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Eunice Ankomah honoured at National Communications Awards

A Corporate Communications Strategist, Eunice Asantewaa Ankomah, has been honoured with the Industry Spotlight Award in Corporate Communications at the 2024 National Communications Awards. The...

NPA allays fears of ‘gas cheating’ under cylinder recirculation model [Audio]

The National Petroleum Authority(NPA) has ruled out any possibility of cheating at gas filling stations in the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM). This,...

We didn’t foresee current drought situation in Northern Ghana – Agric Ministry

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has said it did not expect the severity of the drought situation in Northern Ghana. However, the Ministry...

NPP, NDC to establish Private Education Service

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have pledged to consider the establishment of a Private Education Service. This service would...

Kwasi Asante re-assigned as Director of Passports

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has re-assigned Kwasi Asante as the Director of Passports. Accra-based Asaase Radio reported the...

National Tenants’ Union disappointed by NPP’s unfulfilled housing promises

The leadership of the National Tenants’ Union of Ghana has expressed deep disappointment with the housing policy proposals featured in the New Patriotic Party’s...

New Times Corpo­ration takes steps to recover embezzled funds

The Management of the New Times Corpo­ration (NTC), publishers of the Ghanaian Times and the Spectator says it is taking steps to recover embezzled funds from its former...

We’ll clear consumables for renal patients stuck at Tema port soon – Korle Bu

The management of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has promised to soon clear all consumables for renal patients, currently stuck at the port. The assurance follows...

UK stabbing: Ghanaians in Manchester react to death of 43-year-old woman

Apart from the woman who died following a stabbing in Manchester and has been named as 43-year-old Alberta Obinim, two other people also sustained...

In pictures: Blue supermoon lights up sky around the world and how it was seen in Accra

A blue moon happens once every two to three years - that's where the saying comes from. Photographers from around the world have been busy...

Man battling kidney issues rescued from suicide attempt at Ashaiman

A dramatic rescue unfolded in Ashaiman Lebanon as  man identified as Alfred Agoma, known locally as Yehowa Nyagbe, attempted to take his own life...

Godwin Avenorgbo passes on

Renowned veteran broadcaster and Director of Communications at the Melcom Group of Companies, Godwin Avenorgbo, has been reported dead. His former, long-time employers, the Ghana...

Digitalisation alone not enough to fight corruption – Edem Senanu

The Co-Chair of the Citizen Movement Against Corruption, Edem Senanu is skeptical about the effectiveness of digitalisation alone in combating corruption. Mr Senanu argued that...

Tell your boss to sign Anti-LGBTQ+bill – Ho West MP tells Bawumia

Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, has challenged the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to prove...

Election 2024: Reports of militia training in Kwahu false – Police

The Ghana Police Service has firmly denied reports suggesting that militiamen are being trained in Kwahu, Eastern Region, in preparation for the 2024 general...

Renal patients at Korle Bu vow to picket over uncleared consumables at Tema Port

The Renal Patients Association at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has expressed frustration over the government's delayed response in clearing essential dialysis consumables stuck at...

Gov’t completes 6 of 37 abandoned veteran projects

The Defence Ministry and the Veteran Association of Ghana (VAG) appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and revealed that several VAG projects have...

Agogo farmers seek gov’t aid after plantain farms destroyed

Asante Akyem Agogo farmers have called on the government for aid after a Forestry Commission task force destroyed their plantain farms. Several acres of plantain...

NASPA holds health screening for service personnel

The National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) has held a free health screening exercise for its members. The exercise was organised in collaboration with the Tiens...

Speak to issues of unfulfilled promises – Thomas Musah tells Bawumia

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah, has called on the government to honour its promises to teacher...

2024 WASSCE: WAEC uncovers organised cheating plots

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has uncovered plans by certain schools to engage in organized cheating during the West African Senior School Certificate...

Gov’t, CETAG reach agreement on teachers’ concerns

In a significant breakthrough, the government and the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) have reached an agreement on the concerns of...

Group petitions Akufo-Addo; demands immediate usage of Ho Youth Resource Centre

A group called itself the Volta Sports Crusaders has petitioned President Akufo-Addo and the Sports Ministry through the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao...

Two friends killed by armed robbers during mobile money raid in Sissala East

Two friends were shot and killed by armed robbers who attacked and robbed a mobile money vendor at Welembelle in the Sissala East Municipality. The...

IGP warns political parties

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akufo Dampare has issued a stern warning to political parties and other stakeholders in the electoral process...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for phase-one of Petroleum Hub project at Jomoro

President Nana Akufo-Addo has officially cut sod for the first phase of the Petroleum Hub Development project in Nawule, located in the Jomoro District...

Off-duty police officer arrested for alleged murder in Accra

The Police have arrested a ride-hailing driver, later identified as an off-duty Police officer, for allegedly shooting a man at Koans Estate near Kuntunse...

CETAG to call off strike after meeting with Labour Ministry

The leadership of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) is set to call off its two-month-old nationwide strike. This decision was reached...

Political parties storm EC to demand provisional voter register ahead of exhibition exercise

The Electoral Commission (EC) is facing massive backlash from some political parties for failing to provide certified copies of the provisional electoral register, which...

Bawumia’s one-time tax amnesty a good idea for businesses – GUTA

The Head of the Business and Economic Bureau of the Ghana Union of Traders' Associations (GUTA), Charles Kusi Appiah Kubi, has welcomed the pledge...

Sam George doesn’t live in Ningo Prampram; he doesn’t feel for you – NPP PC tells residents

The New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s Parliamentary Candidate for Ningo-Prampram, Michael Tetteh-Eku, has criticized two-term MP Samuel Nartey George for failing to bring development to...

Election Watch Ghana pickets at EC Headquarters over delay in voter register release

An advocacy group, Election Watch Ghana, on Monday, August 19, gathered at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC) to demand the immediate release...

Ghana doesn’t need Mineral Development Bank – Bawumia told [Listen]

Banking consultant, Dr Richmond Atuahene has said Ghana does not need a Minerals Development Bank to increase gold reserves. According to him, Ghana does not...

IGP leads delegation to visit family of man shot dead by Policeman [Video]

A delegation of the Ghana Police Service has commiserated with the family of 25-year-old Stanley Ahadzi, who was shot after a disagreement over transport...

Police arrest 85 suspected drug dealers, prostitutes in Tamale

At least 85 suspected drug peddlers and prostitutes have been arrested in the Tamale central business district. This was in a night raid conducted by...

Court issues bench warrant for mechanical engineer accused of fraud

The Accra Circuit Court Nine has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a mechanical engineer who allegedly took GH¢99,810.00 from a farmer...

Bagre Dam spillage: We don’t have enough relief items, move to higher grounds – NaDMO urges residents

The National Disaster Management Organization (NaDMO) says it does not have enough relief items to support all persons likely to be displaced by the...

Firefighters avert fuel tanker disaster at Odorkor [Photos]

Firefighters from the Dansoman Station on Monday morning swiftly responded to a diesel spill at Odorkor Tarrazo near the Pacific filling station in Accra. The...

Accra High School receives 2400 tablets under 1 Tablet- 1 Student initiative

The management of Accra High School has confirmed the receipt of over 2,400 tablets from the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education...

Gov’t to meet striking CETAG members today

The Ministry of Labour and Employment Relations (MLER) through the Fair Wages Commission will today, August 19 meet the leadership of the Colleges of...