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A-G’s anti-corruption drive signals change – Edem Senanu

Anti-corruption advocate Edem Senanu has commended the Attorney General’s (AG) commitment to holding public officials accountable, describing it as a step toward greater transparency...

Dr. Edmund Arthur honoured at 2025 Corporate Excellence Awards

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and head doctor at Balm of Gilead Alternative Healthcare, Dr. Edmund Arthur, has been honoured at the 2025 Corporate...

Only 80 psychiatrists serving Ghana’s 35 million population – Mental Health Authority

Mental health is a growing global concern, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that one in every eight people worldwide is affected. By...

Tamale Circuit Court sentences 5 for drug-related offences

Five individuals have been sentenced by the Tamale Circuit Court for various drug-related offences, including the unauthorised sale, possession, and distribution of restricted and...

Adum Fire: We need well-planned market structures – GUTA

The Head of the Business and Economic Bureau at the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Charles Kusi Appiah, has called for a comprehensive...

Head of Physical Planning at Sunyani West Municipal Assembly receives Personality of Great Impact & Excellence Award

Planner Gifty Nyarko, Head of the Physical Planning Department at the Sunyani West Municipal Assembly and Interim National President of the Local Government Service...

Waste crisis at Dordoe Korpe lorry station sparks urgent calls for action

The Dordoe Korpe lorry station in the Krachi Nchumuru district of the Oti Region is grappling with severe waste accumulation, prompting significant concerns about...

Cecilia Dapaah Case: Jewelry returned to Manhyia Palace, still claimed as stolen – Lawyer

The ongoing criminal trial of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah’s house helps has taken a new turn, with the lawyer for one of the...

Sky Train Scandal: Ex-GIIF CEO hiding in Senegal – A-G

It has emerged that the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Solomon Asamoah, who was involved in the payment...

I’m under pressure to prosecute, but… – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has acknowledged that he is under pressure from Ghanaians to prosecute officials of the previous...

Sophia Akuffo calls for review of Ghana’s mining agreements

Former Chief Justice and Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Justice Sophia Akuffo, is calling for a comprehensive review of Ghana’s...

Attorney-General warns banks against moving Adu Boahene’s assets

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has cautioned all banks and financial institutions dealing with former Director-General of the National Signals...

Check out list of properties allegedly acquired by Adu Boahene

A list of landed properties in Ghana and London, allegedly owned by former Director of the National Signals Bureau (NSB) Kwabena Adu Boahene, has...

Adu Boahene accused of laundering over $2m in real estate

Kwabena Adu Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), has been accused of embezzling state funds and laundering them through real...

AG rebukes Minority Leader over allegations of theft in Addison raid

Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine has strongly rebuffed Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s claims that National Security operatives stole personal belongings during a search at...

Bagbin swears in first-ever Parliamentary Committee on Security and Intelligence

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has officially sworn in the first-ever Committee on Security and Intelligence, established under Order 258 (4)...

I’ll come after you if you engage in any criminality – Ayine warns public officers 

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has warned government officials against embezzlement and any form of criminality, expressing readiness to...

Fuel tankers burst into flames at Kpone

A fire outbreak involving fuel tankers was recorded at Kpone, behind the GPHA terminal at the barrier, on March 24, 2025. At least three...

Former NSA boss paid MP to kill ghost names scandal – AG

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has revealed that a former Chief Executive of the National Service Scheme (NSS) paid...

State power must not be weaponised – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has strongly condemned what it describes as the blatant weaponisation of state power against political opponents, warning that such actions...

Minority accuses Attorney General of misusing office, demands end to raids

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Attorney General of abusing his office by orchestrating raids, arrests, and investigations targeting former government appointees. According to...

Adu Boahene arrested for diverting $7m into private accounts – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dominic Ayine, has confirmed the arrest and detention of the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB),...

Three killed, others injured in another shooting incident in Binduri

Unidentified gunmen attacked a local drinking spot in Binduri Down, Upper East Region, on Sunday, March 23, 2025, shooting six people. According to a report...

Mahama promotes new Service Chiefs of Ghana Armed Forces

President John Mahama has promoted new leadership for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), effective March 24, 2025. The promotions were made on the advice of...

Ato Forson dismisses $1.7m procurement allegation

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has denied allegations of approving a $1.7 million single-source procurement contract, describing the claims as entirely false. In a...

Unknown men ransack A5 Security Services office at KIA [Video]

A group of men, allegedly affiliated with the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has ransacked the office of A5 Security Services at Terminal 2 of...

Nsuokyire residents protest illegal mining along Tano river [Photos]

Some residents of Nsuokyire in the Aowin District of the Western Region have confronted illegal miners operating along the Tano River, setting fire to...

Ghana, Morocco agree on visa waiver for all travelers

Ghana and Morocco have reached a significant agreement to implement a visa waiver for all categories of travelers from both nations. Minister for Foreign Affairs,...

This is not the first attack, but we won’t give up – Forestry Commission PRO [Audio]

The Public Affairs Manager of the Forestry Commission, Joyce Ofori Kwafo, has confirmed that the Rapid Response Team officer injured by illegal miners is...

Abuse of parliamentary immunity to spread lies will be corrected – Deputy AG

Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has addressed allegations made by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin regarding a recent raid conducted by...

Mahama urges newly sworn-in Armed Forces Council to serve with integrity

President John Dramani Mahama has called on members of the newly sworn-in Ghana Armed Forces Council to carry out their duties with wisdom, integrity,...

Soothsaying and the Afterlife: The role of spiritual intermediaries in Konkomba funeral traditions

The Konkomba ethnic group in Ghana holds deep beliefs about death and the afterlife, with soothsaying playing a crucial role in their understanding of...

Addison planted spy devices at home to monitor BoG – Festus Aboagye alleges

Retired Colonel Festus Aboagye has accused former Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr Ernest Addison, of installing unauthorized electronic surveillance equipment at his residence,...

Water was not an issue – Fire Service PRO on Adum incident [Audio]

The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Ashanti Region, D.O. II Peter Addai, has refuted claims that fire...

Kadjebi District Assembly urged to explore avenues to boost IGF

The Kadjebi District Assembly in the Oti Region has been urged to explore innovative ways to increase its internally generated funds (IGF) to support...

Fire ravages six-bedroom house at Odumasi-Santreso

A six-bedroom house at Odumasi Santreso in the Ashanti Region has been completely destroyed by fire. The incident occurred around 4:30 am on Saturday, March...

Curfew disrupting healthcare services in Nkwanta South – Oti Health Director

Healthcare workers in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region say the nighttime curfew in the area is disrupting essential medical services and...

Interior Minister calls for 24-hour policing to support economy initiative

The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has emphasized the urgent need for the Ghana Police Service to establish a dedicated 24-hour policing...

Choreography teacher jailed for sexually abusing 7 children in Twifo-Heman

The Twifo Hemang District Court, presided over by Mr Maxwell Ofori Kpodo, has sentenced a 50-year-old man, Eric Adu Amissah, to six-years imprisonment for...

Somanya: Man remanded for brutally assaulting pregnant girlfriend

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court, presided over by Mr. Kwasi Apiatse Abaidoo, has remanded 26-year-old car washer Isaac Tetteh Angmortey for three weeks in custody...