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National Youth Authority CEO seeks to deepen ties with Chinese govt

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Pius Enam Hadzide, has paid a courtesy call on the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana...

Akosombo dam spillage: Victims responsible for their predicament – Engineer

A fellow at the Civil Engineering Division of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, Joseph Oddei has said engineers cannot be blamed for the flooding...

Akosombo dam spillage: Okudzeto Ablakwa to seek full compensation for victims

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has stated that after the dust settles with floods following the Akosombo Dam...

NYA commiserates with victims of Akosombo dam spillage

The National Youth Authority (NYA) has expressed its deepest sympathies to young people in the Shai Osudoku, North Tongu, Central Tongu, South Tongu, Asuogyaman,...

Leaked tape probe: IGP’s lawyers insist Atta Akyea is biased

Lawyers for the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, are insisting that Samuel Atta Akyea, the chairman of Parliament's ad hoc...

Dam Spillage: Teacher offers free classes for affected pupils at Mepe 

A 24-year-old teacher at Open Heaven Grace Academy at Mepe in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region is undertaking free tuition for some students....

Gabby should be investigated for ‘deceit of public officer’ – Martin Kpebu

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has been disputing the Attorney-General’s legal advice to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service concerning...

Dumelo supports Akosombo Dam spillage victims

Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo presented relief items to some of the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage.In addition, the Ayawaso West...

The People’s Forum: Adamu Ramadan has failed us – Ashaley Botwe residents

Deep cracks, potholes, and eroded portions are some of the defining features of some roads in Ashaley Botwe of the Adenta constituency in the...

Gyakye Quayson’s contempt case against K.T Hammond dismissed

An Accra High Court says it does not find Trade Minister, Kobina Tahir Hammond guilty of contempt following some comments made regarding the outcome...

4 local authorities to benefit from Japanese grant

The Japanese government has signed a grant agreement with four local government authorities to construct school blocks and community-based health planning and services (CHPS)...

Akosombo dam spillage: Victims have no cause to complain – NPP man [Video]

A communications team member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alfred Thompson has said the Akosombo dam spillage victims are to blame for their...

GNAT warns of dire consequences of using classrooms as hosting centers during emergencies

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has warned the use of classrooms as hosting centers for people during emergencies will have dire consequences.GNAT...

Mfantsipim Old Boys furious over student population hike

Four unopposed aspirants of various positions within the Mfantsipim Old Boys Association (MOBA) have expressed concern over the current large student population and have...

Man remanded for attempted murder, robbery, sexual assault

The Accra High Court re­manded in prison custody, a private security man, accused of alleged attempted mur­der, robbery, and sexual assault.Pius Anundoabil Ayoma, 23,...

I’m saddened by the pains I see in the eyes of our mothers – Bawumia after visiting flood victims

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his profound sympathy to the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage, which has displaced several households and...

Offer Saglemi Housing Project to Akosombo Dam-induced flood victims – CSOs to Akufo-Addo

A group of civil society organisations have asked President Akufo-Addo to relocate victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage to the abandoned Saglemi Housing Project. CSOs...

Akosombo dam spillage: Engineer predicts doom

A hydrological engineer and former registrar of the Engineering Council, Ing. Wise Ametefe, has predicted that future spillages of the Akosombo dam will be...

Okyenhene mourns With Kufuor [Photos]

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin on Monday led a delegation of chiefs and queen mothers from the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area in the...

Akosombo dam spillage: Malaria, diarrhea and bilharzia cases recorded

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has made a disturbing disclosure, detecting people with signs of diarrhea living in the emergency shelters created for people...

UTV invasion: Whether you agree with sanctions or not…– Richard Ahiagbah

The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has defended the judgement of the court imposing fines on his party...

11-year-old girl drowns at Awutu Kwao Bondzei

An 11-year-old girl has met her untimely death after she was swept away by floodwaters at Awutu Kwo Bondzei in the Awutu Senya West...

Akosombo dam spillage: Inter-ministerial committee knee-jerk reaction – Kofi Adams

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem constituency, Kofi Adams, has described the inter-ministerial committee set up over the Akosombo dam spillage as knee-jerk.Mr...

Akosombo dam spillage: Flood victims resort to using polluted water

There is danger ahead for thousands of residents in parts of the Volta region affected by the floods caused by spilled waters from the...

GBA raises concerns over Ghana’s education system

In the heart of Ghana's 4th Republic, a narrative is unfolding, one that paints a picture of contrasting worlds within the nation's education system....

Stop denigrating judiciary – GBA blasts partisan lawyers

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has chided partisan lawyers who try to denigrate the judiciary at the least opportunity they get.The judiciary has been...

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...