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ECG to upgrade Clou Prepayment metering system starting October 25

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced an upgrade to the metering system for customers using Clou Prepayment meters. According to a statement, the...

NAGRAT issues 5-day ultimatum to Akwamuman SHS over withheld teachers’ salaries

The Ghana National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Asuogyaman Education Directorate and the headmaster of Akwamuman Senior...

Okada rider found dead after being hired in Ashanti region 

An okada rider has allegedly been murdered at Tepa Asuhyea in the Ahafo Ano North municipality of the Ashanti region. The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Antwi...

Gabby slams UK Prime Minister over reparation comments

A prominent figure within Ghana's New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has criticized UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer for dismissing calls for...

Public Services Workers’ Union suspend strike

The Public Services Workers' Union (PSWU) has suspended its industrial action following a directive from the National Labour Commission (NLC). The suspension according to PSWU...

Reuters’ report on Jihadist presence in northern Ghana ‘sensational, over-exaggerated’ – Bombande

Conflict resolution and peacebuilding expert, Emmanuel Bombande, has criticised a recent Reuters report suggesting that northern Ghana is serving as a logistical and medical...

Mother allegedly sells 2-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Sekondi

A 35-year-old mother, Mena Efua, is alleged to have sold her two-week-old baby for GH₵300 at Nkotompo, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western...

Ode to Freedom: In Memory of the Immortal Akoto Ampaw (Sheey Sheey)

When a haunting silence befalls our land, as in a graveyard solitude, Not with you, not with a stranger, let alone with a foe, I...

Residents of Teshie Adjetey Kanton ‘trapped’ at home as contractor abandons road project

Residents along Adjetey Kanton street in Teshie, Greater Accra Region, have expressed their frustration over the deteriorating condition of the only access road to...

Our criminal justice system has failed us; it doesn’t make sense at all – Analyst

Crime Analyst and Certified Professional Investigator Ransford Nana Addo Jnr has damned Ghana’s criminal justice system as a failed one that has hardly yielded...

Labour Commission orders Public Services Workers Union to suspend strike action

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) to call off their strike action with immediate effect. The directive was...

Ghana risks missing SDG 6 due to galamsey

Ghana’s effort to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) is under serious threat due to the devastation caused by illegal mining commonly known...

Two brothers drown in dam at Grupe

Two brothers aged between 8 and 10 have drown in a dam at Grupe, a farming community in the West Gonja Municipality of the...

Global Peace appoints Angela Aseye Quashigah as special Secretary

Angela Aseye Quashigah is a distinguished Alumni of Global Peace and is currently reading an Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration (Entrepreneurship Option) at...

Getfund holds annual stakeholders forum

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) held its annual stakeholders’ forum on Tuesday at the University of Professional Studies, Madina in Accra. Under the theme “Supporting...

Kasoa ritual murder: What 18-year-old said after being sentenced to life in prison

Nicholas Kini, the 18-year-old convicted in the ritual murder of 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdellah in Kasoa, received a life imprisonment sentence on Thursday, October...

Interior Minister imposes curfew on Sampa until further notice

The Minister for the Interior, Henry Quartey, has imposed a curfew on Sampa Township in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region through...

Food service establishments to apply for advertisement approval from FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has asked all food service establishments to apply for the Authority’s approval for their advertisements across all media...

Ayorkor Botchwey vies for Commonwealth Secretary-General position tomorrow

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, stands on the cusp of history as she vies for the position of...

NSMQ 2024: Mfantsipim School, Osei Tutu, PRESEC book places in semi-finals

In a thrilling series of contests, Mfantsipim School, Osei Tutu Senior High School, and Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (PRESEC) have all earned places...

Psychosocial effects of illegal mining dire, but overlooked – Pediatrician

A pediatrician with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr Lawrence Osei Tutu has observed the troubling psychosocial impacts of the illegal mining menace on...

Baby abandoned in manhole in Tema Community 1

A newborn baby believed to have been abandoned immediately after delivery has been rescued from a manhole in Tema Community One, Site 12 after...

Mortuary workers issue fresh strike threat

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has issued a warning to the government, stating that its members will embark on a nationwide strike...

Nungua Mantse elected new President of Greater Accra House of Chiefs

The Nungua Mantse, Oboade Notse King Professor Odaifio Welentsi III has been elected the President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs (GARHC). Until...

Election 2024: Alan Kyerematen lacks a message – Hassan Ayariga

The flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has criticised Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, the Presidential Candidate of the Movement for Change, for...

Illegal miner convicted in Tarkwa for harming friend

An illegal miner, 22, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Tarkwa circuit court for unlawfully causing harm to...

Barker-Vormawor faces new charge, 4 others discharged

The State on Thursday brought a new charge against Oliver Barker-Vormawor, leader of the Democracy Hub anti-galamsey protest group. Initially, Barker-Vormawor was charged with stealing...

Labourer remanded over robbery and attempted rape

A 25-year-old labourer has been remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court after allegedly attempting to rape a victim following a robbery. Isaac...

World Bank commits $9bn to agribusiness, calls for inclusive ecosystem

The World Bank has committed $9 billion in agribusiness investments, calling for the creation of a comprehensive global ecosystem as food demand is set...

‘Aboboyaa’ rider granted GH¢50,000 bail over defilement

A 20-year-old tricycle (Aboboyaa) rider has been granted GH¢50,000.00 bail with three sureties by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North...

Sahel jihadis find refuge and supplies in northern Ghana, sources say

Islamist militants fighting in Burkina Faso are on a campaign to expand their footprint in West Africa. And seven sources, include Ghanaian security officials and...

EC must stop smaller parties acting as NPP, NDC proxies – H Kwesi Prempeh

The Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Professor Henry Kwesi Prempeh, has criticised the Electoral Commission (EC) for inadequate vetting...

Empowering auditing institutions key to curbing fiscal irresponsibility – Domelevo

Former Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has stressed the need to empower public auditing institutions in order to address fiscal irresponsibility within ministries, departments, and...

Kasoa Ritual Murder: Family of deceased express satisfaction with ruling

The family of the 10-year-old boy who was murdered in Kasoa has expressed their satisfaction with the court's verdict. Speaking in an interview with GH...

Parents urged to inspire children’s learning, career development [Photos]

At the 20th-anniversary celebration of Confidence German International School, the founder David Ampofo encouraged parents to take an active role in motivating their children’s...

Mion: Deteriorating school structure puts pupils at risk at Tinsung [Video]

As Ghana continues its efforts to provide quality education for all, communities like Tinsung in the Mion District of the Northern Region require urgent...

Man jailed 20 years for defiling boy, 14

A 30-year-old washing bay attendant at Booboobo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, has been sen­tenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling...

Labour Commission directs PSWU to suspend strike action

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has instructed the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) to immediately end its strike. This directive was issued on Wednesday, October...

Kasoa ritual killing: 18-year-old suspect sentenced to life imprisonment

The two teenagers standing trial for the killing of a ten-year-old in Kasoa have been found guilty of counts of murder and conspiracy to...

Cardinal Namdini gold mining project set to commission first gold in November – Lands Minister

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected to commission the Cardinal Namdini Mining project, which is the biggest gold mining...