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Ntim Fordjour touts Ghana’s education transformation at UNESCO high-level dialogue

The Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has showcased the country's strides in educational transformation during a high-level dialogue at UNESCO. The event,...

Sickle Cell support group calls for greater involvement in policy making on World Sickle Cell Day

The Sickle Cell Disease Support Group of Ghana (SCDSG) has called for the greater participation of patient support organizations in the development of healthcare...

“Gov’t is not selling any hotels; it is floating shares” – Palgrave on SSNIT saga

Government spokesperson on Governance and Security, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, has clarified President Akufo-Addo-led government’s intentions towards the sale of Social Security and National Insurance Trust...

Gov’t launches first multidimensional poverty index for Assemblies

Deputy Minister of Local Government and Decentralisation, Vincent Ekow Assafuah has launched Ghana's first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for all 261 Metropolitan, Municipal, and...

Babile residents worried as newly constructed fire station falls apart

The residents of Babile in the Lawra Municipality have expressed worry about a newly constructed fire service post in Babile, which is collapsing less...

Court to rule on whether to admit 68 WhatsApp messages from Jakpa to Dame into evidence today

Today, Thursday, June 20, the High Court in Accra is poised to decide on the admission of 68 WhatsApp messages sent by Richard Jakpa,...

Free SHS policy has modest impact on poverty reduction – Study

A recent study jointly conducted by three institutions has established that the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, introduced by the government in...

Ghana tackles rabies with innovative tech; a game changer for pet health

Ghana has unveiled a groundbreaking approach to tackle the country's long-standing rabies problem. Dr Edem Apewokin of the Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) highlighted that the...

Saglemi Housing Project bids to be received on this date

The Ministry of Works and Housing is poised to receive bids from private sector entities eager to take on the redevelopment of the long-stalled...

TEWU threatens to scuttle meeting to elect new KNUST Vice Chancellor

Members of the KNUST branch of the Tertiary Education Workers Union-Ghana (TEWU-Ghana) have announced plans to disrupt a University Council meeting to elect a...

Adrume JHS study under dilapidated structure

Pupils of the Adrume Junior High School in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region continue to risk their lives studying under a...

Akufo-Addo extends Auditor-General’s appointment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the appointment of the Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, for an additional two years. The extension was announced in a notice...

10 companies have expressed interest in Saglemi Housing Project – Oppong Nkrumah

Ten international and local companies have expressed interest in completing the Saglemi Housing Project, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Works and Housing,...

Ghana recorded 17,774 new HIV infections in 2023

Data from the 2023 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS estimates and projections showed 17, 774 people- 6,457 males and 11, 317 females- became...

CSIR Ghana staff commit 1% of salaries to science development

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has initiated an endowment fund to raise $20 million within the next five years to support...

GAF appeals for permanent accommodation for officers in Ahafo Region

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has made a formal appeal for permanent accommodation for its officers stationed in the Ahafo Region in a bid...

Eyifua wood village workers threaten to block road over dusty condition

Workers at the Eyifua wood village in Cape Coast North Constituency have threatened to block a bad dusty road with their wood if the...

Missing Asante Agona boy finally reunited with family

Frank Akwesi Antwi, a missing child better known as Paa Kwesi, has been successfully reunited with his family. This reunion follows an extensive report by...

NSS releases PIN codes for 2024/2025 service year

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of Personal Identification Number (PIN) codes for 133,476 final-year Ghanaian students who are required to...

Over 1,000 locked up in child marriages in Nkwanta North

More than 1,000 children aged between 12 and 17 years have ever been in a marital union in the NKwanta North District in the...

Parliament finalises draft bill to extend maternity leave and introduce paternity leave

The Parliament has finalised the draft bill for the extension of maternity leave and the introduction of paternity leave. The Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was...

Kenya rolls out free Electronic Travel Authorisation for Ghanaians

The Kenyan government has begun the issuance of Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETA) to Ghanaian travellers at no cost. This was announced in a statement issued...

Your letter infuriated us – Striking Medical Lab workers to Health Ministry 

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has criticised the Health Ministry over the letter asking them to call off its strike. The Ministry acknowledged...

Gender Minister makes passionate appeal for the immediate passage of the Affirmative Action Bill

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dakoa Newman, has made a heartfelt appeal for the swift passage of the Affirmative Action Bill. Speaking...

Paramount chief sets record straight on Apesokubi Traditional Area

The Paramount Chief of Apesokubi Traditional Area, Okogyeaman Asiedu Koram II, has clarified falsehoods allegedly being spread by descendants of Akposso immigrants from Togo. The...

Wa overlord demands report into killing

The overlord of the Waala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, is demanding a comprehensive report from the Police on the spate of...

Interior Ministry arrests 2 persons for wearing unprescribed private security uniforms

The Ministry of Interior has issued a stern warning to all private security organisations using unauthorised uniforms to desist from that or suffer the...

The strike will persist until government meets our demands – MELPWU

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) spokesperson, Victor Obeng Ofori, has stated that the strike will continue until the government addresses their grievances. In...

Interior Ministry renews curfew imposed on Bawku, Bunkpurugu

The Ministry of Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region, and Bunkpurugu township and its environs...

Rainstorm damages roof of VRA ‘resettlement quarters’ in Adokwanta

A rainstorm has left in its wake the destruction of property worth millions of cedis at Adokwanta in the Krachi East Municipality of the...

We don’t have the final say but… – Health Ministry to striking Medical Laboratory Professionals

The Health Ministry has said it does not have the final say concerning the working conditions of the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU). However,...

Adults aged 25 and above constitute majority of HIV population – AIDS Commission

The Ghana AIDS Commission has raised concerns about the rising rate of new HIV infections and the demographics most affected in the country. The Commission...

Excavator operator robbed of GH₵30K, mobile phones while asleep

Gun-wielding men have reportedly robbed a 33-year-old Excavator Operator, Owusu Ansah of his cash and other valuables amounting to GH₵35,000 at Dadwen, near Obuasi...

Flood destroys drugs, properties at Tain District Health Directorate

Flood has taken over the Tain District Health Directorate in the Bono Region, destroying drugs and other items at the district capital, Nsawkaw. Speaking to...

Attorney General digs into Jakpa’s military background

The Attorney-General and Minister Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame through Yvonne Attakorah Oboubisa, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), has taken his turn to cross-examine Richard...

Wa killing: Measures have been put in place to arrest perpetrators – MCE

The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa has assured that the Security Council is working to ensure that the perpetrators of recent murders are brought...

Ghana’s energy sector recovery programme gets US$260m boost

Ghana has received a total of US$260 million from the World Bank to improve the financial viability of electricity distribution and increase access to...

We’ve lost our independence due to over-dependence on external aid – Prof Quartey

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, has highlighted the hidden costs of aid dependency. According to...

Ablakwa makes fresh demands after the ‘Hands Off Our Hotels’ demo

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called for a dissolution of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust(SSNIT) Board. According to...

Sale of SSNIT hotels: CHRAJ formally writes to SSNIT, Bryan Acheampong, others

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has formally reached out to the Minister of Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, and other stakeholders involved...