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Disregard 15% transport fares increase announcement – GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has urged Ghanaians to disregard the 15% increase in transport fares announced by the Concerned Drivers Association...

Houseboy jailed for defiling his employer’s daughter

The Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced a 28-year-old houseboy to seven years imprisonment for having sex with his employer’s 12-year-old daughter. Augustine Owusu was charged...

Three women arrested for stealing a baby at Kasoa after posing as good Samaritans

The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit at the Kasoa Divisional Police Command, DOVVSU Department, led by DSP Doris Laryea has arrested three suspects...

Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council disputes proposed fare increase

The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) has disputed the proposed 15% fare increase announced by the Concerned Drivers Association, scheduled to take effect...

Benjamin Agordzo reacts to appointment of Deputy IGP

Embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police (retired) Benjamin Agordzo has endorsed the appointment of COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno as Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP). On July...

Thieves steal computers from Dominase M/A School’s ICT Lab [Photos]

Thieves have broken into the ICT lab of Dominase M/A school in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region on Thursday morning. They stole...

5 Regional airports not commercially viable — Auditor-General

In spite of continuous efforts to enhance airport infrastructure in the country, it has emerged that the outcomes have been underwhelming, with the five...

Tears as family of Ghanaian man killed in Toronto arrive for funeral [Video]

Some family members of Adu Boakye, a 39-year-old Ghanaian who was shot and killed in Toronto, were seen crying at the Toronto Airport. According to...

Finance Ministry replies NABCo trainees’ petition over unpaid arrears

The Finance Ministry has addressed a petition from Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) trainees concerning their unpaid arrears for the past nine months. The Ministry clarified...

Police clears Minority protest against BoG on July 30

The Ghana Police Service has cleared the Minority caucus in Parliament to go ahead with its second protest demanding the removal of the Governor...

Auditor-General’s report: We don’t prepare unwholesome food for pupils – Caterers

Caterers under the government’s School Feeding Programme in the Ashanti region have strongly refuted parts of a recent Auditor General’s report, which cited them...

Some International Airlines operating out of Accra affected by global software disruption

Some international flights from Accra to other destinations have been affected today. This was after several airlines were hit by disruptions to their software that...

61-year-old man dies in tragic tipper truck accident in Aburi

A 61-year-old man, has died in a horrific accident at Aburi in the Eastern Region. The incident occurred around 12:00 pm on Wednesday when a...

Nana Agradaa granted GH¢200k bail in explicit images case

Self-proclaimed pastor Nana Agradaa on Thursday, July 18, appeared in court and was granted bail, set at GH¢200,000. The court required her to provide two...

Court orders chief and 5 others to fix Agona East NPP PC’s billboard at Mankron

The Agona Swedru Magistrate Court, presided over by Victor Kusi, has ordered the six suspects who removed the billboards of the Agona East NPP...

2 UDS administrators allegedly caught having sex in a washroom

Two married administrators (names withheld) of the University for Development Studies(UDS) Nyankpala campus, have been caught having sex in the washroom of the administration...

Rework Mallam market from your pocket – Minister tells contractor

Local Government Minister Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah has expressed dissatisfaction with the construction work at the Mallam Market in Accra, describing it as "extremely...

Multiple feared dead as chieftaincy dispute in Tuobodom escalates

Tension is escalating in Tuobodom, located in the Techiman North municipality of the Bono East Region, due to a chieftaincy dispute between two rival...

Wa Killings: Watch committee has been formed to patrol alongside security – MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa in the Upper West Region, Tahiru Issahaku Moomin, has expressed shock over the gruesome murders in the area. He...

Lady, 26, found hanging dead over alleged heartbreak

A 26-year-old lady identified as Abigail Nana Ama Fosua has been found hanging dead in her room at Gentlemen Road, a suburb of Samreboi...

Minister inspects Odawna market project, sets deadline for completion

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah has inspected ongoing market projects at the Odawna market in the...

I lived under revolution; democracy is a better option – Kweku Paintsil

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil says that it is better to have freedom in a democracy than to be restricted under a military regime. He...

Poor planning cause of Accra traffic congestion – Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer, Abdulai Mahama believes that the Department of Urban Roads and the Ghana Highways Authority may have lacked proper plans in the past...

Richard Jakpa was dismissed over persistent offences and misconduct – GAF

The Military High Command has confirmed that the 3rd accused in the ongoing ambulance trial, Richard Jakpa, was dismissed from the Ghana Armed Forces...

Gabby Nketiah, ex-senior Aide to former President Kufuor dead

Nana Ambassador Dr Gabriel Nsiah Nketiah, (Gabby Nketiah) a former senior special aide to former President John Agyekum Kufuor has passed on. According to Mr...

2024 proposed precautionary spillage would cause minimal damage – VRA insists

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has indicated that the proposed precautionary spillage of water from the Akosombo Dam would cause minimal damage in communities...

9 in 10 Ghanaians believe that country is going in the wrong direction – Afrobarometer

Latest democracy risk report by Afrobarometer has indicated that 87% representing (almost) 9 in every 10 Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the...

Local Gov’t Minister expresses disappointment over subpar work at Mallam market

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, expressed visible disappointment during a working visit to the Mallam market. The...

Supreme Court strikes out Ken Kuranchie’s suit against OSP

The Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight Newspaper, challenging the constitutionality of the...

Ghana has been safe in your hands – 2nd Deputy Speaker to IGP

The 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, has praised the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, for his innovative and...

African youth voices underrepresented in policy decisions – Afrobarometer

Voices of African youth are not fully represented in the policy-making process, according to the latest report released by Afrobarometer. The report, titled “African Insights...

The People’s Forum: Residents of Adenta Bawaleshie decry poor roads and security

Residents of Adenta Bawaleshie in the Adenta Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region, have voiced their grievances on the severe challenges they face...

Premix fuel supply resumes in Buipe

Boat operators at Buipe in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region have returned to work following the supply of premix fuel. This was...

New Secondary Education Curriculum will prepare students for the 4th industrial revolution – NaCCA

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has asserted that the proposed Secondary Education Curriculum has been designed to help Ghana benefit from...

6-year-old boy dies after falling into abandoned pit at school [Listen]

A six-year-old child of New Legon AdMA Model Primary School has died after falling into an abandoned pit full of water around the school...

Ashanti region: Mason killed as building collapses in Sewua

A mason in his early forties, identified as Kwaku Gyemfi, has died after a two-story building he was working on collapsed on him at...

Two dead in separate accidents on Bogoso-Tarkwa road [Photos]

Two people have died in two separate accidents on the Bogoso-Tarkwa road. This was after the cars crashed into a timber truck, which had been...

Man arrested for alleged murder of cattle herder in North Tongu

Community members in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region apprehended a suspect linked to the murder of a livestock herder in Alabota...

JHS student dies during Wulensi Fire Festival

A Junior High School (JHS) student has reportedly died during the Wulensi Fire Festival in the Nunumba South District of the Northern Region. The deceased,...

Let’s remain steadfast in collaboration, inclusivity in digital age – Major General Addo Gyane

Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Major General Richard Addo Gyane, has called on Ghanaians to be steadfast and committed...