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Deputy Energy Ministers embark on familiarisation tour

Deputy Energy Ministers, Collins Adomako-Mensah and John Kobina Abbam Aboah Sanie have embarked on a series of familiarisation tours of various agencies under the...

One dead, 2 injured in gory accident on Kumasi-Accra Highway

One person has died on the spot with two injured in an accident at Ohene Nkwanta near Odumasi in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality...

Suame Interchange project: Scrap dealers allegedly stab security man to death

Scrap dealers have allegedly stabbed a security man with Rango Construction Company Limited, the contractor working on the Suame Interchange in the Ashanti Region...

Return to your roots and support development – Okyenhene to indigenes

Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is urging the privileged in society to come back to their roots and support the development of their community. Speaking...

Ambulance case: Jakpa’s outburst in court irrelevant to case – Lawyer

Private legal practitioner, Kweku Paintsil does not think the outburst of the third accused in the controversial ambulance trial has any bearing on the...

A-G asks court to throw out Jakpa’s application to discontinue criminal prosecution

Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has asked the High Court in Accra to dismiss an application filed by Richard Jakpa, third...

Mason jailed for abduction, defilement

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old mason, who abducted and defiled a 14-year-old girl, to 16 years imprisonment with hard labour. Francis Blay,...

Ghana needs structural transformation – Dr Twumasi Baffour

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, has emphasized the urgent need for structural change...

U/E: SHS students advocate for changing rooms, tax removal on pads

Senior high school students in the Upper East Region have called for the provision of changing rooms in schools and the removal of taxes...

One week observation announced for man whose car fell into Abattoir bridge

The one-week observation for Emmanuel Noel Asare Adams, who tragically drowned after his vehicle fell from the Abattoir bridge on the Accra-Tema motorway, is...

Ga Manste leads charge in massive Homowo clean-up drive to revitalize Accra

The Ga State is set to in collaboration with the government (Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural...

Krachiwura appeals for Technical University in Oti region

The Krachiwura, Nana Mprah Besemuna, has appealed to the Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to establish a Technical...

ECG pledges to strengthen network resilience against severe weather challenges

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced its commitment to improving and maintaining a strong power distribution network to minimize the impact of...

Police seek AG’s advice on slain soldier in Kasoa land dispute

The Ghana Police Service says it has forwarded a duplicate docket on Nana Barima Ababio, aka Benlord Ababio, a self-acclaimed traditional ruler who allegedly...

Two remanded over car theft

Two persons accused of using forged documents to rent a car and were in the process of selling it have been remanded by the...

Parents can be sued for child neglect but… – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner, Professor Yaw Anokye Frimpong has said people who suffered neglect during their childhood can sue their parents. However, they must do...

Christian Service University receives presidential charter

After several years of dedicated hard work and significant achievements, Christian Service University College, CSUC, a private institution, in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi,...

Man who inflicted cutlass wounds on pregnant wife remanded

A Dambai Magistrate Court has remanded into prison, Ibrahim Anas, who inflicted multiple cutlass wounds on his pregnant wife. Anas, a 42-year-old, would next appear...

Ghosts do exist – Spiritualist says as he details how they operate

A renowned Ghanaian spiritualist, Nana Abosom Akutre has asserted that ghosts do exist. He explained that, there are good and bad ghosts. Nana Akutre explained that,...

GRIDCo explains ‘dumsor’ in parts of Eastern region

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says the power outage experienced by residents in Akwatia and some parts of the Eastern region resulted from...

Freemasons in Liberia bestow Most Worshipful Grand Patron title on Asantehene

Freemasons in Liberia have conferred upon Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the esteemed title of Most Worshipful Grand Patron of the Grand Lodge of...

Climate Change: Medical experts warn of looming health emergencies

The Emergency Medicine Society of Ghana is warning of first-hand repercussions of climate change on health systems and communities in Ghana. They say rising temperatures...

Ada Traditional Council launches 2024 Asafotufiami festival

The Ada Traditional Council in collaboration with the Asafotu Planning Committee, has launched this year’s Ada Asafotufiami Festival to pave the way for its...

Vitus Azeem poses tough question on 5G contract to week-old firm

Anti-Corruption Campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has criticised the government's move to award the 5G network rollout contract to NextGen InfraCo, which was just a week...

Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie, 181 new lawyers called to the Bar

The General Legal Council has called to the bar 182 new lawyers including veteran journalist and former president of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA),...

Farmer, 80 stoned to death for allegedly chasing another man’s girlfriend

An 80-year-old farmer, Kwesi Arhin has been stoned to death on suspicion of having an affair with another man's girlfriend at Assin Otabilkrom of...

Firefighters rescue victim trapped in mangled vehicle after accident involving 6 cars

Personnel from the Kejetia Fire Post on Wednesday swiftly responded to a multi-vehicle accident at the Airport Roundabout near Water Works in Kumasi of...

Sign language strengthens our bond — Mother, hearing impaired son

At the age of three years, Michael Gyamfi Sekyere lost his hearing and speech from complications of measles. The path of his life and that...

Weija demolition: Good news for victims

The government has agreed on a compensation package for people whose property will be affected by a demolition exercise to be undertaken along the...

Immigration Service, IOM commission renovated Namoo border post

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has commissioned a renovated border post at Namoo in the...

World Bank approves $250m to strengthen Ghana’s financial sector

The World Bank has approved a $250 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for a five-year Ghana Financial Stability Project. The project will support Ghana’s...

Yango launches ‘Safety Talk Series’ to enhance safety of passengers and partner drivers

One of the leading ride-hailing services in Africa and part of a global tech company Yango continues to reaffirm its commitment to ensuring the...

Immigration chief tours five Northern regions

The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Kwame Asuah Takyi (Esq.) is on a week tour of installations of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the...

Govt announces completion date for Adentan-Dodowa road project

The reconstruction of the 22 km Adentan-Dodowa road into a 2-lane dual-carriageway is expected to be completed by November 2024. The Minister of Roads and...

Patient Rights Watch Ghana calls for urgent enforcement of patient charter amidst rights violations

Patient Rights Watch Ghana is calling for a proper enforcement of the Patient's Charter to deal with the violation of patient's rights in the...

Ama Governor called to the bar [Video]

Elorm Ababio, popularly known as Ama Governor, has finally been called to the Bar. She is part of the 2024 Mini Call ceremony held at...

Snails expensive due to slow growth, few suppliers — farmers, chop bar owners

Snail farmers, traders and chop bar operators  have attributed the high prices of snails, a popular delicacy, to several factors, including  slow growth. Other factors...

Interior Minister visits KIA; urges officials to maintain professionalism

The Minister for the Interior, Henry Quartey, made an unannounced visit to Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Thursday, May 30, where he urged officials...

Fake kidnap victim found hiding in girlfriend’s house begs fined by Bibiani Circuit Court

The 31-year-old gold dealer who allegedly went missing and was later found hiding in his girlfriend's house, Kwadwo Kyei Amaning has been fined by...

Curfew imposed on Sampa township in Bono Region

In response to ongoing chieftaincy disputes in the Sampa township of the Jaman North District in the Bono Region, Interior Minister Henry Quartey has...