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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. ...

GUTA welcomes Bawumia’s flat tax policy but…

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has welcomed the proposed flat tax policy by New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. GUTA...

Torkor Atorlia – Anlo’s crime last stop

Torkor Atorlia, meaning the fifth landing stage, is a place where convicted hardened criminals in Anloland were taken to and buried to the neck....

Gborbu Wulormo’s marriage: Whereabout of young girl revealed

The Ministry of Information has announced that the 16-year-old girl, who was married to Gborbu Wulormo, the chief priest of the Nungua Traditional Council,...

Six including 4 PRESEC-Legon students arrested for staging kidnap

The Police through an intelligence-led operation and investigation, has arrested six persons including four juveniles who are all students of Presbyterian Boys Senior High...

This is why GH₵1.7m tax waiver for ‘Heal KATH project’ has delayed

The Chairman of the Health Committee of Parliament, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie has said he is not surprised that 10 containers meant for the Heal Komfo...

Case of a woman murdered; sexually assaulted adjourned

The Akropong District Court has adjourned the case against two men accused of murdering a 36-year-woman and sexually assaulting the corpse. The two suspects, Kelvin...

Police questions Gborbu Wulormor over alleged child marriage

The Ghana Police Service has questioned the Gborbu Wulomo of Nungua, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII, in connection to an alleged marriage to a 12-year-old...

Businessman in court over alleged GH¢1.7m luxury car fraud

A 54-year-old businessman has been arraigned at the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly swindling a car dealer of four luxurious cars worth GH¢1.78 million....

Let’s protect our culture, books, and heritage in the era of AI – NCC boss

The Executive Director of the National Commission on Culture and Arts under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Nana Otuo Owoahene Acheampong, has...

Nkwanta North DCE makes strong case for persons with disabilities

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Nkwanta North in the Oti Region, William Kidinang Mawugma, has made a compelling case for the fair treatment...

Agogo Presbyterian Hospital records zero maternal mortality in 2023 with SafeCare interventions

In a landmark achievement for maternal health, the Presbyterian Hospital at Agogo, situated in the Ashanti region, has heralded a year of remarkable success...

NPA often leaves us in the dark – Drivers lament over fuel price hikes

Following the reversal of the suspension of the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levy on the price build-up of petroleum products, drivers who are already...

Ghana honours Kenya’s President Ruto

Ghana has bestowed upon Kenyan President William Ruto the prestigious Companion of the Order of the Star of the Volta honour. During a State banquet...

Education Ministry to extend Smart Schools project to basic schools

The Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng has announced the government’s plan to extend the Smart School initiative to basic...

Gborbu Wulormo’s child bride saga: Allotey Jacobs warns critics [Listen]

The former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has cautioned critics of Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru...

Krachi East MCE passes on

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi East in the Oti region, Bernard Aborkugya Mensah has passed on. Adom News' Obremponba K. Owusu reports...

Fuel prices cross 14 cedis per litre

Petroleum consumers in Ghana are bracing themselves for higher fuel prices following the recent decision by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to suspend the...

Man allegedly kills brother-in-law in Mampong Akuapim [Audio]

A man has allegedly killed his brother-in-law at Mampong Akuapim in the Eastern region. The incident occurred on dawn of Friday, April 5, 2024. According to...

NDC communicator allegedly stabbed to death by wife [Listen]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator at Asante Mampong has reportedly been stabbed to death by his wife on Thursday night. The deceased, 45-year-old Osei Yaw...

E.P Church expands health centre in Tongor Dzemeni

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church with support from its partners has expanded it's the health centre at Tongor Dzemeni in the South Dayi District of...

Allow us to serve litigants through WhatsApp, others – EMC tells Chief Justice

The Election Management Committee (EMC) of the Judiciary is urging Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo to expedite the ‘E-Justice’ initiative so that electoral cases...

Institutional Suppliers reschedule planned picketing to April 8

The National Association of Institutional Suppliers has postponed their planned picketing at the Ministry of Education from March 4 to April 8, 2024. This according...

Men between 20 and 39 years responsible for 86% of teenage pregnancies in Tema

The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate has revealed that about 86 percent of adolescent pregnancies in Tema are caused by men between 20 and 39-years-old. Doris...

GRIDCo raises concerns over ECG’s failure to provide load-shedding timetable

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), has raised concerns over the Electricity Company of Ghana's (ECG) failure to provide a load-shedding schedule to customers...

Revealed: Buduburam no longer a refugee camp

The Ghana Refugee Board has revealed majority of dwellers at the Buduburam camp are not refugees, hence it is no longer considered refugee camp....

Court sentences farmer for theft

Gabriel Dzimekpui, a farmer, has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing 325 trees valued at GH¢34,000. Dzimekpui was put before the Hohoe...

Alleged missing enitals: Two more grabbed at Kasoa over false alarm

The Ghana Police Service Central East Command Kasoa arrested two more people who claim their genitals had vanished.  They are Mahamudu Yahaya, a 40-year-old businessman...

Bono East: Asenso-Boakye assures Asueyi chief of roads

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has as part of his working visit to the Bono East region visited the Asueyi Chief...

Edudzi Tamakloe pooh-poohs CJ’s justification for expedited hearing

The Director of Legal Affairs for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has said the Chief Justice’s justification for granting the...

FDA destroys substandard baby diapers

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has destroyed two 40-footer container loads of substandard baby diapers imported into the country. The diapers, which were...

Nungua residents divided over alleged child marriage

Residents and indigenes of Nungua are sharply divided over the alleged marriage of a child to the 63-year-old Gborbu Wulomo and overlord of the...

Chief Justice defends expediated hearing of Dafeamekpor’s injunction application

The Chief Justice has defended her decision to grant the Attorney General's request to expedite the hearing of a case filed by National Democratic...

Akufo-Addo appoints Joseph Dadzie as GNPC CEO

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Joseph Abuabu Dadzie as the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Mr Dadzie takes...

Opoku Ware management reacts to ‘mass de-boardinization’

Authorities at Opoku Ware SHS have dispelled rumours of de-boardinizing over 1000 students, asserting that disciplinary actions are only being taken against those who...