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World Engineering Day: IET, ATU advocate for engineering careers [Photos]

In a joint effort to promote engineering as a career path for sustainable development, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana (IET) partnered with...

Akufo-Addo speaks on anti-LGBTQI+ bill

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced plans to put on hold his decision to assent the anti-LGBTQI+ bill into law. This according to him is...

Bibiani: National Register of Chiefs doesn’t confirm Nana Anyimah Kodom’s status as chief

Recent revelations from the National Archives, now known as the Public Records and Archives Administration Department, have unveiled a concerning narrative surrounding the purported...

BoG suspends GT Bank and FBN Bank Forex Trading Licenses

The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has suspended the Foreign Exchange Trading Licenses of Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Limited (GTB) and FBN Bank Ghana Limited (FBN),...

Asanko Mines reacts to violent clash that claimed three lives at Tontokrom

Management of Asanko Gold Ghana Limited, operators of the Asanko Gold Mine in the Ashanti Region has condemned the murder of its security personnel...

Limit Free SHS to day students – Seth Terkper urges programme review

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has advised that to alleviate pressure on government budget, all Free SHSs should adopt day schooling exclusively. According to him,...

14-year-old girl seeking $16k for surgery over damaged heart valves dies

Millicent Nukornoo, a 14-year-old girl who was admitted to the 37 Military Hospital due to a heart valve condition, tragically passed away around 4:30...

Govt committed to completing all road projects – Asenso-Boakye

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has reiterated government’s dedication to the prompt completion of all road projects initiated under the Akufo-Addo...

Don’t leave Ghana to seek greener pastures elsewhere – Nurses urged

The Principal of Margret Marquart Catholic Nursing Training College in Kpando in the Volta Region has urged graduates of the school to remain in...

Two robbers jailed 30 years each

The Bekwai circuit court, presided over by His Honour Isaac Apeatu, has sentenced two armed robbers to 30 years each in prison with hard...

Man, 19, allegedly steals GH¢57,000 from hardware shop

A 19-year-old foreman, Matinu Alhassan, appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court on September 3, 2023, for allegedly stealing GH¢57,000 from a hardware shop. The accused...

Infrastructure challenges: Sokode Sec Tech headmaster appeals for support

The headmaster of Sokode Secondary Technical School (SOCTECH), Isaac Kofi Dzidzienyo has appealed to government to assist the school with infrastructure to help improve...

Buduburam demolition: Liberians convert basic school into trading center [Photos]

Some Liberians displaced by recent demolition in Buduburam have turned the Point Hope D/A Basic School into a trading hub. Aside trading, the displaced residents...

Parents concerned over poor quality of meals served in SHS ahead of ‘Empty Plates’ documentary

Some parents have raised concerns about the quality of the meals being served to their children in Senior High Schools (SHS), claiming that the...

Tontokrom clash: Asanko Gold intimidating us with machomen – Chief claims [Listen]

Chief for Tontokrom, Nana Adu Gyamfi has accused the managers of Asanko Gold of intimidating the youth in the area. He indicated that, their only...

Eastern Region Customs office seizes 150 vehicles

The Eastern Regional Office of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) last year impounded 110 uncustomed vehicles in the region. Within two...

Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong articulates moral character development in two new books

Archbishop Emeritus, Most Rev. Dr. Peter Kwasi Sarpong, has luminously penned expositions of Catholic virtues, Christian faith and social values in two new books:...

Over 20 shop owners arrested for sanitation offences

Over 20 shop owners have been arrested and about to face prosecution for non-compliance to laid-down sanitation directives. This is in line with the Municipal...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Diplomats cannot get visas for same-sex partners if… Security analyst [Listen]

Ghanaian security analyst and International Relations expert, Farouk Al Wahab has explained why diplomats especially from Europe and the United States of America (USA)...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Are we ready to face the full consequences? – NPP man questions

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alfred George Kojo Thompson, has raised concerns about the potential consequences of the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill. He questions...

Bonwire Kente weavers call for establishment of local thread factory for sustainability

Weavers of traditional Kente cloth at Bonwire in the Ashanti region are prevailing on the government to provide them with a dedicated working space and...

Pan-African Savings and Loans donates to Accra Rehabilitation Centre

Pan-African Savings and Loans recently extended a charitable hand to the Accra Rehabilitation Centre. The company donated 4 ceiling fans, a 660L deep freezer,...

32-year-old man jailed for stealing a motorbike

The Achimota Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old man to a day’s imprisonment for stealing a motorbike at Spot “M” Ofankor in Accra. John Adonu,...

Tontokrom clash: DCE advocates win-win approach [Listen]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Amansie South district, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has described as unfortunate the deadly clash between the youth of Tontokrom...

Panic as dead body is discovered in front of shop at Kasoa

Panic engulfed residents of Kasoa-Kaemebre junction in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region as a lifeless body of a woman in...

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Akufo-Addo won’t sign – Security Analyst [Listen]

Ghanaian security analyst and International Relations expert, Farouk Al Wahab, has said President Akufo-Addo will not sign the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. "It will be a difficult...

We don’t have a position on Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill – Peace Council

Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev. Dr. Eric Adu-Gyamfi, has said the Council is taking neutral position regarding the recent passage of the...

Mahama chairs launch of Obasanjo’s new book on leadership

Former President John Mahama is in Abeokuta, Nigeria at the invitation of former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo to chair the launch and presentation of...

Clement Apaak loses father

The father of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has passed away. Mr....

Rev. Opuni-Frimpong reacts to passage of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

The former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has urged President Akufo-Addo to swiftly assent to the anti-LGBTQ+...

Students at Ejisu SHTS displaced as rainstorm damages boys’ dormitory roof

A rainstorm on Saturday, March 2, 2024, wreaked havoc at Ejisu Senior High Technical School, displacing numerous students. The downpour ripped off the roof boys...

Ridge Hospital diagnoses 50 children with rare diseases

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital has tested and diagnosed 50 children with rare diseases in the country. Dr. Yvonne Brew, a Pediatrician at Ridge Hospital,...

Mahama officially informed about Access Bank CEO’s death [Photos]

A delegation from Access Bank Ghana PLC has visited former President John Mahama to officially inform about the untimely death of its CEO, Dr...

IPPs warn of inadequate electricity supply

The power sector is likely to experience an exacerbated debt of about $1.8 billion to the Independent Power Producers by 2024, the Chamber of...

Koforidua witnesses infrastructure boom ahead of 67th Independence Day celebration

Residents of Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, have expressed satisfaction with the level of development being undertaken by the government ahead of the 67th...

Two confirmed dead in another accident in Offinso North

Two fatalities have been confirmed following a recent accident in Akumadan, Offinso North Constituency of the Ashanti Region, on Saturday. The National Disaster Management Organization...

Rainstorm destroys VIP stands of Sunyani Coronation Park

 A powerful rainstorm that struck Saturday evening has caused significant damage to the roofing of the VIP stands and other sections of the  Sunyani Coronation...

Chief Imam, National Muslim Conference present manifesto proposal to Mahama

The Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Nuru Sharubutu has led the National Muslim Conference of Ghana, to present a manifesto proposal to the National Democratic...

Organising events at State House endangering security of MPs – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has raised concerns about events held at the forecourt of the State House. The forecourt of the State...

School bus traps 13-year-old girl to death

A 13-year-old girl who was on her way to school died in a gruesome accident which occurred at Kwabedu in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality...