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Student who pushes himself 26km weekly to lectures receives electronic wheelchairs, scholarship after JoyNews report

A student with physical challenge at the University of Ghana, Isaiah Amada Awuku, who covers 26 kilometers weekly in a manual wheelchair to lectures,...

Galamsey: UTAG makes strong demands amidst strike action

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has called on the government to immediately start the prosecution of individuals arrested for illegal mining activities,...

VRA-BUI merger: Senior Staff storm Parliament to demand bill withdrawal

Senior staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) on Thursday stormed Parliament, demanding the immediate withdrawal of bills on the proposed merger with the...

One dead, another injured after violent attack in Bole

A man believed to be in his 20s, Bushira Shaibu has been killed near Tuntumba, a farming community in the Bole District of the...

GES Head of Public Affairs touches lives of needy pupils on her birthday [Photos]

The Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Cassandra Twum Ampofo has donated learning materials to needy pupils at Bethany Basic...

NRSA to launch app to help in reporting reckless driving

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is rolling out a monitoring app to simplify the reporting of reckless driving incidents. In 2023, Ghana saw 14,135...

Galamsey: GNASSM taskforce arrest 5; destroys 40 changfans on River Birim

The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) taskforce has arrested five persons for mining in the Birim River at Mampong in the Atewa...

Man arrested at Twifo Praso for assaulting his 20-year-old daughter

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Nana Amo Abraham, for causing harm to his 20-year-old daughter at Twifo Praso in the Central Region. The suspect,...

Buduburam rock blast: 34 discharged, 13 still on admission

Thirty-four people who sustained injuries due to the blasting of rock at a road construction site at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region last...

Mpraeso SHS rape: Five suspects discharged and re-arrested

The five Mpraeso Senior High School (SHS) students who were arrested for gang-raping a 16-year-old female student have been discharged. They were discharged Thursday by...

Accra Girls SHS ends 10-Year NSMQ drought, outshines Aburi Girls and Notre Dame Girls

After a decade-long absence from the national stage of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Accra Girls’ Senior High School has made a...

Gov’t sets up 5-member committee to probe Buduburam disaster

The government has set up a five-member committee to probe the rocking blasting that claimed three lives and left scores injured at Buduburam. The Central...

Lands affected by galamsey will take 50-100 years to recover – Information Minister

Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar has stated that lands impacted by illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, may require 50 to 100 years to...

Saloon car overturns on Motorway; passengers escape death

Two women escaped death in an accident on the Ashaiman stretch of the Tema Motorway at around 5 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2024. A...

20-year-old allegedly confesses to beheading younger brother

A 20-year-old boy, Samuel Obeng has killed his 8-year-old brother, Messiah Akomeah in a bush near Kwamo in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti...

Benlord pleads not guilty to charges before High Court

Nana Barima Ababio, also known as BenLord Ababio, a self-proclaimed traditional ruler, appeared in an Accra High Court alongside his accomplice, Nana Kofi Amo...

Bawumia announces launch of local streaming platform to revolutionize royalties for creatives

Vice President and NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that Ghana will launch its first local music streaming platform in November. Addressing stakeholders in...

Upper East Region: Military officer dead, five others injured in fatal accident

A tragic accident has claimed the life of one military officer from the 11 Mechanised Battalion in Bawku, while five others are in critical...

Shop attendant gave the keys to Salifu Amoako’s 16-year-old son to drive – Prosecution tells court

A sales assistant has been accused as the person who gave the key of the Jaguar vehicle to the 16-year-old son of Elisha Salifu...

Supreme Court dismisses certiorari application against KATH

The Supreme Court of Ghana on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, dismissed a certiorari application brought by one Kwame Adofo, the immediate past lawyer of...

Businessman granted GH¢2m bail over fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a businessman, Hamza Ali, bail of two million Cedis for defrauding by false pretence. The 47-year-old allegedly took $105,000...

GHALCA chairman calls for Kurt Okraku’s resignation after Black Stars’ defeat to Sudan

Chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), Kudjoe Fianoo has called for the resignation of the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt...

We’re taking necessary measures to ensure our systems are protected – Electoral Commission

The Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare, has affirmed that the Commission is well-prepared to address potential cyber threats to...

Alan Kyerematen reveals how he will tackle Galamsey as Ghana’s president

Flagbearer of the Movement for Change, Alan Kyerematen, has vowed to impose a one-year ban on small-scale mining if elected president. He believes this bold...

You can’t hold NDC to ransom – Gbande tells Kwakye-Ackah

The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has accused Amenfi Central MP Peter Kwakye-Ackah of holding the party hostage...

Amenfi Central MP will be expelled if he proceeds to go independent – NDC

The Deputy National Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says that the party will take action if the Amenfi Central MP, Peter Kwakye-Ackah...

False! Bawumia hasn’t said hardship under NPP in 2024 is better than NDC in 2016

Claim: Multiple accounts on social media have shared a postcard of Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, claiming ‘hardship’ under ex-President John Dramani...

Misleading! Nana Kwame Bediako’s event did not take place at Chamber of House of Commons or House of Lords

Claim: A viral video suggests that Nana Kwame Bediako delivered a speech to the UK Parliament on behalf of African leaders. Verdict: Misleading. DUBAWA’s findings reveal that...

Free SHS has reduced armed robbery, teenage pregnancy drastically – Napo 

The Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said the success story of the Free Senior High...

Internal auditors appeal to heads of service to upgrade their units

The National Internal Auditors Association of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) has appealed to the head of Services...

East Legon accident: Salifu Amoako granted GH¢50k bail

The High Court in Accra has granted bail to Bishop Salifu Amoako and Mouha Amoako, parents of Elrad Amoako, whose actions resulted in the...

East Legon accident: Salifu Amoako, wife plead not guilty

Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako, his wife Mouha Amoako, and one Linda Bonsu Bempah have been charged for “Permitting an unlicensed person to drive.” All three...

Ghana and China commit to deepening relations as new Chinese Ambassador calls on Lands Minister

The seventeenth Chinese ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Tong Defa, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Lands...

Galamsey: Why didn’t you praise Akufo-Addo in 2017? Napo quizzes Organised Labour 

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has taken a swipe at Organised Labour and other unions over their...

Sunon Asogli Power shuts down due to $259m debt owed by ECG

Sunon Asogli Power Ltd has announced the shutdown its operations due to the inability of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to pay its...

Over 2,000 mining and related licenses issued since 2017

The issuance of mining and mining-related licenses in Ghana has garnered significant attention, reflecting the country's rich mineral potential and concerns over regulatory practices...

ECG enhances PowerApp to address billing challenges

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has deployed a digital billing system and enhanced its PowerApp to address billing challenges faced by customers. This transformative...

Businessman remanded for allegedly misappropriating $60,000

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 48-year-old businessman, Charles Nti Denkyira, into Police custody for allegedly misappropriating $60,000. Denkyira, who faces stealing charges, pleaded...

Farmer jailed for stealing plantain and cassava

A 31-year-old farmer has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court for stealing foodstuff at Sepaase in the Atwima...

Galamsey: Why do we bastardize the military?-Dotsei Malor quizzes

A former Deputy Editor at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Ben Dotsei Malor, has vented his frustration over the deployment of the military to...