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26-year-old JHS dropout sentenced to 15 years for robbery

The Old Tafo Circuit Court in the Ashanti region has sentenced 26-year-old Junior High School dropout, Kwabena Asiedu, to 15 years in prison with...

Ghana leads charge in promoting African cuisines on the global stage

Ghana is leading the charge in the promotion of the continent’s best cuisines on the global stage. According to the Vice President of the Chefs...

Nkwanta South MCE urges youth to promote peace through sports

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Nkwanta South, Felix Owusu-Gyim, has urged the youth in the area to promote peace through sports. Due to...

Korle Bu clarifies reports on cancellation of surgeries

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has dismissed reports that surgeries which were scheduled for Monday, 29 April 2024, were cancelled due to power outage...

Manhyia Palace Museum reopens in May to showcase treasures

The Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi will reopen on May 1, 2024, as part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei...

Army Major convicted for smuggling guns to Ghana

A federal jury has convicted a United States Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, who has been found guilty on multiple charges related to smuggling...

Check out list of contributors for Appiatse reconstruction

As the official commissioning and handover of the reconstructed Appiatse community approaches on Thursday (May 2, 2024), the list of contributors to the project...

Border restrictions impact businesses and residents amid Togo elections

As Togo braces for its crucial elections, businesses and residents along the Togo border are feeling the brunt of tightened restrictions on movement. ...

Africa can only attract development finance with sustainable debts – Seth Terkper

Seth Terkper, a former Minister of Finance, has urged African governments to strive to make their debts sustainable to attract development finance assistance. “Africa...

Mobile money sales boy accused of over GH¢1.3m theft

Richard Okai, a 26-year-old mobile money sales boy, has been accused of stealing about GH¢ 1,385,910.3. His case is before an Adentan Circuit Court, but...

Driver and teacher in court over GH¢1million fraud

Bright Kwashie, a 32-year-old driver, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of GH¢1,058,600. Kwashie allegedly collected the money...

Over 40 health facilities completed under Akufo-Addo’s tenure, Okoe-Boye reveals

The Minister-designate for Health, Bernard Okoe-Boye has provided insight into the completion of over 40 health facilities as part of the government's effort to...

 Nurse who poured boiling water on husband jailed

A nurse at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Emergency Burns Unit Red Zone, Zeinab Muhammad Ali who poured boiling water on her husband has been...

Private schools threaten to boycott BECE, WASSCE if…

The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has threatened to mobilise its members to boycott next year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) if...

Dumsor: Okoe-Boye advises hospitals to use generators

The Health Minister-designate, Bernard Okoe-Boye, has advised health facilities to make use of alternative power sources, especially generator sets, in response to the recent...

Ketu South MCE commissions ultra-modern toilet facility in Aflao

In a bid to address sanitation challenges in the Aflao area of the Ketu South Municipality, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Maxwell Lugudor, has...

JB Danquah: Defence Counsel to file ex-parte application to subpoena persons to assist trial

Defence Counsel in the murder trial of the late J. B Danquah Adu, Abuakwa North legislator, says he will file an ex-parte application to...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Ablakwa announces plans to sue govt

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced his intention to file a lawsuit against the government on behalf of...

Why Ghana is experiencing extreme heat – LPG Marketers association

Vice President, of the LPG marketers association, Gabriel Kumi has pointed out that Ghana's extreme heat is partly attributed to the widespread burning of...

Glovo to cease operations in Ghana on May 10

Popular food delivery service, Glovo, has announced its decision to cease operations in Ghana, effective May 10, 2024, at 10 pm. In a communication...

Adom Kyei-Duah announces plans to share $3million among his members

The Founder and General Overseer of Believers Worship Center, Prophet Stephen Adom Kyei-Duah, has announced plans to distribute $3 million among members of his...

Man found dead in gutter at Opeikuma Junction

A man believed to be in his 70s has been found dead in a gutter at Kasoa-Opeikuma Junction in the Awutu Senya East Municipality...

Man jailed 7 years for cocoa smuggling [Photos]

The Odumase Krobo Circuit, presided over by His Honour, Judge Kwesi Apiatse Abaiddu, has handed a seven-year prison sentence to one Issifu Nyandi. He was...

Man allegedly kills stepdaughter at Nsuobri [Photos]

A middle-aged man, Amenyo, has allegedly murdered his stepdaughter at Nsuobiri in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region. The deceased has...

Global financial institutions call for comprehensive treaty to end plastic pollution

One hundred and sixty financial institutions, along with two industry stakeholders globally, are urging governments to engage in negotiations for a comprehensive treaty aimed...

Ministry of Local Gov’t orders removal of structures around buffer zones

As the rainy season approaches, the Ministry of Local Government has issued a decisive call to action, demanding the immediate removal of structures encroaching...

Fuel tanker bursts into flames on Kumasi-Accra highway [Photos]

A fuel tanker exploded along the Kumasi-Accra Highway on Monday, April 29, 2024. Responding swiftly to the emergency call, firefighters from the Suhum Fire Station,...

EC’s stolen BVR kits, laptops: One granted bail, three still on remand

An Accra High Court has granted bail to one of the four persons nabbed over the Electoral Commission’s stolen laptops and Biometric Voter Registration...

Don’t panic, your contributions are safe – SSNIT assures beneficiaries

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has refuted claims suggesting potential challenges in meeting its financial obligations to beneficiaries in the future,...

Cleaner to stand trial over cashier’s death at Hospital

A 24-year-old cleaner, Gideon Vitlas, is to stand trial at an Accra High Court on May 22, 2024, for his alleged involvement in...

Military-Prison officers fracas in Bawku will not recur – Regional Minister assures

The Upper East Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, has given an assurance that the recent fracas between some military and prison officers in Bawku...

Ghana’s Online Freedom of Expression in peril, citizens’ rights eroded – Report

The 2023 Londa Report, released on Thursday in Accra, has described Ghana's Online Freedom of Expression as under threat, highlighting the erosion of citizens'...

Peter Amewu hit with sad news

Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe constituency in the Volta Region, John-Peter Amewu has lost his mother, Gertrude Anani Amewu. The unfortunate incident according...

How a UN farmer-support programme exposed some to fraud – Bright Simons

In April 2014, the government of Ghana borrowed $46 million from Rome-based IFAD, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, a UN body that, as...

Dumsor will be a thing of the past soon – Bawumia assures

The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has offered reassurance that the current power crisis, known as "dumsor," faced by Ghanaians will...

Akosombo Dam spillage: Would victims have been ignored if they were in swing constituencies – Ablakwa fumes

The North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says months after government pledged to support the victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage, nothing has been...

GHS to embark on COVID-19 vaccination exercise

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is set to embark on a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The exercise to take place between May 7 and...

High Court dismisses suit compelling Akufo-Addo to receive Anti-LGBTQ Bill

An Accra High Court has dismissed the application filed by Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor to compel President Akufo-Addo to receive...

Ghana among top African countries with highest Schengen Visa rejection rates

Ghana is among the leading African countries with the highest Schengen Visa rejection rates. According to a new report by migration consultancy firm Henley &...

SSNIT contributors must decide who becomes its Director-General – Austin Gamey

A Labour and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) expert, Austin Gamey, has emphasised the need for greater autonomy for the Social Security and National Insurance...