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Traditional leaders demand compensation for persons affected by Kasoa-Winneba road project

The Awutu and Budumburam Traditional Councils in the Central Region have raised issues regarding the lack of compensation for residents whose homes were demolished...

Selection of Rock City for SSNIT hotels was clean – Elizabeth Ohene

The Board Chair of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Elizabeth Ohene, has unequivocally defended the integrity of the process that resulted...

Saglemi Housing: Take the case from court if… – Judge tells AG

State Prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General in the ongoing trial of Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works...

Man assaulted for stealing co-worker’s phone on first day at work

Workers at a construction site in Sefwi-Bodi took swift and aggressive action against a new colleague who stole a co-worker's mobile phone on his...

Tension as over 2000 artisans face eviction at Kpone [Photos+Video]

Over 2000 artisans at Kpone Barrier in the Greater Accra region are facing eviction. This is because the land they have been operating on has...

SSNIT drags railways MD to court

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) office in Takoradi has dragged the Ghana Railways Corporation (GRC) and its Managing Director, Michael Adjei...

Manager convicted for assaulting worker over GH¢90 shortage

The operations manager of Multi Credit Savings and Loans Ltd, Nkawkaw branch, Ayivor Elikplim, has been convicted by the Nkawkaw Magistrate Court, presided over...

Clearing of locked-up medical supplies to take two more weeks

After weeks of delays at the port, transporting locked-up medical supplies to warehouses will take two more weeks due to logistical challenges. Moreover, the Food...

NSMQ2024: 21 schools square up in Northern Zonal Championship

Tamale Islamic Science Senior High School hopes to defend their Zonal championship trophy as it joins twenty others in the GOIL Plc Zonal Championship...

Decomposing body of missing woman, 45, found in a farm

A 45-year-old woman, Nana Obiri, has been found dead on a cocoa farm at Assin Dominase in the Assin South District of the Central...

High school students in Kusaug Traditional Area say no to drugs

High school students in the Kusaug Traditional Area of the Upper East region have vowed to take a stand against drug abuse among their...

Rev. Kusi Boateng suffers 3rd defeat against Ablakwa as Court of Appeal throws him out

The Court of Appeal has thrown out an application filed by Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, a member of the board of Trustees of the...

FADOS defends Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council over controversial donation to KATH

The Forum for Accountability and Development of Sefwi (FADOS) has issued a statement defending the recent donation made by the Paramount Chief of the...

Collapsed Boinso bridge: Regional Minister visits scene, assures immediate reconstruction

The Western North Regional Minister, Joojo Rocky Obeng, along with his team, visited the site of the collapsed Boinso bridge to assess the damage...

GNMTA demands immediate payment of overdue allowances for trainee nurses and midwives

The Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees’ Association (GNMTA) has expressed concerns over the delay in the disbursement of allowances to trainee nurses and midwives. Despite the government’s...

Kwaku Sea peasant farmers protest against galamsey activities

Peasants and cocoa farmers in Kwaku Sea, a farming community in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region, have staged a protest over...

Shock as CCTV captures lady stealing in a hospital [Video]

In a rather shocking incident, a middle aged woman has been caught on CCTV stealing in a hospital. The exact location of the hospital remains...

WASSCE malpractice on the rise – Study reveals

A recent study has revealed a worrying trend of rising examination malpractice in the country. The study, which covered the period between 2021 and 2023,...

UCC honours EOCO boss

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) recently honoured COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs), Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO),...

Kenya protests: We can’t fight fire with fire – Former Ghanaian community leader [Listen]

Former Chairman of the Ghanaian community in Kenya, Francis Gyerakor has reacted to the recent protests in Kenya against a controversial finance bill proposing...

Deputy Finance Minister engages Road Minister to discuss critical roads in Juaboso District

The Deputy Finance Minister and NPP Parliamentary candidate for the Juaboso Constituency in the Western North Region, Dr Alex Ampabeng has engaged in discussions...

Kenya protests: The inside story [Listen]

Kenyan journalist, Kennedy Odiambo has recounted how the protests in Kenya against the controversial finance bill proposing new tax hikes started. Speaking in an interview...

Wassa Grumisa leaders invoke curses over illegal exhumation of over 10 corpses

Chiefs and Elders of Wassa Grumisa in the Wassa-Amenfi East district of the Western Region have invoked curses on persons responsible for the exhumation...

Stop attacking soldiers, other security officers – Kan-Dapaah to Ghanaians

National Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah has urged Ghanaians to cease attacking members of the nation’s security services. Addressing a gathering of traditional leaders in the...

Kanton SHS teacher arrested for poaching at Mole National Park

A notorious poacher, who traveled over 100 kilometers from Tumu in the Upper West Region to Mole National Park in the Savannah Region, has...

Asato queen invites investors to utilize the area’s rich resources

The queen of the Asato Traditional Council in the Kadjebi-Akan district of the Oti Region, Nana Serwaa Bonsu has called on investors to take...

Ghana High Commission in Kenya issues travel alert

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Damptey Bediako Asare, is advising Ghanaians to be cautious about travelling to Kenya due to escalating protests in the...

University of Ghana: Lecturer, students busted over bed, room allocation scandal

Two students and a lecturer accused of collecting GH₵106,800 under the pretext of providing beds and rooms to students at the Dr Hilla Liman...

We are being forgiven again, what legacy are we leaving? – Seth Terkper asks

The former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has questioned the legacy Ghana is leaving following news that Eurobond holders will forego about $4.7 billion owed...

Ghanaian MPs, clerk caught up in Kenya protests but High Commission assures safety [Video]

Some Ghanaian members of Parliament were caught up in the ongoing demonstrations in Kenya. The legislators, mostly from the Local Government Committee, were in the...

We don’t need L.I. to regulate price – Cement manufacturers tell K.T. Hammond

The Executive Secretary of the Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana (CMAG) is taken aback by the move by the Trade Ministry to introduce a...

NSMQ2024: Walewale SHTS resurfaces at national championship stage

Walewale Senior High/Technical School is re-emerging on the national stage of the National Science and Maths Quiz after winning their regional qualifiers against their...

Richard Sky’s challenge to anti-gay bill set for this date

The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for July 3, 2024, to address the case brought by private legal practitioner Richard Dela Sky against...

Missing corpse found after two-month search in Ashaiman

A corpse that went missing from the Ashaiman Trinity Hospital morgue over two months ago has been found. The body was reported missing on Friday,...

Techiman Krobo gets new market

Techiman Krobo in the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region has got a new market, constructed by the Member of Parliament for...

MP offers GH¢100K bounty for information on Wa killings

The Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, has announced a GH¢100,000 bounty for anyone who provides information for the arrest of...

Krachi West MP hands over two unit classroom block to Dadekro basic school

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Krachi West constituency, Helen Adwoa Ntoso, has handed over a two-unit classroom facility to Dadekro M/A Kindergarten in...

KT Hammond demands ‘Alhaji’ title after completing Hajj pilgrimage

Minister for Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond is calling for formal recognition of his new title after completing the Hajj pilgrimage. The legislator insists...

Combined Kejetia Traders Association call for removal of market head

The Combined Kejetia Traders Association has called for the immediate removal of the Managing Director of the Kumasi City Markets Limited, managers of the...

Bridge linking Tinguri and Gbani raises disaster concerns

A bridge linking Tinguri and Gbani communities on the Walewale-Nalerigu Road, damaged by rains, is still in a hazardous state. The bridge has not been...