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Teacher trainees want academic calendar extended after CETAG calls off strike

Some Teacher trainees are calling for an extension of the academic calendar after the Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) called off its...

Gov’t committed to resolving Asanko Gold Ltd and Tontokrom dispute – Mireku Duker

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mines, George Mireku Duker, has re-echoed government's commitment to resolving the dispute between the...

Free SHS has alleviated financial burden on chiefs – Domeabra Omanhene tells Napo

The Omanhene of the Domeabra Traditional Area, Nana Bafour Owusu, has disclosed that the governing New Patriotic Party's(NPP) Free Senior High School (SHS) policy...

Attorney General replies Kwabena Donkor over $134m judgement debt 

The Attorney-General has rejected claims of refusing to settle the legal liabilities stemming from a $134 million judgment debt issued against Ghana by a...

Registrar of Sunyani Technical University’s reappointment challenged in court

The reappointment of Samuel Ankamah Obour as the Registrar of Sunyani Technical University has been legally challenged by two individuals at the Sunyani High...

Bawumia’s government will improve prison infrastructure and prisoners’ welfare

The Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed a strong desire to improve prison infrastructure and...

Upper East yet to be affected by Bagre dam spillage – NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Upper East Region has indicated that the full impact of the Bagre Dam spillage is yet...

Angry Akyem Oda traders attack Forest Division Office

A violent mob of lumber traders and sellers from the Oda Timber Market has attacked and vandalised the Akyem Oda District Office of the...

Ayorkor Botchwey engages Sri Lanka in Commonwealth bid and economic cooperation talks

Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley A. Botchwey, met with her Sri Lankan counterpart, Ali Sabri, in Colombo to discuss her candidacy for Commonwealth Secretary-General and...

Cabinet approves Gifted, Talented Education

Cabinet has approved the implementation of a Gifted and Talented Education System (GATE) programme in selected schools to enhance the potential of students towards...

Omanhene of Akyem Bosome appeals for gov’t intervention to resolve 10-year-old chieftaincy dispute

The Omanhene of Akyem Bosome Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Okotwaasuo Kantamanto Oworaen Agyekum III, has appealed for the government's intervention to resolve...

Listing Graphic on stock market better option – NMC

The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, has described the recapitalisation of the Graphic Communications Group Ltd. (GCGL) through an initial...

NADMO calls for immediate national response to Keta coastline erosion

The Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Seji Saji has called for urgent national action to address the severe coastal...

Keta coastline could be lost in two years – Maritime Expert warns

Executive Director of the Center for International Maritime Affairs Ghana (CIMAG), Albert Fiatui has issued a stark warning that the Keta coastline in the...

Teacher confesses to ‘chopping’ GH₵15,000 unearned salary at PAC [Video]

A teacher's admission sparked laughter when he confessed to spending GH₵15,000 of an unearned salary during a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting. A Principal Superintendent...

2024 WASSCE: WAEC warns school heads, invigilators over mass cheating

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has uncovered a grand scheme by some schools to engage in mass cheating in the ongoing...

Bawumia donates laptops, white canes to PWDs at Legon

Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reinforced his commitment to improving the lives of Persons with...

AMA to distribute 2,000 street lights by August 25

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has unveiled plans to distribute 2,000 new streetlights across the metropolitan area by August 25. This is to address concerns...

PAC chair urges AG to initiate prosecution of all referrals

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is urging the Attorney General to initiate processes to prosecute all referrals of infractions and breaches in the...

Organised Labour demands overhaul of SSNIT’s Board despite Akufo-Addo’s intervention

Organised Labour has scaled up protest over the management of pension funds with a demand for a full takeover of the Board Chairmanship position...

Prof. Kanton urges gov’t to build larger dam at Kubore to control Bagre Dam spillages

A Research Scientist at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Professor Roger Kanton, has urged the government to prioritize constructing a larger dam at...

90 key roads to see facelift under DRIP in Volta Region – Dr. Letsa

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa has indicated that some 90 key roads in his jurisdiction would see a facelift under the District...

Winneba resident demand report on patient dump in bush

A resident of Winneba in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region, Francis Bolley, is calling on the Ghana Health Service to publish their...

Ahafo Regional Minister and DCE inspect water station project in Abuom

The Ahafo Regional Minister, George Boakye, together with the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asunafo South, Frank Aduse-Poku, have inspected the water station being...

Volta Regional Minister seeks collaboration for successful implementation of DRIP

The Volta Regional Coordinating Council officially launched the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), the newly implemented government initiative aimed at enhancing the region's road...

We’re not prepared to work beyond our legally mandated hours – CETAG

The leadership of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has expressed a willingness to discuss how to make up for lost...

Two granted GH¢200,000 bail each in Kumah’s widow burglary case

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GH¢200,000 bail each to two people who burgled Lilian Kumah, the widow of John Kumah, a former Deputy...

US court uncovers Ghana made ‘intrinsically weak’ appeals in $134m judgement debt to Trafigura

A U.S. district court document reveals that Ghana’s legal team twice failed to challenge a $134 million judgment awarded to energy firm Trafigura by...

U.S. court awards $111m to Trafigura in judgment debt default against Ghana

A District of Columbia Court in the United States has granted a Motion for Default Judgment in favour of the Ghana Power Generation Company...

Drama in court over stolen goats

There was drama at an Accra Circuit Court when two out of three accused persons admitted stealing goats at Teshie Camp Two area in...

Former presidential press corps visit Samuel Nuamah’s grave on 9th anniversary

The late Samuel Nuamah, a Ghanaian Times presidential correspondent who tragically lost his life in a presidential press corps accident on August 20, 2015,...

Police officer critically injured in gory accident at Pataasi

A police officer has sustained critical injuries following a serious accident involving a Black Honda CRV and a police motorbike in Pataasi, a suburb...

Bawumia donates laptops, canes to PWDs at Legon

Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reinforced his commitment to improving the lives of Persons with...

Korle Bu refutes allegations of 20 renal patient deaths

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has firmly denied recent media reports claiming the deaths of 20 renal patients and outstanding debts to suppliers. In...

We’ll resume strike if… – CETAG

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has cautioned that the Association will resume on strike if the government does not adhere...

Akufo-Addo commissions Phase III of Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, August 15 commissioned the Phase III of the Upper East Regional Hospital rehabilitation project in Bolgatanga. The commissioning of the...

Homeless, hawkers takeover National Theatre surroundings

Scores of traders and some homeless individuals have turned the surroundings of the National Theatre into a business centre and a place of abode. The...

Local Government Minister goes wild on contractors under GSCSP

The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has canceled the contracts of some contractors under the Ghana Secondary...

Hunter arrested for friend’s murder 7 months after mistaking him for animal

A 26-year-old hunter, Emmanuel Donkor is in the grips of Police for shooting his friend to death after mistaking him for an animal. Accra-based UTV...

Kubore: Farmlands submerge following Bagre dam spillage

Farmlands along the Kubore River in the Upper East Region have been completely inundated due to the spillage of the Bagre Dam and recent...