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Govt to legislate property tax collection

The government has set up a committee to draft comprehensive legislation to efficiently improve property rates administration and collection across the country. It followed a...

Agric Ministry takes delivery of 500 tonnes of cereals from ECOWAS

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has taken delivery of 500 tonnes of cereals from the ECOWAS Regional Food Security Reserve. The consignment, made...

PURC warns of ECG’s potential bankruptcy

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has served notice that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) may be on the verge of bankruptcy due...

Fishers want premix fuel subsidy removed – Study

About 91 per cent of fishers sampled across the coastal communities have agreed to the total removal of subsidies on premix fuel meant to...

Polio type 2 detected in Koforidua, public health emergency declared

The Ministry of Health has reported the detection of a circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in an environmental sample collected from Koforidua,...

Lands Minister terminates FGR Begoso Prestea Mining Limited leases

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has officially terminated the mining leases of FGR Bogoso Prestea Mining Limited. This decision, announced...

Mahama mourns Herman Chinery-Hesse

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has joined the nation in mourning the loss of Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse. The distinguished...

SSA-UDS calls off local strike as nationwide action continues

The Senior Staff Association of the University for Development Studies (SSA-UDS) has decided to suspend its local strike following a pivotal meeting with key...

NABCO trainees call on Peace Council to intervene in unpaid allowance crisis

The Coalition of NABCO Trainees has urgently appealed to the National Peace Council, calling for immediate intervention in the ongoing crisis over unpaid allowance...

National Cathedral site now the world’s most expensive swimming pool – Ato Forson

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has sharply criticized the stalled National Cathedral project, describing the construction site as the "world’s...

Asantehene destools Ejisu-Kyrekrom dikro

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Tuesday officially destooled the Ejisu-Kyerekrom Dikro, Opanin Kwaku Kyere, after he was found guilty of violating the Great...

Fair Wages and Salaries Commission responds to NCCE division’s planned strike action

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has urged the Divisional Executive Council (DEC) of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Division of...

Victims still struggling a year after Akosombo Dam spillage

One year after the Akosombo Dam spillage disaster, several victims remain stranded and unable to return to normal lives. The delay in completing housing units...

UG student sues University and others over reinclusion of Guru, others in SRC election

A second-year student at the University of Ghana (UG) has filed a lawsuit at the Circuit Court in Adentan, Accra, against the University, its...

Blows fly in at Ashaiman NPP office over t-shirt, cash distribution

Tensions flared in Ashaiman as executives and supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clashed over the distribution of funds and party paraphernalia. The brawl...

2 preferred bidders submitted to government for Saglemi Housing Project completion

Government is one step closer to resuming work on the long-abandoned Saglemi Housing Project, as two preferred bidders have been shortlisted for final negotiations. This...

Employment Minister commissions public employment centers in Atebubu

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, who is also the Member of Parliament for Sunyani West, has commissioned the Bono...

Foreign Affairs Ministry sets Oct 18 deadline for incomplete passport applications

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced a deadline for passport applicants who made payments before April 1, 2024, but have...

MoMo agents threaten strike over ‘galamsey’

The Mobile Money Advocacy Group (MOMAG) has warned the government sternly about the severe impact of illegal mining activities, widely known as galamsey. This caution...

NDC will investigate illegal practice in premix value chain – Fisheries Association President

The President of the National Fisheries Association, Richter Nii Armah Amarfio, says that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will investigate all illegal and corrupt...

NCCE declares indefinite strike

The Divisional Executive Council (DEC) of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Division of the Public Services Workers' Union of TUC (Ghana) has...

NDC demo: Police probe Kumasi chaos after injury of officer

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has begun a probe into the shooting incident in Kumasi that led to the injury of an officer during...

Desist from attributing mental health to spirituality – Psychologist

A Psychologist, Charity Ama Kuwornu has cautioned people to avoid attributing mental health issues to spirituality. Rather, she encouraged regular hospital visits for mental health...

Galamsey: Meeting between TUC and gov’t Ad-hoc committee ends inconclusively

The meeting between the government's ad-hoc committee on galamsey and the Trades Union Congress (TUS) ended inconclusively. The committee, chaired by the Minister for National...

Final phase of Appiastse redevelopment project to commence in October – Lands Ministry

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has announced that the final phase of the Appiatse redevelopment project will commence in October 2024. This marks...

Kanewu-Adjei Kojo residents threaten demo over alleged land sales

Residents of Kanewu-Adjei Kojo in Tema West have threatened a demonstration on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 over an alleged ongoing land sale along the...

4 Ghanaian students arrested over alleged forgery of transcripts to enter US University

Four Ghanaian students at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, USA have been arrested for allegedly forging High School transcripts to gain admission, according to court...

Kasoa South records highest power outages in 2024

The Kasoa South District of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) experienced 209 power outages this year, data on power supply to 14 selected...

Fair Wages Commission reacts to NCCE workers’ intended strike

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) says it has taken note of the intended strike action by the Divisional Executive Council (DEC) of...

Galamsey: Four arrested in Subri Forest Reserve

Four individuals have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining, commonly known as ‘galamsey,’ in the Subri Forest Reserve in Ghana’s Western Region. The...

NDC demo: Police deny shooting incident at Kumasi EC office

The Ghana Police Service has denied a shooting incident at the Electoral Commission (EC) in Kumasi of the Ashanti region during the ‘Enough is...

Man, 60, allegedly dies during sex with 40-year-old lover

A 60-year-old man, Stephen Okom has been found dead in his girlfriend room at Akwanserem in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti region. Information...

GAWU urges government action to combat galamsey crisis in agriculture

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has expressed concern that food security is becoming one of the most alarming threats in Ghana. GAWU attributes this...

Renowned Ghanaian technology entrepreneur, Herman Chinery-Hesse dead

A pioneering Ghanaian tech entrepreneur and founder of theSOFTtribe, Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse, has passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest. He died on Monday evening,...

Gold exports: Ghana topped in 2018 despite mining ban – Nana Akwesi Awuah

Managing Director of the Precious Mineral Marketing Company, Nana Akwesi Awuah was the top gold exporter in Africa in 2018, despite a government-imposed ban...

NAGRAT bemoans increased absenteeism in ‘galamsey’ communities

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has revealed a concerning rise in absenteeism in schools located in mining communities, attributing it to illegal...

Two preferred bidders shortlisted for final negotiations on Saglemi Housing project

After weeks of evaluation and due diligence, transaction advisors Deloitte Ghana have informed the Government of Ghana that two firms have been shortlisted for...

Mahama’s aide shares misleading post about Kintampo Waterfall

Claim: Beatrice Annan, a deputy spokesperson of ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama, has shared a video of a muddied waterfall purportedly filmed in 2024, which she blamed...

Mahama makes false claim about Ghana’s power-generating capacity

Claim: John Dramani Mahama, the 2024 flagbearer of Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the party increased the country’s power-generating capacity from 1,810 megawatts in 2007 to...

Expedite determination of cases against anti-gay bill – Sam George to Chief Justice

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram and the leading advocate for the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, Sam George, has voiced growing...