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SSNIT hotels sale: Doctors to lay down tools as Organised Labour begins strike

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has initiated actions to get its members to lay down their tools starting Monday, July 15. This comes after Organised...

Atiwa East MP donates 600 dual desks; urges BECE candidates to appreciate parents, teachers

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East constituency,Abena Osei Asare has emphasized the need for candidates writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination to remain...

NDC to have dedicated funding to sustain free SHS – Jinapor

Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu and spokesperson on Energy for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Jinapor has said they have a robust plan...

NSS defends policy of deploying personnel abroad

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has defended its new decade-long policy to assign personnel to foreign countries. In an interview, the scheme revealed plans to...

National Service Personnel with pedagogical training to be posted to The Gambia

Parliament has passed the National Service Authority Bill, 2024, which aims to establish the National Service Authority. This body will mobilise and deploy individuals qualified...

TUC declares strike over NPRA’s approval for sale of SSNIT hotels

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has declared an indefinite strike action following the National Pensions Regulatory Authority's (NPRA) approval giving clearance to the Social...

Gov’t set to commission James Town fishing port

The government is set to announce a date for the commissioning of the $60 million James Town Fishing Port. According to the project engineer, Mavis...

UCC to confer honorary doctorate degree on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in September

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is set to confer an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. According to...

Asphalt overlay on Ofankor-Nsawam road dualisation project begin

Asphalt works on the 33.4km Ofankor-Nsawam Road Dualirisation and upgrading road project has begun. The contractor, Maripoma Enterprise Limited, started the asphaltic work on the...

Kpone-Dawhenya residents demonstrate over bad roads; heavy traffic congestion

Residents of Tema Community 25, Kpone, Prampram, Gulf City, and commuters on the Tema to Aflao road have protested against heavy traffic congestion, and...

Why we waited a month before making my sister’s death public – Brother of Lois reveals [Listen]

George Boateng, the brother of the late Lois Abena Koranteng, a 24-year-old graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has revealed...

Death of 24-year-old KNUST graduate: The inside story [Listen]

George Boateng, the brother of the late Lois Abena Koranteng, a 24-year-old graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has broken...

Widow in court over fraud

Deborah Adjei, a trader, who allegedly took GHC3,130,800 from a contractor under the pretext of securing the release of a fleet of cars seized...

Don’t abandon your children; engage Social Welfare officers for support – Gender Minister

Dakoa Newman, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, is urging persons who abandon their children at unsafe places to desist from the...

Two persons on GH¢ 100,000.00 bail each over alleged car fraud

The Dansoman Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000.00 bail with three sureties each to two individuals over alleged abetment of car fraud. The Court ordered those...

Caretaker jailed for rent fraud

Raphael Nii Otu, a 28-year-old caretaker, has been jailed by the Adentan Circuit Court for renting out his employer’s apartment to two persons. The court...

200 SHC homes at Amrahia reach 75% completion

The government's strategy to tackle the national housing shortage is progressing well, with nearly 200 housing units nearing completion at Amrahia. These units, developed through...

Labour groups call urgent meeting over NPRA’s decision on SSNIT hotels

Organised Labour is set to hold an emergency meeting today to decide its next steps following the National Pensions Regulatory Commission's (NPRA) approval for...

Soldier jailed for beating wife

A 38-year-old soldier has been sentenced to one and a half years imprisonment by the Gender-Based Violence Court for beating up his wife over...

Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs to crack down on illegitimate chiefs

The Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs has pledged to crack down on individuals unlawfully declaring themselves as chiefs. The House of Chiefs expressed concern...

VRA meets Interior Ministry, security agencies on possible precautionary spillage of Akosombo Dam

As part of the annual stakeholder engagements for the Volta River Authority's (VRA) emergency preparedness plan, officials from the VRA, led by Deputy Chief...

Court remands land guards over alleged threat of death

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two supposed land guards who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill a Comet Property Limited Security personnel. Kwaku Badu,...

KNUST student killed in campus accident

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) community is in mourning following the tragic death of a student identified as Adzo Ahadzie. The...

Kumasi public toilet operators announce 25% fee hike

The Kumasi Sanitation Awareness Association in the Ashanti Region has announced a 25 per cent increase in the fees for public toilets and urinal...

Kwaku Manu defends Nkrumah’s legacy, rebukes Napo’s comparison at NPP event [Video]

Renowned Ghanaian actor and comedian, Kwaku Manu, has voiced strong criticism against Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh also known as Napo following his remarks comparing...

NSS to send university graduates to USA, UK, and Nigeria sparks controversy

The Director of Corporate Affairs for the National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced that the Scheme's 10-year policy includes sending some personnel to the...

All shops in CBD to be shut on July 13 for Homowo clean-up exercise

All shops and markets in the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra are expected to remain closed from 6 am to 12 noon on...

Stop public commentary or go to jail: Judge warns parties in ambulance trial

The Accra High Court has ordered lawyers and parties involved in the ambulance trial involving the Minority Leader, Dr Ato Forson, to desist from...

Ghanaian man living in UK since 1977 can stay – Home Office

A retired shopkeeper who was told he was not British despite living in the UK for nearly 50 years can stay for good, the...

I am a believer, what God doesn’t permit doesn’t happen – NAM 1

Chief Executive Officer of Brew Marketing Consul, the defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM1, says that over the...

OSP to deploy covert operatives to repress election malpractices

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says it will deploy covert and investigation operatives throughout the country before, during, and after the 2024...

Ablakwa hints at nationwide demo, strike actions over SSNIT hotels’ sale

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has hinted at a nationwide demonstration over the sale of SSNIT's stake in four hotels...

We feel for our customers – NAM 1 says after court dismissed ‘no case application’

The Chief Executive Officer of the now-defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah also known as NAM 1 has expressed empathy for the...

NPRA approves sale of SSNIT’s 60% shares in four hotels – Employment Minister

Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has announced that the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has given approval for the sale...

We disagree with the court’s judgement but we trust it – NAM 1

The Chief Executive of the defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah also known as NAM 1 has expressed his disagreement with the...

GJA President urges government collaboration for journalist safety

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has called on the government to collaborate with the GJA to ensure the...

Jakpa subpoenas Bagbin, top military officials in ambulance trial

Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ongoing Ambulance case, has filed motions to compel two former Health Ministers, Alban Bagbin and Alex Segbefia,...

Justice Asare Botwe bars media commentary on Ato Forson trial

The presiding judge over the ongoing ambulance trial case involving Ato Forson and Richard Jakpa, Justice Afia Serwah Asare Botwe, has barred media commentary...

Court orders NAM1 to open defence as it dismisses ‘no case’ application

An Accra High Court has dismissed a submission of no case filed by the CEO of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah...

Family suspects foul play in 24-year-old woman’s ‘unusual’ drowning

The family of a 24-year-old woman who allegedly drowned at the CrisLord Palace Hotel in the Western Region is urging the Police to conduct...