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Why Mahama should not punish Sammy Gyamfi – Martin Kpebu [Listen]

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has appealed to President John Mahama not to punish the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board...

I’ll burn my church if Sammy Gyamfi loses his job – Agradaa reacts to dollar gift saga

Evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, widely known as Nana Agradaa, has mounted a spirited defense of the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold...

Sammy Gyamfi’s right to privacy was breached – Martin Kpebu on dollar gift saga [Audio]

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has come to the defence of embattled Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi,...

Mahama responds to Manasseh Azure over Zoomlion-YEA contract petition

President John Mahama has told investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni that his petition to discontinue the YEA-Zoomlion contract “is being given the necessary attention.” Two...

Alhassan Suhuyini defends Sammy Gyamfi amid viral cash gift controversy

Deputy Roads Minister and Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has come to the defense of Sammy Gyamfi following public backlash over...

Akyem Oda MP sponsors mock examination for BECE candidates

As part of efforts to promote academic excellence among junior high school students, the Member of Parliament for Akyem Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has...

Driver in fatal accident granted bail

The Kaneshie District Court One has granted bail in the sum of GH¢70,000 with two sureties to a driver who allegedly knocked down and...

Environment rehabilitation officer to spend 20 years behind bars over defilement

The Circuit Court in Tarkwa has sentenced an environment rehabilitation officer to 20 year’s imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old girl at...

FDA and collaborators at the Aflao border nab woman with fake aphrodisiacs

Officials from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and their collaborators at the Aflao border have arrested Hawa Fuseini, a passenger on a Nagode...

Sammy Gyamfi must resign – ACUC

The AfriKan Continental Union Consult (ACUC), a think tank on African good governance, is calling for the resignation of Mr. Sammy Gyamfi, the acting...

Upper East residents to be surcharged for poor sanitation

Donatus Atanga Akamugri, Upper East Regional Minister, has warned that residents found culpable for poor sanitation will be held accountable and surcharged. The move, according...

Man arrested with cache of ammunition, military gear in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 25-year-old man with a cache of weapons, ammunition, and military-style gear near the Asankare Police barrier in...

Prices will only fall if… – GUTA

The President of the Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) says the reason prices of goods remain high despite the cedi's recent gains is...

Railway workers embark on indefinite strike over 7 months’ unpaid salaries

Railway workers across Ghana on Monday declared an indefinite sit-down strike, bringing services under the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) to a halt over...

Disallowed Expenditure: Auditor-General recovers GH¢12.7bn

The Office of the Auditor-General has recovered GH¢12.7 billion out of GH¢38.9 billion disallowed expenditures flagged in audit reports between 2020 and 2023. This represents...

Anas reacts after U.S. Court slashed Ken Agyapong’s fine from $18m to $500

Private investigative firm Tiger Eye P.I. has responded to a U.S. court's new ruling that significantly reduced the damages awarded in its defamation case...

Ghana to regulate labour export through New ‘Work Abroad’

The Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment, George Opare Addo, has revealed that the government is taking concrete steps to formalise its Work Abroad Initiative through...

Mahama urges African leaders to adopt new public debt management system

President John Mahama has advised African leaders to adopt a new public debt management agenda to develop the continent and improve the wellbeing of...

Court denies Charles Bissue’s request for passport release

The High Court today rejected an application by Charles Bissue, the first accused in an ongoing criminal trial, seeking temporary release of his passport...

Anas vrs. Kennedy Agyapong: U.S. Court slashes $18m defamation fine to $500

A United States court has drastically reduced the $18 million defamation damages previously awarded against Ghanaian politician and former Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong,...

Suspension is ‘the least’ punishment Mahama can give to Sammy Gyamfi – Tia-Mahama

Dr. Kabiru Tia-Mahama, Member of Parliament for Walewale and a member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, says a suspension is “the least” punishment former President...

Avenor Traditional Council calls for unity among chiefs

The Paramount Chief and President of the Avenor Traditional Council in the Volta Region, Togbega Dorglo Anumah VI, has urged the Chairman of the...

Akoase Cocoa farmers clash with galamsey operators over destroyed seedlings

Cocoa farmers in Akoase, located in the Birim North Municipality of the Eastern Region, are in conflict with illegal miners—commonly known as galamsey operators—over...

GNECC to launch Global Action Week for Education in Oti Region

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) will officially launch the Global Action Week for Education (GAWE) 2025 this Wednesday in Bodada, located in...

Atsiame Dukor responds to Togbui Dorglo’s Akatsi speech; rejects claims

The traditional leadership of Atsiame Dukor has firmly rebutted claims made by Togbui Dorglo Anumah VI, Paramount Chief and President of the Avenor Traditional...

Suspected NDC members attack Forestry Commission in Enchi over recruitment

A group of people suspected to be NDC members has this morning besieged the Forestry Commission office in Enchi, located in the Aowin Municipality...

Koo Fori pleads not guilty to $50k fraud, granted ₵320k bail

Ghanaian comic actor Koo Fori, known in private life as Samuel Seth Kwabena Kyere Karikari, has pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding a...

I ignored intelligence not to go to Bawku – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohonu, has revealed that he defied security intelligence advising him against entering Bawku during a recent surge...

Konongo Odumase a ‘ticking time bomb’ as illegal mining creeps into homes

Environmental journalist with the Multimedia Group, Erastus Asare Donkor, has raised the alarm over a disturbing and dangerous phenomenon in Konongo Odumase in the...

4 feared dead in gory accident at Assin Bresiako

A fatal head-on collision between a Yutong bus and a tipper truck has claimed the lives of at least four people, with several others...

Mother’s Day: Lordina Mahama supports mothers at Korle Bu

Ghana’s First Lady, Lordina Mahama, marked this year’s Mother’s Day with a heartfelt visit to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where she spent time...

Mary Addah urges Mahama to act on Sammy Gyamfi’s cash gift to Agradaa

Mary Awelana Addah, Executive Director of Transparency International Ghana, has voiced her concerns over the growing controversy surrounding a cash donation made by Sammy...

Captain Effah Dartey shares health ordeal [Listen]

Private legal practitioner and seasoned politician, Captain Nkrabea Effah Dartey, has opened up about a recent personal challenge that kept him away from public...

Emotional Mother’s Day surprise as Gifty Anti pays medical bills for 21 mothers at Tema General Hospital

It was an emotional Mother’s Day at the Tema General Hospital when broadcaster and women’s advocate, Gifty Anti, settled the medical bills of 21...

Dambai fish sellers appeal for better shelter amid health concerns

Fish sellers at the Dambai Market in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region are urgently requesting better shelter to protect themselves from...

Sammy Gyamfi wants to test Mahama; he must be punished – Effah Dartey

Private legal practitioner and politician, Captain Nkrabea Effah Dartey (Rtd), has joined calls for punitive action against the National Communications Officer of the National...

Ga Homowo: Ban on noise-making begins today

The one-month ban on all forms of noise-making and drumming in Accra takes effect today, May 12, 2025, and will end on June 12,...

Agradaa breaks silence on Sammy Gyamfi’s dollar gift [Watch]

Televangelist Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has come to the defense of the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBoard),...

Chief of Staff summons Sammy Gyamfi over dollar gift to Agradaa

The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has summoned the Acting CEO of the Ghana Gold Board following a viral video in which Sammy Gyamfi...

Four feared dead, others injured in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway [Video]

Four people have been reported dead, while three others have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Akyem Asafo on the Accra-Kumasi...