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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...

Court remands Imam for allegedly threatening to kill wife

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a self-proclaimed religious leader to police custody for allegedly threatening to kill his wife. Imam Mohammed Lanson Abubakar, 44,...

PAC orders arrest of a headteacher in Kintampo [Video]

The Public Accounts Committee has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Comfort Appiah, a Headteacher in the Kintampo South District  of the Bono East...

Sehwi Bodi farmers protest over unpaid compensation for hospital land

A group of aggrieved farmers from Sehwi Bodi in the Western North Region staged a protest on Monday to express their frustrations over the...

Residents fume over gang-rape of pregnant woman on Gambaga-Dagbriboari road

Residents of East Mamprusi are outraged after a seven-month pregnant woman was gang-raped by six armed men on the deteriorating Gambaga-Dagbriboari road in the...

CETAG calls off strike

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has called off its two-month strike. This was announced in a statement released on Tuesday, August...

Assin Nsuta SHS clash: Several injured, five hospitalized

Several students of Assin Nsuta Agricultural Senior High School in the Central Region have been injured, with five hospitalized, following a violent clash between...

PIAC tours Agenda 111 project site at Ningo

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has toured the government’s Agenda 111 District Hospital initiative project and other government-sponsored project sites at Ningo...

SSNIT recording significant gains – Akufo-Addo [Listen]

President Akufo Addo says the strong financial performance posted by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in its 2023 financial report should...

DRIP initiative delivers road equipment to Western Region, promises local progress

The Western Region will take delivery of 110 pieces of road improvement equipment allocated to the region under the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP)...

Minister praises Akufo-Addo after receiving equipment under DRIP intiative 

The Upper West Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, has lauded President Akufo-Addo for his visionary leadership in implementing the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP). During the...

Launch of Anlo Hogbetsotso Festival 2024 set for August 24 in Tsiame

The Anlo Traditional Council is poised to host the grand launch of the much-anticipated Anlo Hogbetsotso Festival 2024 on August 24th at Tsiame. This year's...

President Akufo-Addo slams SSNIT hotels sale controversy as ‘needless’

President Akufo-Addo has characterized the controversy surrounding the sale of hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to the Agriculture...

Eunice Ankomah honoured at National Communications Awards

A Corporate Communications Strategist, Eunice Asantewaa Ankomah, has been honoured with the Industry Spotlight Award in Corporate Communications at the 2024 National Communications Awards. The...

NPA allays fears of ‘gas cheating’ under cylinder recirculation model [Audio]

The National Petroleum Authority(NPA) has ruled out any possibility of cheating at gas filling stations in the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM). This,...

We didn’t foresee current drought situation in Northern Ghana – Agric Ministry

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has said it did not expect the severity of the drought situation in Northern Ghana. However, the Ministry...

NPP, NDC to establish Private Education Service

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have pledged to consider the establishment of a Private Education Service. This service would...

Kwasi Asante re-assigned as Director of Passports

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has re-assigned Kwasi Asante as the Director of Passports. Accra-based Asaase Radio reported the...

National Tenants’ Union disappointed by NPP’s unfulfilled housing promises

The leadership of the National Tenants’ Union of Ghana has expressed deep disappointment with the housing policy proposals featured in the New Patriotic Party’s...

New Times Corpo­ration takes steps to recover embezzled funds

The Management of the New Times Corpo­ration (NTC), publishers of the Ghanaian Times and the Spectator says it is taking steps to recover embezzled funds from its former...

We’ll clear consumables for renal patients stuck at Tema port soon – Korle Bu

The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has promised to soon clear all consumables for renal patients, currently stuck at the port. The assurance follows...

UK stabbing: Ghanaians in Manchester react to death of 43-year-old woman

Apart from the woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester and has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim, two other people also sustained...

In pictures: Blue supermoon lights up sky around the world and how it was seen in Accra

A blue moon happens once every two to three years - that's where the saying comes from. Photographers from around the world have been busy...

Man battling kidney issues rescued from suicide attempt at Ashaiman

A dramatic rescue unfolded in Ashaiman Lebanon as  man identified as Alfred Agoma, known locally as Yehowa Nyagbe, attempted to take his own life...

Godwin Avenorgbo passes on

Renowned veteran broadcaster and Director of Communications at the Melcom Group of Companies, Godwin Avenorgbo, has been reported dead. His former, long-time employers, the Ghana...

Digitalisation alone not enough to fight corruption – Edem Senanu

The Co-Chair of the Citizen Movement Against Corruption, Edem Senanu is skeptical about the effectiveness of digitalisation alone in combating corruption. Mr Senanu argued that...

Tell your boss to sign Anti-LGBTQ+bill – Ho West MP tells Bawumia

Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, has challenged the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to prove...

Election 2024: Reports of militia training in Kwahu false – Police

The Ghana Police Service has firmly denied reports suggesting that militiamen are being trained in Kwahu, Eastern Region, in preparation for the 2024 general...

Renal patients at Korle Bu vow to picket over uncleared consumables at Tema Port

The Renal Patients Association at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has expressed frustration over the government's delayed response in clearing essential dialysis consumables stuck at...

Gov’t completes 6 of 37 abandoned veteran projects

The Defence Ministry and the Veteran Association of Ghana (VAG) appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and revealed that several VAG projects have...

Agogo farmers seek gov’t aid after plantain farms destroyed

Asante Akyem Agogo farmers have called on the government for aid after a Forestry Commission task force destroyed their plantain farms. Several acres of plantain...