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Improved legal education and facilities essential for better justice delivery – Chief Justice

Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo has urged the government to enhance and expand facilities nationwide to improve justice delivery. Speaking at a ceremony to commission the...

Use Audit Service’s report to hold duty bearers accountable – German Ambassador to Ghana

The German Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull has urged Ghanaians to use Audit Service's reports to hold duty bearers accountable. This, he said will lead...

One dead after lovers stab themselves at Kasoa Adam Nana

A 27-year-old man, Justice is in critical condition while his girlfriend has been confirmed dead after stabbing each other at Kasoa Adam Nana in...

Concerned farmers condemn Amenfi East NPP PC for inciting violence against security personnel

The Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana (CFAG) has denounced a viral video showing the Parliamentary candidate for Amenfi East, Ernest Frimpong, and the Western...

Titus Glover leads taskforce to demolish structure at Ramsar site

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover on Sunday led a taskforce to demolish a structure on waterways at the Sakumono Ramsar site. This...

NSS’ Papao farm receives Brahma birds from US 

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has presented Brahma birds from the United States to its Papao Demonstration farm in Accra. This seeks to boost the...

Ghana records first Wilson’s disease at Korle Bu

The Child Health Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has recorded a rare case of Wilson’s Disease in a 13-year-old boy. The condition,...

Free Wi-Fi saga: How PPA approved GHS84m contract to an unqualified company

In 2018, Busy Internet was a company in dire straits. As an internet service provider, it competed against industry giants but achieved little success. Revenue...

It is good for couples to have a joint account – Counsellor advises

A marriage counsellor, Rev. Eugene Akuamoah Boateng has advised couples to have joint account to avoid mismanagement and ensure financial discipline. Speaking to Adom News,...

NIA staff strike begins today

The Divisional Executive Council of the Public Services Workers' Union (PSWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), National Identification Authority (NIA), is expected...

FDA rallies support to ensure national food security

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is mobilising the collective efforts of all stakeholders to protect Ghana's fragile land and water resources so as...

Transactional sex surges teenage pregnancy in Upper Manya Krobo

A recent report by the Ghana Health Service indicates that, the Upper Manya Krobo district is ranked second in the prevalence of teenage pregnancy...

Tema General Hospital to hold mass burial

The Tema General Hospital in the Greater Accra Region will hold a mass burial for three unclaimed bodies deposited at the hospital’s mortuary. The bodies,...

SSNIT contributors gain automatic NHIS migration

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has started the automatic migration of all contributors to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) onto...

Man jailed for stealing laptop from artiste who offered him shelter

A 24-year-old man who stole a laptop of an artiste who offered him a place to sleep has been sentenced to 12 months in prison...

Chieftaincy is about friendship and development, not war – Titus Glover

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Daniel Titus Glover says chieftaincy is not about waging wars to conquer territories. According to him, the phenomenon is supposed to...

Tricycle and motorcycle riders responsible for teen pregnancies in Central Region – Report

A research conducted by the Central Region office of the National Youth Authority (NYA) has shown that perpetrators of teen pregnancy, child marriage and...

Tension at Kwahu Pepease over installation of new chief

Tensions have escalated in Kwahu Pepease, located in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region, as the Santase Royal family plans to install...

Accra’s deafening decibels return after 30-day quiet

It's been thirty days of serenity occasioned by an ancient ritual ordered by the gods, custodians of the land hosting Ghana's administrative capital, the...

Asantehene donates GH₵500k to support Ga Education Fund

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has generously donated GH₵500,000 to support the education of underprivileged Ga Dangbes. The announcement was made during a grand...

Asantehene visits Ga Mantse [Photos]

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Sunday, June 9, 2024, visited the King of the Ga State, Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teko Tsuru...

Asantehene’s visit to Ga state symbolises unity – Henry Quartey

Interior Minister, Henry Quartey, has praised the visit of the Ashantene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to the Ga Mantse Palace as a powerful symbol...

Ga Mantse commends Ghana Armed Forces

Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has lauded the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for their significant role in ensuring the nation’s safety. During his...

Netherlands Ambassador urges Ghana to protect its cocoa heritage

Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, Jeroen Verheul, is urging Ghana to act in order to protect its cocoa heritage and avoid becoming known solely as...

CHED boss calls for crackdown on illegal logging to protect cocoa farms

The Executive Director of Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED), Rev. Edwin Afari, has urged the Forestry Commission to work with security agencies to...

NIA staff declare indefinite strike

Staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) Division, has resolved to initiate an indefinite strike commencing on June 10, 2024. The decision was unanimously reached...

Fire guts 5-bedroom house at Akrobi

Personal belongings, worth thousands of Ghana cedis were destroyed on Saturday morning after a fire swept through a five-bedroom house at Akrobi in the...

Matilda Amissah-Arthur recounts robbery ordeal [Video]

Former Second Lady, Matilda Amissah-Arthur has given a chilling account of how she was robbed and nearly killed in her bedroom in the wee...

Police forwards Naa Koryoo’s docket to AG

The Ghana Police Service says it is forwarding the docket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East in the...

Families of missing girls in Nigeria hoping for their return

The families of Celine Ndudim and Afiba Tandor, two young women who went missing after visiting a businessman in Aba town in Nigeria Abia...

Nine witnesses for ex-Second Lady’s robber

Prosecutors have indicated their decision to call nine witnesses to testify in a case against Yahuza Osumanu, the man who allegedly robbed several individuals,...

#DumsorMustStop demo [Photos]

Saturday, June, 8, actress, Yvonne Nelson joined a host of Ghanaians for the #DumsorMustStop vigil. This is to pile pressure on the government to address...

#DumsorMustStop Vigil: I was triggered by the Tema General Hospital incident – Yvonne Nelson

In response to the tragic news of a 3-day-old baby's death at Tema General Hospital following a power outage, actress and producer Yvonne Nelson...

Former EC Chair Charlotte Osei installed as Safohen

The former chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei, has been installed as Safohen of Nkum Asafo Group Number 4. In a post...

Nungua Traditional Council calls on Chieftaincy Minister Stephen Asamoah Boateng

A six-member delegation from the Nungua Traditional Council has paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Asamoah Boateng. The...

Ayorkor Botchwey meets with Sultan of Brunei; discuss co-operation and Commonwealth

The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III, has granted an audience to Ghana's Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, to discuss...

Juaso: Gas tanker falls on Kumasi-Accra highway, driver injured [Photos]

A gas tanker fell on its side on the Kumasi-Accra highway around 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, 2024. The driver of the tanker is...

Let’s unite for Ga state’s development – Nii Okanta Ankrah II

The Head of the Mantse Ankrah Royal Family of Otublohum in the Greater Accra Region, Nii Okanta Ankrah II, has urged the leaders of...

I took loan to organise my mum’s funeral – Convener of Locked-up Investments Holders

Convener of the Locked-up Investment Holders’ Forum, Dr. Adu Anane Antwi, has revealed that due to his lock-up funds, he was forced to take...

Jacobu: Man guns down cousin

A 28-year-old man, Kwadwo Oppong, has been shot dead by his cousin at Numeriso near Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti...