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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...

Ghana Police Service congratulates COP Yohuno on promotion to Deputy IGP

The Ghana Police Service has congratulated COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno on his promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police. President Akufo-Addo on July...

Afia Akoto sues A Plus

A Campaign Team member of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, Alberta Maame Afia Akoto has sued musician politician, Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known...

Keep protecting Ghana’s democratic gains – Bawumia urges Police

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has called on the Ghana Police Service to ensure a violence-free election in...

Large number of fishes, water bodies contaminated with mercury – EPA

Research has shown that large number of fishes and water bodies in the country have been contaminated with mercury due to the use of...

Bawumia commissions ultra-modern police shop [Photos]

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned the Ghana Police Shop at the National Police Headquarters on Wednesday, 17th July 2024. At the ceremony held...

Truck fails brakes, somersaults into ditch at Agogo

A loaded Sinotruck Howo truck was involved in a near-fatal accident at Agogo in the Ashanti Region after it experienced brake failure and reversed...

WAEC appoints Rosemond Wilson as its new head

The Ghana National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Dr. Rosemond Wilson as the new head. She takes over from Mrs....

Land guards lock Gomoa Assin traditional council, assault residents

Residents of the Gomoa Assin Traditional Council are living in fear after land guards locked the palace, assaulted residents, and prevented the Queen Mother...

LEAP: Over GH¢480K paid to deceased, unqualified beneficiaries – Report

The Auditor General's report revealed that the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Management Secretariat disbursed cash grants totalling GH¢84,480 to 44 beneficiaries who had...

Prof. Frimpong Oppong and Bernasko Essah nominated as Supreme Court judges

The Judicial Council has given approval for the nomination of Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong, a legal academic and fellow of the Ghana Academy of...

COP Yohuno is qualified but… – Bonaa on Deputy IGP appointment [Listen]

Security analyst, Adam Bonaa is not enthused about the timing of the appointment of a new Deputy Inspector General of Police. According to him, the...

Police refute claims of ongoing recruitment

The Ghana Police Service has reacted to claims by Member of Parliament for Wa West, Peter Toobu that, there is an ongoing recruitment exercise...

Bulgarian government to be compensated GH₵5.3m over Embassy demolition – Ablakwa reveals

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has alleged that the government is to compensate the Bulgarian government with an amount of...

Adom News gets results: Krachi West, Nchumuru, and Nkwanta North Districts to get 20 megawatt solar plant

Residents of Krachi West Municipality, Krachi Nchumuru, Nkwanta North, and other adjoining districts in the Oti Region are set to receive a 20-megawatt Solar...

Mad rush for diesel after tanker accident at Konongo Habitats [Photos]

Several residents in Konongo Habitats and adjoining communities risked their lives to fetch fuel gushing out of a crashed tanker. The tanker, which was carrying...

Akufo-Addo commends YEA for addressing unemployment

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has praised the management and board of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) for their significant efforts...

Akufo-Addo appoints COP Yohuno as Deputy IGP in charge of Operations

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of...

We don’t play politics with youth unemployment issues – YEA CEO [Listen]

Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Kofi Baah Agyepong, has said his outfit does not politicise youth unemployment issues. "We are committed...

Old man who disguises himself as a family member at weddings arrested

An elderly man in his late 60s has been arrested by the Ghana Police Service for stealing phones and other valuables at events. According to...

Nkwanta SHS receives over 1,000 books from African Library project

Nkwanta Senior High School in the Oti Region, has been enriched with a donation of over 1,000 library books from the African Library Project. This...

Hawa Koomson reveals NDC plot to shoot son before stabbing incident [Video]

The Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has revealed that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) planned to shoot...

Nkwanta South MCE calls for church prayers amid ethnic unrest

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Nkwanta South, Felix Owusu-Gyimah, has called on churches in the area to pray for peace and unity in...

Collapsed Boinso bridge: Contractor returns to site, assures completion of new bridge

The contractor, Extreme Engineering Works, has returned to the site to complete the construction of the new bridge over River Boin in the Western...

Chiefs and residents protest govt neglect of Agona Port-Asaman road

Chiefs and residents of communities along the Agona Port-Asaman road are protesting against the government. They are demonstrating over the deplorable state of the road...

Marwako Fast Food to appeal court’s ruling on food poisoning incident

Marwako Fast Food's management has rejected a court order to pay over GH₵1 million in damages for the 2022 food poisoning incident. This sum is...

Supreme Court defers ruling on Anti-LGBTQ Bill injunction applications

The Supreme Court has decided to defer the ruling on Dr. Amanda Odoi and Broadcast Journalist, Richard Sky's injunction application regarding the transmission of...

Anti-LGBTQ: Supreme Court to rule on whether to bar Parliament from transmitting bill to presidency

The Supreme Court is set to rule on Richard Dela Sky and Dr Amanda Odoi’s application for interlocutory injunction against the transmission of the...

Two-thirds of Ghana’s coastline risks being washed away – Ghana Hydrological Authority

The Ghana Hydrological Authority has said two-thirds of the nation’s coastline is at risk of erosion, necessitating urgent protective measures to prevent the loss...

Nahinso Chief arrested for unauthorized road works

The Chief of Nahinso, Nana Addo Boaman, was arrested by officials of the Asokwa Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region for carrying out road...

Former TOR MD extradited to US over bribes allegedly paid to Ghanaian officials

A former Managing Director of Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) who was arrested on charges that he orchestrated bribes to Ghanaian officials while employed...

Afram Plains drivers, commuters stage demo over poor conditions of ferry, roads

Cargo, commercial drivers, and motorists in Kwawu Afram Plains have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the deteriorating condition of the ferry and...

Boat operators, fishmongers on sit-down strike over lack of premix fuel

Boat operators and fishmongers on the Black Volta at Buipe in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah Region have commenced a sit-down strike...

Akufo-Addo inaugurates ADR board, commends A-G, Chief Justice

President Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the Governing Board of the Alternative Resolution Centre under the Alternate Dispute Resolution Act 2010 (Act 789). The inauguration ceremony, held...

VRA to implement long-term precautionary spills and enhance stakeholder engagement

In a bid to bolster environmental safety and preparedness, Ben Sackey, the Director of Environment and Sustainability Development at the Volta River Authority (VRA),...

1.9m youth idle: No work, no training, no education – GSS report

Almost two million youth in the country are not in education, employment or training (NEET), the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has found. Its annual Household...

Kete-Krachi SHTS appeals for govt and NGO support to improve school facilities

The school management of Kete-Krachi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region is calling on the government,...

Drain projects will end flooding – Titus-Glover

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council has announced a collaboration with the Ministry of Works and Housing to construct larger drains and desilt existing...