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IMF begins 5th Programme review of Ghana today

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will today, September 29, begin its fifth review of Ghana’s performance under the Fund programme. The full mission team, led...

Bees invade Suhum circuit court

Normal proceedings at the Suhum Circuit Court were briefly disrupted when a swarm of bees invaded the premises, forcing court officials, lawyers, and visitors...

Small Arms Commission launches campaign against small arms proliferation

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has rolled out a nationwide public education campaign dubbed “Silence the Gun, Save a Life.” The...

I was kicked out of Benin and separated from my family for 6 months — MTN Ghana CEO

The Chief Executive Officer , has revealed a deeply challenging chapter of his professional life in West Africa, detailing his expulsion from Benin by...

Upper Denkyira West Assembly to build health centers, classrooms

The Upper Denkyira West District Assembly has outlined plans to embark on major development projects to improve the lives of residents. This was announced during...

Rain, thunderstorms expected across Ghana today – Ghana Meteo warns

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecasted variably cloudy conditions across most parts of the country throughout today, Sunday, September 28, 2025. In its 24-hour...

Huniso gets 40,000-litre water facility to tackle sanitation-related diseases

Residents of Huniso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western region have gained access to a 40,000-litre Small Town Water Supply System to...

Hundreds pay last respect as DJ Awana is laid to rest

Scores of mourners on Saturday, September 27, 2025, joined the family of veteran Ghanaian disc jockey and Multimedia Group staff member, Samuel Tei Mensah...

Protocol undermining CSSPS – Former GES Director-General

A former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Charles Aheto-Tsegah, has stated that the recurring confusion surrounding the Computerised School Selection and Placement...

CSSPS challenges rooted in expectations, not lack of space – Eduwatch boss

Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has clarified that the recurring challenges with the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) are...

Galamsey contamination: Scientist explains dangers of heavy metals in our food

Research Scientist at CSIR and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Albert Kobina Mensah, has raised alarm over the growing...

VRA exploring plan to transform Akosombo Dam into giant power battery reserve

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has announced plans to convert the Akosombo Hydroelectric Dam into a massive power battery reserve as part of efforts...

Stop marrying ‘by heart’ and giving birth ‘by heart’ – Muslim cleric advises at Abeka mosque inauguration

The National Imam of Ahlu-Sunnah Wal-Jamaah (ASWAJ), Sheikh Umar Ibrahim Imam, has urged Ghanaian Muslims to act responsibly in marriage and family life, warning...

Research links 500 spontaneous abortions to galamsey-related placental contamination – Prof Sampene

Forensic histopathologist and former Head of Pathology at KNUST and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof. Dr. Paul Poku Sampene Ossei, has revealed disturbing...

Collapse National Placement Resolution Centre – GNACOPS Director

Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Obengfo Nana Kwasi Gyetuah, has urged authorities to scrap the National Placement Resolution...

Former police officer remanded into custody by Ashaiman Court

The Ashaiman District Court has remanded 54-year-old Kofi Boakye Frimpong in custody for pretending to be a public officer (police officer) without lawful authority,...

Photos from the funeral of DJ Awana

Family, friends, colleagues, and sympathizers have gathered to celebrate the life of veteran Ghanaian disc jockey and Multimedia Group staff member, Samuel Tei Mensah...

Final funeral rites for DJ Awana underway

The final funeral rite of veteran Ghanaian disc jockey and Multimedia Group staff member, Samuel Tei Mensah Nartey, popularly known as DJ Awana, is...

Government declares forests, rivers security zones – Lands Minister charges NAIMOS

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Acting Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has reaffirmed government’s uncompromising commitment to...

US reverses visa restrictions on Ghana, restores five-year multiple entry

Ghana has achieved a major diplomatic breakthrough as the United States has lifted the visa restrictions imposed on the country in July this year. The...

DJ Awana goes home today

The final funeral rites of veteran Ghanaian disc jockey and Multimedia Group staff member, Samuel Tei Mensah Nartey, popularly known as DJ Awana, will...

Full list of winners at CIMG Awards 2024

The 36th Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) National Marketing Performance Awards concluded on Friday night at the Labadi Beach Hotel, recognizing organizations and...

MyJoyOnline crowned CIMG Online News Portal for fourth consecutive year

MyJoyOnline, the flagship online news platform of The Multimedia Group Limited, has once again cemented its position as Ghana's leading digital news source, having...

Education Ministry congratulates UDS football team on reaching World University Games Finals

The Ministry of Education has congratulated the University for Development Studies (UDS) football team for qualifying for the finals of the 2025 World University...

Birim Central MCE seizes six excavators, other equipment in anti-galamsey operation

The Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Solomon Kusi Brako, has initiated a crackdown on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, along the Birim...

Anti-Galamsey Taskforce directed to take firm action

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has instructed the newly deployed Anti-Galamsey Taskforce to adopt a strict and uncompromising stance...

Ghana Health Service dismisses reports of diarrhoea outbreak in Gomoa East

The Gomoa East District Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has refuted media claims that 20 diarrhoea cases have been recorded in...

Greater Accra TVET Service launches major sensitisation drive at Kaneshie Lorry Station

The Greater Accra Regional Office of the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service has carried out an extensive sensitisation exercise at...

GRDA responds to TUC and GRCL over Tema–Mpakadan railway operations

The Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) has responded to threats of strike action by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Railway Workers’ Union...

Paul Adom-Otchere calls for dedicated media courts in Ghana

Former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Paul Adom-Otchere, has called for the establishment of specialised courts to handle media-related cases in...

Interpol arrests 260 across Africa; 68 Ghanaians implicated in online romance scams

Interpol has arrested 260 individuals across 14 African countries in a coordinated operation targeting online romance and extortion scams, which defrauded over 1,400 victims...

Global Patriots Germany demands urgent action to end galamsey

Global Patriots Germany has raised alarm over the devastating impact of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, warning that Ghana could face a future...

Two reported missing after canoe accident on Offin River

Two men have been reported missing after a canoe carrying six passengers overturned on the Offin River near Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District. Daniel...

Two men jailed three months for dumping refuse at Accra Post Office

Two men, Albert Okai and Amoako Darko, have been sentenced to three months in prison with hard labour for unlawfully dumping refuse at the...

Reward Bawumia with your votes; he fought for your inclusion – Oppong Nkrumah to former NPP executives and appointees

Former Information Minister and ex-Works and Housing Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has appealed to former executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and past...

Delegates, not MPs, will decide NPP’s future – Bryan Acheampong

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has stressed that it is delegates—not Members of Parliament—who will determine the party’s next presidential...

NDC sends delegation to 2025 Labour Conference in the UK

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that a four-member delegation, led by General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, will represent the party at the...

Driver perishes in fatal accident at Tema Valco Roundabout

A tragic accident claimed the life of a driver in the early hours of Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Tema Valco Roundabout. The incident...

Ministry of Education probes alleged GHC15,000 bribe for Aburi Girls’ admission

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into social media claims alleging that admission into Aburi Girls’ Senior High School requires a payment...

Galamsey threatens collapse of Ghana’s local pharmaceutical industry – PSG

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSG) has warned that the country’s local pharmaceutical industry risks collapse due to the devastating effects of illegal mining,...