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Ghana Highway Authority workers declare indefinite strike

Road infrastructure projects and other vital administrative roadworks currently under construction are set to face significant delays as workers of the Ghana Highway Authority(GHA)...

Mercy Women’s Catholic Hospital honours Adom TV’s Afia Amankwa Tamakloe

Host of Adom TV’s health talk show, Nkwa Hia, Afia Amankwa Tamakloe has been honoured by the Mercy Women's Catholic Hospital at Mankessim. The move...

Spike in HIV rates in Asokore-Mampong raises concern among health officials

Health authorities in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality have raised alarm over the high rate of HIV infections in the area. They have stressed the need for...

Ghana sees rise in human trafficking – Report

The 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance has revealed that Ghana’s anti-trafficking measures saw negative outcomes from 2018 to 2023. Once hailed as a regional...

Two jailed 80 years for robbing Okada rider at Awutu Mfadwen

The Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced two suspects to 80 years in prison for robbing an Okada rider and killing him in an...

CLOGSAG calls off strike

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has called off its strike action which started November 7. This comes after the National...

Fiaga of Dodome implores residents to unite for development

The Fiaga of Dodome Traditional Area in the Ho West District of the Volta Region, Togbe Kpangbatriku IV, has called on all people in...

GMA warns of rising alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct among doctors

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has voiced serious concerns regarding issues of alcohol misuse, drug abuse, and instances of sexual misconduct among some members. The...

Vacant Seat: Speaker’s lawyers absent as Supreme Court defers ruling

The Supreme Court has deferred its ruling on the four vacant parliamentary seats. The case, which seeks to prevent the removal of four MPs due...

Broadcast law needed to combat attacks on journalists – Prof. Gadzekpo

Professor Audrey Gadzekpo says the country’s media freedom continues to decline due to the absence of regulations to govern the broadcast sector. According to her,...

ECOWAS transport ministers to slash air travel charges and taxes by 25% by January 2026

Transport ministers from ECOWAS member states have approved a regional strategy to make air travel more affordable across West Africa. Effective January 1, 2026, the...

Free dialysis for all kidney patients under NHIS starting Dec. 1

Effective December 1, 2024, all kidney patients will receive free dialysis treatment covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), according to Vice President...

Techiman-bound O.A. bus catches fire at Nsawam

A moving O.A. bus with passengers onboard caught fire on Sunday evening at Nsawam on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. According to reports, the bus was traveling...

Kpando Torkor ferry breakdown poses increased travel risks for locals

Residents and travelers in the Kpando Torkor area are voicing concerns over the worsening condition of the ferry, which has been out of service...

Saboba: Education halted in Kucha electoral area due to river overflow

The overflow of the River Oti has brought education in the Kucha Electoral Area of the Saboba District in the Northern Region to a...

Ghana National Fire Service begins next phase of 2024 recruitment today

The next phase of the 2024 recruitment exercise for the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) will begin today, November 11, 2024. The exercise is scheduled...

NACOC destroys over 150,000kg of illicit drugs

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has destroyed over 150,000 kilograms (kg) of various illicit drugs seized between 2021 and 2024. The illicit drugs included cannabis,...

You’ll be eager to enroll in public schools’ – Education Minister to parents

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has revealed that significant reforms are underway in Ghana’s public school system. Speaking in Accra on Sunday on behalf...

Chief Justice issues directives on serving court processes to parliamentary officials

Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has issued new directives to Registrars and Court Bailiffs regarding the proper procedures for serving court processes to key...

Ken Kuranchie petitions Akufo-Addo for removal of Special Prosecutor

The Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Searchlight, Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, has petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to remove Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng from office. The former New...

Supreme Court to deliver ruling on vacant parliamentary seats today

The Supreme Court is scheduled to resume hearing and deliver its ruling today, Monday, November 11, on the case involving vacant parliamentary seats, following...

Nothing will change our commitment to review Free SHS policy – Asiedu Nketia

Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has reaffirmed the party’s commitment to review the Free Senior High Policy (FSHS) despite...

‘Aboboyaa’ rider jailed six months for killing two-year-old in road accident

A 20-year-old motor tricycle (Aboboyaa) rider, Kofi Gideon, has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Bibiani District Court for causing the...

TikTok sued in France over harmful content

Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that...

Equatorial Guinea: Massive sex tape leak could be a ploy for power in central Africa

What the rest of the world sees as a sex tape scandal could in fact be the latest episode in the real-life drama over...

Argentine football hooligan leader shot dead in street

The leader of a notorious gang of football hooligans in Argentina has been shot dead near his club's stadium in Rosario. Andrés Bracamonte, known as...

Gabby Otchere-Darko counters McDan’s claims on government’s private sector policies

A prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has responded to comments made by the Executive Chairman of the McDan...

Government to launch ‘edutourism’ initiative to enhance education sector – Dr Adutwum

Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has unveiled plans for an innovative "edutourism" initiative designed to draw international students and educators to the...

Farmers did not receive any support from gov’t in 2023 – Bismark Nortey

The Executive Director of the Peasant Farmers Association, Bismark Nortey, has revealed that Ghanaian farmers did not receive any government support in 2023. This, he...

Akufo-Addo outlines vision for climate-resilient agriculture at Farmers’ Day celebration

During the 40th National Farmers’ Day celebration on Friday, November 8, 2024, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo stressed the need for climate-resilient agriculture in...

Akufo-Addo to commission Flower Pot Interchange on November 19

President Akufo-Addo is expected to commission the newly built Flower Pot Interchange on November 19, 2024. This was revealed by the Communications Director at the...

NPP is committed to making Ghana Africa’s tourism hub

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has assured the good people of Larabanga and Ghanaians...

GAWU urges government to address pressing issues impacting food production

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has urged the government to address the pressing issues impacting food production in Ghana. The Union said foremost among these...

Ghana has made over $10bn from 633,300 barrels of crude oil since 2010 – PIAC

The Coordinator of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Mr Isaac Dwamena, has revealed that Ghana has produced a total of 633,300 barrels of...

Sir Sam Jonah redeems $2,000 pledge to PhD visually impaired student

At the 56th session of the graduation ceremony of the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in 2024, Dr....

Saboba: Kucha residents still climb trees for phone network connectivity

In an era of rapid digital transformation, residents of the Kucha Electoral Area in the Saboba District of the Northern Region remain isolated from...

Bawku conflict: Chief Justice orders reopening of four courts in Upper East

The Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has ordered the reopening of courts in the Upper East Region following the escalation of the Bawku conflict. The courts...

Nana Owusu Achiaw Brempong adjudged 2024 National Best Farmer

A 70-year-old farmer from the Sekyere Central District in the Ashanti Region, Nana Owusu Achiaw Brempong, has been named the National Best Farmer. With a...

Akufo-Addo unveils Cardinal Namdini mining Ltd; West Africa’s largest single-stream gold mine

Ghana has taken a significant step toward solidifying its position as Africa’s leading gold producer with the commissioning of Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd, the...

Ghana’s judicial autonomy halved in 7 years – Mo Ibrahim Index reveals

Ghana’s judicial independence has dropped significantly, with the 2024 Mo Ibrahim Index on African governance showing a decline in judicial autonomy from 100% to...