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UCC VC’s lawyers demand withdrawal of GTEC’s directive; threaten legal action

Lawyers for the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, have formally called on the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission...

 Ghana to host maiden transport and logistics fair 

The Ministry of Transport, in partnership with Digital Eye, is set to host the first-ever Ghana Transport and Logistics Fair 2025, a groundbreaking event...

Mahama to launch “Accra Reset” initiative at UN General Assembly in New York

President John Dramani Mahama will unveil a landmark international initiative, “The Accra Reset: Reimagining Global Governance for Health and Development,” during the 80th United...

Two suspects break cells at Kadjebi

One of two suspects, who escaped from Police cells at the Kadjebi Police Station in the Oti Region on Saturday, afternoon has been re-arrested. The...

Kukurantumi: Police beat and dragged deceased suspect on the ground – Chief alleges

Barimah Owusu Frimpong, the Adonteng Mmratohene of Akyem Kukurantumi, has confirmed reports that the suspect whose death triggered violent protests in the town was...

Chief gives blow-by-blow account of Kukurantumi clash [Audio]

  The Adonteng Mmratohene of Akyem Kukurantumi, Barimah Owusu Frimpong, has confirmed that the young man whose death sparked violent clashes with police was severely...

We’ve lost our courage to dream big as a country – Victoria Bright

Lawyer and entrepreneur Victoria Bright has lamented Ghana’s loss of boldness in pursuing transformational national goals, saying the country no longer dares to “dream...

Women Traders call for fair policy on rice, maize imports

The Cross-Border Women Traders Association Ghana has called on the government to ensure that imports conducted legally under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS)...

Ghana’s grain sector faces collapse as imports and smuggling cripple farmers

Ghana’s grain industry is sliding into crisis, with over 100,000 metric tonnes of maize and rice from the 2024 harvest still unsold. Farmers are...

 Krachi Nchumuru MP, DCE dismiss claims of disunity, pledge commitment to development

  The Member of Parliament (MP) for Krachi Nchumuru, Solomon Kuyon, and the District Chief Executive (DCE), Martin Kofi Anato, have jointly dismissed claims of...

Mahama and Lordina receive rousing welcome in New York [Photos]

  President John Dramani Mahama and First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama, have arrived in New York to participate in the 80th Session of the United...

Asutifi South DCE urges pastors to partner assembly in driving development

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi South in the Ahafo Region, Benjamin Assabil Donkor, has called on pastors to collaborate with the district...

Sanitation offenders in Asutifi North to be dealt with ruthlessly – MP

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Dr. Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, has warned that strict measures will be enforced against...

 Goaso Diocese Bishop urges pastors to intensify efforts to fight drug abuse

The Bishop of the Goaso Diocese in the Ahafo Region, Most Reverend Peter Kwaku Atuahene, has called on pastors to intensify efforts in combating...

Six injured, 4 arrested after alleged police assault on Kokrobite taxi drivers

Six people have been injured and four others are in police custody after officers from the Kokrobite District Police Headquarters allegedly assaulted taxi drivers...

US deportees in Ghana at risk if sent home – lawyer

A lawyer for 11 West Africans deported from the United States to Ghana has filed a lawsuit asking a court in Accra to block...

Lordina Mahama to speak at 7th UN General Assembly prayer service for children

Ghana’s First Lady, Lordina Mahama, will take the global stage at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to deliver a keynote address during the...

Six arrested as police seize 1,195 boxes of tramadol at Gbintiri

The North East Regional Police Command has seized 1,195 boxes of Tramadol Hydrochloride 120mg, commonly referred to as “Red”, and arrested six people in...

 J.J. Rawlings Foundation mourns Dr. Mohammed Ben Abdallah

The J.J. Rawlings Foundation has expressed its profound condolences following the passing of Dr. Mohammed Ben Abdallah, describing him as a visionary statesman whose...

Kukurantumi police station closed after violent youth attack

The Ghana Police Service has temporarily shut down the Kukurantumi Police Station in the Eastern Region and withdrawn its personnel following a violent attack...

Farmer, 42, jailed six months for burning daughter’s palms

A 42-year-old farmer, Edward Kobina Asiedu, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the Krachi District Court for burning the palms of his five-year-old...

NIA warns key institutions over outstanding debts

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Wisdom Yayra Kwaku Deku, has revealed that several key state institutions owe the Authority substantial...

Two police officers injured in Kukurantumi clash after suspect’s death

Two police officers have been treated and discharged from the Community Hospital in Kukurantumi following violent clashes between police and angry youth after the...

Open Minds Book Club supports literacy drive at Tema-LEAP Ashaiman

On September 20, 2025, Open Minds Book Club visited the Tema Literacy Education Assistance Program (Tema-LEAP) in Ashaiman to host a special reading session...

Residents storm Kukurantumi police station after suspect’s death

Tensions flared at the Akyem-Kukurantumi Police Station in the Eastern Region when irate residents stormed and ransacked the facility following the death of a...

55-year-old night security guard killed in Wa

The Wa Municipality has been thrown into shock following the killing of a night security guard at the Dobile Electoral Area. The victim, identified as...

DRIP Secretariat cracks down on equipment misuse, impounds Korley Klottey and AMA machinery

The National DRIP Secretariat has sanctioned the Korley Klottey and Accra Metropolitan Assemblies (AMA) for misusing District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) equipment despite repeated...

Oda MP pledges to push for road construction in Akyem Essam

The Member of Parliament for Akyem Oda Constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has assured residents of Akyem Essam and surrounding communities of his commitment to...

Upper Denkyira East MP launches borehole project to ease water crisis

The Member of Parliament for Upper Denkyira East, Lawyer Emelia Ankomah, has cut sod for the construction of three mechanised boreholes to address long-standing...

GES dismisses fake recruitment letter on social media

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has discredited a recruitment letter circulating on social media, describing it as fake and urging the public to ignore...

Mahama leads Ghana’s delegation to UN General Assembly in New York

President John Dramani Mahama has departed Accra for New York, United States, to lead Ghana’s delegation to the 80th Session of the United Nations...

Ansa-Asare calls for formal retirement of Justice Torkornoo from Supreme Court

Legal educationist and founder of MountCrest University College, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has called for Justice Gertrude Torkornoo to be formally retired from the Supreme Court...

Ajiriba community appeals for potable water amid health risks

Residents of Ajiriba, a community near New Edubiase in the Adansi South District, are appealing to government, NGOs, and philanthropists to provide them with...

Homeopathic Doctor appeals for better health equipment in rural facilities

A native of Denkyira, Homeopathic Doctor Nana Kofi Kwansa, has appealed to government to equip rural health facilities with essential diagnostic equipment to enhance...

Ahafo Region: 636 new cases of HIV infections in 6 months recorded

A total of 636 new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections have been recorded in the Ahafo Region in the first half of...

NPP race: Ken Agyapong sets up anti-election rigging squad

Flagbearer hopeful Ken Ohene Agyapong has formed an Anti-Election Rigging Squad ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries slated for January 31,...

ACDT commends NIA on planned rollout of Ghana Card e-wallet

  The Africa Center for Digital Transformation (ACDT) has commended the National Identification Authority (NIA) on plans to introduce an e-wallet feature on the Ghana...

Galamsey: We need good water to drink; can we eat and drink gold? – Catholic Bishop

Emeritus Bishop of the Konongo-Mampong Diocese, Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, has sounded a strong warning on the devastating impact of illegal mining, commonly known...

Four in court over GH¢223K land fraud; one allegedly posed as a dead man

In an ongoing hearing at an Adentan Circuit Court, four men, including one alleged to have impersonated a deceased man currently at the morgue,...

Galamsey: 70% of all small-scale mining activities are not licensed – Dr. Acheampong

Political Risk Analyst and Economist, Dr. Theo Acheampong, has sounded the alarm over the scale of illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey in Ghana,...