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Akosombo dam spillage: Bawumia donates GH₵160k to support victims

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has donated GH₵160,000 to support people affected by floods due to the spillage of the Akosombo dam. He made the...

Akosombo dam spillage: Govt supports farmers with $40m

The government has announced the allocation of $40 million of World Bank funding to farmers who have lost their farmlands due to the Akosombo...

Akosombo dam spillage: Heads must roll – Kofi Akpaloo

Founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, has called for the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

Akufo-Addo urges youth to venture into Agriculture

President Akufo-Addo has opened the Presidential Conference on Youth in Agriculture with a call on the Ghanaian youth to take advantage of the incentive...

Dissolve National Cathedral Board of Trustees – Ablakwa tells Akufo-Addo

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is calling on President Akufo-Addo to immediately dissolve the National Cathedral Board of Trustees....

Govt under pressure to cough up a $140 million judgment debt

The government is under intense pressure to cough up a $140 million arbitral award as Ghana’s assets in the UK are targeted to defray...

Ashaiman MP laments over bad roads; accuses gov’t of neglect

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, has expressed frustration over the bad state of roads in the constituency. According to him, not a...

UTAG suggests review of Constitution, cites challenges with democracy

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has made a clarion call for a thorough review of Ghana's 1992 Constitution, attributing the country's democratic...

Brave farmer kills python in Assin North

John Tege, a 33-year-old brave farmer at Assin So-wo-dadiem in the Assin North district of the Central Region, has overpowered an 18-foot-long python and...

National Cathedral Secretariat reacts to Duncan-Williams, Eastwood Anaba’s resignation

The National Cathedral Secretariat has refuted the basis for the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Rev. Eastwood Anaba from the Board of Trustees. In...

OSP goes to Supreme Court over Cecilia Dapaah’s case

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed a certiorari at the Supreme Court to quash a High Court decision which approved an...

Nkwanta: Police commence investigation into suspected murder

The Police have commenced an investigation into a suspected murder case after skeletal remains and blood stains were discovered at Tuobodom, a suburb of...

Ambassador Ben Owusu appointed Special Emissary [Photos]

His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Samuel Ben Owusu has been appointed as the Special Emissary by the renowned International Society of Diplomats. The announcement was made...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Mahama wades into calls for state of emergency in affected areas

Former President John Mahama has joined calls on government to declare a state of emergency in communities affected by the Akosombo dam spillage. According...

Chief Justice explains why Supreme Court did not sit on NDC’s injunction against EC

The Supreme Court has struck out an injunction filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and four other political parties which sought to stop...

We’ll not increase the level of Akosombo dam spillage –  VRA

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has indicated that it would not increase the level of spillage of water in the Akosombo Dam.  It...

Sights and sounds of Akosombo dam spillage: The havoc, evacuation, and cry for relief

A few weeks after the spillways of the Akosombo Dam were opened and its waters directed downstream, the havoc trailing the safety measure has...

Akosombo Dam spillage: IET extends helping hand with GH₵10K donation to victims

In a heartwarming gesture of support and solidarity, the Institution of Engineering and Technology-Ghana (IET) has pledged GH¢10,000 to assist the victims of...

Gov’t policies must be informed by research – Prof. Gyampo

A lecturer at the University of Ghana has urged the government to ensure policy formulation and implementation are informed by evidence-based research if...

ECG interdicts 13 staff in connection with JoyNews’ exposé

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has interdicted 13 staff at its Accra East District office over illegal power-related offences. The 13, include Abraham Kum...

We still want judge hearing Cecilia Dapaah’s case removed – OSP

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has denied reports that it has withdrawn its petition to the Chief Justice (CJ), Gertrude Torkornoo, to remove...

I’ve outdone you – Godfred Dame tells NDC on ‘galamsey’ fight

Attorney General (AG) and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, says he has recorded greater success in the fight against illegal mining also known...

One person killed as robbers attack Block Factory at Appolonia City

The Police have launched a manhunt for a group of robbers who attacked a block factory at Appolonia City, a suburb of Oyibi in...

Tanker Owners Union presents items worth GH¢500,000 to displaced Aveyime, Adidome and Mepe residents

Following the spillage of water from the Akosombo Dam by the Volta River Authority (VRA), several properties have been submerged in water and monies...

Fuel tanker overturns on Tema motorway [Photos]

A fuel tanker on Tuesday evening overturned on the Tema Motorway in the Greater Accra region. The cause of the incident which occurred precisely at...

Mahama to speak at Universities Studying Slavery Conference 2023

Former President John Dramani Mahama will deliver a keynote speech at the Universities Studying Slavery (USS) Conference 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference will...

Weija Gbawe residents cry for government’s help as demolition exercise looms

Residents at Weija Gbawe in the Greater Accra region have called for the suspension of a demolition order issued by the Ghana Water Company...

UTV attack: Let’s focus on the future – NMC

The National Media Commission (NMC) says the events that led to the arrest and prosecution of the NPP thugs who invaded the studios of...

Akosombo dam spillage: Prof. Gyampo’s take on Akufo-Addo’s comments

Senior Political science lecturer, Prof Ransford Gyampo has taken a swipe at President Nana Akufo-Addo following some comments made by the latter when he...

Ga State calls for calm ahead of queen mother’s burial

The Ga Paramount Stool House of the late Ga Manye, Naa Dedei Omaedru II, has called for a peaceful atmosphere to give her a...

Akosombo dam spillage: Ghana Meteo replies VRA

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has said it did not mislead the Volta River Authority (VRA) following the Akosombo and Kpong dams spillage. This is in...

Man weeps after life sentence for stabbing 19-year-old [Video]

Michael Tetteh, a factory hand has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing Patrick Gyasi, an okada rider with a broken bottle during a...

We’ve made strong case against Major Mahama ‘killers’ — Prosecution

State prosecutors have impressed on a seven-member jury to find 14 persons guilty of murdering Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. Making the prosecution’s closing address at...

Ghana records increased cases of malnutrition, obesity

There is an increasing incidence of malnutrition, poor child growth, micronutrient deficiencies, adult overweight, and obesity in the country, the Director-General of the Ghana...

Anum gets new Omanhene after 7 years

A 33-year-old chartered accountant, Maxwell Kwabena Asare, has been enstooled Omanhene of the Anum Traditional Area in the Eastern region.  The new Omanhene with the...

Hundreds forced out of school by South Tongu floods

A total of 893 basic schoolchildren in the South Tongu district are now loitering at home after five basic schools were shut in the...

Sogakope bridge is safe despite rising water level – Amoako-Atta

Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has assured travelers of the safety of the Sogakope bridge as water levels rise. The bridge is being...

National Cathedral: Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to resignation of Duncan Williams, Eastwood Anaba

Member of Parliament (MP) for the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has welcomed the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Reverend Eastwood Anaba...

BKQ Foundation donates foodstuff, cash to Akosombo Dam spillage victims

An Accra-based non-governmental organisation, BKQ Foundation has donated food items and cash to the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage in three constituencies. The spillage...

GMeT warns of more rains in lower Volta Basin area

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMeT) is warning of more rains in the flood-affected areas due to the spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams. According...