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Yango partners Leasafric to offer affordable vehicle financing for partners in Ghana

International ride-hailing service Yango in partnership with Leasafric Ghana Plc, a leading leasing and logistics company, have successfully added a second batch of vehicles...

Chilling account of how house help murdered his madam in cold blood in Kumasi

Details have emerged of how a house help murdered his employer at Sokoban-Apaaso near Kumasi.The details, contained in court documents, revealed the accused, John...

Quality of life in Ghanaian cities declining – CDD Study 

A study conducted by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), indicates that the quality of life in urban areas is not the best. The...

Class 6 pupils drowns while swimming with friends

A heartbreaking incident has occurred in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, as a 14-year-old class six pupil named Akwasi Opoku tragically...

Don’t fail in English and Maths – CSSPS sends SOS message to students

The National Coordinator for the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), Mark Sasu Mensah, has explained how students are graded before being placed...

40 police Chief Inspectors sue IGP

Forty Police Chief Inspectors in the Ghana Police Service have sued the Inspector General of Police (IGP),Dr. George Akuffo Dampare over what they describe...

National Coordinator announces positive changes in School Placement System

The National Coordinator for the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), Mark Sasu Mensah, has given some updates regarding the Senior High School...

Teacher unions to boycott World Teachers’ Day celebration

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-GH) have warned that...

Court orders Legon student charged over boyfriend’s murder to report to CID

The High Court in Accra, presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh has ordered embattled first-year (Level 100) student of the University of...

NIA refutes claims of biased registrations of Ghana Card

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has strongly refuted allegations of bias in its registration process, particularly targeting New Patriotic Party (NPP) strongholds.The Executive Director,...

2023 STEMNNOVATION takes off

The Deputy National Coordinator for the Free SHS Secretariat, Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, has discussed the remarkable progress of the STEMNNOVATION learning programme, which...

Accra to host Ghana-Diaspora Property Festival in December

The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” was a kick-start campaign in Ghana that encouraged many from the black diaspora to trace their roots and...

I accept responsibility- House help who murdered his madam tells court

A house help who allegedly murdered his employer at Sokoban-Apaaso in the Ashanti Region has accepted responsibility for the crime.Allister John, 22, and his...

Limited Voter Registration : 2 persons arrested for attempting to engage in double registration

Two persons have been arrested at Asokore Mampong Municipality during their alleged attempt to engage in double registration in the ongoing Limited Voters’ Registration...

Flood takes over Zongo-Macheri after heavy downpour

Following two days of heavy rainfall, Zongo-Macheri and its surroundings have experienced severe flooding, rendering the Nkpabere bridge impassable.The heavy downpour began on...

Ghanaians journey to Nkroful to commemorate Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday

Thursday, September 21, 2023, will be Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day. It is a statutory public holiday observed in the country to mark...

COCOBOD CEO’s friendly advice to Mahama

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has urged former President John Mahama not to hesitate in reaching out to...

Residents rendered homeless after demolition exercise at Ablekuma

Hundreds of residents at Ablekuma–Agbozome in Accra have been rendered homeless after a combined team of military and police personnel supervised a demolition exercise...

Houseboy who allegedly murdered businesswoman sold her car for GH¢100,000

It has emerged that John Allister, the houseboy accused of killing his madam and stealing her Kia Sportage, sold the car for GH¢100,000.According to...

 87% of industries in Ghana use plastics despite waste concerns

Data from the Ghana Plastic Association indicates that about 87 per cent of industries in Ghana are heavily using plastic materials for packaging despite...

Five Tarkwa Community Mine workers killed, 4 injured

Five employees of the Tarkwa Community Mine at Akoon in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region have been reported dead.They were said...

Don’t call me Nigel – Prophet fumes on TV over disregard for his title

The founder of True Word Prophetic Fire Ministries, Prophet Nigel Gaisie went off on a media personality on Saturday, September 16.This heated exchange ensued...

Limited registration: 15 injured, 5 hospitalised in attack at Okaikoi North centre

About 15 people have been injured, with five hospitalized, after masked men attacked some residents in Okaikoi North in the ongoing limited voter registration...

NADMO secures temporary accommodation for CMB market fire victims

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has secured temporary accommodation for the fire victims at the CMB market in Accra.The Klottey–Korle Municipal NADMO Director,...

One arrested in connection with murder of lady, 18, in uncompleted building

The district police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Georgina Agyemang at Anwia Nkwantah in the Bekwai Municipality.The lifeless...

Ghana Armed Forces apologises for abuse, harassment of journalists

The Ghana Armed Forces has apologised to all journalists who have suffered physical abuse and harassment at the hands of military personnel.According to the...

COP Alex Mensah’s retirement message [Read]

The Director General Technical of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP) Alex George Mensah, has officially retired from active service.The Commissioner's...

GHS warns of rapid spread of Apollo across all 16 regions

The general public has been urged to maintain a habit of frequent handwashing to deal with the increasing cases of Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis, commonly...

Galamsey site security man drowns in River Pra

A galamsey site security man has met his untimely death after a canoe he was using hit a boulder on River Pra at Twifo...

Oguaa Traditional Council honours 4 Chinese with Fanti names

The Oguaa Traditional Council has initiated four Chinese industrialists into the Cape Coast community after performing a special traditional naming ceremony for them at...

September 21 declared as public holiday

The government, through the Ministry of Interior, has declared Thursday, September 21, 2022, as a statutory public holiday.This was contained in a statement...

Gender Ministry introduces helpline to address abuse, complaints

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has called on victims of sexual and gender-based violence to make use of its ‘Helpline of...

Dormaahene clears weeds on roadside [Video]

The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has led some residents to clear overgrown weeds at Gonokrom in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono...

Licensure exams: Examine teachers on their areas of expertise – Agogo Presbyterian Women’s College Principal to NTC

Principal of Agogo Presbyterian Women’s College in the Ashanti Region, Dr Rev Grace Sintim Adasi, has passionately appealed to the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination...

Support developing countries meet their net-zero targets – Energy Minister to developed countries

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is urging developed countries to support developing countries meet their net-zero targets.This, according to the Minister can be...

GHA announces road diversion after heavy rains cut off Bamboi-Wa highway

The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has advised motorists traveling from Wa and its surroundings to the south to turn off at Sawla and the...

Heavy storm cuts off Bole-Sawla road [Video]

https://youtu.be/evXWWYjWRvYA heavy downpour in the early hours of Sunday washed away the Doli bridge at Bole in the Savannah Region, cutting off the Upper...

Ada: Search for 2 missing fishermen suspended, one more body found at Anloga

The search for two missing fishermen in last Thursday's canoe disaster at Ada has been suspended.Out of the 19 fishermen who were involved in...

Five ‘galamseyers’ jailed 125 years for mining in River Ankobra

Five illegal miners locally referred to as galamseyers who were caught mining in the Ankobra river without authority have been sentenced to a total...

Zanetor visits CMB after fire incident

Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has sympathised with victims of the CMB market fire.She was at the market on...