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Korle Bu performs successful bladder repair surgery

A team of urologists at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, led by the Head of the Department of Surgery, Professor J. E. Mensah, has...

Akosombo dam spillage: Buipewura defends Akufo-Addo

The Paramount chief of Buipe Traditional Area, Buipewura Mahama Abdulai Jinapor II, says President Nana Akufo-Addo’s comment at Mepe in the Volta Region was...

Akosombo dam spillage: We’re satisfied with health conditions – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed satisfaction with the health conditions in the affected Tongu Districts, despite the recent flooding and subsequent water...

TUC lauds IGP Dampare

The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Anthony Yaw Baah, has commended the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare,...

Kasoa teenagers buried 11-year-old boy alive – Investigator tells court

The investigator in the case in which two teenagers are standing trial for allegedly murdering an 11-year-old boy for money ritual at Kasoa has...

Ga Manye funeral: GES speaks on closure of schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the amendment of an earlier letter from the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiku Tsuru II, on the...

Road contractors react to Prof Adei’s allegations

A group of road contractors in Ghana have expressed readiness to help the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate an allegation of...

Akosombo dam spillage: GNAT unhappy with pace of resolving academic work

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says it is not happy with the government’s slow pace of response to challenges confronting schools in...

Israeli Ambassador seeks face of God at Cedar Mountain Chapel over Hamas conflict

The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shlomit Sufa, has visited Cedar Mountain Chapel at East Legon in Accra to worship and seek prayer for her...

Akosombo Dan spillage: Govt will restore livelihoods

The government has pledged its commitment to distribute relief items to people and communities that were affected by the spillage of the Akosombo and...

NSMQ 2023: Road to the finale; story of Achimota School

Achimota School (Motown) had their last taste of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) finale back in 2009, where they engaged in a...

Bawumia, Ya-Naa cut sod for $150 million SOCO projects in Northern and Oti regions

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has signaled the beginning of construction works on all the 582 projects under the Gulf of Guinea Northern...

Justice in the digital age: Ghana’s judges urged to embrace e-law evolution

In a bid to keep up with the ever-evolving landscape of e-law and to ensure the fair and effective delivery of justice, Chief Justice...

Cecilia Dapaah case: CJ rejects OSP’s request to remove judge

The Chief Justice has requested a request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to remove Justice Edward Twum from Cecilia Dapaah's case. The...

Fire destroys 8-bedroom house at Tesano

An eight-bedroom house has been completely destroyed after a fire incident at Tesano-Apenkwa near the Charleston Hotel in Accra. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning....

GES ‘chases’ JHS 1 and 2 pupils who sat for 2023 BECE

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken steps to identify unqualified Junior High School (JHS) pupils in Forms One and Two who skipped classes...

Ga Many3 funeral: All you need to know about the suspension of commercial activities

In a solemn gesture of respect and farewell to the late Ga Many3, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, Queen Mother of the Ga State, the...

Adom FM/TV support brain tumour patient with GH₵9,200

The Akan brands of Multimedia Group Limited, Adom FM/TV, through the benevolence of its audience, has donated GH₵9,200 to Esther Adzam to undergo brain...

You can’t win souls through condemnation – Kaywa tells Christians

The Chief Executive Officer of the Highly Spiritual Record Label, David Kojo Kyei, popularly known as Kaywa, has urged Christians to stop condemning their...

NAM1 reacts to decision of police to deposit GH₵2.‎5m at BoG

Embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited, has stated that he will go back to the Ghana Police Service and take his...

Western Togoland Secession trial: Six convicted

An Accra High Court has convicted six persons for their various involvement in activities to break away the ‘so called’ Western Togoland from Ghana.   The convicts...

Where Ghana stands now a cause for grave lamentation – Justice Atuguba

Former Justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba has bemoaned the current state of Ghana’s judicial sector. Speaking at a public lecture organized by Solidaire...

Akosombo dam spillage: Ntim Fordjour hails teachers

Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has commended teachers in areas affected by the Akosombo Dam spillage. Academic activities in some districts in...

Nigerian stuck at Pantang Hospital – Facility calls for help to repatriate patient

A 23-year-old woman on admission at the Pantang Hospital in the Greater Accra Region who is fully recovered has been stuck at the hospital...

Ga Manye funeral rites begin

The funeral rites of the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru III, started yesterday with Asafo companies (warriors) parading the streets of Accra amid...

Students Loan Trust Fund drags 8 institutions to police

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has dragged eight public institutions to the police over their failure to make the necessary deductions from employees’...

Asantehene lauds GCB Bank for 70 years milestone

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) Bank PLC for providing essential banking services in the country’s banking...

Retired judge slams Supreme Court over 2020 election petition

A former Appeals Court judge, Justice Saeed Kwaku Gyan has expressed his dismay at the Supreme Court's handling of the 2020 Election Petition. Justice Gyan...

We are impressed with your work – GPRTU chair to Dampare

The National Chairman of the Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU), Nana Nimako Asiamah, has commended the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George...

Kumasi killer cop trial starts November 13

The trial of Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, a policeman charged with murder of his girlfriend, Victoria Dapaah commonly known as Maa Adwoa at Adum is...

Akosombo Dam Spillage: Okudzeto Ablakwa takes on Sanitation Minister

The North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has lambasted the Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Freda Prempeh for saying that victims of...

GJA petitions military over assault of Akyemansa FM journalist by soldiers

The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has petitioned the Military High Command over the assault of the morning show host of Akyemansa FM, Nicholas Morkah...

Police deposit GH₵2.5m received from NAM1 at BoG

The Ghana Police Service says it has deposited the GH¢2.5 million it received from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct gold dealership firm...

#OccupyJulorbiHouse protesters have failed to provide evidence of brutality – IGP

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, says the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protesters have failed to provide any evidence to back their claims...

Justice Atuguba wades into appointment of judges

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, William Atuguba, has waded into the appointment of judges which became a controversial subject of debate a few...

One feared dead, another injured after truck runs into NPP office

One person has been reported dead after a Kia Daewood truck rammed into the New Patriotic Party (NPP) office at Oko Dan in the...

Western North Regional Minister gives account of his stewardship

The Western North Regional Minister, Richard Obeng, has given an update on key infrastructural developments in the area. In an interview on Asempa FM's...

NSMQ 2023: Initially, I felt pressured – OWASS Form 1 student

A 16-year-old student of Opoku Ware School (OWASS) has made a historic stride qualifying the school for the grand finale of the National Science...

GJA awards set for October 29 

This year’s Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards is set for Sunday, October 29, 2023.  A press release signed by the General Secretary, Kofi Yeboah, and...

Directive on closure of shops ahead of Ga Manye’s funeral revised

The Ga Traditional Council has announced a revision of its directive on the closure of shops as part of preparations for the final funeral...