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Be measured in your demands – CLOGSAG told amidst strike action [Audio]

Development communication expert Dr. Daniel Odoom has urged the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) to be measured in its demands...

Filth takes over Kumasi-Alaba amid rising cholera outbreak

A severe sanitation crisis has gripped Kumasi-Alaba, with uncollected refuse piling up in the streets, heightening concerns as Ghana battles an escalating cholera outbreak. Residents...

Flaunting luxury contributed to NPP’s 2024 defeat – Kofi Ofosu Nkansah [Listen]

Former CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has attributed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 electoral defeat partly...

Vetting Chaos: Special Committee to submit report to Speaker today

The Special Committee investigating the disturbances at the Appointments Committee is set to submit its report today, February 20, after receiving a one-week extension. Initially...

Lands Minister raises alarm over illegal miners taking over forest reserves

Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has expressed deep concern over the growing threat of illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana,...

High Court orders Ghana Immigration Service to compensate traveller GH₵960k for wrongful detention

The High Court in Accra has ordered the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to pay GH₵960,000 in damages and costs for wrongfully detaining a Ghanaian...

Driver in court for allegedly killing pedestrian

Richard Essifie, a driver who allegedly knocked down a 52-year-old pedestrian on General Acheampong High Street, has appeared before the Dansoman Circuit Court. Essifie, driving...

Salesman in court for allegedly stealing cash, auto parts totaling GH¢255,904

Samuel Kwasi Hlo, a salesman accused of misappropriating GH¢111,591 belonging to Auto Avenue Enterprise, has appeared before the Dansoman Circuit Court. Hlo is also alleged...

Burning excavators won’t solve galamsey – Small-Scale Miners warn

The National Concerned Association of Small-Scale Miners, Ghana (NCASMG) is appealing to President John Mahama to intervene and halt the ongoing destruction of excavators...

We’ll ensure Akwatia MP complies with Court ruling – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has reaffirmed the caucus's commitment to ensuring that Akwatia MP Ernest Yaw Kumi adheres to legal requirements following his conviction...

Court slaps Asiedu Nketia with GH₵3k cost in defamation suit

The High Court in Accra has imposed a GH₵3,000 cost on Johnson Asiedu Nketia, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for omitting...

Environment Minister urges journalists to join fight against galamsey

Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has called on journalists to play an active role in the fight against illegal mining...

Group threatens demo over mass dismissal of public servants

A group calling itself Youth With Disabilities has slammed the Mahama-led administration, demanding an immediate reversal of the mass dismissal of public servants. In a...

Euroget to submit outstanding issues on Kumasi Military Hospital to Defence Ministry

The Minister for Defence, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has disclosed that Euroget De-Invest, the contractors responsible for the Afari (Kumasi) Military Hospital, have been...

Swiss Ambassador pays courtesy call on Energy Minister John Jinapor

The Swiss Ambassador to Ghana, Simone Giger, on Wednesday, February 19, paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Energy, John Abdulai Jinapor, to...

Energy Minister meets AGI and Budget Department to strengthen collaboration

The Minister of Energy, John Abdulai Jinapor, held a crucial meeting with the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and the Budget Department of the...

N-Gas insists it won’t supply gas to Ghana over unpaid arrears

N-Gas Limited has officially notified the Volta River Authority (VRA) of its decision to halt gas supply to Ghana due to outstanding arrears. In a...

Man hit by stray bullets as customs officers open fire while chasing driver in Sogakope

An engineer with the South Tongu Assembly in the Volta Region, identified as Alex, has sustained injuries after being hit by stray bullets allegedly...

15 CSIR research projects in danger over USAID funding cut

About 15 research projects being implemented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are on the verge of being halted following cutbacks...

Illegal Mining: Ghana needs billions to reclaim and restore degraded lands – EPA

Ghana will need billions of dollars to treat, reclaim, and restore vast degraded lands and water bodies affected by illegal mining activities over the...

Water scarcity in Agotime-Ziope, Adaklu districts to worsen as Tordze gets polluted

Residents in the Agortime-Ziope District and parts of the Adaklu District are expected to face dire water scarcity as Tordze, their main source of...

Trio sentenced to 50 years for foiled robbery

A Nigerian national and two Ghanaians have been sentenced to a total of 50 years imprisonment by the Assin-Kyerewere Circuit Court for attempted robbery...

Only 40 out of 800 illegal miners prosecuted – Lands Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has revealed that only 40 out of over 800 illegal miners have been prosecuted...

Minority demands increase in cocoa producer price

The Minority NPP Caucus in Parliament has called on the government to increase the producer price of cocoa, citing promises made before and after...

Ernest Anim organises 2025 Kumawu MP’s Teachers Awards

The Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim, organised the 2025 Kumawu MP’s Teachers Awards on Monday, February 17, 2025, to honour outstanding...

Osu Kingmakers reject Ishmael Nortey Adumuah’s nomination to Korle Klottey Assembly Council

Osu Kinkawe Dzaase, the traditional authority responsible for selecting and installing chiefs in Osu, has expressed its opposition to the shortlisting of Ishmael Nortey...

Water crisis hits Ahwiam in Ningo-Prampram district [Video]

Residents of Ahwiam and its environs in the Ningo-Prampram District have been grappling with a severe water crisis. The protracted issue has left residents desperate...

ECG to engage Adidome residents over billing concerns

The Volta Regional office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is set to engage residents of Adidome in the Central Tongu District following...

NUGS announces demo against WAEC

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has announced plans to stage a demonstration against the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the withholding...

Typhoid cases surge in Nanumba North amid water crisis

The Nanumba North Municipality in the Northern Region is witnessing a rise in typhoid cases, primarily due to poor sanitation and unsafe water sources. For...

Kwakye Ofosu justifies Samuel Botchway’s appointment as Births & Deaths Registrar

The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has dismissed the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG)’s opposition...

Prof. Gyampo confirms declaring assets after assuming office

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers Authority, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has confirmed that he declared his assets in line with constitutional...

Manasseh Awuni praises David Asante’s public service

Investigative journalist Manasseh Awuni Azure has commended David Asante, the former Managing Director of the Ghana Publishing Company Limited, for his exemplary service in...

Nzema Youth demands inclusion of Western Region in Energy Ministry appointments

The Nzema Youth Alliance (NYA), a group representing indigenes of Nzema land in Ghana and the diaspora, has raised concerns over what it describes...

CLOGSAG declares strike

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has declared a nationwide strike effective Thursday, February 20, 2025. The industrial action is to...

Domelevo calls for physical verification of public officials’ asset declarations

Former Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has called for a more thorough process in verifying the assets and liabilities of public officials. Mr. Domelevo emphasized the...

Court convicts disputed Akwatia MP Ernest Yaw Kumi of contempt

A Koforidua High Court has convicted the Member of Parliament for Akwatia in the Eastern Region, Ernest Yaw Kumi, for contempt of court. Following his...

Court throws out case against NPP’s Collins Amoah

In a significant legal victory, the Accra Circuit Court 3, presided over by Her Honour Susana Eduful, has today, 19th February 2025, struck out...

March 31 deadline for asset declaration too long – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has criticized the March 31 deadline set by President John Mahama for government appointees to declare their assets, arguing...

5 key questions President Mahama expects National Education Forum to answer

President John Dramani Mahama has officially launched the National Education Consultative Forum, urging collective action to reform Ghana’s education system to meet 21st-century demands. Speaking...