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Ghana’s secondary education ranking misrepresented – MoE

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has reacted to assertions that Ghana's secondary education ranks 137th out of 167 countries, dismissing such claims as inaccurate...

Adae Kese: Roads leading to Manhyia Palace to be blocked on May 12

The Manhyia Palace has announced that all roads leading to the palace on Sunday, May 12, will be blocked. According to a statement from the...

Farmers top fathers list for 2022 – Policemen with least number of births – Report

Fathers in 20 occupations were responsible for eight out of every 10 of all births registered at the Births and Deaths Registry in 2022,...

Anglican bishop condemns galamsey activities

The Anglican Bishop of Kumasi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Oscar Christian Amoah, has addressed the detrimental impact of illegal mining, known as galamsey, in cocoa...

Ghana Meteo warns of thunderstorms, variable rains over the country

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has issued a warning of thunderstorms and varying intensity rains set to affect the southern half of the country. In a...

A/R: Man arrested for assaulting Ghana Water Company staff

Police in Suntreso in the Ashanti Region, have apprehended an individual accused of assaulting a staff of the Ghana Water Company Limited. The staff had...

Residents dispute govts claim on road progress in Dormaa Central municipality

Residents of seven communities - Kyeremekrom, Besease, Taforo, Kosane, Nsenia, Asunsu No.1, and Asunsu No.2 - located in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the...

Chief Justice inaugurates Enchi circuit court to enhance judicial service

Sehwi Wiawso High Court Judge, His Lordship Justice Isaac Kwame Amoako on behalf of the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has inaugurated the...

2 dead, 5 hospitalised in Spintex gas explosion

Two persons are reported dead and five others receiving treatment at a hospital following an explosion at Joyea Construction at Spintex along the Accra-Tema...

Election 2024: The media should set the right agenda – Prof Audrey Gadzekpo

A professor of Communication Studies at the School of Information and Communication Studies at the University of Ghana, Prof Audrey Gadzekpo, has called on...

Decision to name Kumasi Airport after Otumfuo Nana Agyeman Prempeh I wasn’t difficult – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has revealed that the decision to rename the Kumasi International Airport after Otumfuo Nana Agyeman Prempeh I was not a challenging one. He...

Trapped in the crossfire: Fate of PWDs in Bawku conflict

Alhassan Abugri is a 40-year-old man with visual impairment in Bawku in the Upper East Region. On a fateful day in 2023, Mr Abugri had...

3 JHS girls reported missing found in bed with their boyfriends

Police in Obuasi have arrested three persons allegedly who camped three teenage Junior High School (JHS) girls for weeks. According to reports, the suspects were...

Dagbon Overlord collaborates with National Security to ensure safety in Northern Region

The Over Lord of the Dagbon Kingdom Ya Na Abukari II has assured the National Security the people of Dagbon will continue to play...

Yvonne Nelson shares hilarious video to illustrate Ghana’s economy

Actress Yvonne Nelson took to social media to share a video she believes mirrors the current state of Ghana’s government. The video depicts a pilot...

Bank of Ghana needs drastic restructuring – Togbe Afede XIV

Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, has called for a significant overhaul of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to enhance its...

Missing BVRs can be used for illegal registration – Asiedu Nketia

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised concerns about the missing Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits at the Electoral Commission (EC). The party said...

Green Revolution: Zoomlion’s IRECOP initiative reshaping Ghana’s waste sector in Volta Region

Africa's waste management experts, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has commissioned another municipal solid waste recycling plant also known as Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP)...

Nduom hints at #BringBackGNBank nationwide campaign

The Global Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom has hinted at an impending nationwide tour seeking to campaign for the return of...

Transport Minister drags editor to court; demands GH₵5 million

Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has initiated legal action against the Lead Editor of the Law Platform, Jonathan Owusu Asare over a defamatory publication. The...

Tax exemptions better than incentives for churches – Tax Analyst

Tax Analyst, Francis Timore Boi believes it would be more beneficial for churches to continue to be exempted from taxes on their income, rather...

KMA clarifies report on missing GH¢3 million

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly(KMA) has debunked reports over a missing GH¢3 million meant for a project. The Ghanaian Times reported that, at the 9th General...

COCOBOD refunds $250m loan procured from ADB for irrigation in cocoa farms

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has disclosed that the organisation has refunded $250 million it acquired...

Pwalugu Irrigation Project: BoG clarifies role in $12M payment to contractors

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has responded to criticisms over the disbursement of $12 million for the Pwalugu Irrigation Project, despite no progress of...

See the interior of the newly commissioned Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the ultra-modern Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport in Kumasi. The brief ceremony on Friday, May 10 attracted dignitaries from...

Court orders psychiatric examination on murder suspect

A 23-year-old man, who allegedly murdered his 60-year-old father, Yaw Nbim, has been referred to the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Coast by the...

Fire guts 8-bedroom house at Busunya

Fire has engulfed an eight-bedroom house in Busunya, the capital of the Nkoranza North District in the Bono East region. The inferno, which occurred around...

Ghana Water Company staff locked up, assaulted for disconnecting defaulter

A staff of the Ghana Water Limited in the Ashanti South unit has been physically assaulted by a customer for disconnecting water supply to...

6 out of 10 registered deaths in 2022 were males – Births and Deaths Registry

Latest report by the Births and Deaths Registry has revealed that more than 60% of registered deaths in 2022 were males. According to the report,...

Akufo-Addo commissions Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, May 10 commissioned the Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport in Kumasi. He was accompanied by dignitaries including...

Footballer, 3 others remanded over murder of 2 policemen at Trasacco

A footballer and three others have been remanded over the murder of two Policemen at Trasacco in Accra. The suspects are Mohammed Alhassan, 46, a...

Woman dumps bucket of water with faeces into community borehole

A 30-year-old woman Kwawu Atibie, Ama Dora has been apprehended for pouring a bucket of water containing faeces into a well at Atibie, in...

StanChart launches Cohort 4 of Women in Tech incubator with Ashesi’s GCIC

Standard Chartered has inducted 20 new female start-ups into the 4th Cohort of the Standard Chartered Women in Tech incubator programme. The programme is implemented...

Men account for 60% deaths: Blood pressure, heart failure, stroke to blame – Report

Six out of every 10 deaths, representing 60.3 percent of all deaths registered in the country in 2022, were males. On the flip side, 343,913...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: I will march to the Presidency if… – Lawrence Tetteh

Founder and President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Dr. Lawrence Tetteh is threatened to march to the presidency if President Akufo-Addo fails to sign...

Trader remanded over alleged GH₵308K recruitment scam

Joseph Diawuo, a 30-year-old trader who allegedly collected GH₵308,000 under the pretext of enlisting 46 people in three security services but failed, has been...

Father, son remanded for allegedly killing relative

The Adentan Magistrate’s Court in Accra has remanded a father and son in police custody for conspiracy to commit crime and murder. The plea of...

Over 22 people dead after consuming stolen goat at Akyem Osenase

Tragedy has struck Akyem Osenase community in the Eastern Region following the mysterious death of over 22 people. According to reports, deaths have been reported...

Over 50 shops demolished at Awoshie

Over 50 shops at Awoshie Been-To along the N1 highway in the Greater Accra region have been demolished. The demolition which has resulted in significant...

Goldfield Foundation supports 125 students with scholarship

125 brilliant but needy students from the catchment area of Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL); Tarkwa and Damang mines have received scholarship awards to...