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‘Heal Komfo Anokye’ project Chairman pours out frustration over government insensitivity

The Chairman of the Heal Komfo Anokye (Teaching Hospital) project team, Sammy Adu Boakye is calling out the government and state institutions for their...

Scholarships bonanza: The powerful grab as double scholarships flow

She was born to a farmer and a petty trader. Money was always hard to come by. However, her disadvantaged background was no hindrance...

Bawumia commissions police station for Asakraka  

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned an ultra-modern police station in Asakraka in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region.   The police station,...

194 cases of online fraud recorded in first quarter of 2024 – Cyber Security Authority

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has reported 194 cases of online fraud between January and March this year. These incidents have collectively led to a...

Arrest Nungua Wulomo for marrying a 12-year-old girl – Kofi Asare to police

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has urged the police to arrest Gborbu Wulomo for unlawfully marrying an underage girl. Nuumo Borketey...

Magical displays and traditional rites at pre-burial ceremony of late Paramount Chief of Sunyani [Photos]

Sunyani, the capital of the Bono Region, was greeted with cultural displays and magical performances as traditional priests joined mourners for the pre-burial and...

Madina MP calls for arrest of Gborbu Wulomo over marriage to 12-year-old

Human Rights lawyer and Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu has petitioned the Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the...

Ga priest’s marriage to 12-year-old girl is unlawful, criminal – Nana Oye Bampoe

A former Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has denounced the marriage between a 63-year-old Ga priest and a 12-year-old girl as illegal...

Gborbu Wulormo’s child bride saga: The inside story [Listen]

Former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo has explained, the recent marriage between a 63-year-old traditional priest in Nungua, Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey...

We need social amenities – Dekpor Horme residents appeal to gov’t

Residents of Dekpor Horme, a community in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region, have appealed to the government and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...

How to detect fake news in Ghana’s media

The spread of fake news is on the rise across the world thanks to the evolution of technology, and increased internet use. Like never...

Gborbu Wulomo’s relationship with 12-year-old girl a betrothal, not marriage – Ga Dangme Council

The Ga Dangme Council has clarified that the relationship between a Ga Traditional priest and the 12-year-old girl is just a betrothal and not...

COCOBOD reacts to board’s request for iPad keyboards

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) as clarified recent speculation regarding the procurement of iPad keyboards for its Board of Directors. Contrary to circulating information,...

Assurance of stable national power supply by ECG scandalous – IES

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) has described as scandalous a release from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) stating that the nation has...

12-year-old girl married to Gborbu Wulomo under police protection

Amidst a troubling incident that has sparked widespread public outcry, the Police has intervened to address the situation involving a 12-year-old girl reportedly...

Child marriage: Chieftaincy Ministry probes 63-year-old Ga priest who married 12-year-old girl

The Chieftaincy Ministry says it is taking into serious consideration the recent marriage between a 63-year-old traditional priest in Nungua, Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey...

I am disappointed in the Foreign Ministry – Ablakwa jabs gov’t over passport application fees hike

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Ministry’s decision to increase...

Study predicts 41% of Ghanaian deaths linked to NCDs by 2034

About 41% of deaths in Ghana may be linked to complications of four non-communicable diseases (NCDs): stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and chronic kidney...

Sempe Mantse peeved by marriage between 63-year-old Ga priest and minor

Paramount Chief for the Sempe Traditional Area, Nii Adote Otintor II, is peeved by the recent marriage between a 63-year-old Ga priest and a...

63-year-old Ga priest fights off calls for his arrest for marrying 12-year-old girl

The shrine Gborbu Wulomo in Nungua is defending itself against calls for the arrest of its 63-year-old priest over the marriage to a minor. The...

Adom TV’s Fufuo party in pictures

The forecourt of the Multimedia Group is buzzing as the 2024 edition of Adom TV's annual 'Fufuo Party' gets underway. Patrons from all across Ghana...

Passport application fees hiked

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has announced an adjustment in the fees for passport applications effective today, April 1, 2024. The fees have been raised...

Attorney General directs police to cease vehicle seizures for minor traffic violations

The Attorney General's Office has directed the Ghana Police Service to halt to the seizure of vehicles for minor traffic violations. The directive, addressed to...

Fire guts 11-bedroom house at Obuasi Tutuka

A devastating house fire has reducing an eleven-room house in Obuasi Tutuka Central to ashes and leaving more than 25 people homeless. According to reports,...

All my savings are gone – Kama Group Chairman cries

Celebrated entrepreneur and Chairman of the Kama Group, Dr Michael Agyekum Addo has re-echoed the harsh economic realities being endured by Ghanaians and says...

Madina MP Sosu, urges ECOWAS to press Akufo-Addo for anti-witchcraft bill assent

Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu has taken proactive steps by petitioning several prominent organizations, including the Economic Community of West African States...

Final year KNUST student pays fees for 27 needy students

A final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Faculty of Law, Nana Opoku Ware, has extended a lifeline...

Water crisis forces Dekpor Horme residents to rely on contaminated dam

Residents of Dekpor Horme in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region have appealed to authorities for potable drinking water as they continue...

Gomoa Fetteh Omankrado supports Adom TV ‘Fufuo’ party with cow [Video]

https://youtu.be/V1Kc6TBJAD8 Omankrado of Gomoa Fetteh who doubles as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Las Vegas Beach Resort, Nana Kwesi Quansah popularly known as Akwesi...

Kasoa-Cape Coast dualisation: Gomoa Adawukwa residents go wild over compensation

Residents of Gomoa Adawukwa in the Gomoa East District of the Central region are up in arms with government over compensation as their buildings...

What Rev Owusu Bempah said when Bawumia visited his church

The General Overseer of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has lauded the Vice President and NPP Flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia,...

Mahama worried over abandoned Abetifi hospital project

Former President John Mahama has expressed disappointment in the Akufo-Addo led government for abandoning the Abetifi Hospital project in the Eastern region. The flagbearer...

The British student nurse who drowned during midnight swim in Ghana

Tributes have been paid to a teenager who tragically died after going for a midnight swim with friends last year in Ghana. Millie Ann...

Ashalaja residents relieved as high tension cable is reattached

In a significant development, the high tension cable that had detached from the main line between the Avornyo and Gati junctions in Ashalaja, a...

ECG Ashanti West Region commissions 15 transformer injections

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has commissioned 15 transformer injections in the Ashanti West Region as part of efforts to improve power supply...

Building kills pregnant woman during demolition at Buduburam

A 22-year-old pregnant woman has lost her life after a building collapsed on her during an ongoing demolition exercise at Gomoa Budumburam in the...

Two cars involved in accident in front of Jubilee House [Video]

Two cars were on Sunday afternoon involved in an accident at the intersection in front of the Jubilee House in Accra. Though the cause of...

Five drivers arrested on Accra-Kumasi Highway for reckless driving

The joint efforts of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) and the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service have...

Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: Majority of Ghanaians have spoken clearly – Bishop Agyenta

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, Most Reverend Alfred Agyenta, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to accept and assent to the Promotion...

Reactions as Gborbu Wulomo ties knot with 12-year-old girl [Photos]

The marriage between 63-year-old Gborbu Wulomo, Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIIIand a 12-year-old girl, Naa Okromo, has sparked outrage among Ghanaians on social media. The...