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Accident at NPP office: Driver, mate fled scene – Fire Service

ADO1 Alex Nartey with the Ghana National National Fire Service (GNFS) Public Relations Department, has given further details about the accident at the New...

Baby thief grabbed at Kasoa America Town

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional DOVVSU Command for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby girl at Kasoa American Town in...

I welcome criticisms – Akufo-Addo says as he interacts with Association Int’l school pupils

President Akufo-Addo says he welcomes criticisms because they keep him on his toes. According to him, no man knows everything so it is...

SOCO project is a game-changer – Miracles Aboagye

Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has touted the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion...

UCC’s team ‘Badwenba’ crowned winners of 2023 StatsBank Hackathon

Team Badwenba from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been crowned winners of the 2023 National StatsBank Hackathon. It was a three-day event which...

Women urged to participate in breast cancer screening for early detection

In a bid to promote breast cancer awareness and early detection, the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has provided education and essential health screening to...

Sanitise your thoughts – Ablakwa tells Sanitation Minister

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has criticised the Sanitation Minister, Freda Prempeh for saying that the flood victims refused evacuation....

GNAT urges swift govt action to restore education in Akosombo Dam spillage-affected communities

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is calling on the government to expedite its efforts to provide alternative means of...

Ambulance case: Ato Forson drops 3 defence witnesses 

Three defence witnesses of former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, will no longer testify in the ambulance case before the Accra...

Court sets aside injunction against Ga Manye’s funeral

An Accra High Court has set aside an injunction against the funeral of the Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaeduru II. Some seven on Wednesday...

Sekondi-Takoradi youth to demonstrate over bad roads

Concerned residents of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western region will, on Friday, October 27, 2023, hit the principal streets in the area to protest the...

16 drug peddlers including 3 women arrested at Boti

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested 16 suspected drug peddlers in the Boti area of the Yilo...

Latest on Charles Bissue’s case

A Human Rights Court has struck out a motion of the OSP seeking to dismiss an application filed by former secretary of the Inter-Ministerial...

UAE plants drought-tolerant trees in Ghana ahead of Climate Change conference

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has planted drought-tolerant trees in Ghana ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 28 scheduled to take...

2023 NSMQ grand finale rescheduled

Primetime Limited, the organisers of the National Maths and Science Quiz (NSMQ) has rescheduled the finale for the 2023 edition to Monday, October 30, 2023. The finale,...

We’ll give Ghanaians an overdose of security during Christmas – IGP assures

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has assured that the police are ready and prepared to deal with all persons planning...

Photos: A night at a shelter housing Akosombo Dam spillage victims

As the sun sets over Mepe, a solemn moment of reflection descends upon the victims of the recent flooding caused by the spillage of...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Dano Milk supports Adom FM/TV’s relief campaign with products worth GH₵22K

Dano Milk Ghana, a subsidiary of Arla Foods Limited, a leading dairy company in the world, has donated products worth GH₵ 22,000 in support...

Sam Pyne gives new face to sanitation at KMA

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Sam Pyne, has said he is on course to make the metropolis a clean hub....

NRSA to commence regulation of commercial transport 

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is set to commence regulation of the commercial road transport space in Ghana with the use of technology. A...

Lands Minister allays fears over 15-year mining license to Atlantic Lithium

Deputy Lands Minister, George Mireku-Duker, has said there is no cause for alarm over a mining license granted to Atlantic Lithium. This...

Volta lake: Over 328 people displaced in Mpraeso constituency

Over 328 residents, including children, have been displaced in the Mpraeso constituency of the Eastern region as a result of flooding. Mpraeso Member of Parliament...

President Akufo-Addo’s alma mater appeals to him for support

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s alma mater, Kinbu Senior High Technical School in Accra, has appealed to him to assist in reclaiming encroached lands...

Update on Kan Dapaah, Barker-Vormawor case

The National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has applied to the High Court asking for an order to allow him to use substituted service to...

Stephen Appiah donates to victims of Akosombo dam spillage

Former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah, has donated relief items to victims of the Akosombo dam spillage in the Volta region. Appiah, together with Wembley Construction made...

A whole Ghanaian state lacks capacity to stop galamsey? – Justice Atuguba quizzes

A retired justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has expressed shock at the inability of the state with all the power and resources...

Stop abusing sickness clause in the Oath of Allegiance –  Otumfuo to Chiefs

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has warned chiefs in the Asante Kingdom to halt exploiting the sickness clause in the oath they took...

Zoomlion Foundation, partners marks health and handwashing awareness campaign

Zoomlion Foundation has observed this year's Global Hand Washing Day with 3000 Zoomkids Club members at Nii Sowah Din Cluster of Schools in Adentan...

GWCL drags 85 Tamale customers to court

Eight-five institutions and individuals in the Tamale Metropolis have been hauled before the Tamale District Court by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), over...

Akosombo Dam Spillage: Don’t disenfranchise affected residents in 2024 elections – Retired judge

Former Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Kwaku Gyan, has expressed deep-seated concerns about the potential impact of the recent Akosombo Dam spillage...

Fashion policies to improve basic education – Speaker urges Education Ministry

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged the Ministry of Education and stakeholders to fashion effective policies to improve quality at...

Ga Manye funeral: Traditional Council reacts to injunction

The organizers of the funeral service for the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, say they will proceed with the ceremony on Saturday,...

We have been sidelined – Late Ga Manye’s family justifies injunction

The family of the Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, has threatened to stop the Ga Traditional Council from going ahead with the funeral...

Gender Minister cautions soothsayers against witchcraft accusations

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has said soothsayers in the communities have contributed significantly to accusing people...

Middle-aged man found hanging on tree near Volta River

A man suspected to be in his 50s has been found hanging on a tree near the Volta River at Kpong in the Eastern...

There’s no way God will honour Kennedy Agyapong – Nigel Gaisie

The founder and leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has prognosticated that Kennedy Agyapong will never emerge as the flagbearer of the...

I only disagree with Mahama on partisan balance of judiciary appointments – Atuguba

A retired justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has stated that former President John Dramani Mahama has every right to address the growing...

Regularise migration of nurses abroad to earn foreign exchange – GRNMA to gov’t

The President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Madam Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, has asked the government to turn the negative narrative of...

Photos: Life on water in now-flooded Mepe after Akosombo Dam spillage

Mepe, situated in the Volta Region, is one of the towns enduring these dire conditions. It is among the towns significantly impacted by the flooding...

Ga Manye funeral in limbo over injunction

Seven people have filed an ex-parte motion for injunction against the funeral of the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III. The Ga Manye...