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Gomoa Ojobi Agona family installs new Ebusuapani

The Agona Royal family of Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region has performed the necessary rituals to unveil the...

Ga Mantse vows to sustain clean-up efforts

The Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has commended the participants of last Saturday's (July 13,) Homowo clean-up exercise at the Central Business...

SSNIT Board Chair signs termination letter of sale of 60% stake in hotels

The Board Chair of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Elizabeth Ohene, has signed the termination letter concerning the cancellation of the...

Kumasi-Accra highway: Fire fighters deployed to reposition overturned tanker

Fire Service personnel, Police, and other agencies have been deployed to reposition an overturned fuel tanker causing traffic since Friday morning at Fulanikrom. A Burkina...

Fuel tanker overturns on Kintampo-Kumasi/Accra Highway

A fuel tanker from Burkina Faso has overturned on the Kintampo-Kumasi/Accra highway, blocking traffic on both sides of the road. This was after it collided...

Tears as Akufo-Addo’s driver who died in accident laid to rest in Gomoa Kweikrom [Photos]

The driver of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who died in an accident at Bunso, Kwesi Atta, popularly known as Champion Atta, has been...

Provide the waves that bring positive change in society- Lebanese Ambassador urges Development Communicators

​​​​​​​Development Communicators have been urged to provide solutions that can drive positive change in Ghanaian society. The call was made by H.E Maher Kheir, the...

Our mother is dead, but it wasn’t because of my late sister – Brother of late KNUST graduate reveals [Audio]

George Boateng, the brother of the late Lois Abena Koranteng, a 24-year-old graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has refuted...

Nkrumah’s cane walking stick and how he used it to send unique messages to his photographer

Using a walking stick might seem old-fashioned today, but in Kwame Nkrumah’s era, it had a distinct fashionable appeal. Dr. Nkrumah often carried one or...

JUSAG declares strike effective July 15 over SSNIT hotels sale

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has directed all members of the Association to lay down their tools starting Monday, July 15. Organised...

Ansa-Asare lauds Sophia Akuffo, others for resisting attempts to pack Supreme Court

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has commended several prominent legal figures for upholding their integrity against political pressure. He...

Publish our bid documents for public scrutiny – Rock City Hotel to SSNIT after withdrawing bid

Rock City Hotel has asked SSNIT, in the interest of accountability and transparency, to publish all of its bid documents for public scrutiny in...

Most youth fear pregnancy more than HIV/AIDS – GHS

The HIV/AIDS Coordinator for the Ada East District, Mr. Anani Adator, has disclosed that most Ghanaian youth fear and prevent pregnancy more than HIV/AIDS. Mr...

Activist Gloria Andoh explores mental health practices in Huntsman Institute

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Weinglo Family International, Gloria Boatemaa Andoh, has undertaken a significant visit to the Huntsman Mental Health Institute in...

SSNIT hotels sale: Rock City’s disengagement not enough – Angel Carbonu

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, is not impressed by the withdrawal of Rock City Hotel from the...

Galamsey activities stall Accra-Kumasi highway construction

Contractors working on the four bypasses along the Accra-Kumasi Highway are encountering significant challenges due to a large, uncovered pit left by illegal miners...

SSNIT hotels sale: Doctors to lay down tools as Organised Labour begins strike

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has initiated actions to get its members to lay down their tools starting Monday, July 15. This comes after Organised...

Atiwa East MP donates 600 dual desks; urges BECE candidates to appreciate parents, teachers

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East constituency,Abena Osei Asare has emphasized the need for candidates writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination to remain...

NDC to have dedicated funding to sustain free SHS – Jinapor

Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu and spokesperson on Energy for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Jinapor has said they have a robust plan...

NSS defends policy of deploying personnel abroad

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has defended its new decade-long policy to assign personnel to foreign countries. In an interview, the scheme revealed plans to...

National Service Personnel with pedagogical training to be posted to The Gambia

Parliament has passed the National Service Authority Bill, 2024, which aims to establish the National Service Authority. This body will mobilise and deploy individuals qualified...

TUC declares strike over NPRA’s approval for sale of SSNIT hotels

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has declared an indefinite strike action following the National Pensions Regulatory Authority's (NPRA) approval giving clearance to the Social...

Gov’t set to commission James Town fishing port

The government is set to announce a date for the commissioning of the $60 million James Town Fishing Port. According to the project engineer, Mavis...

UCC to confer honorary doctorate degree on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in September

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is set to confer an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. According to...

Asphalt overlay on Ofankor-Nsawam road dualisation project begin

Asphalt works on the 33.4km Ofankor-Nsawam Road Dualirisation and upgrading road project has begun. The contractor, Maripoma Enterprise Limited, started the asphaltic work on the...

Kpone-Dawhenya residents demonstrate over bad roads; heavy traffic congestion

Residents of Tema Community 25, Kpone, Prampram, Gulf City, and commuters on the Tema to Aflao road have protested against heavy traffic congestion, and...

Why we waited a month before making my sister’s death public – Brother of Lois reveals [Listen]

George Boateng, the brother of the late Lois Abena Koranteng, a 24-year-old graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has revealed...

Death of 24-year-old KNUST graduate: The inside story [Listen]

George Boateng, the brother of the late Lois Abena Koranteng, a 24-year-old graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has broken...

Widow in court over fraud

Deborah Adjei, a trader, who allegedly took GHC3,130,800 from a contractor under the pretext of securing the release of a fleet of cars seized...

Don’t abandon your children; engage Social Welfare officers for support – Gender Minister

Dakoa Newman, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, is urging persons who abandon their children at unsafe places to desist from the...

Two persons on GH¢ 100,000.00 bail each over alleged car fraud

The Dansoman Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000.00 bail with three sureties each to two individuals over alleged abetment of car fraud. The Court ordered those...

Caretaker jailed for rent fraud

Raphael Nii Otu, a 28-year-old caretaker, has been jailed by the Adentan Circuit Court for renting out his employer’s apartment to two persons. The court...

200 SHC homes at Amrahia reach 75% completion

The government's strategy to tackle the national housing shortage is progressing well, with nearly 200 housing units nearing completion at Amrahia. These units, developed through...

Labour groups call urgent meeting over NPRA’s decision on SSNIT hotels

Organised Labour is set to hold an emergency meeting today to decide its next steps following the National Pensions Regulatory Commission's (NPRA) approval for...

Soldier jailed for beating wife

A 38-year-old soldier has been sentenced to one and a half years imprisonment by the Gender-Based Violence Court for beating up his wife over...

Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs to crack down on illegitimate chiefs

The Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs has pledged to crack down on individuals unlawfully declaring themselves as chiefs. The House of Chiefs expressed concern...

VRA meets Interior Ministry, security agencies on possible precautionary spillage of Akosombo Dam

As part of the annual stakeholder engagements for the Volta River Authority's (VRA) emergency preparedness plan, officials from the VRA, led by Deputy Chief...

Court remands land guards over alleged threat of death

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two supposed land guards who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill a Comet Property Limited Security personnel. Kwaku Badu,...

KNUST student killed in campus accident

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) community is in mourning following the tragic death of a student identified as Adzo Ahadzie. The...

Kumasi public toilet operators announce 25% fee hike

The Kumasi Sanitation Awareness Association in the Ashanti Region has announced a 25 per cent increase in the fees for public toilets and urinal...