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Missing Asante Agona boy finally reunited with family

Frank Akwesi Antwi, a missing child better known as Paa Kwesi, has been successfully reunited with his family. This reunion follows an extensive report by...

NSS releases PIN codes for 2024/2025 service year

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of Personal Identification Number (PIN) codes for 133,476 final-year Ghanaian students who are required to...

Over 1,000 locked up in child marriages in Nkwanta North

More than 1,000 children aged between 12 and 17 years have ever been in a marital union in the NKwanta North District in the...

Parliament finalises draft bill to extend maternity leave and introduce paternity leave

The Parliament has finalised the draft bill for the extension of maternity leave and the introduction of paternity leave. The Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was...

Kenya rolls out free Electronic Travel Authorisation for Ghanaians

The Kenyan government has begun the issuance of Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETA) to Ghanaian travellers at no cost. This was announced in a statement issued...

Your letter infuriated us – Striking Medical Lab workers to Health Ministry 

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has criticised the Health Ministry over the letter asking them to call off its strike. The Ministry acknowledged...

Gender Minister makes passionate appeal for the immediate passage of the Affirmative Action Bill

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dakoa Newman, has made a heartfelt appeal for the swift passage of the Affirmative Action Bill. Speaking...

Paramount chief sets record straight on Apesokubi Traditional Area

The Paramount Chief of Apesokubi Traditional Area, Okogyeaman Asiedu Koram II, has clarified falsehoods allegedly being spread by descendants of Akposso immigrants from Togo. The...

Wa overlord demands report into killing

The overlord of the Waala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, is demanding a comprehensive report from the Police on the spate of...

Interior Ministry arrests 2 persons for wearing unprescribed private security uniforms

The Ministry of Interior has issued a stern warning to all private security organisations using unauthorised uniforms to desist from that or suffer the...

The strike will persist until government meets our demands – MELPWU

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) spokesperson, Victor Obeng Ofori, has stated that the strike will continue until the government addresses their grievances. In...

Interior Ministry renews curfew imposed on Bawku, Bunkpurugu

The Ministry of Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region, and Bunkpurugu township and its environs...

Rainstorm damages roof of VRA ‘resettlement quarters’ in Adokwanta

A rainstorm has left in its wake the destruction of property worth millions of cedis at Adokwanta in the Krachi East Municipality of the...

We don’t have the final say but… – Health Ministry to striking Medical Laboratory Professionals

The Health Ministry has said it does not have the final say concerning the working conditions of the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU). However,...

Adults aged 25 and above constitute majority of HIV population – AIDS Commission

The Ghana AIDS Commission has raised concerns about the rising rate of new HIV infections and the demographics most affected in the country. The Commission...

Excavator operator robbed of GH₵30K, mobile phones while asleep

Gun-wielding men have reportedly robbed a 33-year-old Excavator Operator, Owusu Ansah of his cash and other valuables amounting to GH₵35,000 at Dadwen, near Obuasi...

Flood destroys drugs, properties at Tain District Health Directorate

Flood has taken over the Tain District Health Directorate in the Bono Region, destroying drugs and other items at the district capital, Nsawkaw. Speaking to...

Attorney General digs into Jakpa’s military background

The Attorney-General and Minister Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame through Yvonne Attakorah Oboubisa, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), has taken his turn to cross-examine Richard...

Wa killing: Measures have been put in place to arrest perpetrators – MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa has assured that the Security Council is working to ensure that the perpetrators of recent murders are brought...

Ghana’s energy sector recovery programme gets US$260m boost

Ghana has received a total of US$260 million from the World Bank to improve the financial viability of electricity distribution and increase access to...

We’ve lost our independence due to over-dependence on external aid – Prof Quartey

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, has highlighted the hidden costs of aid dependency. According to...

Ablakwa makes fresh demands after the ‘Hands Off Our Hotels’ demo

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called for a dissolution of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust(SSNIT) Board. According to...

Sale of SSNIT hotels: CHRAJ formally writes to SSNIT, Bryan Acheampong, others

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has formally reached out to the Minister of Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, and other stakeholders involved...

Fair Wages is not being fair to us – Striking Lab workers claim

The General Secretary of the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers' Union (MELPWU), Cephas Kofi Akortor, says the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has not...

Woman stabs 76-year-old mother to death over witchcraft accusation 

A 55-year-old woman, Joyce Boateng, has allegedly stabbed her 76-year-old mother, Afia Sarpomaah, to death in Abuakwa Asonomaso, Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, Ashanti Region. This...

Recent ‘dumsor’ not load shedding by ECG – NAPO

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said the recent power outages experienced in various parts of the country are not due...

Kwabenafoso: St. Joseph R/C JHS gets 4-unit classrooms block after Adom News report

The St. Joseph R/C JHS at Kwabenafoso in the Obuasi East District of Ashanti has received a four-unit classroom block following Adom News' reportage...

Rehabilitation works on Nungua Interchange project begins

The Department of Urban Roads (DUR) has commenced rehabilitation works on road around the stalled Nungua Interchange project in Accra. This is to help ease...

Road Safety Authority urges helmet use amid surge in motorcycle crashes in Bono

The Bono Regional National Road Safety Authority has raised alarm over the rising number of motorcyclists and their passengers neglecting to wear helmets, thereby...

Wa killing: Our security personnel aren’t fully equipped to fight crime – Rashid Pelpuo

The leader of the Northern Caucus in Parliament, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has said many of the country's security personnel, both in public and private sectors,...

Wa killing: Community policing must be strengthened – Security Analyst

A security analyst, Dr Victor Doke is advocating for the use of community policing to address insecurity in communities. According to him, during security crises,...

Pokuase-Nsawam highway project faces delay, new deadline yet to be set

The chief resident engineer for the Pokuase-Nsawam Highway project, Ing. Kwabena Bempong, has revealed that the initial July 2024 completion date for the construction...

Opuni trial can’t start afresh — Supreme Court affirms

The Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision thrown out an application seeking to start the trial of former Chief Executive of the Ghana...

SSNIT proceeding with sale of hotels despite CHRAJ petition – Ghana Federation of Labour alleges

The Ghana Federation of Labour says the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is proceeding with talks to sell its stake in four...

Strike leaves labs empty: Patients directed to private facilities

The laboratory units at the Manhyia Government Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital on Kumasi have been closed. This follows the strike by the...

World Bank approves $250 million credit for energy sector

The World Bank has approved a $250 million credit to support a four-year Ghana Energy Sector Recovery programme. It has also approved an additional $10...

Self-acclaimed chief jailed for fraudulent land transaction

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a self-proclaimed chief and a businessman to 15 months imprisonment for a fraudulent land transaction. Nii Kotey Susubribi, also...

Celebrities can’t promote alcoholic drinks – Supreme Court upholds FDA ban

The Supreme Court has by a majority decision upheld the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)'s directive which prevents celebrities from endorsing alcoholic drinks. This brings...

Medical lab workers accuse Health Ministry of bad faith amidst strike

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers' Union (MELPWU) has accused certain individuals within the Ministry of Health of acting in bad faith. This accusation follows an...

Supreme Court to deliver judgment on FDA’s ban on celebrity alcohol endorsement today

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its judgment in the case requesting the cancellation of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)'s directive against...