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Presidency sets records straight on dismissal of SSNIT Director-General

The Presidency has dismissed reports that the former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. John Ofori Tenkorang, was relieved...

2 dead in shooting incident at Tema; 3 others fighting for survival

A shooting incident which occurred at Tema New Town on Friday night is said to have led to the death of two persons with...

Scholarships Bonanza: Former Miss Ghana, others on full list – Part 2

A former beauty queen, Giusepina Baafi, is on a list of scholarship beneficiaries obtained by the Fourth Estate in response to a Right to...

Embassy of Ukraine officially opens in Accra

In a significant stride towards bolstering international relations, the Embassy of Ukraine has been officially inaugurated in the bustling city of Accra, Ghana. This momentous...

Health Ministry clarifies reports of Global Fund shipment suspension amidst health crisis concerns

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has swiftly moved to address concerns raised by recent media reports suggesting a suspension of shipments of medicines and...

Alan vows to transform retail market infrastructures nationwide following Madina market fire

The leader of the Movement for Change, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has offered assurance to restructure retail market infrastructures across the country. According to him, a...

Former Miss Ghana and others featured in part 2’s full list of scholarship recipients

A former beauty queen, Giusepina Baafi, is on a list of scholarship beneficiaries obtained by the Fourth Estate in response to a Right to...

Petty traders top positive HIV cases in 2023

Since the first cases were reported in the early 1980s, Ghana has been grappling with the impact of HIV/AIDS on its population. Over the...

GRA hands over pharmaceutical products to Ministry of Health

The Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has handed over 14 out of 182 containers as the first batch of locked-up pharmaceutical products needed in the fight...

Plan International Ghana holds forum to empower adolescents

Government has made commitments in supporting adolescents' wellbeing, particularly, curbing teenage pregnancies, HIV/AIDS among other health issues which are affecting such young people. In 2023,...

Police will be held accountable if anything happens to Naa Okromo – Nungua Traditional authorities

The Nungua Traditional Authority has issued a stern warning to the Ghana Police Service regarding Naa Okromo, the 12-year-old girl who was allegedly married...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill: Assent when Akufo-Addo travels – Dafeamekpor tells Bawumia

South Dayi Member of Parliament(MP) Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has advised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to assent to the Anti-LGBTQI+ bill whenever he acts as...

Immigration Service intercepts three trucks of smuggled cocoa beans

The Kpando Municipal Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Friday, 12th April, 2024 intercepted three trucks of smuggled cocoa beans at Torkor...

Extreme congestion made it difficult to put out fire at James Town, Madina market – GNFS 

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says the lack of access routes affected effective fighting of the James Town and Madina Market fires.  According...

Family of Mawuena Trebarh speaks on her death

The family of Mawuena Trebarh, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has announced her passing.  The family...

Fire destroys late Krachi East MCE’s office

Fire on Thursday night destroyed vital documents and properties at the office of the late Krachi East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE),Bernard Aborkugya Mensah in...

Akosua Manu supports Ashaley Botwe Central Mosque with building supplies

New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Adentan constituency, Akosua Asaa Manu, has contributed essential building materials to support the completion of the Ashaley...

Commuters stripped naked as robbers strike on Nwineso-Trabuom stretch

Tens of commuters traveling on Nwineso-Trabuom-Foase road were robbed at gunpoint on Friday morning by suspected robbers wielding AK-47 assault rifles. The robbers, numbering about...

Former BoG Deputy Governor goes home tomorrow

The mortal remains of the late Emmanuel Ossei-Kumah, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and Abusuapanyin of the Apagya Family of...

Three jailed over alleged missing penis at Kasoa

The Awutu Bereku District Court presided over by Her Ladyship Naomi Kuntor has sentenced 27-year-old Zakari Zakani and two others to nine months imprisonment. This...

Child marriage in Ghana declines by 36.6% between 2010 and 2021

Children aged 12 to 17 years being currently or formerly married or living together with a partner without civil or traditional recognition experienced a...

Togolese workers more productive than Ghanaians – Prof Adei

Renowned economist, Professor Stephen Adei has conducted a comparative analysis of the productivity levels of Ghanaian and Togolese workers, asserting that Ghanaian workers rank...

First batch of locked up pharmaceutical products cleared from Tema Port

The first batch of pharmaceutical products that were locked up at the Tema port have been released for onward distribution. The products included anti-HIV,...

 Forum for Public Sector Associations serve notice of strike action

The Forum for Public Sector Associations and Unions have served notice to embark on a nationwide strike on May 2, 2024. A statement signed by the Chairman, Isaac Bampoe...

Jilted man drowns over broken heart

A young man, Kwame Adomakoh aka Rasta, has met his untimely death after drowning in the River Pra at Twifo Praso in the Twifo...

Mining pit collapse kills two at Atiwa, others rescued

Two illegal miners have lost their lives with others rescued after a mining pit collapsed at Darkokrom, a community in Atiwa East District of...

Ghana’s inflation 6th highest in Sub-Saharan Africa – World Bank

Ghana’s inflation of 25.8% is the 6th highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the April 2024 World Bank Africa Pulse report. Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Malawi,...

24-year-old fetish priest arrested for sharing false information

A 24-year-old mason and self-proclaimed fetish priest, Emmanuel Frimpong, has been remanded into police custody by the Kwadaso Circuit Court. He was remanded on charges...

Man jailed 7 years for assaulting daughter

A man believed to be in his fifties has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting his 17-year-old daughter. The incident occurred...

University of Ghana opens Kumasi City Campus

The University of Ghana has officially opened its Kumasi City Campus to give opportunities to students who were unable to gain admission to the...

Man beaten to pulp over alleged missing genitals at Senya Bereku [Photos]

A man, believed to be in his late 30s, has been beaten to pulp by a group of motorcycle riders at Senya Bereku in the Awutu Senya...

Mawuena Trebarh: Family to issue statement on her death

The family of esteemed business executive and communications specialist, Mrs. Mawuena Adzo Trebarh, who tragically passed away on Thursday, April 11, is preparing to...

Alleged murder of Wa Central customary lands secretariat coordinator: Family sends important message to IGP

Family members of fifty-five-year-old coordinator of the Wa Central Customary Lands Secretariat, Alhaji Mtala Mahama, have called on the Inspector General of the Ghana...

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Your stance is belated; people have moved on – Prof. Kobby Mensah tells Bawumia

A Political Marketing Strategist at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Professor Kobby Mensah, has criticised Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his...

George Andah’s emotional tribute to Mawuena Trebarh

A former Deputy Minister of Communications, George Andah, has paid glowing tribute to late Mawuena Trebarh, sister of the late BBC broadcaster, Komla Dumor,...

Municipal Assembly supports Korfekrom disaster victims with items worth GH¢270k

The Obuasi Municipal Assembly has aided the Korfekrom rainstorm disaster victims with relief items amounting to GH¢270,000. Many were rendered homeless after heavy rainfall in...

Manasseh, others have no evidence to support publications – Witness tells Court

A witness has told an Accra High Court that Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, and four others have no evidence to support their...

Govt may not be able to clear pharmaceutical products at Tema Port – HIV/AIDS Network

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Health has questioned the government's ability to resolve the issue of delayed lifesaving drugs stuck at the...

Ghana has not granted approval for 14 GM seeds for cultivation – NBA 

The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) says it has not approved the seeds of 14 genetically modified (GM) products to be cultivated in Ghana.  The authority,...

COCOBOD CEO condemns illegal mining activities threatening cocoa farms

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has condemned the actions of MIGOP Mining Limited, a foreign-owned gold mining company accused of...