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Mahama should’ve recommended SC nominees from the Bar, academia, to achieve balance – Justice Atuguba

Retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba, says President John Mahama should have considered recommending some Supreme Court nominees from the Bar and academia...

NPP’s reaction to CJ’s suspension is ‘rubbish’ – Justice Atuguba

Retired Supreme Court judge, Justice William Atuguba, has criticised the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over its handling of the suspension of the Chief...

Mahama swears in reconstituted Board of National Peace Council

President John Mahama has sworn in the newly reconstituted Governing Board of the National Peace Council (NPC). The ceremony, held at the Jubilee House on...

Fire destroys 15 structures at Tema Community 9 market

A mid-day fire broke out at the Tema Community 9 Market on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, destroying several structures and disrupting commercial activities in...

Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi chairs legislative review committee

The Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCC) has inaugurated a Legislative Review Committee (LRC) to assess and harmonise the legal and institutional framework underpinning...

Ga North NDC supporters praise Mahama for appointing ‘humble and selfless’ MCE

Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ga North Municipality have expressed their heartfelt gratitude to President John Dramani Mahama for appointing...

Swissport Drug Bust: Court grants GH₵52m bail to 4 accused persons

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Her Ladyship Sedinam Awo Kwadam, has granted a bail of thirteen million Ghana cedis (GHS 13,000,000) to...

Where are our streetlights? – Amasaman Assembly Member questions Regional Minister

The Assembly Member for Amasaman, Love Alister, has called on the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo, to fulfill her promise to...

Gifty Anti Foundation donates incubator to Tema Regional Hospital ahead of Mother’s Day

The Gifty Anti Foundation, in collaboration with Geisha Ghana, has donated an incubator to the Tema Regional Hospital as part of its annual pre-Mother’s...

A New Dawn: Joyce Bawah hails Mahama’s bold start

Senior Presidential Advisor and Special Aide to President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has described the first 120 days of the new administration...

Dr. Wisdom Dogbey appointed Managing Director of Cocoa Marketing Company

Dr. Wisdom Kofi Dogbey has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), a subsidiary of Ghana Cocoa Board...

Veteran football coach killed in car crash [Photos]

The sports community is mourning the untimely death of veteran coach Abu Moro, who tragically lost his life in a car crash in the...

Moral discipline missing in Ghana’s education system – Prof Adei warns

Renowned educationist and former Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Prof Stephen Adei, has raised serious concerns about the state of Ghana’s...

Kpandai ECG hospital seeks support to complete mortuary project

The Medical Superintendent of the Evangelical Church of Ghana (ECG) Hospital in Kpandai, Northern Region, Dr. Sonlary Joseph, has made a heartfelt appeal to...

More details emerge on viral kidnapping case [Video]

Two Ghanaian women have been rescued after falling victim to a romance scam that led to their kidnapping in Nigeria, in a case that...

Asset Declaration: Did you lack understanding of any portion? – Defaulters asked [Listen]

The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Awelana Addah, has criticised public officials who failed to declare their assets within the...

GHC20,000 gift limit too high for political appointees – Domelevo

Former Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has expressed concerns about the GHC20,000 gift threshold established in the newly launched Code of Conduct for political appointees....

All justices stand to benefit from Torkornoo’s removal – Ansa-Asare

Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has defended the participation of Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie in the ongoing Supreme...

Ghana’s telecom sector suffers over 5,600 fibre cuts in 2024

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, says Ghana recorded 5,600 fibre optic cable cuts in 2024. This widespread...

Voting for new Pope set to begin with cardinals entering secret conclave

On Wednesday evening, under the domed ceiling of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, 133 cardinals will vote to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. The day will...

District Court Judge enstooled Twafohene of Abodiase

The Abodiase Traditional Council has enstooled District Court Judge, Augustine Kofi AÄ·osa-am, as the Twafohene of Abodiase in the Amansie West Municipality of the...

Dr. Asante criticizes Mahama over gifted cars [Video]

President John Mahama should have flatly rejected the two vehicles donated to him instead of accepting and transferring them into the state pool, Dr....

One dead, 4 hospitalised after canoe carrying children capsizes on River Okye in Assin South

One person has been confirmed dead, with four others battling for their lives after a canoe capsized on River Okye near Okyiso in the...

Mahama nominates 40 new DCEs

President John Mahama has nominated 40 new batch of District Chief Executives (DCEs) across the country. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by...

Three bedrooms partially destroyed in fire outbreak at Bibiani-Madina Estate

A fire outbreak nearly destroyed three bedrooms at Madina Estate, a suburb of Bibiani in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North...

Ag. Chief Justice didn’t err for his role in Torkornoo’s case – Ansa-Asare

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has endorsed the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss an application for an injunction seeking...

Side chick saga: Deborah Adablah jailed for contempt over social media outbursts

The Accra High Court has sentenced former National Service personnel, Deborah Seyram Adablah, to 45 days in prison for contempt of court. The sentence follows...

Korle Klottey NDC communicator warns Assembly Members over rejection of MCE nominee

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communications team in the Korle Klottey constituency has issued a stern warning to assembly members following...

Four arrested over kidnapping of 3 Chinese from Ghanaian fishing vessel

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of four people in connection with the kidnapping of three...

We’re ready to declare results, but… – EC on Ablekuma North election [Video]

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is ready to declare the final results of the Ablekuma North Constituency elections but is awaiting security support...

Parliamentary Committee lauds Dredge Masters for Accra flood control efforts, warns against encroachment 

Dredge Masters Limited, a Jopsong Group subsidiary, has garnered high praise from the Parliamentary Select Committee on Works and Housing for its ongoing dredging...

Afenyo-Markin petitions IGP over alleged assault by Constable Forson

The Minority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has formally petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, to investigate an alleged...

CJ Suspension demo: Body language of Stan Dogbe shows NDC is retaliating – Vincent Assafuah

Old Tafo Member of Parliament, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, says the body language of Deputy Chief of Staff, Stan Dogbe, during the petition presentation on...

Justice must be seen to be done – Assafuah criticizes Baffoe-Bonnie’s role in CJ case

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has expressed disappointment in the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss his application seeking to halt...

ECG losing revenue because some meters are off the map – William Boateng

The Director of Communications at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Boateng, has revealed that a significant number of meters in use across...

CJ suspension: Supreme Court’s 3-2 ruling shows our case had merit – Dame

Former Attorney General Godfred Dame has insisted that the Supreme Court's 3-2 decision against his injunction application in the Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo suspension...

Vincent Assafuah hints at review after Supreme Court dismisses bid to halt Chief Justice’s removal

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has hinted at filing for a review of the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss his...

Task Force to escort firefighters to unsafe areas – Interior Minister

In a decisive move to safeguard Ghana’s firefighters from rising cases of assault and sabotage, the Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, has...

Supreme Court dismisses Dame’s objection to Ag. CJ in Torkornoo case

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an objection raised by former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame against the participation of acting Chief Justice, Justice...

Suspension of Chief Justice a charade to remove her – Godfred Dame tells Supreme Court

Godfred Yeboah Dame, former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, has sharply criticised the ongoing process to suspend Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Torkornoo, labelling...