Member of Parliament for Fomena Constituency and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Lawyer Andrew Amoako Asiamah, has shown support for Junior High School...

Prof. Bokpin endorses GH¢1 fuel levy

Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana, Godfred Bokpin, has backed the newly introduced GH¢1 levy on petroleum products, describing it...

Obuasi West MCE cautions Pragya riders to reduce fares and obey traffic rules

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi West, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, has issued a stern warning to pragya (tricycle) riders in the municipality, urging...

Notorious armed robber jailed 18 years

The Upper West Regional Police Command has secured the conviction of a 25-year-old notorious armed robber, Adihan Mahmoud, popularly known as Okra. A statement issued...

The consequences will be dire for all of us – COPEC on GH¢1 fuel levy

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has strongly criticised the government’s introduction of a GH¢1 levy on each litre of petroleum products. Speaking on Adom...

Daniel Fenyi appointed GES PRO

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has congratulated and officially welcomed Daniel Fenyi as the new Head of the Public Relations Unit. Mr....

Bright Simons responds to Ibrahim Mahama’s suit

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has formally entered an appearance in the GH¢10 million defamation suit filed against him by businessman Ibrahim...

Energy Minister defends GH¢1.00 fuel levy

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has defended the recently approved GH¢1.00 petroleum levy, describing it as a timely and necessary...

Ofori-Atta’s legal team losing public sympathy – Prof Ansa-Asare

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Professor Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has cautioned the legal team of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta against...

Ghana Meteo sends weather warnings over rainstorm from Togo

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has issued a fresh weather alert warning of thunderstorms and rainfall across several parts of the country, following the movement...

Protest hits Garu District Executives over School Feeding contract allegations

A group of aggrieved youth in the Garu Constituency of the Upper East Region has staged a protest against the alleged politicization of the...

OSP is terrorising Ken Ofori-Atta – Prof Ansa-Asare

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law has accused the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of acting in a manner that...

Bunkprugu Paramount chief officially gazetted after 18-year legal battle

After nearly two decades of intense legal disputes and traditional contestation, the Paramount Chief of Bunkprugu, Naba Alhaji Abuba Nasinmong, has finally been officially...

Armed Robbers shoot father and children in latest attack at Gomoa Dominase junction

Three people, including a father and his children, are receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital after falling victim to an armed...

NEIP CEO, Eric Adjei supports June 3rd tragedy survivor, Solomon Akurugu

A decade after the tragic June 3rd Circle disaster, the story of one of its survivors, Solomon Akurugu, has moved Ghanaians once again, this...

Journalists urged to lead public health fight amid NCD surge

Professor Frank E. Baiden, Dean of the Fred N. Binka School of Public Health at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), has...

Three pupils injured after high tension cable falls at Kasoa Ofaakor

Three school pupils are in critical condition and receiving treatment at St. Joe’s Clinic and the Kasoa Polyclinic after a high-tension cable fell on...

Responsibility should be our ignition, not the pain of a tragedy – June 3 disaster survivor

Akosua Ogyiri, a survivor of the June 3 disaster, has called on Ghanaians to embrace responsibility as the true motivation for change—rather than waiting...

“We’ll abandon post!” – Donkorkrom health workers issue 2-week ultimatum over deadly armed robberies

Health workers at the Presbyterian Hospital in Donkorkrom, Kwawu Afram Plains North District, are threatening to abandon the area if the government fails to...

Pln. Gifty Nyarko given ‘most outstanding in urban and regional planning’ honours

Pln. Gifty Nyarko, Head of the Physical Planning Department at the Sunyani West Municipal Assembly, has been named the “Most Outstanding in Urban and...

Small-Scale Miners warn against exclusive powers for chiefs in galamsey fight

The President of the Small-Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, has raised concerns over proposals to grant traditional chiefs exclusive powers to combat illegal...

Thunderstorm kills four children, injures one at Sefwi Awaso

A powerful thunder strike during a heavy downpour has claimed the lives of four children and left another injured at Sefwi Awaso in the...

University of Ghana reacts to viral letter on Malik Basintale’s degree verification

The University of Ghana has disassociated itself from a viral letter circulating on social media regarding the degree verification of the Acting CEO of...

Ghana records 26 new Mpox cases, total rises to 45

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported 26 new confirmed Mpox cases, bringing the total infections to 45 as of May 31, 2025. No new...

Thunderstorms to hit some parts of Ghana; check out affected areas

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has issued a weather forecast warning of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across several parts of the country, particularly in...