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Situate power sector challenges within the context of the 4th Republic – Jantuah

The Chief Executive Officer of African Energy Consortium Limited, Kwame Jantuah has acknowledged there are numerous challenges facing the power sector in Ghana. He identified...

Gborbu Wulomo: We are probing validity of underage marriage – AG’s office

The Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has announced that his office is investigating the legality of the marriage ceremony between Gborbu Wulomo and Naa...

Organised Labour threatens to strike over Tier-2 pension arrears

Organized Labour has warned of a possible strike on May 2, 2024, should the government continue to neglect its responsibility to disburse tier-2 pensions...

Christopher Adu Boahen to be buried on April 25

Dr. Christopher Adu Boahen, son of historian and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart Professor Albert Adu Boahen, will be laid to rest on Thursday,...

Three JHS boys arrested for allegedly gang-defiling 15-year-old colleague

The police have arrested three male juveniles, aged between 15 and 17 years, for allegedly gang-defiling a 15-year-old girl at Aboabo Junior High School...

MGL visits Dumor family following passing of Mawuena Trebarh

A delegation of the Multimedia Group Limited has paid a visit to the family of the late Mawuena Trebarh, former Chief Executive of the...

Political interference makes public sector managers appear incompetent – Dr Manteaw

The Chairman of the Coalition of Stakeholders on Electricity Contracts and Arrangements, Dr Steve Manteaw, has expressed his disbelief in the notion that Ghanaian...

TEWU raises concern over quality of food served in SHS

The Secretary-General of the Teachers and Educational Worker’s Union (TEWU) of the Trade Union Congress, Mark Dankyira Korankye, has raised concern over the quality...

Ghanaian students to compete in Robotics World Championship in USA

A group of Ghanaian students building robots aims to bring glory to Ghana at this year’s Robotics World Championship in the USA. Ghanaian primary and...

Truck driver allegedly responsible for train accident arrested

The Ghana Police Service has made an arrest in connection with the recent train accident on the Tema-Mpakadan railway line. The driver of a...

Armed robbers attack Akroma mining company, Chinese worker shot

Armed robbers have attacked the Akroma Gold Mining Company located in Esaase, within the Kwawu West Municipality of the Eastern region. The robbers who...

Ghana wins preliminary ruling in Cassius Mining’s $300m international arbitration

An international arbitration tribunal has ruled that the seat of the international arbitration instituted by Cassius Mining Company Limited against Ghana shall be Ghana,...

Akufo-Addo inaugurates Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana cocoa initiative headquarters

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hailed the launch of the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana cocoa initiative as a pivotal moment in the cocoa industries of...

Gborbu Wulomo didn’t marry Naa Okromo – Chieftaincy Minister

The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has dismissed claims that the ceremony between Gborbu Wulomo Nuumo Borketey Laweh XXXIII and...

New Ghana train on test run involved in accident [Photos]

A train recently procured from Poland by Ghana and meant to serve the Tema-Mpakadan railway line has crashed during a test run within the...

NAGRAT issues one-week ultimatum to govt over unpaid pensions

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has expressed dismay over government's failure to fulfill mandatory contributions for over 700,000 Ghanaian workers. During a press...

Oppong Nkrumah reveals what his mother told him after he was appointed as Works and Housing Minister [Listen]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed what his mother told him after he was announced as the sector Minister. Speaking...

We are far behind schedule – Oppong Nkrumah on flood response program [Audio]

Minister of Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has admitted that the flood response program in the country is behind schedule. He underscored the urgent...

Illegal miners given 72-hour ultimatum to leave Birim North

The Birim North District Security Council has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to all illegal miners within the Akyem Ntronang enclave to stop their operations....

IET condemns Ashanti Regional Minister over arrest of ECG boss

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has strongly condemned the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah for causing the the arrest of Ing...

 ECG senior staff demands apology from Ashanti Regional Minister

The Ashanti Region Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) senior staff is demanding an apology from the Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah over the arrest of the...

9-month-old baby dead after father bathed her and mother in acid [Photos]

A 29-year-old woman, Philomena Owusu is in critical condition while her 9-month-old baby girl has died after her husband bathed them with acid. The...

Adjenim Boateng Adjei: OSP files fresh charges against Former PPA boss

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has slapped former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei with...

Latest on ’12-year-old’ wondergirl married to Gborbu Wulomo

Gender Minister designate, Darkoa Newmann says Naa Kromor, the teenage girl said to have been married off to the Gborbu Wulomo of Nungua will...

Curfew imposed on Sampa over chieftaincy dispute

A curfew has been imposed on Sampa, in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region over a chieftaincy dispute in the area. ...

No road, no vote – Mallam residents protest over poor roads

Residents of Mallam near the 'borla' road within the Weija-Gbawe Municipality, took to the streets in protest on Thursday, demanding the asphalting of a...

KNUST’s Prof. Grace Nkansa Asante becomes Ghana’s first female Professor of Economics

Prof Nkansa Asante becomes the first female in Ghana to be conferred the academic title following an approval by the University Council. She currently holds the position as the Vice Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, KNUST.

Illegal miners risk lives by digging under new gas pipelines – Genser Board Chair reveals

The Board Chairman of Genser Energy, Nana Otwasuom Osae Nyampong VI, has disclosed that illegal miners are digging beneath the newly laid gas pipelines...

Hearse transporting corpse involved in accident; 4 including driver injured [Video]

https://youtu.be/RvwYDt_7Bzg A hearse driver transporting a dead body is said to be in critical condition after an accident at Kintampo in the Bono East region....

MoF, MASLOC board can’t be left off the hook in the misappropriated funds – Analyst

Public Sector Analyst, Harry Yamson has said both the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Board of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) cannot...

Tema shooting: Priestess go topless to purify community [Video]

https://youtu.be/2YJ0e6Zcvjc Priests and priestesses from various clans in Tema Newtown have performed rituals to pacify the land following a shooting incident that claimed two lives...

Transport operators frustrated by long wait to increase fares

Commercial transport operators say they are frustrated by the continuous delay in adjusting transport fares long after fuel prices went up. Some drivers have...

Agona Kwanyarko: One arrested in connection with shooting incident over GH¢500 debt

The Agona Kwanyarko Police has arrested one suspect in connection with a shooting incident that occurred at Agona Kwanyarko over GH¢500 debt. The suspect...

See photos of the newly installed trains for Tema-Mpakadan railway

Engineers working on the two modern trains destined for the Tema-Mpakadan railway line have successfully completed assembling and installation. The Minister for Railways Development John Peter...

Ghana is completely under-lawyered – Prof. Atuguba

Professor Raymond Atuguba, Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, has challenged the notion that Ghana has adequate numbers of lawyers, asserting...

NPA allays fears after crude oil spillage around Old Ningo [Video]

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has ruled out any possibility of water contamination resulting from oil spillage from a vessel which has broken down...

 Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Plant will be useless if … – Dr Manteaw [Video]

https://youtu.be/DO5iD2-Hplw The Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has said the newly commissioned Ameri Plant in Kumasi will be...

Ghanaian lawyers have strayed from Nkrumah’s vision for law in Ghana – Prof Atuguba

The Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, Professor Raymond Atuguba, has criticised lawyers in the country, highlighting what he perceives to...

It’ll be good to privatise ECG, GRIDCO and VRA but… – Dr Manteaw

Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw has expressed dissenting views on the call of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei...

Kumasi residents hold night demo against ‘dumsor’ [Video]

Hundreds of residents in Kumasi on Wednesday evening held a peaceful demonstration over frequent power outages in the Ashanti region. The protesters expressed...