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NSS pays January allowance of personnel

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the distribution of allowances to service personnel for January 2024. In a statement on Friday, April 5, the...

Let’s not stampede presidency to release KPMG report on SML-GRA deal – Martin Kpebu

Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has asked Ghanaians to give the Presidency ample time release the KPMG report on its audit of the agreement...

2 fake ECG workers fined GH¢2,400 for extortion

The Accra Circuit Court has convicted a mason and electrician for posing as Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) workers and extorting money from customers...

Cocoa farmers react to farmgate price increment

Cocoa farmers across Ghana are expressing frustration in response to the recent announcement of new farmgate prices for cocoa beans. The Ghana Cocoa Board...

Govt to launch Performance Tracker

The government will on Wednesday 10th April 2024 launch the Performance Tracker at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Accra....

Parliament’s Mines and Energy committee orders ECG to issue load-shedding timetable

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy has directed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to publish a load-shedding timetable to help Ghanaians...

Scholarship Bonanza: More damning allegations drop

A Research Fellow at the Hans Ruthenberg Institute, University of Hohenheim, Sulemana Issifu, has made damning allegations concerning the Scholarship Secretariat. During an interview...

Three persons walk free in GH¢100k metals theft case

Three persons accused of stealing metals worth GH¢100,000 at a warehouse at Odorkor in Accra have been acquitted and discharged by the Dansoman Circuit...

Court of Appeal nominees: Akufo-Addo sends 20 names for approval

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has in exercising the powers granted by the 1992 Constitution submitted the names of 12...

Man arrested for fabricating miracle healing at church in Kasoa

A suspected criminal has been apprehended after attempting to deceive attendees at an Easter convention hosted by The Church of Pentecost in Kasoa. The...

Ayawaso West: Dumelo highlights three reasons for loss to Lydia Alhassan in 2020

Actor-turned-politician, John Dumelo has revealed three key reasons behind his loss in the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary elections in 2020. During an interview with Bola...

Nungua event was traditional rite, not marriage ceremony – Chieftaincy Minister clarifies [Video]

The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Amoah Boateng, has moved to dispel misconceptions surrounding an alleged child marriage ceremony that recently sparked...

We’re in trouble if… – Domelevo raises alarm over ‘misuse of scholarships’ [Video]

Former Auditor-General Dominic Yao Domelevo has raised concerns over the misuse of scholarships in Ghana. He highlighted the troubling trend of financially well-off individuals being...

Choir groups eulogise Asantehene at Otumfuo Composer Competition

“Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is a Mighty King. His wisdom is like a river flowing through the ages, upon the Golden Stool. He sits...

Students gifted $1,000 each on graduation

The founder and Chairman of the Governing board of the Nduom School of Business and Technology (NSBT), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, fulfilled his promise...

2 siblings fined for verbally assaulting public officers

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has imposed a GH¢1,320 fine on two siblings, for verbally assaulting four public officers. Safianu Osumanu was fined GH¢720 and Aishatu...

Claims of missing manhood all fake – Police say as 9 suspects are arrested

The Ghana Police Service has arrested nine persons across the country for publication of false news regarding the alleged disappearance of their genitals that...

Nungua Child Marriage: Ex-Gender Minister condemns publication of minor’s pictures

A former Minister of Gender and Social Protection, Rachel Appoh has condemned the publication of photos of the 16-year-old girl at the centre of...

Missing manhood: Alleged suspect shares harrowing ordeal

An evangelist identified as Timothy Tsikata has recounted how he was nearly lynched after being falsely accused of robbing a trader's manhood in Ashaiman. Recounting...

Police arrest suspect in Juaso-Nkawkaw highway

The Ghana Police Service has arrested one person and pursing three others in a robbery incident on the Juaso-Nkawkaw highway. The robbery occurred when the...

Akufo-Addo climaxes 80th birthday celebrations with Thanksgiving Service [Video]

President Akufo-Addo's 80th birthday celebrations reached its peak with an extravagant Thanksgiving Service. The service which took place at the Accra Ridge church had in...

Domelovo wades into scholarship bonanza saga

A former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has expressed concern about the misuse of scholarships in Ghana, stating that there is a serious problem within...

Akyem Mamaso accident: Two victims allegedly amputated

Two persons have been reportedly amputated with others still hospitalized at Akyem Abirem Government Hospital after a Toyota HiAce H100 ran into mourners at...

Multiple injured as car runs into mourners after failed stunt

A car stunt at a funeral at Akyem Mamaso in the Birim North District of the Eastern region turned tragic as the driver lost...

Fear and panic hits KNUST as another student passes on

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are mourning the death of another student, Otchere Juliet Junty. The third-year Nursing student...

Three-year-old girl found dead after going missing; tongue removed

The lifeless body of a three-year-old girl was discovered without her tongue after she had been missing for three days in Dagombaline, within the...

Commercial activities suspended in Sunyani as scores bid farewell to late chief

Commercial activities in Sunyani, the Bono Regional capital have been suspended as hundreds of mourners pay their last respects to the late Nana Bosoma...

You can’t force anybody to be married against their will – Dr Dwamena-Aboagye

The Executive Director of the Ark Foundation, Dr. Angela Dwamena-Aboagye, has highlighted the potential coercion in the alleged marriage of a 12-year-old to a...

African Games: 5 medal-winning wrestlers get Immigration Service recruitment offer

The Comptroller General of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has committed to recruiting the five civilian members of the Ghana Armwrestling Team who collectively...

Whether the child is 12 or 16 years; marriage is not permitted – Deputy AG

A Deputy Attorney-General Diana Asonaba Dapaah has condemned the alleged marriage of a 12-year-old girl to Gborbu Wulomo. According to her, irrespective of...

Ivorian murder fugitive busted in Ghana

The Elubo Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested a 32-year-old Ivorian murder suspect believed to have fled to Ghana from...

Fire destroys YWCA Palm Oil Factory [Photos]

The Bunso fire station of the Ghana National Fire Service has commenced investigations into the cause of fire that ravaged the 31st Young Women...

COPEC predicts further fuel price hike

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), has predicted a significant rise in fuel prices in the coming weeks. In an interview on Asempa FM Ekosii...

National Peace Council proposes reforms ahead of 2024 election

The National Peace Council has revealed that it has engaged all stakeholders in the electoral process to implement major reforms ahead of the...

Ghana Boundary Commission to meet officials of Burkina Faso over encroachment

The Ghana Boundary Commission is set to meet officials of Burkina Faso to deliberate on measures to end the encroachment on the borders of...

8 Police officers injured in Nandom accident [Photos]

Eight police officers with the Formed Police Unit(FPU) in the Upper West Region are currently battling for their lives after they were involved in...

Ablakwa attributes passport fees hike to absence of procurement competition

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has pointed to non-competitive procurement practices within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the reason...

GPRTU cautions against fare increments amidst hike in petroleum products

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has instructed its members to refrain from raising transport fares until a meeting is convened to assess...

Stop escorting your friends to and from KIA – Interior Minister to Immigration officers

Interior Minister, Henry Quartey has issued a stern warning to Immigration officials at the Kotoka International Airport against escorting or receiving friends at the...

Plan Ghana, World Vision condemn alleged marriage involving minor

Plan International Ghana and World Vision Ghana have vehemently condemned the reported marriage between a minor and a 63-year-old Ga priest in Nungua. ...