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It’s unfair for high-profile criminal cases to drag for years – Dame laments

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has expressed concern over the extended durations of high-profile criminal trials in Ghana.In a...

Surcharge waste collectors – Sanitation Minister to MMDAs

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources is urging Municipal Assemblies to impose surcharges on waste collectors who have been contracted but fail to...

Agona Kwanyarko community protests renaming of school; issues ultimatum to Education Ministry

Sub-chiefs and residents of Agona Kwanyarko in the Agona East District of the Central region have staged a protest against its chief, Nana Ampem...

Stay away from our lands – Armed Forces warns Ghanaians

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has warned the general public to stay away from all of its lands, particularly in Burma Camp.The message of...

Ashaiman to undergo major facelift after Friday’s floods – MCE

The Ashaiman Municipality will undergo a major facelift following Friday’s heavy rains.The torrential rains claimed a life and properties worth thousands of Ghana Cedis...

FDA recalls injections imported by Hills and Alpha Duo Pharmacies

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued an immediate recall for all shipments of Beltocin and Vernetocin Injections (Oxytocin 10IU/ML) imported by Hills...

Relocate to benefit from govt support – Minister assures Buipe flood victims

Savannah Regional Minister, Saeed Muhazudeen Jibril, has visited flood victims in Buipe in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region.During his visit,...

Probe into collapsed building at Ofankor in limbo as caretakers clear site

The Engineering Council has indicated that a detailed forensic investigation into the collapsed building at Ofankor will be challenging.This is because the owners and...

Lawyer takes on Barker-Vormawor on bribery allegation

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil has challenged convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor to back his bribery allegation against National Security Minister, Kan...

Ghana Airport Company fined ¢200K for failure to provide JoyNews with Frontiers Healthcare Services contract

The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has been slapped with ¢200,000 fine by the Right to Information (RTI) Commission for failing to comply with...

Welder jailed four years over unlawful entry, stealing

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 23-year-old welder to four years in prison for unlawfully entering the room of an Immigration Officer and...

Open burning is illegal, killing many people – AMA

Burning any waste material, be it plastic waste, dried leaves, papers, tyres, clothing, or used sanitary towels anywhere is unlawful, Florence S. Kuukyi, the...

#OccupyJulorbiHouse demo: Christian Council calls for swift probe into assault of protesters

The Christian Council of Ghana, has condemned the conduct of the police during the #OccupyJulorbihouse demonstration organised by pressure group Democracy Hub on Thursday,...

SOCO project: Upper East gets 164 motorcycles

The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council has taken delivery of 164 motorcycles as part of the government's Social Cohesive (SOCO) project.The SOCO project seeks...

MDAs, chiefs urged to engage architects on building plans

The Municipal and District Assemblies and chiefs in the Oti region have been advised to engage professionals in building plans.President of Ghana Institute of...

Reclamation of lands affected by sand winning begins in Ketu South

Sand winning is one of the new businesses practiced by some business tycoons across the country and in the Volta region especially the southern...

Kan Dapaah sues Barker-Vormawor over bribery allegation; demands GH¢10m

The Minister of National Security, Kan Dapaah has sued the convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor.This was after Mr. Barker-Vormawor claimed he was...

OccupyJulorbiHouse: Police withdraw injunction against protesters

The Accra High Court has dismissed an injunction request filed by the Ghana Police Service against the organisers of the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest.The police...

Savannah region: Govt fails to meet seven-day deadline to fix damaged Doli bridge

The government has failed to meet its seven-day deadline to establish a temporal connection for vehicles at the broken Doli bridge at Bole in...

I will review free SHS policy – Alan Kyerematen

Former Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has declared his intention to review the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy if he is...

GWCL arrests cable thief at Ichaban treatment plant

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has arrested a suspected cable thief at the Ichaban water treatment plant in the Western region.The suspect, 17-year-old...

Tarkwa Nsuem: Three die in galamsey pit

At least three persons have been killed after an illegal mining (galamsey) pit caved in on them at Bonsawire in the Tarkwa Nsuem Municipality of...

KNUST student missing after writing final paper

A final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Oduro Victor has been reported missing.Victor, a level 400...

Over 20 NPP MPs who supported Alan won’t join his movement – OPK

Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso, Davis Opoku Ansah has revealed that, over 20 New Patriotic Party MPs who supported Alan Kyerematen in the...

Central region: Alleged car snatcher beaten to death

A notorious car snatcher has been beaten to death by a mob at Awutu Bosomabena in the Awutu Senya District of the Central region,...

Man found dead in abandoned toilet facility at Bawjiase

A man believed to be in his late 20s has hanged himself in an abandoned government public toilet at Awutu Bawjiase Methodist School in...

#OccupyjulorbiHouse: NCCE condemns police mistreatment of protesters

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has added its voice to the condemnation of the mistreatment of #occupyjulorbiHouse protesters by the Ghana Police...

Drug theft: Bolga Hospital pharmacist assisting investigation reported dead

The Head of the Pharmacy Department of the Upper East Regional Hospital, Samuel Amoateng Saffoh, has died.Nearly everyone contacted so far on Sunday about...

Mastercard Foundation holds roundtable discussion with media

The Mastercard Foundation will today, September 26, 2023, hold a media roundtable discussion.The meeting aims to foster a deeper understanding of the Mastercard Foundation’s...

Jachie Special Needs Technical Institute receives computers

A German Based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Labdoo, has presented some slightly used computers to the Jachie Special Needs Technical Institute at Jachie in the...

Thieves sentenced for stealing Gh¢8,270 and mobile phones in Oti Region

The Nkwanta South District Magistrate Court has sentenced two thieves to 30 months in prison.This was after they were found guilty of stealing...

IET reacts to Ofankor building collapse

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Ghana has exposed a disconcerting lapse in oversight regarding a recently collapsed three-storey building under construction behind...

Kumasi traders threaten demo over delayed works on Kejetia market

Traders in Kumasi are growing increasingly agitated over delay in completion of phase two of the Kejetia Central Market redevelopment project.They have thus warned...

GETFund reacts to viral list of scholarships beneficiaries

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has clarified that a list of individuals circulating on social media and thought to be recent beneficiaries of...

Influx of Chinese tanker trucks will kill local businesses – Kwame Jantuah

Pressure is mounting on the government to address the influx of tanker trucks owned by Chinese companies in Ghana.A member of the Tanker Owners...

Alan Kyerematen reacts to #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest

Former Trade Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has strongly criticised the police for manhandling protestors during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration.The three-day protest against harsh economic conditions...

OccupyjulorbiHouse demo: Heads must roll – Sam Pee Yalley

Former High Commissioner to India, Sam Pee Yalley, has called on the Ghana Police Service to sack the commander who ordered the brutalisation of...

#OccupyJulorbiHouse: Akufo-Addo urged to step down

A member of the Democracy Hub, organizers of the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest, Solomon  Wise Agbolosoo has advised President Nana Akufo-Addo to step down.The call according...

#OccupyJulorbiHouse:You cannot absorb yourself from police actions against protesters – Dampare told

A security analyst, Emmanuel Kutin has said the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare cannot absorb himself from the police's actions against...