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Lilwin arrested

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Manhyia Divisional Police Command have arrested Kumawood actor, Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lilwin. The Police...

Hit-and-run driver crashes woman to death at Awutu Bereku

A hit-and-run driver has crashed a woman believed to be in her 20s to death at Awutu Bereku on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway in the...

Ghana Education Service partners with Zoomlion for zero waste school program

Zoomlion Foundation and Ghana Education Service have launched an ambitious Zero Waste Project in schools, aimed at promoting sustainable practices through education. The launch event...

Anyone who stashes so much money at home doesn’t love Ghana – Ga Mantse

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has waded into the controversy surrounding the huge sums of money found in former Sanitation Minister,...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Korea

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, upon the invitation of the President of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, left Ghana on Friday 31st May, 2024 to...

Ato Forson files application for mistrial in ambulance case



Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the first accused in the ongoing ambulance trial, has submitted an application for a mistrial. He cited recent developments involving a...

Calls for A-G’s resignation or sack unjustified – Prof Kwame Gyan

A distinguished law professor at the University of Ghana, Professor Kwame Gyan, has expressed his stance against the calls for the dismissal of Attorney...

Man in court for allegedly stealing over GH₵46K from girlfriend

A 38-year-old unemployed man who allegedly stole his girlfriend’s GH₵46,700 from a safe has been put before an Accra Circuit Court. When Ebenezer Addoh was arrested...

Flash floods hit Ofankor-Taifa Junction stretch after Sunday’s rain

Rains that began Sunday morning have caused flash flooding in parts of Accra, including the Ofankor-Taifa Junction stretch. The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) reported that,...

One dead after fishing boat capsizes near Ada West

One person has been reported dead after a fishing boat capsized near Ada West District in the Greater Accra Region. Accra-based Citi News reported that,...

Corruption is everywhere now; deal with it urgently – Ga Mantse to gov’t

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has expressed disgust over the rampant corruption plaguing Ghana. In a recent interview with Citi FM on...

PIAC report reveals 36% shortfall in ECG’s payments for gas in 2023

A report by the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) reveals a 36 per cent shortfall in the Electricity Company of Ghana’s payments in accordance...

Anti-LGBTQ+ hearing: Judiciary opens high court doors for live coverage today

The Judiciary will open the High Court today for live media coverage of the anti-LGBT+ bill proceedings. Previously, the Chief Justice allowed media houses to...

FDA teams up with Ghana Police Service to crack down on tobacco smoke activities

In a move to combat the scourge of tobacco smoke, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has joined forces with the Ghana Police Service...

One-week-old baby reportedly stolen from district hospital in Upper East region [Video]

A shocking incident at Zebilla District Hospital in the Bawku West district of the Upper East Region saw a one-week-old baby allegedly stolen on...

Residents celebrate as government begins construction of Atebubu-Kwame Danso road

Residents have expressed excitement and are applauding the government for commencing the construction of the Atebubu-Kwame Danso road in the Bono East Region. This follows...

Police arrest NDC PC for Awutu Senya East, 2 others

The Ghana Police Service has arrested three persons at Ofaakor near Kasoa in the Central Region over the alleged possession of firearm without lawful...

Suspect who stabbed Hawa Koomson’s son assaulted, handed over to Police

The suspect who allegedly stabbed Ato Koomson, son of Awutu Senya East MP and Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been...

Anyaa Sowutuom MP hands over new classroom block to Odorgonno SHS

Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutuom, Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi has officially commissioned and handed over a new 6-unit classroom block with a 10-seater...

Ghana secures US$103m AfDB grant to grow SMEs

Ghana has secured a US$103 million need-based funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), with a focus...

Photos from Adom FM/ Asempa FM UCL 2024

The 2024 edition of the Adom FM and Asempa FM UEFA Champions League final ended spectacularly on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at T- Havana...

Schools in Kpando receive free sanitary pads to commemorate menstrual hygiene day

To address the menstrual challenges in schools, the Kpando Young Ladies Association has supported over six schools in the Municipality with hundreds of sanitary...

Court documents reveal Freddie Blay’s son involved in purchase of Labadi Beach Hotel’s beachfront

Explosive court documents I have obtained and currently analysing reveal that top politically exposed persons associated with the ruling NPP have long had a...

Pwalugu dam: ‘Belated’ GIDA explanation for $12m spent is contrived – Sammy Gyamfi

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has accused the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) of providing what he...

Ellembelle: Cocoa farmers demonstrate at “galamsey” site

Concerned Cocoa Farmers in the Ellembelle District on Saturday, June 1, stormed an illegal mining site at Sendu to express their frustration and opposition...

Plan International Ghana commissions projects for Koensim community

Plan International Ghana has commissioned and handed over a water and gender-girl-friendly institutional latrine for the Koensim community in the Jasikan Municipality of the...

Dambai river bridge construction: Oti Regional House of Chiefs sends important message to govt

The Oti Regional House of Chiefs has reminded the government of the need to construct a bridge over the Dambai river. The President, Nana Mprah...

Mad rush for diesel after tanker accident on Kumasi-Accra highway

Several residents in Ohene Nkwanta and adjoining communities on Saturday morning risked their lives to fetch fuel gushing out of a crashed tanker. The accident...

PURC announces tariff increment

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission(PURC) has announced an upward review of electricity, water and gas tariffs. The increment which forms part of PURC's second quarterly...

Deputy Energy Ministers embark on familiarisation tour

Deputy Energy Ministers, Collins Adomako-Mensah and John Kobina Abbam Aboah Sanie have embarked on a series of familiarisation tours of various agencies under the...

One dead, 2 injured in gory accident on Kumasi-Accra Highway

One person has died on the spot with two injured in an accident at Ohene Nkwanta near Odumasi in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality...

Suame Interchange project: Scrap dealers allegedly stab security man to death

Scrap dealers have allegedly stabbed a security man with Rango Construction Company Limited, the contractor working on the Suame Interchange in the Ashanti Region...

Return to your roots and support development – Okyenhene to indigenes

Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is urging the privileged in society to come back to their roots and support the development of their community. Speaking...

Ambulance case: Jakpa’s outburst in court irrelevant to case – Lawyer

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil does not think the outburst of the third accused in the controversial ambulance trial has any bearing on the...

A-G asks court to throw out Jakpa’s application to discontinue criminal prosecution

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has asked the High Court in Accra to dismiss an application filed by Richard Jakpa, third...

Mason jailed for abduction, defilement

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old mason, who abducted and defiled a 14-year-old girl, to 16 years imprisonment with hard labour. Francis Blay,...

Ghana needs structural transformation – Dr Twumasi Baffour

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, has emphasized the urgent need for structural change...

U/E: SHS students advocate for changing rooms, tax removal on pads

Senior high school students in the Upper East Region have called for the provision of changing rooms in schools and the removal of taxes...

One week observation announced for man whose car fell into Abattoir bridge

The one-week observation for Emmanuel Noel Asare Adams, who tragically drowned after his vehicle fell from the Abattoir bridge on the Accra-Tema motorway, is...

Ga Manste leads charge in massive Homowo clean-up drive to revitalize Accra

The Ga State is set to in collaboration with the government (Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural...