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Akatsi South: Two men found dead with body parts missing 

Two unidentified young men believed to be of Fulani extraction have been found dead at Klokpui, a farming community near Wute in the Akatsi...

Oti region records over 10 road accident deaths from January to September this year

The Oti Region has reported 41 road crashes between January and September 2024, involving 53 vehicles. These included 20 commercial vehicles, 10 private cars, and...

Three acquitted, discharged through ‘Justice For All’ programme after 10 years

Three individuals de­tained for between five to 10 years on remand at the Koforidua prisons were acquitted and discharged on Wednesday under Ghana’s Justice...

Mahama expresses concerns over educational sector debts

President-elect John Dramani Mahama has expressed deep concern over the financial challenges plaguing Ghana’s education sector. Speaking during an engagement with key stakeholders in the...

Prof. Aheto appointed UCC Pro Vice-Chancellor

A Professor of Coastal Ecology and Interdisciplinary Oceans Studies at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Denis Aheto, has been appointed the Pro Vice-Chancellor...

Ghana Standards Authority inspectors hit streets to crack down on substandard goods

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has deployed a team of well-trained Trading Standards Inspectors (TSIs) to conduct market surveillance in various markets, supermarkets and...

Car goes up in flames on Tema Motorway

Heavy gridlock has destructed vehicular flow on the Tema Motorway stretch as a Toyota Land Cruiser was engulfed in flames. Eyewitnesses reported that, the incident...

Mahama pays courtesy call on the Benin, Nigerian Presidents

President-elect, John Dramani Mahama has embarked on a series of diplomatic visits to neighbouring West African countries ahead of his inauguration on January 7,...

Court orders Police to determine gender of accused

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the Police to determine the gender of an accused person to decide whether to place them in a...

CETAG declares indefinite strike over unresolved demands

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has announced an indefinite strike beginning December 31, 2024, citing the government’s persistent failure to...

World Vision equip youth in Nchumuru District with vocational training tools

As part of initiatives to enhance the resilience of communities and improve support networks for children's learning, 19 youth in Krachi-Nchumuru in the Oti...

Presbyterian moderator urges Akufo-Addo to assent to anti-gay bill

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Dr. Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has urged President Akufo-Addo to approve the Human Sexual Rights and...

GH¢25m debt payment insufficient to release 2024 WASSCE results – WAEC 

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed disappointment over the government’s recent release of GH¢25 million to offset part of the GH¢118 million...

It will be disastrous if Mahama removes Chief Justice – Prof. Adei

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has expressed his opposition to calls for the...

Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo re-appointed Vice-Chancellor of University of Ghana

The Governing Council of the University of Ghana has announced the re-appointment of Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo as Vice-Chancellor for a second four-year...

Man, 41, arrested over illegal power connection valued at Gh¢156k

The New Weija Police Command has arrested Jackson Ekow, a 41-year-old electrician, and sub-contractor for the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) for aiding...

CSIR-SARI introduces integrated soil fertility management technology to boost maize production

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has held a field day and visit for farmers at Nabuli in the...

SHS heads demand payment of outstanding funds before reopening of schools

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) is demanding the payment of outstanding funds to senior high schools across the country. In a...

Katheryn Yeboah: Meet the woman who restores dignity to neglected graveyards in Ghana [Video]

Founder of the Oro Racolta Charity Organisation for the Graveyards, Katheryn Agyeiwaa Yeboah has embarked on a unique mission to transform graveyards across Ghana...

Adom FM to kick off New Year with ‘Strictly Highlife’ event at Silver Star Tower

Adom 106.3 FM is gearing up to introduce a new tradition with the maiden edition of Strictly Highlife, a New Year's celebration set to take...

Akufo-Addo reflects on legacy, confident history will judge his presidency favorably

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism that history will favourably judge his tenure as he approaches the end of his presidency on...

Akufo-Addo commends EC, calls out NDC amid post-election chaos

President Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned the post-election violence that occurred following the 2024 general elections, holding particularly the leadership of the National Democratic Congress...

Mensahkrom residents appeal to govt for social amenities

Residents of Mensahkrom, a farming community in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region, have expressed their frustration over the lack of essential...

Baltasar Coin becomes first Ghanaian meme coin to hit DEX Screener at $100K market cap

In an extraordinary milestone for Ghana and the entire African continent, Baltasar Coin, a purely community-driven meme coin, has made history by reaching a...

Thief busted attempting to steal iPhone 15 at Kantamanto

A man was brutally beaten Saturday morning after attempting to steal an iPhone 15 on the crowded streets of Kantamanto. The incident took place near...

Peasant Farmers Association welcomes Mahama’s move to rename Agric Ministry

President of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Mr Wepia Addo Awal Adugwuala, has welcomed the decision by the President-elect, John Dramani Mahama...

CLOGSAG vows to resist partisan appointments in Civil, Local Government Service

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has pledged to “strongly resist” any partisan appointments in the Civil Service and Local...

Physician Specialist shares useful tips for diabetic patients

Commander Dr. Diane Afeng-Nkansah, a Senior Family Physician Specialist and Diabetologist at the 37 Military Hospital, has shared useful tips for diabetic patients. She urged...

Re-collation: Police refute viral video alleging protests in Nsawam Adoagyiri

The Ghana Police Service has strongly refuted claims of a purported disturbance on the roads in Nsawam Adoagyiri. This statement was issued in response to...

Demand results, not empty promises from leaders – Charlotte Osei urges graduates

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, has called on the graduating cohort of the PK Amoabeng Scholars Foundation...

LIST: These 14 universities have received Presidential Charters

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted Presidential Charters to fourteen university colleges, marking a significant milestone in Ghana's tertiary education sector. The ceremony, held...

Suspected serial killer lynched and burnt by mob in Adum-Dominase

A suspected serial killer, Joseph Ankomah, popularly known as “Uncle J,” was allegedly lynched and set ablaze by an enraged mob in Adum-Dominase, a...

ORAL team receives dossier on National Service ‘ghost names’ scandal

The Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, led by its chairman Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has received a comprehensive dossier detailing the National Service ghost...

Family demands justice for police officer shot dead at Abease

The family of Police Constable Kennedy Ofori Boateng, who was shot dead at a police barrier on the Prang to Kintampo Road in the...

Fire destroys teachers’ flats at Toase SHS

A catastrophic fire has ravaged four teachers' flats at Toase Senior High School, located in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of Ashanti Region. The blaze,...

History will give me a positive verdict – Akufo-Addo

Outgoing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed optimism that history will render a positive judgment on his time in office. In an emotional speech...

Labadi Beach Hotel secures court injunction against Polo Beach Club

The Land Division of the High Court in Accra has granted an interim injunction in favour of Labadi Beach Hotel, restraining Spartan Ives Limited,...

Akufo-Addo grants presidential charter to 14 private universities

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented presidential charters to 14 private universities across the country. This was at a ceremony at the Jubilee House,...

Man in court for allegedly slashing girlfriend, daughter with knife 

A 51-year-old car sprayer who allegedly slashed his girlfriend severally with a knife after a misunderstanding has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Daniel Anum Komey,...

Man who vandalised cars at Parliament House jailed 5 years

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a preacher, Christopher Kofi Okyere Sorkpa, to five years in prison for vandalising the windscreens of vehicles at...